This paper focuses on the application of competition law and policy to supermarkets, and more generally on the steps from food production on farms until its arrival on the plate of the consumer. Issues discussed include mergers, abuse of dominance, anticompetitive arrangements, unconscionable...

Retailers and wholesalers today are investing the major share of their development funds into the Asian marketplace to bring modern retail and wholesale concepts to the Asian consumer. With a large growth in urbanisation across Asia, the region represents huge opportunities as well as big...

The global food crisis has focused attention on agriculture and spurred increased investment in the sector. The attention of public policy and research investment has been focused on smallholder farmers’ productivity. However, it is critical to enable opportunities throughout the value chain...

This Keynote Address gives a high-level overview of the issues of social and economic development facing the region. Markets have played a significant role in advancing economic and social development in developing Asia, in terms of structural transformation as economies move from agrarian and...

Women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have a vital role to play in managing the long-term sustainable supply of food to the formal and informal markets. With over 85% of the food grown by women, and with relatively little public investment in the food crop sector over time, national non-government...

This summary assembles a number of key points that emerged during the Crawford Fund 2011 Parliamentary Conference ‘The Supermarket Revolution in Food’. The summary seeks to identify core issues or questions, including areas for socio-economic and technology research and development, and for...

In Indonesia’s urban centres, supermarkets have multiplied recently. With cheaper higher-quality commodities and better services, supermarkets have the potential to drive traders in traditional markets out of business. This paper evaluates whether that is happening. It finds that traditional...

This Sir John Crawford Memorial Address touches on aspects of the balance between demand for and supply of food, and on visionary approaches to food security that emphasise the importance of markets as well as production itself. Sir John Crawford had the vision of Australian economic integration...