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The economics of Africa s floriculture air-cargo supply chain
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J Transp Geogr
2020[Jun]; 86
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PMID32834672
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This article examines the economics of Africa's emerging air cargo supply chains,
taking floriculture as a case study. Floriculture is an important employer, and
earner of foreign exchange for several regions of central/southern and eastern
Africa including more recently Ethiopia. Air transportation often plays a
critical role when the supply-chain involves high-value, non-durable, relatively
light-weight, and compact consignments such as flowers, and geographically when
regions are difficult to access by other trunk modes. The success of air cargo
chains, however, depend as much on the quality of surface modes serving various
"last mile" access and egress functions, as well as efficient nodal interchange
points and the availability of suitable airport and airline capacity. The last,
because of the important role of belly-hold space, includes consideration of
passenger as well as cargo specific services. To meet the needs of Africa's
floriculture sector, a variety of supply-chain models have emerged that embrace
air and surface links, as well as storage at various points in the chain. The
paper considers the nature of these chains, the reason d'être for their
structures, and their limitations.
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