Competition and efficiency in international food supply chains : improving food security / / John Williams |
Autore | Williams John <1949-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/9 |
Collana | Earthscan food and agriculture |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade - Security measures
Food supply - Government policy Food security Sustainable agriculture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-52058-3
1-136-33235-9 9786613833037 0-203-12236-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""List of acronyms""; ""List of figures and tables""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Commodity supply shocks""; ""2 Supply chain distortions: intervention, subsidies, protection""; ""3 Role of the private sector, price, competition, and government""; ""4 Government intervention by importing countries""; ""5 The rise and fall of commingled commodity handling""; ""6 Government intervention failures in exporting countries""; ""7 Hoarding""; ""8 Corruption in the food chain""; ""9 Food aid problems""
""10 Importance of �trade� markets and merchants""""11 Post-deregulation issues""; ""12 Food supply chain efficiency""; ""Glossary of terms""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465208503321 |
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Competition and efficiency in international food supply chains : improving food security / / John Williams |
Autore | Williams John <1949-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/9 |
Collana | Earthscan food and agriculture |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade - Security measures
Food supply - Government policy Food security Sustainable agriculture |
ISBN |
1-136-33234-0
1-283-52058-3 1-136-33235-9 9786613833037 0-203-12236-4 |
Classificazione | SOC055000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""List of acronyms""; ""List of figures and tables""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Commodity supply shocks""; ""2 Supply chain distortions: intervention, subsidies, protection""; ""3 Role of the private sector, price, competition, and government""; ""4 Government intervention by importing countries""; ""5 The rise and fall of commingled commodity handling""; ""6 Government intervention failures in exporting countries""; ""7 Hoarding""; ""8 Corruption in the food chain""; ""9 Food aid problems""
""10 Importance of �trade� markets and merchants""""11 Post-deregulation issues""; ""12 Food supply chain efficiency""; ""Glossary of terms""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791921603321 |
Williams John <1949-, >
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Competition and efficiency in international food supply chains : improving food security / / John Williams |
Autore | Williams John <1949-, > |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/9 |
Collana | Earthscan food and agriculture |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade - Security measures
Food supply - Government policy Food security Sustainable agriculture |
ISBN |
1-136-33234-0
1-283-52058-3 1-136-33235-9 9786613833037 0-203-12236-4 |
Classificazione | SOC055000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""List of acronyms""; ""List of figures and tables""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Commodity supply shocks""; ""2 Supply chain distortions: intervention, subsidies, protection""; ""3 Role of the private sector, price, competition, and government""; ""4 Government intervention by importing countries""; ""5 The rise and fall of commingled commodity handling""; ""6 Government intervention failures in exporting countries""; ""7 Hoarding""; ""8 Corruption in the food chain""; ""9 Food aid problems""
""10 Importance of �trade� markets and merchants""""11 Post-deregulation issues""; ""12 Food supply chain efficiency""; ""Glossary of terms""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827769203321 |
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Construire des politiques alimentaires urbaines : concepts et démarches / / Caroline Brand, Nicolas Bricas, Damien Conaré, Benoit Daviron, Julie Debru, Laura Michel, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard, coordinateurs |
Autore | Brand Caroline |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | éditions Quae, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (163 pages) |
Collana | Update Sciences & Technologies |
Soggetto topico |
Food supply - Government policy
Nutrition policy Urban health |
Soggetto non controllato | urban food policies |
ISBN |
2-7592-3141-0
2-7592-2618-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910350199103321 |
Brand Caroline
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éditions Quae, 2017 | ||
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Energy and Agriculture: Their Interacting Futures : Policy Implications of Global Models / / edited by Maurice Lévy and John L. Robinson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 333.79 |
Collana | Routledge Library Editions: Energy Economics |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy
Food supply - Government policy Agriculture and state |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-351-39267-0
1-351-39268-9 1-315-14210-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Opening Address (in French and English) -- chapter 2 Keynote Address: Food and Energy Demands on the Global Research Agenda -- chapter 3 The Food-Energy Problem -- chapter 4 Modelling in Perspective -- chapter 5 Modelling of Food-Energy Factors -- chapter 6 A Total Resource Management Project -- chapter 7 General Discussion -- chapter 8 Synthesis View of Proceedings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511656903321 |
London : , : Routledge, , 2018 | ||
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Energy and Agriculture: Their Interacting Futures : Policy Implications of Global Models / / edited by Maurice Lévy and John L. Robinson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 333.79 |
Collana | Routledge Library Editions: Energy Economics |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy
Food supply - Government policy Agriculture and state |
ISBN |
1-351-39267-0
1-351-39268-9 1-315-14210-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Opening Address (in French and English) -- chapter 2 Keynote Address: Food and Energy Demands on the Global Research Agenda -- chapter 3 The Food-Energy Problem -- chapter 4 Modelling in Perspective -- chapter 5 Modelling of Food-Energy Factors -- chapter 6 A Total Resource Management Project -- chapter 7 General Discussion -- chapter 8 Synthesis View of Proceedings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796547103321 |
London : , : Routledge, , 2018 | ||
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Energy and Agriculture: Their Interacting Futures : Policy Implications of Global Models / / edited by Maurice Lévy and John L. Robinson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 333.79 |
Collana | Routledge Library Editions: Energy Economics |
Soggetto topico |
Energy policy
Food supply - Government policy Agriculture and state |
ISBN |
1-351-39267-0
1-351-39268-9 1-315-14210-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Opening Address (in French and English) -- chapter 2 Keynote Address: Food and Energy Demands on the Global Research Agenda -- chapter 3 The Food-Energy Problem -- chapter 4 Modelling in Perspective -- chapter 5 Modelling of Food-Energy Factors -- chapter 6 A Total Resource Management Project -- chapter 7 General Discussion -- chapter 8 Synthesis View of Proceedings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812713303321 |
London : , : Routledge, , 2018 | ||
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Food price policy in an era of market instability : a political economy analysis / / Per Pinstrup-Andersen [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 508 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 338.19090511 |
Collana | WIDER studies in development economics |
Soggetto topico |
Food prices - Government policy
Food supply - Government policy Food supply - History - 21st century |
ISBN | 0-19-178801-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Part I. An Overview -- 1. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: An Overview / Per Pinstrup-Andersen -- Part II. Synthesis of Findings from Country Studies -- 2. International to Domestic Price Transmission in Fourteen Developing Countries during the 2007-8 Food Crisis / Kenneth Baltzer -- 3. A Cacophony of Policy Responses: Evidence from Fourteen Countries during the 2007-8 Food Price Crisis / Shane Bryan -- 4. Policy Processes and Food Price Crises: A Framework for Analysis and Lessons from Country Studies / Suresh Chandra Babu -- 5. A Political Economy Synthesis: The Food Policy Crisis / Derrill D. Watson II -- Part III. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Low-Income Landlocked Countries -- 6. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Ethiopia / Assefa Admassie -- 7. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Malawi / Ephraim W. Chirwa and Blessings Chinsinga -- 8. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Zambia / Antony Chapoto --
Part IV. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Low-income Countries with Limited Dependence on Food Imports -- 9. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Kenya / Jonathan Makau Nzuma -- 10. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Mozambique / Virgulino Nhale, Claudio Massingarela, and Vincenzo Salvucci -- Part V. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Low- and Middle-income Countries Heavily Dependent on Food Import -- 11. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Bangladesh / Selim Raihan -- 12. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Egypt / Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim -- 13. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Nigeria / Aderibigbe S. Olomola -- 14. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Senegal / Danielle Resnick -- Part VI. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Large Exporters -- 15. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Vietnam / Nguyen Manh Hai and Theodore Talbot -- 16. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in India / Kavery Ganguly and Ashok Gulati -- 17. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in China / Jikun Huang, Jun Yang, and Scott Rozelle -- 18. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Brazil / Bernardo Mueller and Charles Mueller -- 19. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in South Africa / Johann F. Kirsten -- Part VII. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy in High-income Countries -- 20. US Policy Contributions to Agricultural Commodity Price Fluctuations, 2006-12 / Gordon C. Rausser and Harry de Gorter -- 21. Food Price Volatility and EU Policies / Johan Swinnen, Louise Knops and Kristine van Herck -- Part VIII. Conclusions and Recommendations -- 22. The Political Economy of Food Price Policy: Key Policy-related Lessons / Per Pinstrup-Andersen. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153564703321 |
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Food riots, food rights and the politics of provisions / / edited by Naomi Hossain and Patta Scott-Villiers |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, graphs, tables |
Disciplina | 363.809051 |
Collana | Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment |
Soggetto topico |
Food riots - History - 21st century
Right to food Food supply - Government policy |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alex Shankland
Anuradha Joshi Biraj Patnaik Bonface Omondi Celestine Nyamu Musembi crisis Devangana Kalita Dipa Sinha Egídio Chaimite economy Ferdous Jahan global Lauren Sneyd Lucio Posse Luís de Brito Michael Sambo Muhammad Ashikur Rahman moral Patta Scott-Villiers regime Sara Burke security Vaibhav Raaj |
ISBN |
1-351-70617-9
1-315-17524-X 1-351-70618-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Patta Scott-Villiers and Naomi Hossain -- A world in protest / Sara Burke -- Framing "food riots" : subsistence protests in international and national media, 2007-12 / Naomi Hossain, Devangana Kalita, Bonface Omondi, Lucio Posse, Vaibhav Raaj, Muhammad Ashikur Rahman, and Michael Sambo -- Food riots in Bangladesh? : garments worker protests and globalized subsistence crises / Ferdous Jahan and Naomi Hossain -- "We eat what we have, not what we want" : the policy effects of food riots and eating after the 2008 crisis in Cameroon / Lauren Sneyd -- Demanding accountability for hunger in India / Anuradha Joshi, Biraj Patnaik and Dipa Sinha -- The constitution lies to us! : food protests in Kenya 2008-2013 / Celestine Musembi and Patta Scott-Villiers -- Authoritarian responsiveness and the greve in Mozambique / Luis de Brito, Egidio Chaimite and Alex Shankland -- How "food riots" work, and what they mean for development / Naomi Hossain and Patta Scott-Villiers. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476758603321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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Genetically modified organisms in agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : economics and politics / / edited by Gerald C. Nelson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Diego, CA, : Academic Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina |
338.1/6 21
338.16 631.5233 |
Altri autori (Persone) | NelsonGerald C |
Soggetto topico |
Food - Biotechnology - Economic aspects
Genetically modified foods - Economic aspects Food supply - Government policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-05271-X
9786611052713 0-08-048886-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Part 1: Analysis of Current GMO Benefits and Costs; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Traits and Techniques of GMOs; Chapter 3. The Economics of Technology Adoption; Chapter 4. GMO Adoption and Private Cost Savings: GR Soybeans at Bt Corn; Chapter 5. Simulation of World Market Effects: The 2010 World Market With and Without Bt Corn and GR Soybeans; Chapter 6. Cotton GMO Adoption and Private Profitability; Chapter 7. GMO Adoption and Nonmarket Effects
Chapter 8. The Stakeholders and the Struggle for Public Opinion, Regulatory Control and Market DevelopmentChapter 9. The Domestic and Regional Regulatory Environment; Chapter 10. International Institutions, World Trade Rules, and GMOs; Chapter 11. Market Responses to Consumer Demand and Regulatory Change; Chapter 12. Looking to the Future; Part 2: Perspectives on the Controversies; Section 1: Farm Perspectives; Chapter 13. Biotechnology Crops - A Producer's Perspective; Chapter 14. Genetically Modified Crops and the American Agricultural Producer; Section 2: Government Perspectives Chapter 15. Toward Common Ground: Roles of Markets and PolicyChapter 16. The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology: Differences and Similarities in the US and the EU; Section 3: Developing Country Perspectives; Chapter 17. Modern Agricultural Biotechnology and Developing Country Food Security; Chapter 18. GMOs: A Miracle?; Section 4: Environmental Perspectives; Chapter 19. GMOs in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective; Chapter 20. Genetically Modified Organisms Can Help Save the Planet; Section 5: Consumer Issues - Food Safety/Labeling Chapter 21. Genetic Engineering: A Technology Ahead of the Science and Public Policy?Chapter 22. Food Industry Perspective on Safety and Labeling of Biotechnology; Chapter 23. GMO Regulations: Food Safety or Trade Barrier?; Chapter 24. Genetically Engineered Food: Make Sure It's Safe and Label It; Section 6: Life Sciences Industry; Chapter 25. Ag Biotech: Our Past and Our Future; Part 3: Special Topics; Chapter 26. A Short History of Agricultural Biotechnology; Chapter 27. Plant Genetic Modification Technologies; Chapter 28. Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update Chapter 29. The Beef Hormone Dispute Between the United States and the EUAgricultural Biotech Glossary; GMO Field Trials in Europe; References and Further Reading; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458068303321 |
San Diego, CA, : Academic Press, c2001 | ||
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