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Acemoglu, D., 34n1, 270 Aflatoxins, 50, 66 Africa commodity characteristics in, 234 comparative perspective of commodity characteristics overview, 221, 224 non-traditional export crops, 223–224 staple food crops, 221–222 traditional export crops, 222–223 food exports from, 4, 50 income, effect on high standards economy, 148 liberalization in overview, 9, 235 liberalization process, 240 non-traditional export crops and, 252–255 performance, analysis of, 252 pre-liberalization economy, 239–241 staple food crops and, 252–255 traditional export crops and, 252–255 variations in performance, 237, 252–255 market power in, 207 price transmission in, 208n2 production structure in, 159–160 staple food crops in, 220n1 supermarkets in, 142–143 third party contract enforcement in, 180 value chains in, 235 vertical coordination in, 162–163 Aghion, P., 195n1 Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA), 68n2 Agriculture, scale economies in, 149n5–150 Ailawadi, K.L., 198 Akerlof, G.A., 12 Akiyama, T., 240n8 Aldi (retail store), 198 Amacher, G.S., 16, 17, 101 American Meat Institute, 78n4–79 Anderson, K., 13, 16–17, 18, 37, 50, 51n5, 57, 74 Andersson, C., 5n8 Ando, A., 272 Andreoni, J., 69 Animal welfare, private standards regarding, 78–79, 78n4 Ansell, C., 72 Asia commodity characteristics in, 234 contract farming in, 4n6–5 food exports from, 4 liberalization in, 192 vertical coordination in, 162–163 Asymmetric information modeling of standards and, 12–16, 12n1 private standards reducing, 77–78 Azzam, A., 198