We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict using panel data for over 120 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main finding is that in Low Income Countries increases in the international food prices lead to a...

This book contains a sampling of recent ERS research illustrating the breadth of the Agency’s research on current policy issues: from biofuels to food consumption to land conservation to patterns of trade for agricultural products. What you won’t find in this collection is any mention of...

La creciente competencia a la que se enfrentan las empresas hortofruticolas en el mercado, agravada por el enorme poder de negociacion de la gran distribucion y la tendencia a sustituir las frutas y hortalizas por el consumo de otros productos, hace la viabilidad de estas empresas este...

In order to explain the growth of obesity in industrialized and transition economies, a behavioral approach to food intake and overconsumption of calories is presented. It is argued that changes in food consumption patterns are one of the main drivers behind the imbalance of calories consumed...

This study explores consumer demand for organic milk products (OMP) and prospective developments in OMP supply chain in Portugal. Consumer demand is approached through a survey accomplished with a stratified sample of 625 consumers from the Porto Metropolitan area (north Portugal), whose...

Against the background of diverse food scandals this article investigates the role of trust as a determinant of consumer behaviour in Germany. As empirical analyses indicate, the impact of trust on consumer behaviour in a quotidian and presumably safe setting is to be neglected. In the...

Fresh fruits are always recommended as ingredients in healthiest diets. However, there is a tendency for consumers to move their consumption towards transformed fruits, which are integrated in many food products. Quite commonly fresh fruits are difficult to handle and store but they also do not...

El presente trabajo tiene como objetico analyizar el nivel de conocimiento y las posibiltidades de mercado de los alimentos d Comercio Justo (CJ). Para ello se ha llevado a cabo un estudio exploratoria basado en 176 encuestas a consumidores de Murcia y Alicante, en las que se ha medido el nivel...