The economics of the food system revolution
A revolution in food systems—food supply chains upstream from farms, to the food industry in the midstream segments of processing and wholesale and in the downstream segment of retail, then on to consumers—has been under way in the United States for more than a century and in developing countries fo...
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Annual Reviews
2012
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| author | Reardon, Thomas Timmer, Peter C. |
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| description | A revolution in food systems—food supply chains upstream from farms, to the food industry in the midstream segments of processing and wholesale and in the downstream segment of retail, then on to consumers—has been under way in the United States for more than a century and in developing countries for more than three decades. The transformation includes extensive consolidation, very rapid institutional and organizational change, and progressive modernization of the procurement system. In this article we examine the economics of these system-wide changes. We argue that the steps of conceptualizing and empirically researching this transformation—its patterns and trends, determinants, and impacts on farms and processing small and micro enterprises—are still in their infancy because of (a) remaining limitations on data suitable for formal modeling and hypothesis testing and (b) the sheer complexity of food system–related decisions that need to be modeled and understood. With the rapid accumulation of high-quality data now under way, conceptual and theoretical progress is also likely to be rapid. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1531272024-11-15T08:52:11Z The economics of the food system revolution Reardon, Thomas Timmer, Peter C. food industry supermarkets wholesalers technology developing countries supply chains vertical coordination A revolution in food systems—food supply chains upstream from farms, to the food industry in the midstream segments of processing and wholesale and in the downstream segment of retail, then on to consumers—has been under way in the United States for more than a century and in developing countries for more than three decades. The transformation includes extensive consolidation, very rapid institutional and organizational change, and progressive modernization of the procurement system. In this article we examine the economics of these system-wide changes. We argue that the steps of conceptualizing and empirically researching this transformation—its patterns and trends, determinants, and impacts on farms and processing small and micro enterprises—are still in their infancy because of (a) remaining limitations on data suitable for formal modeling and hypothesis testing and (b) the sheer complexity of food system–related decisions that need to be modeled and understood. With the rapid accumulation of high-quality data now under way, conceptual and theoretical progress is also likely to be rapid. 2012-08 2024-10-01T13:55:40Z 2024-10-01T13:55:40Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153127 en Limited Access Annual Reviews Reardon, Thomas; Timmer, Peter C. 2012. The economics of the food system revolution. Annual Review of Resource Economics 4: 225-264 |
| spellingShingle | food industry supermarkets wholesalers technology developing countries supply chains vertical coordination Reardon, Thomas Timmer, Peter C. The economics of the food system revolution |
| title | The economics of the food system revolution |
| title_full | The economics of the food system revolution |
| title_fullStr | The economics of the food system revolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | The economics of the food system revolution |
| title_short | The economics of the food system revolution |
| title_sort | economics of the food system revolution |
| topic | food industry supermarkets wholesalers technology developing countries supply chains vertical coordination |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153127 |
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