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Martino, G., R. Panini, and F. Morbidelli. " Integration policy in the agri-food chains: theory and empirical evidences." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 58, No. 9 (September 26, 2012): 409–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/80/2011-agricecon.
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The paper considers the problem of the organizational adaptation of the supply chain in the face of the emerging inducement to integration. We focus on the policy intervention aimed at achieving a closer coordination among the chain agents and consider the relation between the policy and the spontaneous processes undertaken by the agents. A framework based on four dimensions (state of alignment, enforcement procedures, responsibility and stability) is proposed. This framework supports the hypothesis that the effectiveness of the policy intervention depends on the possibilities of the existence of hybrid governance structures. We analyze the agents’ attitudes toward integration and propose two case studies on two integration projects carried out in Central Italy. The results of our study corroborate the hypothesis and suggest that integration entails many supply chain management components. However, our findings suggest that the policy intervention may face limits due to the processes undertaken by the agents.
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Monticone, Francesca, and Antonella Samoggia. "Food Policy Coherence and Integration: a review of adopted methodologies." RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA AGRARIA 78, no. 3 (April 3, 2024): 35–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/rea-14439.
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Multiple scholars in the last two decades have called for a coherent and integrated approach to food policy to address the challenges of the current food systems. Food Policy Coherence and Integration (PCI) are both challenging, as food matters are addressed at more than one level of governance and across several policy domains. Moreover, the analysis of food PCI has been carried out with different methodologies, but no reviews of such methodologies exist in the literature. Thus, the objective of the present study is to fill this gap, by reviewing which research methods were used to assess food PCI. The research adopts a bibliometric methodological approach to develop a quantitative network analysis of the identified studies and content analysis. Data collection was performed on Web of Science and Scopus including exclusively scientific articles from peer-reviewed journals. A total of 35 articles published since 2006 were included in the analysis. The main topics addressed were health and nutrition policies, followed by food security and agriculture. A variety of methods were used to assess Coherence and Integration. The first methodological phase often aimed at creating a policy inventory, followed by a second methodological phase to assess PCI. Some studies used interviews to identify the relevant policies and to comment on them. Other studies carried out PCI assessment relying on researchers’ expertise. To conclude, food PCI studies choose from a variety of methodologies the one that better fits their aims.
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UGLAND, TRYGVE, and FRODE VEGGELAND. "Experiments in Food Safety Policy Integration in the European Union*." JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 44, no. 3 (September 2006): 607–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00637.x.
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Candel, Jeroen J. L., and Robbert Biesbroek. "Policy integration in the EU governance of global food security." Food Security 10, no. 1 (January 11, 2018): 195–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0752-5.
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Biesbroek, Robbert, and Jeroen J. L. Candel. "Mechanisms for policy (dis)integration: explaining food policy and climate change adaptation policy in the Netherlands." Policy Sciences 53, no. 1 (June 6, 2019): 61–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11077-019-09354-2.
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Arnanto, Arnanto, Sri Hartoyo, and Wiwiek Rindayati. "ANALISIS INTEGRASI PASAR SPASIAL KOMODITI PANGAN ANTAR PROVINSI DI INDONESIA." JURNAL EKONOMI DAN KEBIJAKAN PEMBANGUNAN 3, no. 2 (February 4, 2018): 136–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jekp.3.2.2014.136-157.
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Food prices stabilization through the food production and trade to fulfillment consumption in terms of both availability and accessibility food is government major problem. Government’s ability to determine an appropriate pricing policy depends on market structure, behavior and effectiveness. Trade barriers and market failure reduction, improved access information would make market integration effective and efficient. This study aims to analyze the market integration and the price transmission elasticity that occurs between regions in Indonesia. Using Ravallion integration analysis and a span from 2009 to 2013 on 33 provinces retail prices data in Indonesia to capture level integration and price transmission between regions. The results showed in the rice shows that Jakarta and South Sulawesi region is becoming the leading market and Jakarta for sugar market those integrated with most areas in Indonesia. Sugar and rice have a better degree of integration than soya. Integration analysis with Ravallion models cannot explain two areas integrated or not. It is necessary to study towards further for East Java in terms of either regional autonomy policy or any market failure that occurs in order to find a policy solution to be more integrated. Key words : Food, Market integration, Ravallion model
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Arnanto, Arnanto, Sri Hartoyo, and Wiwiek Rindayati. "ANALISIS INTEGRASI PASAR SPASIAL KOMODITI PANGAN ANTAR PROVINSI DI INDONESIA." JURNAL EKONOMI DAN KEBIJAKAN PEMBANGUNAN 3, no. 2 (February 4, 2018): 136–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jekp.3.2.136-157.
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Food prices stabilization through the food production and trade to fulfillment consumption in terms of both availability and accessibility food is government major problem. Government’s ability to determine an appropriate pricing policy depends on market structure, behavior and effectiveness. Trade barriers and market failure reduction, improved access information would make market integration effective and efficient. This study aims to analyze the market integration and the price transmission elasticity that occurs between regions in Indonesia. Using Ravallion integration analysis and a span from 2009 to 2013 on 33 provinces retail prices data in Indonesia to capture level integration and price transmission between regions. The results showed in the rice shows that Jakarta and South Sulawesi region is becoming the leading market and Jakarta for sugar market those integrated with most areas in Indonesia. Sugar and rice have a better degree of integration than soya. Integration analysis with Ravallion models cannot explain two areas integrated or not. It is necessary to study towards further for East Java in terms of either regional autonomy policy or any market failure that occurs in order to find a policy solution to be more integrated. Key words : Food, Market integration, Ravallion model
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GRUIA, Romulus, and Liviu GACEU. "THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATED FOOD POLICY." Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Agriculture Silviculture and Veterinary Medicine 11, no. 2 (2022): 105–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.56082/annalsarsciagr.2022.2.105.
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Careful observation of where food is produced and distributed reveals a mismatch between what is given, what is demanded and what is received. All this becomes an argument for structuring a coherent concept for harmonising food policy, as well as an issue calling for the integration of food policies. The objective of the study is to raise awareness recently and to propose technical and public policy solutions primarily at local community level, within citizens' groups. The solutions that emerged from the study are those relating to highlighting the elements of principle that provide the framework for the realisation of a Territorial Action Programme in food policy, particularly in densely populated areas. This guide is useful for achieving the necessary synergy between agricultural, environmental and social issues that intersect with the provision of quality food and food aid in a unified concept of Romanian integrated food policy.
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McAdam, Rodney, Barry Quinn, Lynsey McKitterick, Adele Dunn, and David Patterson. "Development of an Integrated Policy and Support Programme for Micro Rural Food Enterprises in an EU Peripheral Region." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 16, no. 2 (May 2015): 145–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ijei.2015.0184.
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This case study explores how a peripheral rural region food support programme for small (micro) food enterprises was developed based on regional government food policy. An exploratory case study methodology is employed. The findings show that integration of policy and practice at a regional level should be reflected in the design and implementation of micro food business support programmes. This integration is essential to enable micro businesses to benefit from government aid in a collective manner which could not be achieved in government–micro-enterprise dyadic relationships.
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Chechelski, Piotr. "State policy towards food industry in time of integration and globalisation." Equilibrium 4, no. 1 (June 30, 2010): 91–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/equil.2010.007.
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With the expansion of globalisation, the significance of the state declines. However, the state, by cooperating with various international organizations, still plays an important part in inspiring and coordinating actions. Based on the available literature, the article presents various scientists’ ideas on the role of the state in globalisation processes. The attitude of the Polish state towards globalisation and integration processes occurring in the food industry in years 1990-2008 was assessed. The possibilities of state influence now and in the future in the industry were also considered.
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Roggio, April M. "A systems thinking approach to the integration of food insecurity policy." Journal of Public Affairs 19, no. 3 (December 27, 2018): e1862. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pa.1862.
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Zeshan, Muhammad. "A Review of Trade Challenges and Nutritional Opportunities in Asia Pacific." Global Trade and Customs Journal 19, Issue 7/8 (July 1, 2024): 555–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/gtcj2024062.
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Asia Pacific has undergone substantial economic growth and trade integration, yet food and nutrition security challenges persist. Different forms of malnutrition, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and a rising prevalence of obesity and diet-related diseases, impose significant human and economic costs. This paper examines the opportunities to more strategically leverage regional agricultural trade policy to improve access to diverse, nutritious, and safe foods. Amid urbanization and dietary changes associated with income growth, demand for imported foods is rising across Asia. Meanwhile, pockets of food insecurity and nutritional inadequacy remain, especially among marginalized groups. Trade has potential to enhance year-round availability and affordability of fruits, vegetables, livestock products, and processed fortified foods to support nutritional diversity. However, proactive policy efforts are essential to build nutrition sensitivity. This analysis indicates that expanding regional trade networks, reducing transaction costs, upgrading value chains, utilizing food fortification, leveraging foreign investment strategically, and incorporating nutritional objectives within policy frameworks could significantly improve availability, affordability, diversity and safety of diets. But complementary investments in health systems, infrastructure, social protection, and women’s empowerment are equally critical given the multifaceted determinants of malnutrition. The present findings point to high potential nutrition and food security synergies from closer coordination between trade, health, agriculture and development policy realms. Mainstreaming nutrition across initiatives, assessing dietary impacts, and aligning incentives for food companies with public health goals are identified as priorities alongside value chain development for nutritious commodities. Further research should quantify expected nutrition outcomes of specific trade reforms. Overall, integrating nutrition sensitivity into Asia Pacific’s dynamic agricultural trade growth represents a promising opportunity to enable healthier, sustainable food systems across this populous region.
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WILLIS, DAVID B., CARLOS E. CARPIO, and KATHRYN A. BOYS. "SUPPORTING LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH FOOD PRICE PREMIUM DONATIONS: A POLICY PROPOSAL." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 48, no. 2 (May 2016): 192–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aae.2016.10.
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AbstractThis study investigates consumer preferences for a marketing system that improves integration of farmers into a local food system. Attribute-based methods are used to estimate consumer willingness to pay for a locally grown product that is bundled with a local food bank (LFB) donation. Estimates reveal that, on average, households are willing to pay 11% more for locally grown relative to nonlocal agricultural products. When the locally grown product attribute is combined with a donation to support a LFB, the premium nearly doubles. Results suggest that the proposed system could provide resources to strengthen local food distribution networks.
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Kryvenko, Nadiia. "Eu integration: the meaning of the common agricultural policy." Herald of Ternopil National Economic University, no. 4(94) (December 3, 2019): 54–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/visnyk2019.04.054.
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Introduction. Integration has reached its highest level of development in the EU, and particular attention is drawn to the agrarian integration and resolution of these problems at the beginning of the integration process. This in its turn confirms the significant importance of the agrarian sector for the member-states. Although, the majority of this market participant does not trade agricultural products. The growing global food problem, the positive consequences of the CAP for EU integration, the significant importance of the agricultural sector for Ukraine, which is one of the major exporters of some agri-food products, and the existence of a number of regional trade agreements confirm the importance of research of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Purpose. It is pivotal to explore the importance of the EU CAP for the development of EU integration, its goals and changes, the mechanism, the formation of a common market. In addition, it is a positive experience of the integration group and Ukraine can learn a lesson if manages to analyze the EU’s place in the world market of agricultural products. Methods. The methods of theoretical generalization, historical method, method of analysis, comparison, and graphical method were used in the article for revealing the features of the CAP and the EU as an exporter of agricultural products. Results. The research shows the importance of the agrarian integration of the EU (it is confirmed by the CAP) and the impact of the CAP on the development of integration. In the case of enlargement of the EU, difficulties are often caused by agrarian policy. The article analyzes the aims of the CAP, which varied during the group history depending on a number of factors, and it shows its flexibility and compliance with urgent problems. The creation of a common market and the use of appropriate regulatory measures (which can also be used by Ukraine) are analyzed. It is determined that the EU is one of the world’s major producers and exporters of agri-food products, and its export share of many product is more than 30% or even 50%. Discussion. In further research it is advisable to focus on the stages and reforms of the CAP and to take into account some new aims CAP for the agricultural policy of Ukraine.
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Muhammad, Abdulrasheed, and Ahmed Yusuf Babatunde. "Regional Integration and Food Security in West Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Sustainable Solutions." Hasanuddin Journal of International Affairs 4, no. 2 (August 13, 2024): 67–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.31947/hjirs.v4i2.32758.
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Regional integration and food security are pivotal aspects of sustainable development, especially in the context of West Africa. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) represents one of the regional arrangements on political cooperation and economic integration in Africa. While regional integration holds the promise of bolstering food security through collective efforts, its success in fostering food security has encountered a myriad of challenges in West Africa. This study analyzed the problems and potential opportunities of regional integration in West Africa. From the analysis, it became evident that the ECOWAS faces unique challenges and opportunities as it strives to achieve a balance between economic collaboration and ensuring an adequate stable food supply for its growing population. Some of the problems of regional integration in West Africa include trade barriers, lack of unified agricultural policy, border issues and environmental problems. Notwithstanding these problems, collaboration within the ECOWAS framework presents avenues for member countries to unlock economic potential, foster stability, and collectively address food security challenges. It is therefore recommended that the ECOWAS needs to adopt a common agricultural policy, implement water management strategies, develop various market information systems and embark on different capacity building programmes in order to ensure food security among ECOWAS countries.
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Heliantina, Farah, Irfan Ridwan Maksum, and Umanto Eko Prasetyo. "A Global Review of Government Policy on Reverse Logistic based on Bibliometric Analysis." Jurnal Manajemen Bisnis 11, no. 2 (July 15, 2024): 730–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.33096/jmb.v11i2.794.
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Industrial progress and population growth are increasing the demand for food from rural to urban, requiring an efficient logistics system. Reverse logistics manages food waste by recycling unsold products, improving transportation efficiency and product quality, and supporting sustainability. However, policy fragmentation, a pressing issue, hinders effective implementation. Therefore, policy integration, a crucial step, is essential to achieve sustainability in reverse logistics systems, ensuring optimal coordination and use of resources. Limited studies offer a thorough understanding of government policy integration in reverse logistics, which bibliometric analysis can help address by providing a comprehensive overview of existing research
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MADHUSUDAN GHOSH. "AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS AND SPATIAL INTEGRATION OF FOOD GRAIN MARKETS IN INDIA." Journal of Economic Development 36, no. 2 (June 2011): 15–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.35866/caujed.2011.36.2.002.
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Mercure, J. F., M. A. Paim, P. Bocquillon, S. Lindner, P. Salas, P. Martinelli, I. I. Berchin, et al. "System complexity and policy integration challenges: The Brazilian Energy- Water-Food Nexus." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 105 (May 2019): 230–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.01.045.
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Sibbing, Lara, Jeroen Candel, and Katrien Termeer. "A comparative assessment of local municipal food policy integration in the Netherlands." International Planning Studies 26, no. 1 (October 11, 2019): 56–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2019.1674642.
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Chen, Xiaoxia, Xiaofeng Su, Wenhe Lin, Anxin Xu, Jianhong Chen, and Qiujin Zheng. "The Effect of Omnichannel Integration on Fresh Food Customer Engagement from the Viewpoint of Flow Experience." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (October 26, 2022): 13914. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142113914.
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Customer engagement is a new value index affecting the omnichannel benefits of enterprises. It is beginning to attract the attention of both scholars and managers. However, there is still a lack of research on the mechanism influencing customer engagement in the fresh food omnichannel retail context. Drawing from the stimulus–organism–response (SOR) framework, this paper builds a relationship model between omnichannel integration and fresh food customer engagement. In addition, the paper empirically analyzes the mechanism of omnichannel integration’s impact on fresh food customer engagement. The findings show that omnichannel integration promotes flow experiences through three modes: information integration, business integration, and service and distribution integration. Flow experience is mediating the relationship between omnichannel integration and customer engagement. Strengthening the customer engagement knowledge system can help fresh food omnichannel retailers to create and manage the long-term cooperative relationship between customers and the company’s value creation. The higher the degree of omnichannel integration of fresh food retail firms, the more conducive it is to enhancing the customer flow experience, which will positively impact customers’ attitudinal and behavioral engagement.
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Candel, Jeroen, and Carsten Daugbjerg. "Overcoming the dependent variable problem in studying food policy." Food Security 12, no. 1 (November 26, 2019): 169–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00991-2.
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AbstractThe development of a comparative food policy research agenda has been hampered by the dependent variable problem of how to delineate the policy field. Through a concise literature review, we show that the existing literature has conceptualised food policy as policy outputs, institutional orders, or discursive constructs. Focusing on the policy outputs, we define food policy as a set of policy outputs adopted to address one or more food system activities (production, processing and packaging, distribution and retailing, and consumption) with the explicit aim of affecting food system outcomes in a desired direction. The paper develops a heuristic encompassing four dimensions along which food policy outputs may differ: (i) policy scope, (ii) targeting of policy efforts, (iii) type of policy instruments applied and how these are calibrated, and (iv) integration of the various components of the policy complex. These four dimensions can be applied to characterise individual food policies and compare across countries and time. Comparing and tracking the development of food policy along these dimensions would allow for addressing follow-up questions about impacts and what explains policy change.
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Přívara, Andrej. "Food Consumption Habits and Food Security Challenges among Immigrants." Transnational Marketing Journal 7, no. 1 (May 27, 2019): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/tmj.v7i1.730.
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There is no single behaviour path for migrants after arrival in the destination country. The cases of their successful integration in the host country social environment are not rare, and healthy immigrant effect, indeed, often occurs showing that not always shift to the new living conditions, culture and food traditions preclude healthy food habits of the migrants. However, there are still many factors, both individual and social environment-related, which increase overweight and obesity risk. Quantitative and qualitative research findings have shown that food insecurity can be simultaneously a cause and a consequence of migration. Including religious identities, food has largely become a distinctive factor of the identities of individuals and communities. The distribution of eating habits from migrant source countries, in particular, from Africa to the host European countries is dramatically changing the European cultural dimension. Food has appeared to be one of the main factors of migrants’ integration in European countries. Food insecurity is a critical push factor. Current research emphasised that integration programmes should rely not only on basic language and cultural aspects but also on food, improving the contribution of the food traditions of migrants, while also inspiring in this field interactions and contributions via this medium among long-standing and newly-forming societies. This article focuses on key food challenges, which migrants face in destination countries and factors as causes of these challenges. We also discuss barriers to migration policy change and provide possible ways to mitigate these barriers.
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Lang, Tim, and David Barling. "Nutrition and sustainability: an emerging food policy discourse." Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 72, no. 1 (December 10, 2012): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002966511200290x.
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It is well known that food has a considerable environmental impact. Less attention has been given to mapping and analysing the emergence of policy responses. This paper contributes to that process. It summarises emerging policy development on nutrition and sustainability, and explores difficulties in their integration. The paper describes some policy thinking at national, European and international levels of governance. It points to the existence of particular policy hotspots such as meat and dairy, sustainable diets and waste. Understanding the environmental impact of food systems challenges nutrition science to draw upon traditions of thinking which have recently been fragmented. These perspectives (life sciences, social and environmental) are all required if policy engagement and clarification is to occur. Sustainability issues offer opportunities for nutrition science and scientists to play a more central role in the policy analysis of future food systems. The task of revising current nutrition policy advice to become sustainable diet advice needs to begin at national and international levels.
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Dachner, Naomi, and Valerie Tarasuk. "Tackling household food insecurity: An essential goal of a national food policy." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation 5, no. 3 (September 30, 2018): 230–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.278.
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Eradicating household food insecurity is essential to the articulated vision of a national food policy that aims to promote healthy living and safe food for families across the country. Household food insecurity refers to the insecure or inadequate access to food due to financial constraints. Despite federal commitments to improve the situation, food insecurity in Canada increased between 2007-08 and 2011-12. It currently affects more than four million Canadians, and is particularly grave in Indigenous communities. Food insecurity takes a toll on individuals’ health and well-being, and it is a burden on our healthcare system. The social epidemiology of household food insecurity shows it to be inextricably linked to the social and economic circumstances of households. Federal and provincial policy interventions that improve the financial circumstances of very low income households have yielded reductions of up to 50 percent in household food insecurity prevalence and severity. Yet, prevalence rates remain high. A national food policy represents an invaluable opportunity to address food insecurity in Canada. To do so, this policy must transcend the conventional boundaries of agriculture and agri-food. Addressing food insecurity requires the integration of policy actions across the three levels of government. In addition, performance targets must be established, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms implemented, to ensure that policies and programs meant to address food insecurity actually have a meaningful impact.
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Conrad, Zach, Alexandra Stern, David C. Love, Meredith Salesses, Ashley Cyril, Acree McDowell, and Nicole Tichenor Blackstone. "Data Integration for Diet Sustainability Analyses." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 20, 2021): 8082. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13148082.
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Diet sustainability analyses are stronger when they incorporate multiple food systems domains, disciplines, scales, and time/space dimensions into a common modeling framework. Few analyses do this well: there are large gaps in food systems data in many regions, accessing private and some public data can be difficult, and there are analytical challenges, such as creating linkages across datasets and using complex analytical methods. This article summarizes key data sources across multiple domains of food system sustainability (nutrition, economic, environment) and describes methods and tools for integrating them into a common analytic framework. Our focus is the United States because of the large number of publicly available and highly disaggregated datasets. Thematically, we focus on linkages that exist between environmental and economic datasets to nutrition, which can be used to estimate the cost and agricultural resource use of food waste, interrelationships between healthy eating and climate impacts, diets optimized for cost, nutrition, and environmental impacts, and others. The limitations of these approaches and data sources are described next. By enhancing data integration across these fields, researchers can be better equipped to promote policy for sustainable diets.
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GROMENKOVA, Svitlana. "GLOBAL PRODUCTION AND SALES CHAINS IN THE AGRICULTURE SPHERE: MODERN POLICY AND PRACTICE." Herald of Khmelnytskyi National University. Economic sciences 308, no. 4 (July 28, 2022): 140–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31891/2307-5740-2022-308-4-22.
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The article is devoted to the study of global production and sales chains in the agro-food sector, the peculiarities of the involvement of countries of the world in them, in particular, Ukraine. The policy and practice in this area, prospects for Ukraine, possible approaches to regulating the process of integration into agrarian and food global chains are analyzed. It was determined that the development of global chains of added value can have a number of positive manifestations in the field of agro-industrial complex, including the simplification of the mechanism of integration of countries into the global food market, the convergence of national food markets, the dissemination of progressive experience, and the promotion of sustainable development. There is a positive and significant relationship between FDI and indicators that characterize the level of the country’s involvement in agri-food global value chains, as well as the creation of domestic added value in global chains. This actualizes the issue of improving investment and trade policy, creating appropriate institutional conditions in the country, thanks to which it will be possible to more actively include Ukrainian representatives of the agro-food business in global production and sales chains. Among the important areas of improvement of institutional conditions are a clear, transparent and predictable investment policy, strong protection of investors (including compensation for expropriation), reliable protection of land use rights and land rights, as well as intellectual property rights, tax benefits. Dynamic agricultural innovation systems, in particular, well-developed research networks and innovation clusters, agri-food research institutions, and state advisory services can have a significant positive impact. The policy of state support for connections in supply chains can play an important role in promoting the development of business activity of multinational enterprises, which are the most powerful donors of direct investment in the world. Priorities may include a well-developed regulatory framework for contract farming and contract enforcement systems.
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Pálvölgyi, Tamás, and Lajos Kovács. "Perspectives of integrated climate change and water policies in Hungary." Hidrológiai Közlöny 104, EN_1 (September 9, 2024): 10–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.59258/hk.17077.
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The paper aims to outline the climate impacts induced and transferred by water and the socio-economic factors that exacerbate them. It also seeks to provide a common and integrated policy framework for climate change adaptation and water management. The climatic and non-climate drivers, the risk chains and options for policy integration are assessed in four complex thematic areas: (i) ecosystem services, (ii) food supply chain: agriculture, food processing industry, food safety; (iii) industrial and service activities, energy and water supply, infrastructure, built environment, and (iv) human health and well-being, social justice. In these complex thematic areas, we examine the risk cascade chain, the current state of impacts and expected future challenges within a coherent framework and then make concrete proposals for possible specific areas of policy integration. Finally, in the conclusions, we present municipal-level good practices in water-resilient climate adaptation and formulate the horizontal actions needed to implement integrated climate-water policy.
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Black, Jennifer L., Cayley E. Velazquez, Naseam Ahmadi, Gwen E. Chapman, Sarah Carten, Joshua Edward, Stephanie Shulhan, Teya Stephens, and Alejandro Rojas. "Sustainability and public health nutrition at school: assessing the integration of healthy and environmentally sustainable food initiatives in Vancouver schools." Public Health Nutrition 18, no. 13 (March 16, 2015): 2379–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980015000531.
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AbstractObjectiveTo describe the development and application of the School Food Environment Assessment Tools and a novel scoring system to assess the integration of healthy and environmentally sustainable food initiatives in elementary and secondary schools.DesignThe cross-sectional study included direct observations of physical food environments and interviews with key school personnel regarding food-related programmes and policies. A five-point scoring system was then developed to assess actions across six domains: (i) food gardens; (ii) composting systems; (iii) food preparation activities; (iv) food-related teaching and learning activities; and availability of (v) healthy food; and (vi) environmentally sustainable food.SettingVancouver, Canada.SubjectsA purposive sample of public schools (n33) from all six sectors of the Vancouver Board of Education.ResultsSchools scored highest in the areas of food garden and compost system development and use. Regular integration of food-related teaching and learning activities and hands-on food preparation experiences were also commonly reported. Most schools demonstrated rudimentary efforts to make healthy and environmentally sustainable food choices available, but in general scored lowest on these two domains. Moreover, no schools reported widespread initiatives fully supporting availability or integration of healthy or environmentally sustainable foods across campus.ConclusionsMore work is needed in all areas to fully integrate programmes and policies that support healthy, environmentally sustainable food systems in Vancouver schools. The assessment tools and proposed indicators offer a practical approach for researchers, policy makers and school stakeholders to assess school food system environments, identify priority areas for intervention and track relevant changes over time.
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Friedmann, Harriet. "The International Political Economy of Food: A Global Crisis." International Journal of Health Services 25, no. 3 (July 1995): 511–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/451a-896w-gglk-elxt.
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The largest gap between national regulation and transnational economic organization is in the agro-food sector. This gap is the legacy of the post-World War II food regime, whose implicit rules gave priority to national farm programs (including import controls and export subsidies); placed the United States at the center; generated chronic surpluses; and allowed international power to take the unusual form of subsidized exports of surplus commodities, particularly wheat. The author analyzes the emergence and contradictions of the postwar food regime as a tension between replication and integration of national agro-food sectors, often interpreted as “export of the U.S. model.” By the early 1970s, replication led to international economic conflict, while transnational corporations found national regulatory frameworks to be obstacles to further integration of a potentially global agro-food sector. A new axis between Asian import countries and new agricultural countries, such as Brazil, has destabilized the Atlantic-centered food regime, without creating a new regime. Alternative future regimes are identified, based on the shift from agriculture to food, employment, and land use as political issues: private global regulation or democratic regulation of nested, regional agro-food economies, federated at the international level.
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SAGINOVA, Saniya, Rauza ABELDINA, Valeriy BIRYUKOV, Gulnar SAPAROVA, Alken TEMIRBULATOV, and Saltanat YSSUPOVA. "Ensuring Food Security in the Context of the Development of Integration Processes." Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism 9, no. 5 (January 1, 2019): 1120. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505//jemt.v9.5(29).25.
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Food security is one of the main objectives of the agrarian and economic policy of the state. In its general form, it forms the vector of movement of any national food system to an ideal state.
Analysis of indicators of the state of the food market and the provision of the population with food, the selection of the most optimal of them for making effective management decisions is an important task in developing a strategy for ensuring the country's food security. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to assess food security in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The article analyses the statistical data of the Republic of Kazakhstan on ensuring food security in the country.
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Venghaus, Sandra, Carolin Märker, Sophia Dieken, and Florian Siekmann. "Linking Environmental Policy Integration and the Water-Energy-Land-(Food-)Nexus: A Review of the European Union’s Energy, Water, and Agricultural Policies." Energies 12, no. 23 (November 22, 2019): 4446. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12234446.
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Against the backdrop of climate and environmental pressures, as well as limited resource availability and trade conflicts, devising policies for energy and the use of natural resources in general becomes exceedingly complex. Moreover, policies are required to account for interrelations between individual resources and between different sectors and policy fields, but implementation often lacks. To evaluate the current state of integrated policy design in the EU, a review of European energy, water, and agricultural policies was conducted. Using a qualitative comparative research approach, the objective was to identify and explain the differing degrees and variations in policy integration among them. To this aim, the concepts “Environmental Policy Integration” and “Water-Energy-Land Nexus” were jointly applied as analytical frameworks. The analysis revealed that currently, different authorities are endowed with largely sectoral mandates. Accordingly, the respective sectoral policy sets are historically grown based on differing sets of formal and informal rules and processes, thus making policy integration among the sectors, let alone within the nexus, a highly challenging task.
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Namugumya, Brenda Shenute, Jeroen J. L. Candel, Elise F. Talsma, and Catrien J. A. M. Termeer. "Towards concerted government efforts? Assessing nutrition policy integration in Uganda." Food Security 12, no. 2 (January 22, 2020): 355–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01010-5.
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AbstractTo tackle malnutrition more effectively, Sub-Saharan African governments have developed overarching, integrative policy strategies over the past decade. Despite their popularity, little is known about their follow-up and ultimately their success (or failure). Consequently, tracking the progress of such political commitment has gained global importance. Various studies provide insights into changes in nutrition-related policies. Nevertheless, it is generally acknowledged that we have limited understanding of how nutrition concerns are explicitly addressed in policies of different ministries. This study uses a novel policy integration perspective to investigate the extent to which eight ministries in Uganda integrated nutrition concerns across their policy outputs between 2001 and 2017. The approach used assumes nutrition policy integration is a dynamic process occurring in different policy dimensions. We performed a qualitative content analysis to assess 103 policy outputs for changes in subsystems involved, policy goals, and instruments used. Overall, we found a shift towards increased integrated government action on nutrition over time. The 2011–2015 analysis period was a critical juncture where increased integration of nutrition was observed in all policy integration dimensions across all ministries. However, considerable variations in actor networks, goals, and instruments exist across sectors and over time. The sustainability of nutrition integration efforts remains contentious, because of which continuous monitoring will be essential.
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Anusha, P., T. Pirasayiny, and S. Sivarajasingham. "The Impact of World Food Price on Domestic Inflation: Evidence from Sri Lanka." Business and Economic Research 12, no. 2 (June 19, 2022): 168. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v12i2.19829.
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Food price contributes the largest share in the general price index in developing countries. Food prices have been increasing in Sri Lanka since 2003. The recent growth of global food prices affects the welfare of poor people, consumers and producers. In Sri Lanka large segment of the population spends more than 50 percent of their income on food; this study investigates and assesses how international food price surge affects domestic inflation process in Sri Lanka. The empirical statistical results are derived by using a battery of parametric and non-parametric econometric techniques using monthly data of price series for the period from 2003M1-2020M12. The Johansen’s co-integration analysis results confirm that global food prices and domestic prices are co-integrated therefore Sri Lankan government needs to develop a safety net program for the poor and a poverty reduction strategy. Policy attention needs to shift towards efforts to increase food production in Sri Lanka. The results of the study have various policy implications of monetary policy, food and agriculture policy and trade policy for Sri Lanka.
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Opoku, Emmanuela, and Trish Glazebrook. "Gender, Agriculture, and Climate Policy in Ghana." Environmental Ethics 40, no. 4 (2018): 371–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/enviroethics201840435.
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Ghana is aware of women farmers’ climate adaptation challenges in meeting the country’s food security needs and has strong intentions to support these women, but is stymied by economic limitations, poor organization in governance, persistent social gender biases, and either little or counter-productive support from international policy makers and advisory bodies. Focal issues are the global impacts of climate change on agriculture, Africa’s growing hunger crisis, and women’s contribution to food production in Ghana. Of special importance are the issues of gender-inclusiveness and gender-sensitivity of Ghana’s climate and climate-related policies, including its integration of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change policy, as well as the influence of international economic policy on Ghana’s gender development. Because women farmers provide the majority of the country’s national food-basket, Ghana (as well as other African counries) should focus on building women subsistence farmers’ adaptation needs to avert mass starvation. People should understand that starvation in Africa is not a future event but is already underway.
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Arcuri, Sabrina, Bianca Minotti, and Francesca Galli. "Food policy integration in small cities: The case of intermunicipal governance in Lucca, Italy." Journal of Rural Studies 89 (January 2022): 287–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.12.005.
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BOJNEC, S., and G. PETER. "Vertical market integration and competition : the meat sector in Slovenia." Agricultural and Food Science 14, no. 3 (December 4, 2008): 236. http://dx.doi.org/10.2137/145960605775013182.
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This paper presents price transmission models explaining the farm-to-retail price spread and degree of competition in the meat marketing chains during the period of economic transition in Slovenia. The meat marketing chains in Slovenia are characterised by relatively large processing and marketing margins, which are expected to decline with market deregulation and integration into the international markets. As results of the economic restructuring and policy reforms, competitive market pressures in a marketing margin determination have increased, inducing pressures for efficiency improvements in the vertical market integration from the farm to the retail stage in the Slovenian meat sector. Co-integration models are applied to estimate vertical market integration and to assess the degree of price competition in the Slovenian beef and pork marketing chains. The tested econometric models confirmed the existence of the long run market integration in the meat chain and the speed of adjustment of price changes. Farm-gate meat prices are identified as weakly exogenous, indicating the crucial role of supply side processing and marketing factors in the retail meat price determination. The results of structural tests suggest a long-run mark-up price strategy in the beef, and a competitive price strategy in the pork, chain as the outcome of policy reforms. The increased competitive market pressures are very likely to increase efficiency in the beef markets. Efficiency improvements in the Slovenian food markets are needed in the increased competitive market pressures of the enlarged European Union markets.;
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Rapinski, Michael, Richard Raymond, Damien Davy, Thora Herrmann, Jean-Philippe Bedell, Abdou Ka, Guillaume Odonne, et al. "Local Food Systems under Global Influence: The Case of Food, Health and Environment in Five Socio-Ecosystems." Sustainability 15, no. 3 (January 28, 2023): 2376. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15032376.
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Globalization is transforming food systems around the world. With few geographical areas spared from nutritional, dietary and epidemiological transitions, chronic diseases have reached pandemic proportions. A question therefore arises as to the sustainability of local food systems. The overall purpose of this article is to put in perspective how local food systems respond to globalization through the assessment of five different case studies stemming from an international research network of Human-Environment Observatories (OHM), namely Nunavik (Québec, Canada), Oyapock (French Guiana, France), Estarreja (Portugal), Téssékéré (Senegal) and Littoral-Caraïbes (Guadeloupe, France). Each region retains aspects of its traditional food system, albeit under different patterns of influence modelled by various factors. These include history, cultural practices, remoteness and accessibility to and integration of globalized ultra-processed foods that induce differential health impacts. Furthermore, increases in the threat of environmental contamination can undermine the benefits of locally sourced foods for the profit of ultra-processed foods. These case studies demonstrate that: (i) the influence of globalization on food systems can be properly understood by integrating sociohistorical trajectories, socioeconomic and sociocultural context, ongoing local environmental issues and health determinants; and (ii) long-term and transverse monitoring is essential to understand the sustainability of local food systems vis-à-vis globalization.
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Karantininis, Kostas, Johannes Sauer, and William Hartley Furtan. "Innovation and integration in the agri-food industry." Food Policy 35, no. 2 (April 2010): 112–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.10.003.
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Kangile, Rajabu Joseph, Charles Peter Mgeni, Zena Theopist Mpenda, and Stefan Sieber. "The Determinants of Farmers’ Choice of Markets for Staple Food Commodities in Dodoma and Morogoro, Tanzania." Agriculture 10, no. 5 (April 30, 2020): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10050142.
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Institutional and policy-induced factors affect farmers’ decisions on the choice of the market to sell their staple foods. This results in low motivation to participate in the production and agricultural commodities’ commercialization. This study determines specific institutional and policy-induced factors affecting the farmers’ decisions regarding the staple food market choice in Tanzania. The study uses household survey data collected from 820 farmers raising staple food crops (maize, rice, sorghum, and millet) randomly selected from the Dodoma and Morogoro regions, Tanzania. The index method, descriptive statistics, and choice model (multinomial logit model) are used for data analysis. Qualitative policy analysis is used for analyzing policy-induced factors. Findings show a low level of integration of farmers into staple food markets, with female-headed households facing more hurdles in accessing markets than male-headed households. Age, formal training, the value of agricultural production, membership in organizations, access to credit, contractual arrangements, and distance to markets are significant factors driving farmers to choose a particular market to sell their produces. Restriction of selling and use of staple food commodities, instability of food policy administration, and procedural operation obstacles are found to be key policy-induced factors affecting the marketing of staple food commodities in Tanzania. The scale of production, as depicted by the value of production, and supply contract arrangement with buyers are important factors to ensure that farming households excel in lucrative markets through increased economies of scale and the ability to reach critical volumes for supplying to various markets. Supporting market linkage and infrastructure, as well as enforcing transparent and non-restrictive food marketing policies, would help many farmers enter into contractual arrangements that increase market access and improve market choices.
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Ndabarushimana, Alexis, and Desire Ndayizeye. "Analysis of the Integration Process of Vulnerable Communities in Social and Economic Development: Batwa Community of Muyange Site Two." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 20, no. 13 (May 31, 2024): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2024.v20n13p70.
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The lack of access to food, education, housing, medical healthcare, freedom of participation, and sanitary facilities are some characteristics of vulnerability. Vulnerability can arise from an individual, community, or larger population challenges, requiring diverse policy interventions from social and economic neighborhood development, and income policies, to individual medical support. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the integration process of vulnerable communities in social and economic development, specifically focusing on the Batwa community of Muyange Site Two. The study's objectives are: (1) to identify the living conditions of the vulnerable Batwa communities in Muyange Site Two, (2) to highlight factors hindering the integration process in social and economic development, (3) to explore the role of local administration in integrating vulnerable communities, and (4) to propose practical solutions expediting the Batwa community's integration. Employing stratified random sampling, the research included 50 households from a total of 200 households. It combined qualitative and quantitative methods, using interviews and questionnaires administered directly to the Batwa community. The study revealed challenges faced by the Batwa in accessing food, land for agriculture, and education, leading to extreme poverty. It also identified strategies for the Batwa, local administration, and the government to accelerate integration, emphasizing self-reliance and government support for housing and land ownership to overcome discrimination in the social and economic integration process.
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Zaharia, Alina, Maria-Claudia Diaconeasa, Natalia Maehle, Gergely Szolnoki, and Roberta Capitello. "Developing Sustainable Food Systems in Europe: National Policies and Stakeholder Perspectives in a Four-Country Analysis." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14 (July 20, 2021): 7701. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147701.
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To address climate change, health, and food-related challenges at the international and regional level, policy makers and researchers are starting to acknowledge the importance of building and developing sustainable food systems (SFSs). This study aims to discuss the drivers of, barriers to, and policy recommendations for developing sustainable food systems in four European countries (Germany, Italy, Norway, and Romania). We used critical frame analysis to investigate national policy documents on sustainable food systems and conducted in-depth interviews with various national stakeholders representing policy makers, agrifood businesses, and civil society. The novelty of this research lies in comparing national policy approaches and stakeholders’ opinions on SFS development in a multi-country analysis. These European countries have different conditions in terms of geography, socioeconomic situation, environmental performance, and sustainability orientation. Several cross-cultural differences and gaps in the existing national policies for sustainable food systems were identified, and solutions that help overcome these issues have been suggested. The first step in developing SFS should focus on interdisciplinary and trans-sectorial policy integration combined with increasing stakeholder collaboration across all sectors of the economy. We also recommend more active involvement of consumers in the food system, developing information-sharing networks, and increasing collaborations within the food supply chains.
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Mansfield, Elizabeth, Rana Wahba, and Elaine De Grandpré. "Integrating a Health Literacy Lens into Nutrition Labelling Policy in Canada." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11 (June 10, 2020): 4130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114130.
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An increasingly important concern in public health practice is health literacy. Simply stated, it refers to the interactions between individuals and health related information to make informed decisions concerning their health. Research shows that consumers face many health literacy challenges in accessing, understanding and evaluating nutrition labelling information when making food choices. The systematic integration of health literacy considerations into social science and consumer behaviour research can help address these challenges and better meet the needs of the increasingly diverse Canadian population. This application of a health literacy lens should be considered for all future food and nutrition labelling research, to maximize the positive impact of subsequent health policies and regulations on health outcomes and health status of Canadians.
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Barry, Peter J. "Industrialization of U.S. Agriculture: Policy, Research, and Education Needs." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 24, no. 1 (April 1995): 128–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1068280500003683.
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The industrialization of agriculture refers to the continued consolidation of farms and to the growing use of production and marketing contracts and vertical integration among input suppliers, lenders, agricultural producers, processors, and distributors of food and fiber products, domestically and globally. Industrialization is strongly affecting the structure and performance of farms and agribusiness firms; the distribution of risk, returns, and the ownership and control of resources in the food and fiber system; locations of production; competitiveness in international markets; the effectiveness of agricultural policy; business activity, income, family welfare and employment in rural communities; and environmental quality and control. Research is urgently needed to measure these effects, understand the complex underlying factors, and evaluate policy alternatives that influence and are influenced by the industrialization of agriculture.
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Zezza, Annalisa. "CAP, Farm to Fork and Green Deal: policy coherence, governance, and future challenges." Bio-based and Applied Economics 12, no. 2 (June 27, 2023): 83–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/bae-14794.
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The 11th AIEAA annual conference entitled “CAP, Farm to Fork and Green Deal: policy coherence, governance, and future challenges” has been an occasion to explore the potential synergies coming from the integration of the CAP with other EU and national policies under the Green Deal umbrella. By gathering together scholars with different points of views and academic backgrounds, the Conference aimed to improve the understanding on how to reach an increased policy coherence and integration, explore new holistic governance approaches to the agri-food system, analyse the impact on the national and local systems and the look at future challenges opening-up.
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Niu, Junjun, and Chunmei Mao. "The Policy Evolution Characteristics of Regional Integration Development in the Yangtze River Delta: A Quantitative Analysis Based on Policy Texts from 2003 to 2022." Sustainability 15, no. 20 (October 16, 2023): 14938. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su152014938.
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The systematic analysis of policy texts on promoting regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta region is of great significance for promoting higher-quality development of this Chinese region. By collecting 803 policy texts from 2003 to 2022 and using policy text and social network analysis methods, we statically reveal the evolution patterns of integration policies in the Yangtze River Delta under different dimensions. According to our research, the types of policies for integration in the Yangtze River Delta are diverse and flexible, with agreement policies being the main focus; the number of annual policy releases shows a trajectory of first fluctuating and then stabilizing growth; policy makers are mainly based on multi-department joint formulation across departments, levels, and administrative regions, supplemented by individual provinces and cities under the guidance of the central government; the integration coverage rate is gradually increasing, but there are differences in the level of emphasis within the field and among provinces and cities; and there is an imbalance in the use of both policy tools as a whole and sub-tools. Based on this, while prioritizing the integrated development of ecology, technology, economy, and other fields, while also promoting comprehensive integration in education, law, information, food safety, and other fields; policy makers should appropriately increase the use of contractual economic tools, maintain the current use trend of structural forcing tools, and enhance the stability of the use of interactive impact tools to ensure the balance and effectiveness of the use of policy tools.
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Yesbolova, Ainur, Gulzhanar Abdikerimova, Darikul Kulanova, Marat Seidakhmetov, and Bakhytzhan Moldabekov. "Assessment of the current state of economic integration of the member-states of the Eurasian economic union under food security." E3S Web of Conferences 474 (2024): 01038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202447401038.
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This paper conducts a comprehensive examination of the current state of economic integration among the member-states of the Eurasian Economic Union with a specific focus on its implications for food security. Established in 2015, the EAEU comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, and endeavors to create a common economic space to foster mutual cooperation. Against the backdrop of global challenges, the nexus between economic integration and food security within the EAEU emerges as a critical aspect warranting careful scrutiny. The study employs a multidimensional approach, analyzing trade patterns, agricultural policies, and collaborative initiatives among member-states to elucidate the existing dynamics of economic integration and their impact on the food security landscape. By examining the interplay between the free movement of goods, services, capital, and labor, the research aims to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in achieving a resilient and sustainable food supply for the union’s populations. The findings of this study contribute to the understanding of the intricate relationship between economic integration and food security, offering insights that can inform policy decisions within the EAEU. In unraveling the complexities of this multifaceted nexus, the research seeks to guide the union toward a more secure and prosperous future, emphasizing the importance of nuanced strategies to address evolving global challenges. This paper serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders interested in the intersection of economic integration and food security within regional economic unions.
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SANTOS, Reynald, Charles SOSSA JEROME, Colette AZANDJEME, Clémence METONNOU, Julien Soliba MANGA, Stefanie VANDEVIJVERE, Jean-claude MOUBARAC, and Adama DIOUF. "Benchmarking Policy Goals and Actions for Healthy Food Environments in Benin to Prevent Malnutrition." African Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics 3, no. 1 (March 14, 2024): 48–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.58460/ajnd.v3i1.82.
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Background and aim: Lifestyle and dietary shifts contribute to widespread or specific micronutrient deficiencies, leading to health issues such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers. These problems are linked to unhealthy food environments, yet little is known about Benin policy responses. This study aims to assess how different aspects of the food environment are addressed in Benin's policy documents and their alignment with international best practices. Methods: The study analyzed intentions and actions to ensure a healthy food environment in Benin using various policy documents, including laws, decrees, sectoral policies, strategic and operational plans, regulations, directives, action plans, and program/project documents. It followed the Food-EPI tool (Healthy Food Environment Policy Index) of the INFORMAS network (International Network for Food and Obesity/NCDs, Research, Monitoring and Action Support) focusing on the “Policy and Infrastructure Support” components, with steps like contextual analysis, document collection, and evidence extraction. Results: Of the 98 documents collected, 61 were analyzed and classified into frameworks: 54.09% in the policy framework, 29.50% in the strategic framework, and 16.39% in the operational framework. While nine food environment domains were addressed to some extent, disparities with international best practices were noted, especially in food composition, labeling, pricing, governance, and funding/resources. Evidence gaps were identified in retail food sales, food trade and investments, and health integration in policies. Conclusions: The study reveals diverse approaches and gaps in Benin policies for healthy food environments. Despite progress in some areas, like leadership and monitoring, others, including food composition and governance, need more attention.
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Swinnen, Johan F. M. "Transition and Integration in Europe: Implications for Agricultural and Food Markets, Policy, and Trade Agreements." World Economy 25, no. 4 (April 2002): 481–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9701.00445.
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Sevilla, Jenifer, Asianto Nugroho, and Arida Turymshayeva. "The Effectiveness of Accelerating Stunting Reduction Policy." Journal of Sustainable Development and Regulatory Issues (JSDERI) 2, no. 2 (May 31, 2024): 132–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.53955/jsderi.v2i2.31.
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Indonesia has implemented various policies to accelerate stunting reduction, however whether these policies have effectively reduced stunting, because the prevalence of stunting is still high, at 30.8%. The government's involvement in creating and implementing stunting policies in Indonesia still needs to be effective in terms of legal substance, structure, and culture. This research employs socio-legal research methods and a comparative approach with Finland. This research shows, first, that the existing acceleration policy has yet to effectively overcome the problem of stunting in Indonesia because there is still a policy of implementing taxes on nutritious food commodities, which affects people's purchasing power. There is a need for socialization and integration of stunting policies across sectors, technical coordination between central and regional government organizations, and community participation in policy implementation. Second, comparative studies in Finland can provide new information regarding understanding health and formulating regulations for implementing taxes on unhealthy foods. Therefore, this research has the potential to enhance the prevention of stunting and provide valuable insights for the Indonesian government to formulate and implement policies.
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Malcom, Arnold. "Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Livestock Policy Formulation." International Journal of Livestock Policy 3, no. 1 (June 5, 2024): 30–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijlp.1962.
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Purpose: The general study sought to understand the integration of indigenous knowledge into livestock policy formulation. Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics. This secondary data was easily accessed through the online journals and library. Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to the integration of indigenous knowledge into livestock policy formulation. Preliminary empirical review revealed that indigenous knowledge systems offer significant value to sustainable and resilient livestock management. It found that participatory policy-making, which includes indigenous communities, leads to more effective and inclusive policies. The study identified gaps in current policy frameworks, particularly the lack of systematic documentation and integration of indigenous knowledge, and recommended measures to address these gaps. It emphasized that aligning national policies with international frameworks like UNDRIP can enhance global sustainability efforts, improve food security, and promote biodiversity conservation. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The Social-Ecological Systems Theory, Traditional Ecological Knowledge Theory and Participatory Action Research Theory may be used to anchor future studies on integrating indigenous knowledge into livestock policy formulation. The study made several key recommendations, contributing to theory, practice, and policy. Theoretically, it suggested expanding the Social-Ecological Systems (SES) and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) frameworks to include indigenous livestock practices. Practically, it recommended documenting indigenous knowledge through community-based repositories and implementing training programs combining traditional and modern practices. Policy recommendations included involving indigenous representatives in policy-making processes, formally recognizing indigenous knowledge in policy documents, and aligning national policies with international frameworks like the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). These steps aimed to enhance sustainability, equity, and resilience in livestock management. Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge, Livestock Policy, Social-Ecological Systems (SES), Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Sustainable Livestock Management, Resilience