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Cross-continental food chains

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Studies in Human Geography, 12Publication details: London Routledge 2005. Description: xvi, 260 pISBN:
  • 9780415337939
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.3
Summary: The book presents recent case study research on how and why the food system is being globalized, and what means for people and communities in different parts of the world. It covers debates on new structures and dynamics in the global trade with food products, including detailed accounts of fresh horticulture, tropical crops and livestock. Part 1 : Mapping the terminologies, concepts and directions for the analysis of cross-cultural food chains. Part II : The local impacts of cross-continental food chains, Part III : Lead firms and the organisation of cross-continental food chains, and part IV ; Multi-scalar politics and the restructuring of cross-continental food chains.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The book presents recent case study research on how and why the food system is being globalized, and what means for people and communities in different parts of the world. It covers debates on new structures and dynamics in the global trade with food products, including detailed accounts of fresh horticulture, tropical crops and livestock. Part 1 : Mapping the terminologies, concepts and directions for the analysis of cross-cultural food chains. Part II : The local impacts of cross-continental food chains, Part III : Lead firms and the organisation of cross-continental food chains, and part IV ; Multi-scalar politics and the restructuring of cross-continental food chains.

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