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The agri-food system in question : innovations, contestations, and new global players / John Wilkinson

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Food and Society SeriesPublisher: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (207 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781529244359
  • 9781529244342
  • 1529244358
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781529244328. | Erscheint auch als: The Agri-Food System in Question. Druck-Ausgabe Bristol : Bristol University Press,c2024DDC classification:
  • 338.1 23
LOC classification:
  • S600.5
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Contents:
Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Agri-Food System in Question since the 1970s -- A New Pattern of Innovation in the Agri-Food System -- Agriculture Reaches for the Skies: Climate-Controlled Agriculture and Vertical Farming -- Animal Protein Chains under the Spotlight -- China: The Pivot of the Global Agri-Food System Restructuring -- Brazil on the Wrong Side of the Tracks? Maybe Not So Much -- Countryside-City Revisited -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Investigating climate-controlled agriculture and alternatives to animal proteins, John Wilkinson shows that trade and investment in agrifood is reorienting to the Global South. He skilfully illustrates the connections between social movements and technological innovation - and the need for consumer acceptance of new food habitsPPN: PPN: 1907954295Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK | BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB
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