Sustainable food production, responsible consumption, poverty reduction, and decent living standards are important …, decreasing food prices due to production advantages and competition, and an increased variety of and access to food products. In … the light of continuing poverty and food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries, imports and exports ar... …

This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay … the non homogeneity of food products. This is realized by providing an estimate of the value of the good by means of a … hedonic food price model. A model is proposed that decomposes unit values into spatial price factors and a value component …