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Common Features and Problems of Food Systems Around the World, Slides of Biology

The common features of food systems around the world, including spatial dispersion, uncertainty of production, seasonality, perishability, increasing international integration, and important public-sector roles. It also outlines the common problems of food systems, such as price instability, inadequate access to food, and negative attitudes towards intermediaries. The document also explores development approaches from the 1960s to the present, including industrial fundamentalism, planning and parastatals, expanding farm-level production, integrated rural development, and current emphases on liberalization, globalization, food security, ngos, and information and institutional design.

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Common Features of Food
Systems Around the World
Spatial dispersion
Differences in scale of production
across vertical levels in the food system
Sequential nature of production
Evolution mensuelle des prix à la consommation
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Common Features of Food

Systems Around the World

„ Spatial dispersion „ Differences in scale of production across vertical levels in the food system „ Sequential nature of production

Evolution mensuelle des prix à la consommation

50

70

90

110

130

150

170

190

210

230

250

(^19901991199219931994) Mois 1995 1996 1997 1998

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Sorgh-bko Mil-bko Mil-kayes Sorgho-kayes Mais-bko Mais-kayes

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Common Features of Food

Systems Around the World

„ Uncertainty of production „ Seasonality „ Perishability „ Increasing international integration „ Important public-sector roles

Common Food System Problems

„ Price instability due to both supply and

demand shocks (more at farm level than consumer level in industrialized economies)

„ Chronic inadequate access to food by

many low-income households

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Development Approaches, 1960-Present

„ Industrial Fundamentalism: 1950s and

1960s

„ Planning & Parastatals: 1950s-1970s

„ Expanding Farm-level Production–

Green Revolution: 1960s-1970s

„ Integrated Rural Development--

Poorest of the Poor

Development Approaches, 1960-Present

„ Current Emphases:

  • Liberalization, Structural Adjustment & Beyond
  • Globalization of the Food System
  • Food Security
  • NGOs
  • Information and Institutional Design