Agriculture Reference
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Changing Food
Supply, Demand, and
Marketing Issues:
What Affects Price
and Affordability
?
Miguel I. Gómez, Charles F. Nicholson,
and Paul E. McNamara
contents
Abstract .................................................................................................................. 380
Introduction............................................................................................................ 380
Food System Conceptual Framework .................................................................... 381
Primary Agricultural Production: Trends and Issues ............................................. 383
Food Marketing and Distribution: Trends and Issues ............................................ 384
Food Prices and Value-Added Activities ........................................................... 386
Costs in the Food Supply Chain........................................................................ 387
The Consumers: Trends and Issues........................................................................ 388
Population and Demographics .......................................................................... 388
Income and Real Purchasing Power.................................................................. 388
Cases on Effects of Supply Chain Trends on Food Prices and Affordability ........ 394
The Livestock Revolution and Demand Transformation .................................. 394
Bioenergy, Agriculture, and Global Food Prices............................................... 395
Modernization of Food Retailing in Developing Countries: Implications
for the Global Supply Chains............................................................................ 396
Food Affordability and Policy: Access to Food for All.......................................... 398
Policies and Programs to Ensure Food for All .................................................. 399
Conclusions............................................................................................................ 401
Notes ...................................................................................................................... 401
References..............................................................................................................402
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