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African Food Processors – Local Competitive Advantage?

I have often heard the sensible sounding goal of “adding value to local resources” as a base for enterprise development. However, some of my own experiences with small enterprise and the recent story below from Uganda seem to contradict this.

 

from: New Vision (click image for full story online)

 

The first product [...]

French Retail Food – Observations 3

Most supermarkets clearly show the source of their produce in their marking and pricing. The example below is from the “exotic food” corner

photo by Dave Harcourt (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License)

 

photo by Dave Harcourt (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License)

 

shows the more remote suppliers of [...]

Centre for the Promotion of Exports from Developing Countries (CBI)

The Centre for the Promotion of Exports from Developing Countries (CBI) is established by the EU to facilitate importers from Developing Countries.

While its focus is wide it does have specific focuses on Food Ingredients, Organic Foods, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Preserved Fruit and Vegetables etc. Within these sections there are detailed market [...]