Cross-Continental Agro-Food Chains

Economic Crisis as a Catalyst for Food Planning in Athens

“…The specific structural characteristics of the domestic agricultural sector were never ideal for the development of the agrofood-processing industry in Greece. Corporate retailers benefitting from the gradual liberalization of international trade regulations and IT applications, orchestrated crosscontinental food supply networks and made use of economies of scale in their supply systems (Coe and Hess 2005;Fold and Pritchard 2005). Their main aim is to supply their outlets with a stable supply of a wide variety of fresh products in large quantities.…”

A food regime genealogy

“…and 'regime-type' work has proven to be one of the most durable perspectives in agrarian studies since the late 1980s, in large part because it is synthetic and nuanced.' 3 e.g., Barndt (2008), Pritchard and Burch (2003), Fold (2002), and Fold and Pritchard (2005). 4 e.g., Thomson (1987).…”

Is Agricultural Biotechnology Part of Sustainable Agriculture? Different Views in Switzerland and New Zealand

“…The social network confirms the influential role of large retailers as the most important actors in the food chain in Europe and increasingly also in other parts of the world. They seem to be central in the information network as well as in the network of financial support in Switzerland, which seems to be in line with their role as gatekeepers of the food chain (Fold & Pritchard, 2005). The large retailers are also the most prominent sponsors of advocacy groups for agricultural sustainability.…”