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Miet Maertens
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 210
Citations - 7026
Miet Maertens is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supply chain & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 197 publications receiving 5940 citations. Previous affiliations of Miet Maertens include The Catholic University of America & University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science.
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Trade, Standards, and Poverty: Evidence from Senegal
Miet Maertens,Johan F.M. Swinnen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify income and poverty effects of high-standards trade and integrate labor market effects, by using company and household survey data from the vegetable export chain in Senegal.
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Trade, Standards, and Poverty: Evidence from Senegal
Miet Maertens,Johan F.M. Swinnen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified income and poverty effects of high-standards trade and integrated labor market effects, by using company and household survey data from the vegetable export chain in Senegal.
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Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification
Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter,Michael Kessler,Jan Barkmann,Merijn M. Bos,Damayanti Buchori,Stefan Erasmi,Heiko Faust,Gerhard Gerold,Klaus Glenk,S. Robbert Gradstein,Edi Guhardja,Marieke Harteveld,Dietrich Hertel,Patrick Höhn,Martin Kappas,Stefan Köhler,Christoph Leuschner,Miet Maertens,Rainer Marggraf,Sonja Migge-Kleian,Johanis P. Mogea,Ramadhaniel Pitopang,Matthias Schaefer,Stefan Schwarze,Simone G. Sporn,Andrea Steingrebe,Sri S. Tjitrosoedirdjo,Soekisman Tjitrosoemito,André Twele,Robert J. Weber,Lars Woltmann,Manfred Zeller,Teja Tscharntke +32 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that low-shade agroforestry provides the best available compromise between economic forces and ecological needs, and Certification schemes for shade-grown crops may provide a market-based mechanism to slow down current intensification trends.
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Globalization, privatization, and vertical coordination in food value chains in developing and transition countries
Johan F.M. Swinnen,Miet Maertens +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the importance of these changes, discuss the implications for efficiency and equity, and provide empirical evidence on the effects in several developing and transition countries, where private vertical coordination systems have emerged and are growing rapidly.
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Modern Food Supply Chains and Development: Evidence from Horticulture Export Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed and compared the welfare effects in different horticulture export chains in sub-Saharan Africa, disentangling different types of effects and the channels through which rural households are affected.