Final Thoughts: Citrus and developments
My inspiration for this blog began when I came across the Nadorcott at the supermarkets in the UK. Although I was unable to trace the commodity chain of Nardorcotts or any citrus fruits, I gained valuable insights from the various narratives, case studies and research I came across while looking for literature relevant to the theme on “Water and Food” and “Development” as well as “Citrus Agriculture”. I wanted to approach this series of blog post through the lens of agriculture value chains by identifying externalities and relations embedded within processes. These processes include aspects of negotiations, transportation, securing resource inputs in agriculture, technological implementation, interdisciplinary solutions and more. Interestingly, to meet population demands in cities, supermarkets have managed to source large quantities of fresh agriculture produce like oranges from the Global South such as developing countries in Africa. This has resulted in what we know as ‘buyer-...
