The Food System: A Guide

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With new technologies set to revolutionize the global food industry, understanding the food system and managing it carefully are essential to ensure that all the world's people enjoy a secure, sufficient and sustainable food supply.This book provides an essential overview of all the key issues and players. It makes an ideal text for students working on any aspect of food--from agriculture and food technology, management, retailing, catering and consumer studies, to politics and development. Packed with information, attractively presented and written in a lively, accessible style, it also makes an absorbing book for the general reader.

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The Food System A Guide Geoff Tansey and Tony Worsley I publishing for a sustainable future London Sterling, VA T h e opinions expressed here are those of the authors and do not represent in any way the policies and opinions of CSIRO-Australia First published in 1995 by Earthscan Dunstan House, 14a St Cross Street, London E C l N 8XA Tel: +44 (0)20 7841 1930 Fax: +44 (0)20 7242 1474 Email: [email protected] Web: www.earthscan.co.uk Reprinted 1996, 1999, 2000,2004, 2008 Copyright 0 Geoff Tansey and Tony Worsley, 1995 All rights reserved A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978 1 85383 277 2 Typesetting and figures by MapSet Ltd, Gateshead, UK Cover design by Andrew Corbett Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham, Wiltshire Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development. The paper used for this book is FSC-certified. FSC (the Forest Stewardship Council) is an international network to promote responsible management of the worl