The brewing industry has experienced massive changes over the last decade. Industry concentration has increased dramatically, and the leading brewing groups have globalised their operations across virtually all continents. Based on a major data base the paper traces some causes and assesses the...

Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of this depends on migrating workers for seasonal labour, including from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America....

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. France : traditional centre of fruit and vegetable production -- pt. 3. Spain : symbol and embodiment of industrial agriculture -- pt. 4. Morocco : booming sites of counter-seasonal production -- pt. 5. Conclusion.

1. Introduction -- 2. Structure of agriculture -- 3. The Food industry -- 4. Food value chains -- 5. The position of agriculture -- 6. Agricultural and trade policy -- 7. Markets -- 8. Consumers and consumption -- 9. Resources -- 10 Food supply -- 11. Disruptive or new potential trends.