Voluntary social initiatives in fresh fruit and vegetable value chains

Sarah Best; Ivanka Mamic

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Voluntary social initiatives in fresh fruit and vegetable value chains

Sarah Best and Ivanka Mamic

Employment working paper, no. 23, ILO

2008

Abstract

value chains

code of conduct

horticulture

fruit

vegetable

working conditions

workers rights

workers representation

fair trade

collective agreement

developed countries

developing countries

Identifies key trends and characteristics of contemporary agri-food systems, focusing on global fresh fruit and vegetable (FFV) value chains and builds a typology of the main employment and social issues involved in the production and processing of fresh and vegetables, and shows how these are linked to the overall structure and operation of FFV value chains.

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Title: Voluntary social initiatives in fresh fruit and vegetable value chains
Creators: Sarah Best
Ivanka Mamic
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2008
Series: Employment working paper; no. 23
Number of pages: x, 55 p. :statistics
ISBN: 9789221220077; 9789221220084
ISSN: 1999-2939.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995219192902676
Table of contents: Terminology -- Fair trade: labour issues in fair trade bananas -- Ethical trade: focus on codes of conduct in African horticulture -- Collective agreements: addressing workers rights in tomato and banana production -- Summary and possible future research themes.