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Many developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could have important implications for farming and wider rural development. While previous studies have analyzed farm profit and income effects, possible employment effects...
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There is an emerging body of literature analyzing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can be linked to modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on farm and farmer characteristics, failing to capture details of institutional arrangements between farmers...
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Overweight and obesity are becoming serious issues in many developing countries. Since undernutrition is not completely eradicated yet, these countries face a dual burden that obstructs economic development. We analyze the nutrition transition in Indonesia using longitudinal data from the...
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Supermarkets and hypermarkets are expanding rapidly in many developing countries. While consequences for farmers and consumers were analyzed recently, little is known about the implications for traditional retail formats such as wet markets. Using data from a market survey in Thailand and...
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Due to increasing health consciousness among consumers, there is an ever‐growing demand for food and beverages with health‐improving components. Not only ‘light’ and low fat products are in demand, but increasingly so‐called well‐being products and food which can prevent certain...
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Die Reformhausbranche ist im Umbruch - bedingt nicht zuletzt durch den gegenwärtigen Boom im Markt für Bio-Produkte und Naturkosmetik. "Bio ist jetzt Mainstream. Das ist unser Problem", fasst so auch E. Perlinger, Vorstand der Neuform Vereinigung Deutscher Reformhäuser, zusammen (zitiert nach...
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In der modernen Veredlungswirtschaft nimmt Nordwestdeutschland mit den Intensivregionen Weser-Ems und Westfalen-Lippe eine herausragende Position im internationalen Wettbewerb ein (Spiller et al. 2005; Windhorst und Grabkowsky 2008). Vor dem Hintergrund neuer ökonomischer, rechtlicher und...
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Die verschiedenen Agrarstandorte in Deutschland unterliegen in den letzten Jahren einer starken Beobachtung. Der Wissenschaftsrat fordert in seinem Gutachten eine Konzentration der Standorte und stellt die Zukunft kleinerer Fakultäten in Frage. Als Vollstandort hat sich die Fakultät für...
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