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GLOBAL POLICY REPORT - The Economics of the Food System Transformation

6 Feb 2024

→ The approach of the Food System Economics Commission to the analysis of the economics of the food system transformation is characterized by five elements: an emphasis on inclusion, putting people at the centre of the transformation; the integration of insights from a variety of economic approaches; the emphasis on generating and sustaining systemic change; the recognition that transforming syste. [...] have intensified since the turn of the millennium: There is much debate on the implications of the Market concentration in the agri-food industry; growing interdependence of food systems through trade and interdependence; and the frequency trade over the past few decades, since trade has of shocks producing food crises across the globe. [...] → The distributional effects of trade on inclusion vary according to the impact of trade on sources GROWING MARKET CONCENTRATION of incomes, on the consumption and prices of IN THE AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY traded and non-traded goods and on the assets Market concentration in the agri-food industry owned by different groups of people. [...] However, while the knowledge and traditions (HLPE 2017), and the movement of workers out of agriculture clearly marketing of non-traditional foods and bever- helped to reduce poverty during the second half 26 Chapter 1 The Economics of the Food System Transformation of the 20th century,. [...] The need to identify local solutions to food systems challenges, and particularly the challenge of Resilience strengthening of livelihoods, largely stems from the Resilient food systems differences in the extent and nature of informality maintain food and nutrition security in across food systems (see Box 1.1 on informality and the short and long run the challenges of strengthening informal worker.
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117
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Norway