The transformation of agri-food systems: globalization, supply chains and smallholder farms - Brossura

Food And Agriculture Organization

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9251059624 ISBN 13: 9789251059623

Casa editrice: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2010

Riassunto

The driving forces of income growth, demographic shifts, globalisation and technical change have led to a reorganisation of food systems from farm to plate. The characteristics of supply chains - particularly the role of supermarkets - linking farmers have changed, from consumption and retail to wholesale, processing, procurement and production. This has had a dramatic effect on smallholder farmers, particularly in developing countries. This book presents a comprehensive framework for assessing the impacts of changing agri-food systems on smallholder farmers, recognising the importance of heterogeneity between developing countries as well as within them. The book includes a number of case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe, which are used to illustrate differences in food systems' characteristics and trends. The country case studies explore impacts on the small farm sector across different countries, local contexts and farm types

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• Editore: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9251059624
• ISBN 13: 9789251059623
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 404
• Redattore: McCullough Ellen B., Pingali Prabhu L., Stamoulis Kostas G.