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This article, focusing on produce and grain, discusses the environmental and climate change impacts of food production … environmental energy costs in the food supply …
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Commodity-equity return co-movements rose dramatically during the Great Recession. This development took place following what has been dubbed the “financialization” of commodity markets. We first document changes since 1995 in the relative importance of financial institutions' activity in...
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authorities to complete the merger of Perdigao and Sadia, the two massive food producers that had combined to form Brasil Foods in … Brasil Foods to maintain its allowed retail market share and expand its presence in the fast-growing food service sector …
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The analytical review of food aid, food production and food markets in Lesotho was undertaken on the request of the WFP … Country Office in Lesotho in response to a long running debate that food aid was disrupting markets and creating disincentives … to what extent, food aid is negatively affecting domestic food markets and food production in Lesotho …
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The analytical review of food aid, food production and food markets in Swaziland was undertaken on the initiative of … WFP Country Office to clarify issues on a long running debate in the country that food aid was disrupting markets and … creating disincentives to production. In this context, the review set out to establish if and to what extent food aid is …
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America is facing widespread problems with its food system, including environmental harms due to externalities from … industrial farms; the increasing amount of "food miles" traveled by the products that make up our daily meals; and the growing … food, through production, processing, distribution, consumption, and food waste management, is in crisis. One of the most …
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What is an APEC Food System? Leaders of APEC's 21 member governments are committed to achieving free and open trade and … progress has already been made towards those goals, but least so in the food sector. The latter needs to be addressed urgently … September 1998 that APEC leaders take joint action to develop a so-called APEC Food System to boost the food sector …
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Food marketing brings together the producer and consumer. It is responsible for the chain of activities that brings … food from the “farm gate to the plate.” While farmer markets are one way that this can occur, more highly processed foods … adds various ingredients, bakes, packages, and ships it to warehouses that distribute it to grocery stores and to food …
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This paper reflects on the role of responsibility placed on food business operators by Regulation (EC) 178/2002 in the … emergence and shaping of private food safety regulation. In particular imposed self-regulation in food hygiene is explored along … private food safety law in concerted action provide a hybrid legal framework for food producing businesses …
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