Changing Structure of Global Food Consumption and Trade

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英文名称：

Changing Structure of Global Food Consumption and Trade

作者：

Anita Regmi

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=40319

关键词：

Consumer demand;  food trade;  food consumption;  agricultural imports;  urbanization;  food safety;  organic food;  animal welfare;  quality assurance; 

年份：

2001

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

111 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Higher income, urbanization, other demographic shifts, improved transportation, and consumer perceptions regarding quality and safety are changing global food consumption patterns. Shifts in food consumption have led to increased trade and changes in the composition of world agricultural trade. Given different diets, food expenditure and food budget responses to income and price changes vary between developing and developed countries. In developing countries, higher income results in increased demand for meat products, often leading to increased import of live-stock feed. Diet diversification and increasing demand for better quality and labor-saving products have increased imports of high-value and processed food products in developed countries. Consumer groups in developed countries have also brought attention to organic production of food and the topic of animal welfare. One way in which the public and private sectors have responded to consumer demand for these quality attributes has been by developing and implementing mandatory and voluntary quality control, management, and assurance schemes.