Chapter 2: The rise of big food and agriculture: corporate influence in the food system
Corporate concentration has become a dominant feature of the modern industrial food system in recent decades. In nearly all stages of global food supply chains, from farm inputs, to production, to trade, to processing and food retail, a common pattern is that just a handful of firms tend to dominate...
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| description | Corporate concentration has become a dominant feature of the modern industrial food system in recent decades. In nearly all stages of global food supply chains, from farm inputs, to production, to trade, to processing and food retail, a common pattern is that just a handful of firms tend to dominate. This chapter examines the key drivers of this trend as well as its wider implications. It shows that a combination of financial incentives, technological change, and shifts in the broader regulatory context have been important factors in the trend toward increased concentration in the sector in recent decades. It also outlines how concentration has lent enormous power to the firms at the top to shape the parameters of markets as well as the broader policy and regulatory context to serve their own interests. These dynamics have important implications for broader food system goals such as equity, participation, sustainability, and choice. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1116072023-07-31T14:06:51Z Chapter 2: The rise of big food and agriculture: corporate influence in the food system Clapp, Jennifer RGC Corporate concentration has become a dominant feature of the modern industrial food system in recent decades. In nearly all stages of global food supply chains, from farm inputs, to production, to trade, to processing and food retail, a common pattern is that just a handful of firms tend to dominate. This chapter examines the key drivers of this trend as well as its wider implications. It shows that a combination of financial incentives, technological change, and shifts in the broader regulatory context have been important factors in the trend toward increased concentration in the sector in recent decades. It also outlines how concentration has lent enormous power to the firms at the top to shape the parameters of markets as well as the broader policy and regulatory context to serve their own interests. These dynamics have important implications for broader food system goals such as equity, participation, sustainability, and choice. Published 2023-07-31T14:06:42Z 2023-07-31T14:06:42Z 2022-10-25 chapter 9781800880269 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/111607 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-research-agenda-for-food-systems-9781800880252.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781800880269/book-part-9781800880269-11.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880269.00011 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880269.00011 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781800880269 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access |
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