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The main focus of this paper is to analyse the production and consumption for eco-innovative food in Brazil. The … research can be divided in two parts: the first, focusing in the supply-side, aims to identify food companies' motivation to … organizations that work with eco-innovative food, green certifications and green food associations. The analysis of the demand …
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market. Alternative food chains may play a key role in these contexts, especially for their ability to put farms in touch …, an Italian Alpine region where alternative food chains are quickly developing, by comparing the development of … farms to standardize their products according to the requirement of the large retailers. Through alternative food chains …
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Over the 2000s', consumers' food purchases have been increasingly informed by supply chain-related issues, with growing … concerns about the sustainability of chains differing for their geographical scope. As a result, short food supply chains and … local food systems have risen to policymakers and food chain stakeholders' attention as more sustainable alternatives to …
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Many factors can affect the success of food product innovations. One such factor is the role played by consumer … result with respect to confidence attributed to the media in ensuring correct and unbiased information regarding new food …
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We evaluate the impact of the recent increases in major food prices on the intake of essential nutrients in Lebanon, a … small heavily import-dependent economy. Using nationally representative households' expenditure micro data, we derive food … intake of nutrients such as calcium, zinc, iron, and folate decreased significantly following the recent food price shocks …
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At the current time, Hawai?i lacks an established set of benchmark estimates on the availability of food for market … estimation framework to map the existing food supply flows from various sources and to determine the various levels of food … consumption in Hawai?i. The authors suggest modified measures of food self-sufficiency and import dependency to provide a more …
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Forecasting food production is important to identify possible shortages in supply and, thus, food security risks. Such …
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food quality and safety standards that farmers have to meet. The presence of HC through a producer organisation (PO … increases and coordination costs decrease, ensuring better compliance with food quality and safety requirements. …
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Previous studies in Nigeria examined food and nutrition security mainly using anthropometric indicators, total calorie … nutrient adequacy and HDDS with focus on components of food systems in Nigeria. Based on the 2015/16 Nigeria General Household … Survey, we found that fruits and animal source foods were the least consumed food groups. Yet, these food groups seem to be …
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Food insecurity and malnutrition are still major challenges for large proportions of households in Sub-Saharan Africa …. The empirical literature on food demand, however, suggests mixed evidence on the roles of income and other socio …-economic attributes on food demand. This study analyzes the food demand among households in Rwanda, based on nationally representative …
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