For a variety of reasons, energy use in the agro-food sector continues to rise, and in many countries, is highly … how the food supply chain can improve its energy efficiency. This report analyses ways of improving energy use in the agro-food …

"Where does food come from? How is food produced? Today, consumers are concerned with numerous attributes of food such … as these. Cruelty to animals, food contamination and safety, fair trade practice, genetic modification, organic farming … understand how consumers value these attributes. This book summarizes empirical findings on consumer valuation of food attributes …

China’s food processing sector has arrived at a decisive stage. While primary agriculture has continued to expand at an … diversified consumer demands, to improve the quality and nutritional content of foods, to introduce new food products, to shift to …. These developments give rise to a number of questions. What do these changes mean for China’s food processors? Is China …

This paper provides an overview of agro-food value chains in the EU Outermost Regions (EU ORs). It assesses emerging … participation of EU ORs in international agro-food value chains, and proposes priority actions. The paper is developed within the …

efforts have not been moving in this direction, and global trade in agriculture and food remains highly distorted. COVID-19 is …Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, global food systems were faced with a formidable “triple challenge” of … simultaneously providing food security and nutrition to a growing global population, ensuring the livelihoods of millions of people …