Author: Won W. KooPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
An Economic Analysis of U.S. Grain Marketing and Transportation System
Author: Won W. KooAn Economic Analysis of the Pricing Efficiency and Market Organization of the U.S. Grain Export System
Author: Neilson Chase ConklinPublisher:
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Category : Grain trade
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Reflections on the Global Food Crisis
Author: Derek HeadeyPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896291782
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The dramatic surge in food prices from 2005 to 2008 seriously threatened the world's poor, who struggle to buy food even under normal circumstances, and led to protests and riots in the developing world. The crisis eventually receded, but such surges could recur unless steps are taken to prevent them. Using up-to-date information, the authors of Reflections on the Global Food Crisis identify the key causes of the food price surge, its consequences for global poverty, and the challenges involved in preventing another crisis. Breaking from many earlier interpretations, the authors conclude that the crisis was not primarily fostered by increased demand for meat products in rising economies such as China and India or by declines in agricultural yields or food stocks, or by futures market speculation. Instead, they attribute the rising food prices to a combination of rising energy prices, growing demand for biofuels, the U.S. dollar depreciation; and various trade shocks related to export restrictions, panic purchases and unfavorable weather. As part of their analysis, the authors also provide the first comprehensive review of both the macroeconomic and microeconomic consequences of the crisis, as well as a detailed comparison of the current crisis with the food price crisis of 1974. To prevent another crisis, the authors conclude that the global food system should be reformed through several key steps: make trade in agricultural commodities more free yet more secure; address long-term threats to agricultural productivity, such as climate change and resource degradation; scale up social protection in potentially food insecure countries; and encourage agricultural production in at least some of the countries now heavily dependent on food imports. Reflections on the Global Food Crisis will be a valuable resource for policymakers, development specialists, and others concerned with the world's poorest people.
Grain Transportation, 1979-85
Author: Mary E. LassanyiPublisher:
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Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Local Food Systems; Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
Author: Steve MartinezPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437933629
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
Farmer to Consumer Marketing
Author: Sheldon CheneyPublisher:
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Category : Farm produce
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Water as a Parameter for Development of Energy Resources in the Upper Great Plains
Author: Armand BauerThe Protection of Stored Grains, 1979-April 1991
Author: Charles N. BebeePublisher:
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Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Impact of Soviet Grain Sales on U.S. Transportation System
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of PricesPublisher:
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Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Energy Use in the U.S. Food System
Author: Patrick N. CanningPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437930336
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Energy is an important input in growing, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, preparing, serving, and disposing of food. In the U.S., use of energy along the food chain for food purchases by or for U.S. households increased between 1997 and 2002 at more than six times the rate of increase in total domestic energy use. This increase in food-related energy flows is over 80% of energy flow increases nationwide over the period. The use of more energy-intensive technologies throughout the U.S. food system accounted for half of this increase, with the remainder attributed to population growth and higher real per capita food expenditures. Food-related energy use as a share of the national energy budget grew from 14.4% in 2002 to 15.7% in 2007. Illus.