| A decade of strong economic growth, rapid urbanization and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) are transforming Indonesia’s food retail sector. Modern retail markets are reorganizing how food chains operate: requiring product homogeneity, grading, sorting, packaging, and supply consistency. Current literature suggests that improving relationship quality among food chain actors enhances efficiency. In Indonesia, chillies are a priority crop commonly produced by small holders and like many other cash crops several farmer-trader issues emerging in chilli supply chains. This paper attempts to segment chilli farmers according to their perception of the relationship quality with their buyers. Data was collected through a survey of 602 chilli... |
