Part I. The Food and Agricultural Marketing System Overview -- 1. Evolution of Agricultural and Food Markets, Policies …, Texas A&M University -- 2. Expectations and Realities of the Food System-Jean Kinsey, Professor, University of Minnesota … -- 3. History of Government’s Role in the Food and Agricultural Marketing System-Richard G. Heifner, UDSA Economic Research …

This book examines the factors involved in consumer responses to food produced in regions near the Fukushima Daiichi … Nuclear Plant following the March 2011 Eastern Japanese earthquake, and assesses how responses to reports on food safety and … prefecture. On the basis of a survey conducted in 2014 among 8,000 consumers from all parts of Japan and focusing on ten food …

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the … challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety …

With a special focus on private label food brands and manufacturer brands, this book provides a comprehensive overview …

In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in public … are distributed geographically. Further discussions include the effect of AFNs in structuring the food chain and how AFNs … AFNs in the area, as well as due to the fact that it was in this region that the ‘Slow Food’ movement originated …

Mangos from India, pasta from Italy, coffee from Colombia: Every day, we are nourished by a global food system that … go hungry, and more than thirty percent of food being wasted when it could feed the 795 million malnourished worldwide …. In Nourished Planet, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition offers a global plan for feeding ourselves sustainably …

und Erfolgswirkungen kausalanalytisch sowie experimentell anhand einer Konsumentenbefragung bei ausgewählten Lebensmittel … Konsumenten auch bereit, höhere Preise für die entsprechenden Lebensmittel zu bezahlen. …

Production planning in fresh food industries is a challenging task. Although modern Advanced Planning and Scheduling …, based on an in-depth analysis of three sample fresh food industries (dairy, fresh and processed meat), the author evaluates … handle the most distinguishing characteristic of fresh food industries, the short product shelf life. Starting from the …

This short book reviews the provision of food bank and other emergency food aid provision with a specific focus on the … UK, whilst drawing lessons from North America, Brazil and Europe. The authors look at the historical positioning of food … aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012, before addressing the …