The last two years have seen a huge amount of interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scale acquisition of land in the global South. This in-depth and empirically diverse volume takes a step back from the hype to explore a number of key questions: does the...

This book explores the challenges of sustainable agri-food supply chains. It presents and discusses nine cases of organizational innovation, covering different phases of food production and facing different challenges, by proposing alternative models to the traditional paradigm of scale and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Series Foreword -- Introduction: Taking Root -- I An Unjust Food System -- 1 Growing and Producing Food -- 2 Accessing Food -- 3 Consuming Food -- 4 Food Politics -- 5 The Food System Goes Global -- II Food Justice Action and Strategies -- 6 Growing Justice -- 7...

China is one of the world's largest developing agricultural countries and dominates the international livestock revolution in terms of its aggregate size and growth rate. While the sheep meat industry is still in the early stages of development, it is an excellent example of the upheaval taking...

Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries. It focuses on the private standards and requirements imposed by...

Covers -- Editorial advisory board -- Guest editorial -- Welfare implications of intertemporal marketing margin manipulation -- Farmers' self-reported bargaining power and price heterogeneity -- How do food safety regulations influence market price? A theoretical analysis -- How can food...

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. SUGAR -- 2. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES -- 3. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY IN NEBRASKA -- Grand Island -- Norfolk -- Ames -- 4. SUGAR VALLEY -- 5. THE FACTORIES --...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- A Framework to Guide the Public Policy Response Aimed at Maximizing the Efficiency, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability of the Digital Transformation -- Digital Technologies...