Governance for Decent Work in Agricultural Globalisation
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Kassel, Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften | ger |
| dc.contributor.referee | Herzig, Christian (Prof. Dr.) | |
| dc.contributor.referee | Tenkorang, Emmanuel Y. (Dr.) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-28T09:46:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-28T09:46:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through the “Exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation” programme of the German Academic Exchange Services. | ger |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.17170/kobra-202105273994 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12862 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
| dc.rights | Urheberrechtlich geschützt | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | decent work | eng |
| dc.subject | governance | eng |
| dc.subject | agriculture | eng |
| dc.subject | smallholders | eng |
| dc.subject | Global South | eng |
| dc.subject.ddc | 630 | |
| dc.subject.swd | Arbeitsbedingungen | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Governance | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Landwirtschaft | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Kleinbauer | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Landarbeiter | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Entwicklungsländer | ger |
| dc.subject.swd | Schwellenländer | ger |
| dc.title | Governance for Decent Work in Agricultural Globalisation | eng |
| dc.type | Dissertation | |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
| dcterms.abstract | In the past decades, the agricultural world has become smaller as international food businesses have become organised around a global production network. One of the main factors for the introduction of a more decentralised and flexible food and agricultural system was the wage difference between Global North and Global South actors. In addition, Global South countries have facilitated the spread of Global Agricultural Value Chain/Global Agricultural Production Networks (GAVC/GAPNs) through promoting export processing zones and attracting foreign direct investments through non-existing or weak labour standards. The consequences are ‘decent work deficits’ within GAVC/GAPNs because of changing lead firm requirements and the fragmentation of labour through offshoring, outsourcing or contracting. To address labour rights violations within GAVC/GAPNs, different actors at various levels have responded through various hard laws and soft laws. Several studies have examined the effects of labour standards in addressing decent work deficits in GAVC/GAPNs. However, the issue of Global South, especially, smallholders and farmworkers’ capability to access decent work remains under-researched in the GAVC/GAPNs literature. This thesis comprises three studies. In the first study, we attempt to highlight the different governance paths that are adopted by different stakeholders to improve labour-related practices in diverse GAPNs in the Global South based upon a comprehensive review. We also emphasise the methodologies employed in the analysis of labour-related issues in GAVC/GAPNs. In the second study, we analyse the role of rural labour arrangements on smallholders’ agency to access decent work, in particular avoiding child labour and improving safe working conditions using the case of Ghana’s cocoa value chain. In the third study, we examine the factors that bring about the participation of smallholders in lead firm management of labour-related practices. It also clarifies the conditions leading to the provision of decent work through economic and social upgrading in Ghana’s cocoa value chain. Overall, our study shows that the various governance approaches have not adequately addressed decent work deficits of smallholders and their farm workers. We conclude that Global South, especially smallholders and farm workers’ capacity to access decent work is limited. Our recommendations relate to measures needed to improve smallholders and farm workers’ capacity to access decent work in GAVC/GAPNs. We focus on ways to improve smallholder participation in existing governance mechanisms so that these approaches can deliver decent work more effectively. In terms of managerial implications, we highlight how key actors, in particular lead firms could enhance their governance mechanisms and in terms of policy implications we stress on labour governance through national government regulations. | eng |
| dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
| dcterms.creator | Kissi, Evans Appiah | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-04-14 | |
| dcterms.extent | xvii, 159 Seiten | |
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