Food Industrialisation and Food Power: Implications for Food Governance
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Food supply chains of developed countries industrialised in the second half of the twentieth century, with significant implications for developing countries over policy priorities, the ensuing external costs and the accompanying concentration of market power. Very powerful corporations dominate many sectors. Primary producers are locked into tight specifications and contracts. Consumers may benefit from cheaper food but there are quality implications and health externalities. As consumer confidence has been shaken, new quality agencies have been created. Tensions have emerged about the state's role as facilitator of industrial efficiencies. Food policy is thus torn between the pursuit of productivity and reduced prices and the demand for higher quality, with implications for both producers and consumers in the developing world.
Source: Development Policy Review
Author: Tim Lang
Institution: City, University of London
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2168780137