Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private Strategies for Agro-enterprise Development

Preface; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction (Ralph Christy, Nomathemba Mhlanga, Krisztina Tihanyi, Carlos A da Silva and Edward Mabaya); Institutional Innovations Linking Small-Scale Farmers to Produce Markets in South Africa (Joyce M Chitja and Edward Mabaya); Innovative Business Models in the Thai Horticultural Sector: A Panel Data Analysis of the Impacts of Globalgap Certification (Sarah Kersting and Meike Wollnia); Innovative Networks in Conservation Agriculture Bajio Hub Case Study, Mexico (Gabriela Monsalvo-Velzquez, Ricardo Romero-Perezgrovas, Bram Govaerts, and Roberto Rendn-Medeld); Geography Matters: Evidence and Implications of Spatial Selection in Contract Farming Schemes in Southern India (Sudha Narayanan); Capabilities and Performance in Collective Marketing: The Importance of Learning to Cope with Agency Dilemmas (Giel Ton, Lithzy Flores, Rubn Monasterios and Evaristo Yana); Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship and New Green Jobs: Successful Experiences in Mexico (Artemisa Montes Sylvan); Sweet Sorghum: A Smart Crop to Meet the Demand for Food, Fodder, Fuel and Feed (Basavaraj Gali, Pingali Parthasarathy Rao, Chintalapani Ravinder Reddy, Ashok Kumar Are, Datta Mazumdar Saikat, Yerradoddi Ramana Reddy, Pinnamaneni Srinivasa Rao, Karuppan Chetty and Belum Venkata Subba Reddy); Promoting Food Processing Through Food Parks and Food Processing Special Economic Zones: The Indian Experience (Aradhna Aggarwal); Autonomy, Competence and Market Structure: Self-Determination Theory Applied to Small Agricultural Exporters from Latin America (Linda M Young and Theresa C Bushman); Promoting Agro-Enterprises in the Highlands of Ethiopia Through Improved Institutional Support Services: Experiences of Market-Oriented Dairy and