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urn:nbn:nl:ui:32-371846 2026-03-27 urn:nbn:nl:ui:32-371846/mods Restructuring international food chains: Building sustainable and all-inclusive food chains at the primary stages Kambewa E. aut van der Lans I.A. 073587338 0000-0003-3351-1379 0000000035361974 aut van Trijp J.C.M. 073557137 0000-0003-2323-4064 0000000382321416 aut Ingenbleek P.T.M. 152826262 0000-0001-8793-716X 000000008893545X aut van Tilburg A. 071528105 000000004892297X aut van Boekel M.A.J.S. 068436394 0000000116886561 aut text info:eu-repo/semantics/conferencePaper 2007 en Although it is often acknowledged that effective inclusion of small-scale primary producers in international chains is crucial for alleviating poverty in developing countries, few insights exist about how to build sustainable and all-inclusive food chains especially those based on scarce natural resources. In order to address challenges that marketing and development policy and institutions as well as small-scale primary producers in the agro-ecological sector face in promoting sustainable practices, this paper focuses on the use of contracts. The paper investigates whether small-scale primary producers would engage in contracts that oblige them to implement sustainable and quality-improving practices and if so under what conditions. Results show that primary producers (fishermen in this study) are open to sustainability-quality enhancing contracts provided that such contracts also enhance their welfare and economic benefits. Implications for building sustainable and all-inclusive international marketing channels are discussed. MGS Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Product Design and Quality Management Group MGS Marktkunde en Consumentengedrag Leerstoelgroep Productontwerpen en kwaliteitskunde urn:nbn:nl:ui:32-371846/obj 2026-03-27 http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess