Food policy conflicts in food-deficit developing countries
Bangladesh ; Conflict ; Food ; Food policy ; Foodproduction ; Government intervention ; Malnutrition ; Third World
Alimentation ; Bangladesh ; Conflit ; Intervention gouvernementale ; Politique alimentaire ; Production alimentaire ; Sous-alimentation ; Tiers-Monde
The paper concentrates on answering these food policy questions for food-deficit developing countries, taking detailed examples from Bangladesh but pointing out similarities and differences elsewhere in the third world. Conflicts are generally seen
Metropolitan food systems in developing countries: the perspective of urban metabolism
Cities of hunger. Urban food systems in developing countries
Food ; Food consumption ; Food security ; Social reproduction ; Third World ; Town ; Urban supply
The paper focuses on urban food metabolism, by using the concept of the food system which includes the sub-systems of production, supply, distribution and consumption of food.
Population, resources and food : the World between today and tomorrow
Food ; Food needs ; Foodproduction ; Food resources ; Population ; Population census ; Population growth
Alimentation ; Besoin alimentaire ; Croissance démographique ; Population ; Production alimentaire ; Recensement de la population ; Ressource alimentaire
Conscious of the University of Kiel's motto of Pax optima a rerum, my aim in this fairly non technical addron is to overview the world's situation with regard to population, resources and food : where we are, how we got there and where we might
Food security, food systems and livelihoods : competing explanations of hunger.
The geography of vulnerable food systems
Food ; Food consumption ; Foodproduction ; Food security ; Hunger ; Living conditions ; Political economy
Alimentation ; Conditions de vie ; Consommation alimentaire ; Economie politique ; Faim ; Production alimentaire ; Sécurité alimentaire
Après avoir rappelé les schémas explicatifs de la famine, l'A. aborde la notion de sécurité alimentaire et de conditions de vie ainsi que les liens entre agriculture et alimentation et entre économie et système alimentaire (production, échange
Famine ; Food ; Food aid ; Food needs ; Foodproduction ; Regionalization ; World
Aide alimentaire ; Alimentation ; Besoin alimentaire ; Famine ; Monde ; Production alimentaire ; Régionalisation
The paper is concerned on the problems of potential possibilities of foodproduction in world scale as well as its geographical differentiation. A special attention has been drawn to the distribution of food and to the world regions of hunger.
Distribution of local food activity in England and Wales : an index of food relocalization
Agribusiness ; England and Wales ; Foodproduction ; Index ; Industry ; Marketing ; United Kingdom
Commercialisation ; England and Wales ; Indice ; Industrie ; Industrie agro-alimentaire ; Production alimentaire ; Relocalisation ; Royaume-Uni
Cet article cherche à identifier des zones de production alimentaires existantes en Angleterre et au pays de Galles à travers un indice de relocalisation alimentaire (Index of Food Relocalization).
The significance and structure of hotel food supply in Jamaica
In Jamaica, hotel food demand does not provide overall a major stimulus for foodproduction. Hotel food supply is dominated by a few large and modern wholesale firms that supply mainly imported food and by individual suppliers who provide locally
Using average nutritive values of food actually consumed by individuals, the paper identifies regional concentration of hunger (food poverty) and its changes over time (1973-83) in rural India. There is a heavy concentration of hunger in the coastal
states which has persisted over time. Hunger seams to have increased in the states that are relatively prosperous. However there has been a general improvement in the quality of food intake.
A preliminary study of food problem in China and its countermeasures
production by making full utilization of food resources, intensifying agricultural land use, changing import structure of grain, and controlling non-essential food import.
China is and also will be confronted with serious difficulties in feeding its population because of scarce agricultural land resources and the rapidly growing food consumption needs. To cope with this situation, it is necessary to increase food
The paper includes the following chapters : 1. Milk as the core product of Finland's food system. 2. Environment in change. 3. Effects of the integration on the dairy sector. - (Equipe IH)
Agricultural potential ; Agricultural production ; Food ; Foodproduction ; Food security ; Slovenia ; Supplying ; Twenty-first century
Alimentation ; Approvisionnement ; Potentiel agricole ; Production agricole ; Production alimentaire ; Siècle 21 ; Slovénie ; Sécurité alimentaire
production does not cover the country’s needs for the agricultural foodproducts. Nevertheless, expert assessments show that Slovenia has sufficiently big potentials in farming lands to essentially improve its food security by the year 2030. - (IKR)
At the beginning of the 21st century food has become important strategic good. In future unstable food supply at global level, the issue of local, regional and state self-sufficient food supply has been ever more important. Slovenia’s local
Peasant irrigation development and foodproduction in Ethiopia
Agricultural cooperative ; Agricultural policy ; Countryside ; Ethiopia ; Farm production ; Food ; Irrigation ; Rural development
Alimentation ; Campagne ; Coopérative agricole ; Développement rural ; Ethiopie ; Irrigation ; Politique agricole ; Production agricole
L'A. examine le développement de l'irrigation à petite échelle en Ethiopie en vue d'améliorer la production alimentaire paysanne. Il évalue le potentiel pour le développement de l'irrigation, examine le programme gouvernemental d'irrigation et
Consumption ; Europe ; Food ; Food consumption ; Food habit ; Foodproduct ; Living standard ; Nineteenth Century ; Twentieth Century ; World
This article investigates the relationship between total national calorie consumption per capita per day and income, the proportion of all calories derived from livestock products and income, and the proportion of all calories derived from cereals