Format:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415520713
,
9781136332357
Series Statement:
Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series
Content:
This book examines an array of different distortions that are causing food supply chain dysfunction in many countries. It outlines the underlying changes that are currently occurring, which will have an influence on the direction of future food supply chains, and provides some solutions to the current food security problem
Note:
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
Additional Edition:
Print version Williams, John Competition and Efficiency in International Food Supply Chains Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415520713
Language:
English
Keywords:
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