Cross-Continental Agro-Food Chains: Structures, Actors and Dynamics in the Global Food System

Name: Cross-Continental Agro-Food Chains: Structures, Actors and Dynamics in the Global Food System
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ISBN: 9780415514026

✍️ Fold, Niels

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📚 EDITORIAL REVIEW

“This won't teach you how to whip up a weeknight dinner. It's meant for food policy nerds, geography scholars, and supply-chain professionals who want a rigorous, case-study-driven look at how global agriculture actually operates from farm to table.

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Fold, Niels

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🏛 Routledge 📅 2011 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9780415514026

📝 Description: Cross-Continental Agro-Food Chains: Structures, Actors and Dynamics in the Global Food System

Filling a gap in contemporary food and globalization scholarship, this timely book for both academics and professionals, presents recent case study research on the globalization of food systems, and the impacts for communities around the world.

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It does not suit readers seeking recipes, technique, or culinary inspiration. Instead, it appeals to those studying food politics and economics. While valuable for its specific niche in globalization scholarship, it lacks the accessibility expected of general interest titles.

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⭐ eatbookfamily.com editorial review Editorial rating 4.3/5

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This won't teach you how to whip up a weeknight dinner. It's meant for food policy nerds, geography scholars, and supply-chain professionals who want a rigorous, case-study-driven look at how global agriculture actually operates from farm to table.

Reader rating

4.2

Based on 1 reviews

Eatbook Family editorial team

It does not suit readers seeking recipes, technique, or culinary inspiration. Instead, it appeals to those studying food politics and economics. While valuable for its specific niche in globalization scholarship, it lacks the accessibility expected of general interest titles.

❓ Frequently asked questions

No, this is an academic and professional text examining food systems and supply chains rather than a traditional cookbook with recipes or food photography.

It is written specifically for researchers, university students, and industry professionals studying globalization, agriculture, and international food economics.

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📜 Historical context

Rooted in contemporary economic geography and international food system scholarship, this work examines the intricate webs connecting distant agricultural producers to global markets. Rather than focusing on a single regional cuisine, it explores the overarching structures, corporate actors, and systemic dynamics shaping modern agro-food trade.