Competition and Efficiency in International Food Supply Chains : Improving Food Security

ISBN-13: 9780415520713 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

John Williams

Opis

Why have food crises been more frequent in recent years, compared to the last few decades? This book examines an array of different distortions that are causing food supply chain dysfunction in many countries, particularly for staple non-perishable foods such as grains and pulses.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

John Williams is the Executive Director of the Australian Food Security Institute and a Fellow in Agribusiness at the Centre for Study of Rural Australia, Marcus Oldham College. He has rural science-economics degrees, a master in agribusiness, and a PhD on farmer decision-making psychology from The University of Melbourne.