The significance and structure of hotel foodsupply in Jamaica
In Jamaica, hotel food demand does not provide overall a major stimulus for food production. Hotel foodsupply is dominated by a few large and modern wholesale firms that supply mainly imported food and by individual suppliers who provide locally
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.
In Khartoum, availability of food is not a major constraint in the dynamics of the food system. Of more significance for the configuration of the space of vulnerability are the processes related to affordability and accessibility.
Social change and fresh-food marketing in Singapore
There are changes in the patterns of food consumption, marketing behaviour, fresh foodsupplies and their distributing systems. The A. analyses how several factors have affected the changes, examines the major elements of the fresh-food distributing
systems, and outlines the problems of spatial conflict between the formal and informal sectors in fresh-food retailing.
Agricultural potential ; Agricultural production ; Food ; Food production ; Food security ; Slovenia ; Supplying ; Twenty-first century
At the beginning of the 21st century food has become important strategic good. In future unstable foodsupply at global level, the issue of local, regional and state self-sufficient foodsupply has been ever more important. Slovenia’s local
production does not cover the country’s needs for the agricultural food products. Nevertheless, expert assessments show that Slovenia has sufficiently big potentials in farming lands to essentially improve its food security by the year 2030. - (IKR)
The A. predicts that hunger will increase in the world due to larger numbers of poor people. This is not to suggest, however, that overall foodsupplies in the world will be insufficient. - (DWG)
Csongrad megye élelmiszeripararol. (On the food industry of Csongrad county)
In a national comparison, the development, significance, allocation factors, market, labour conditions, energy and water supply and structure of food industry in the county. The indicators of regional specialization and concentration