Traditional vs. Modern Food Systems? Insights from Vegetable Supply Chains to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

This article describes the development of vegetable marketing in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), where modern distribution outlets are competing fiercely with traditional traders for wholesale and retail customers. Data from interviews with supply chain stakeholders and a survey of vegetable wholesalers have been used to compare the performance of modern and traditional chains, and the findings reveal the chains as segmented in their product focus, the modern sector focusing exclusively on quality. Modern marketing channels are generally more efficient than traditional ones but still account for only around 2% of vegetable distribution. The article argues that policy-makers should not promote the 'modernisation' of food systems at the expense of traditional channels which meet important consumer needs

La Fabrique des « Barbouzes ». Histoire des réseaux Foccart en Afrique , lu par Clément Cayla-Giraudeau

BAT (Jean-Pierre), La Fabrique des « Barbouzes ». Histoire des réseaux Foccart en Afrique, Paris, Nouveau Monde éditions, 2015, 510 pages. Compte-rendu paru dans « La revue des livres », Politique africaine n° 139, 2015/3 Trois ans après la publication de la somme Le Syndrome Foccart. La politique française en Afrique de 1959 à nos jours, Jean-Pierre Bat poursuit son exploitation systématique du fonds Foccart afin d’aborder la question françafricaine à travers le prisme « barbouzard ». En dé..