Mapping global value chain (GVC) participation, positioning and vertical specialization in agriculture and food

Year of publication2020

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

AbstractThis Technical Report includes: • A policy note with: 1) a short review of the literature on the state-of-art methodologies for computing indicators for global value chain (GVC) participation, positioning and vertical specialization; and 2) a mapping and short analysis of agriculture and food GVCs by world region. • A Data set, in Excel format, that includes time series of GVC indicators computed at country/industry level for the period from 1990 to 2015 for agriculture and food sectors for all countries with data in the EORA dataset.

 

ThemeAgricultural Commodities and Development

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesThe State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO)

ISBN978-92-5-133263-4

Areas of workEmerging Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

Keywordsagrifood sector; value chains; participatory approaches; trade; indicators; data analysis