Essays about: "Corporate Food Regime"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words Corporate Food Regime.

  1. 6. Exploring one approach to food sovereignty: A case study of a Kenyan community-based organization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Astrid Uldum Fabrin; [2015]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; agroecology; permaculture; subsistence farming; ecovillages; intentional community; self-sufficiency; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This ethnographic case study analyses ecological, socio-cultural and economic practices taking place in a community-based organization (CBO), Organic Technology Extension and Promotion of Initiative Centre (OTEPIC), in rural Trans Nzoia County, Kenya, in order to understand how food sovereignty is promoted for community members and local small scale farmers in the given geographical context. Through a nine-week-long fieldwork, which incorporated participatory observation, semi-structured interviews and a focus group discussion, I reached findings that describe the ways in which OTEPIC promotes food sovereignty. READ MORE

  3. 7. Prosperity and marginalization : An analysis of the expanding meat production in southern Brazil

    University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Markus Lundström; [2009]
    Keywords : Livestock revolution; Brazil; food regimes; globalization; development; meat;

    Abstract : The production of meat has risen dramatically during the past decades. This process, generally referred to as the Livestock Revolution, particularly includes so called “developing countries”, hosting the most intensive augmentation of both production and consumption. READ MORE

  4. 8. From Dumping to Production Allocation : A Critical Evaluation of the Consequences of the Corporate Food Regime

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Edessa Unesi; [2008]
    Keywords : Brazil; Corporate Food Regime; EU; Poultry; Sub-Saharan Africa; Trade Relations;

    Abstract : The shift from a US-centered food regime, shaped by protectionist state-governed agriculture, to a corporate food regime, focusing on establishing transnational agribusinesses, led to various changes in livestock production and trade. This essay investigates the extent to which this shift has affected the trade relations between Brazil, Sub-Saharan Africa and the EU, bycomparing trends in trade and production of poultry. READ MORE