A systematic review of the supply of agriproducts to supermarkets in emerging markets of Africa and Asia

Abstract

This paper systematically sheds light on the procurement systems, the selection criteria of Supermarket agrifood suppliers, and the impact of procurement systems on producers. A systematic search of literature from 2000 to 2022 was carried out. Fifty-two peer-reviewed research articles were identified from the Scopus database. The review findings revealed a positive impact on the income, productivity, and efficiency of the suppliers of supermarkets. Supermarkets used a combination of procurement systems (modernised and traditional) but primarily used the modernised method. Most studies reported that pricing and quality of food, the safety of produce, quantity, supply stability, delivery timeliness, and trust connections determine whether supermarkets buy from small or large producers. From the study, it is suggested that, to attract and maintain consumers in the underdeveloped areas, supermarket managers have to practice a just-in-time inventory management system where stocks will be kept low and also integrate vendor relationship management to reduce the cost of fresh fruits and vegetables sold at the Supermarket.

Keywords:

• supermarket
• suppliers
• quality
• agriproducts
• procurement

Acknowledgments

We express our deepest gratitude to Ms Wilhemina Kwabeng Owusu for her proofreading of the draft manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

Data was searched from Scopus database which is readily available online

Author contribution

All authors participated in the conceptualisation, design, analysis, writing and proofreading of the manuscript.

Notes

1. Wet markets are open-air marketplaces for fresh fruits and vegetables frequently found in Asian countries.

2. Agriproducts are raw cut or fresh products of agricultural crops such as grains and cereals, root and tubers, fruits and vegetables, oilseeds etc.

Additional information

Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in public, commercial or non-governmental organisations.

Notes on contributors

Abigail Oparebea Boateng

Abigail Oparebea Boateng is a full-time Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Agribusiness Management and Consumer Studies. She holds a master’s degree in Business Administration, specialising in International Business and Marketing, from PDM University (India) and a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness from the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Ghana. Her research interest is Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management and Consumer Behavior. She is result-oriented, dedicated, and a good team player.

Richard Kwasi Bannor

Richard Kwasi Bannor (PhD Agribusiness Management, Institute of Agribusiness Management-SKRAU, India) is currently an Associate Professor of Agribusiness Management (Agribusiness Marketing Specialisation) at the Department of Agribusiness Management and Consumer Studies of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, Dormaa Campus, Ghana. Bannor has extensive experience in agribusiness research coupled with research publications in international peer-review journals focussing on agribusiness, business management, marketing, agriculture and applied economics. For over eight years, he has researched the development and sustaining of Agribusiness MSMEs in Africa, Asia and Europe, mainly in Agricultural and Rural Marketing and Agribusiness Value and Supply Chains. Bannor’s current research focuses on Celebrity and Digital Marketing, Food Standards, Agribusiness Consumers’ Behaviour, Labelling and Packaging), Agricultural Intellectual Property Regimes and TQM practices in Agribusiness Marketing and Supply Chains.

Ebenezer Bold

Ebenezer Bold is a young and dedicated Assistant Lecturer at the University of Energy and Natural Resources, working in the Department of Agribusiness Management and Consumer Studies. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness from the University of Energy and Natural Resources and a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a major in International Business and Marketing from PDM University in India. Mr. Bold’s research interests revolve around Agribusiness, particularly in Total Quality Management, Food Security issues, gender studies, Consumer Behavior, Supply Chain Management, and Marketing.

Oppong-Kyeremeh Helena

Helena Oppong-Kyeremeh (PhD Agribusiness ongoing, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology) currently, is a Senior lecturer in Agribusiness at the Department of Agribusiness Management and Consumer Studies, Dormaa Campus, Ghana. She is a dedicated professional in the field of agribusiness. She is an experienced agricultural commodities value chain analyst trained from The University of Queensland, Australia and also skilled in food security, monitoring and evaluation through practice at Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands. Presently, her research and teaching interests focus on value chain analysis, marketing of agricultural produce, food security, consumer research, monitoring and evaluation, and poverty research.