Publication: Agrifood Systems in Northern Central America: Agrologistics for Modern Family Farms
Abstract
This report explores the
agrologistics challenges and opportunities faced by
agri-food systems in three countries in Northern Central
America (NCA), namely El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras,
with a specific focus on the impacts on family farming
systems. As an overarching principle guiding the analysis,
the report adopts the World Bank’s framework of Green,
Resilient, and Inclusive Development (GRID), which
recognizes that the challenges of poverty, inequality,
climate change, and systemic shocks such as Coronavirus
(COVID-19) are strongly interrelated, and thus need to be
addressed simultaneously and systematically. As such, the
study seeks to highlight ways in which enhancing
agrologistics systems can drive food system efficiency,
environmental sustainability, resilience and inclusion in
Northern Central America (NCA), thus contributing to
wellbeing and overall economic performance. In this study,
the term agrologistics is used to refer to the
infrastructure, machinery, related services, and information
systems that allow agri-food products to move from the
original point of production to the final point of
consumption. The analysis follows the five key components of
agrologistics value chain, namely: (a) on-farm post-harvest
management; (b) storage and handling, including cold
storage; (c) processing and packaging; (d) transport from
the farm to collection and processing centers, and onwards
to distribution networks; and (e) distribution by
wholesalers, retailers and exporters, which in the case of
exports involves customs and other border crossing processes.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2022. Agrifood Systems in Northern Central America: Agrologistics for Modern Family Farms. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38156 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”