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The Global Food Economy (Revised and Expanded Edition)

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Global Food Economy (Revised and Expanded Edition)

By Tony Weis

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About the book

The global food economy is riven with contradictions. Rising levels of obesity in the developed world stand in stark contrast to widespread hunger and malnutrition in the global South. Transnational companies dominate the market and benefit from lucrative subsidies, while farmers in developing countries become ever more impoverished. Food miles, mounting toxicity and the 'ecological hoofprint' of livestock have turned agribusiness into one of the leading contributors to climate change, with huma...Show more

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9781786992437

Publisher

Zed Books Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

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The Global Food Economy (Revised and Expanded Edition)

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Hardcover

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