Beyond upgrading typologies – In search of a better deal for honey value chains in Brazil

Hugo Santana de Figueiredo Junior; Miranda P.M. Meuwissen; Ivo A. Van Der Lans; Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181391

Beyond upgrading typologies – In search of a better deal for honey value chains in Brazil

Hugo Santana de Figueiredo Junior^*, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, Ivo A. Van Der Lans, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink

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Selection of value chain strategies by development practitioners and value chain participants themselves has been restricted to preset types of upgrading. This paper argues for an extension of the range of strategy solutions to value chains. An empirical application identifies successful strategies for honey value chains in Brazil for 2015–2020. Strategy and performance indicators were selected using the value chain Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) framework. Experts’ opinion was elicited in a Delphi for business scenarios, and adaptive conjoint analysis was used to identify strategies for increasing production growth and local value-added. This study identifies important strategies beyond upgrading typologies, and finds that important strategies differ by performance goal and scenario. The value chain SCP allows searching for promising strategies towards performance - the “better deal” - in an integrated way.

Original language	English
Article number	e0181391
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	12
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181391
Publication status	Published - 2017

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