In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in public debates. This is due to their profound implications for rural development, local sustainability, and bio-economics. This edited collection discusses what the main determinants...

Today, nutrition is mainly discussed under nutritional, medical-health or ideological aspects (e.g. vegetarianism, veganism, etc.). Although the food industry represents one of the most important markets, questions of food production, agriculture, food trade and biodiversity are mostly discussed...

Vergleich marktsoziologischer Theorien über die Koordination von Produzenten -- Diskussion zentraler Theorien der Verbandsforschung -- Geschichte der deutschen Biomärkte von 1946-2012 -- Analyse von Koordinationsleistungen von Wirtschaftsverbänden auf Märkten

Introduction -- Theoretical Reasoning on Markets and Market Forms -- The Fundamentals of Retail Management -- Supermarkets and Modern Food Retail Management -- Research Waves on Modern Food Retail in the Global South -- Interim Conclusion on Theoretical and Conceptual Reflections -- Dhaka: The...

1. Introduction -- 2. Consumer Demand: Theory -- 3. Consumer Demand: Separability and Commodity Aggregation -- 4. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis I -- 5. Consumer Demand: Empirical Analysis II -- 6. Quality, Heterogeneous Goods, and Cross Section Demand -- 7. Derived Demand, Marketing...

Part I: Background -- Chapter 1: Setting the scene- Chapter 2: he legal conception of misleading product labelling and its operationalization- Chapter 3: Measuring misleadingness: The preference-conscious choice modelled and observed- Part II: Studies- Chapter 4: Study 1: Low-fat claims on...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Recent Research on Climate Change and Food Security -- Chapter 3. Assessment of Climate Change and Adaptation Policies for Sustainable Food Security -- Chapter 4. Food Security Challenges of Climate Change: An Analysis for Policy Selection in Malaysia --...

1. Indian Food Systems towards 2050: Challenges and Opportunities -- 2. Economic Growth, Agriculture and Food Systems: Explaining Regional Diversity -- 3. Rural Livelihood Challenges: Moving out of Agriculture -- 4.Diet Diversity and the Declining Importance of Staple Grains -- 5.The Nutrition...

Part I: Global Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Sustainability and a Planetary Diet -- Chapter 2. Climate and Food -- Chapter 3. Food and Environmental Emergency -- Chapter 4. Reducing Food Waste and Packaging -- Part II: Industry and Marketing Perspectives -- Chapter 5. Circular Agriculture --...