@article{Schipmann:51046,
      recid = {51046},
      author = {Schipmann, Christin and Qaim, Matin},
      title = {Modern Supply Chains and Product Innovation: How Can  Smallholder Farmers Benefit?},
      address = {2009},
      number = {1005-2016-79175},
      series = {Contributed paper},
      pages = {23},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {There is an emerging body of literature analysing how  smallholder farmers in developing countries can benefit  from modern supply chains. However, most of the available  studies concentrate on export markets and fail to capture  spillover effects that modern supply chains may have on  local markets. Here, we analyse the case of sweet pepper in  Thailand, which was initially introduced as a product  innovation in modern supply chains, but which is now widely  traded also in more traditional markets. Using survey data  from smallholder farmers and econometric techniques, we  show that sweet pepper cultivation contributes  significantly to higher household incomes. Strikingly, at  this stage, participation in modern supply chains does not  lead to higher incomes than supplying sweet pepper to  traditional markets. However, the results also indicate  that missing land titles, weak infrastructure conditions,  and limited access to information constituted serious  constraints during the early phases of sweet pepper  adoption. Such constraints need to be overcome, so that  smallholder farmers are better prepared for the prompt  reactions needed under rapidly changing market conditions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/51046},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.51046},
}