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Insights into the impacts of and responses to COVID-19 pandemic: The South African food retail supply chains perspective

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2022
Background: With the observed cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in South Africa, coupled with varying levels of national lockdowns, food retail supply chains in South Africa were adversely affected.
Osayuwamen Omoruyi, Edward A. Dakora, Olugbenga O. Oluwagbemi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

No. 24: Mapping the Invisible: The Informal Food Economy of Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]

, 2016
The informal food retail sector, which is diverse in terms of products traded as well as business models utilized, is an important component of urban food systems and plays a vital role in ensuring access to food by the urban poor. Yet, policy frameworks
Battersby, Jane, Marshak, Maya, Mngqibisa, Ncedo   +2 more
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Substantial improvements not seen in health behaviors following corner store conversions in two Latino food swamps. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundThe effectiveness of food retail interventions is largely undetermined, yet substantial investments have been made to improve access to healthy foods in food deserts and swamps via grocery and corner store interventions.
Albert, Stephanie L, Belin, Thomas R, Brookmeyer, Ron, Chan-Golston, Alec M, Garcia, Rosa Elena, Glik, Deborah C, Langellier, Brent A, Ortega, Alexander N, Prelip, Michael L, Sharif, Mienah Z   +9 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONCENTRATION PROCESSES IN THE RETAIL AND MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN POLAND AND COMPETITIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FOOD CHAIN [PDF]

Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
The study investigates the consolidation of Poland’s food retail and meat processing industry from 2010 to 2022. The aim was to assess the relative changes in concentration in these two sectors and to determine whether these processes affected ...
Marta Skrzypczyk
doaj   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A conceptual and empirical framework to analyze the economics of consumer food waste [PDF]

, 2019
We develop a microeconomic model to understand food waste of consumers. We capture at-home and away-from home food consumption and distinguish between food purchases and food consumption.
de Gorter, H., Drabik, D., Reynolds, C.
core   +2 more sources

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retail store governance models in remote Indigenous communities across Canada: a media analysis

Agriculture & Food Security
Background In remote Indigenous communities across Canada, food insecurity is shaped by systemic inequities rooted in colonial governance structures and compounded by geographic isolation, high operational costs, limited retail competition, and small ...
Tamara Donnelly, Camille Slack, Sonia D. Wesche, Ana María Peredo, Tiff-Annie Kenny   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source