Can Efficient Food Distribution Help to Improve the Nutrition Situation in the Developing Countries?

2015 ◽  
pp. 114-129
Author(s):  
H. R. M�ller
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Distribution

scholarly journals Global Food Security under COVID-19: Comparison and Enlightenment of Policy Responses in Different Countries

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2850
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Jiang ◽  
Yangfen Chen ◽  
Jieyong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Intervention Measures ◽  
Global Food

(1) Background: COVID-19 has exacerbated global food security risks, and the global food supply chain, especially in developing countries, has become more vulnerable. (2) Methods: In this paper, we discussed the current security of global food, response measures, and potential impacts, and analyzed the characteristics and evolution of food security policies in four representative countries: China, Italy, Malawi, Argentina. (3) Results: The results showed that most countries give priority to ensuring food access. Most underdeveloped countries adopt humanitarian intervention measures such as food distribution and transfer payments, while developed countries tend to implement development intervention policies such as supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises and guaranteeing employment. (4) Conclusions: Despite the ample global supply, developing countries still face long-term food security risks, highlighting the importance of strengthening global food security governance and risk management. Finally, a food security risk response policy framework was built to provide suggestions for effectively handling COVID-19 and similar public health emergencies in the future.

scholarly journals A Game Theoretic Framework for Surplus Food Distribution in Smart Cities and Beyond

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5058
Author(s):  
Surja Sanyal ◽  
Vikash Kumar Singh ◽  
Fatos Xhafa ◽  
Banhi Sanyal ◽  
Sajal Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
The World ◽  
Game Theoretic ◽  
The Masses

Food waste is currently a major challenge for the world. It is the precursor to several socioeconomic problems that are plaguing modern society. To counter and to, simultaneously, stand by the undernourished, surplus food redistribution has surfaced as a viable solution. Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-mediated food redistribution is a highly scalable approach and it percolates into the lives of the masses far better. Even if ICT is not brought into the picture, the presence of food surplus redistribution in developing countries such as India is scarce and is limited to only a few of the major cities. The discussion of a surplus food redistribution framework under strategic settings is a less discussed topic around the globe. This paper aims to address a surplus food redistribution framework under strategic settings, thereby facilitating a smoother exchange of surplus food in the smart cities of developing countries and beyond. As ICT is seamlessly available in smart cities, the paper aims to focus the framework in these cities. However, this can be extended beyond the smart cities to places with greater human involvement.

scholarly journals An industrial organisation model for the Vietnamese food retail market

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (229) ◽  
pp. 61-97
Author(s):  
Chi Ngo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Nash Equilibrium ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Imperfect Competition ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Industrial Organisation ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Small Producers

Using the case of Vietnam, this paper proposes an industrial organisation model of the food distribution system in developing countries. Since most work in this field has adopted an empirical approach, this paper will instead focus on a theoretical model based on the theory of imperfect competition applied in agricultural economics. We introduce two distribution channels of product differentiation linked vertically by demand, and study the quantity flow from small producers to consumers by means of a Nash equilibrium. We show that there is a Nash equilibrium of the food distribution system and market power, with effects on both farmers and consumers. The paper discusses the implications of these results and proposes policies to intervene in the market and mitigate its power to improve the wealth of both farmers and consumers. The competitive market model of the food distribution system presented in this paper is also important in analysing the policy implications of a food market with imperfect competition in developing countries.

Health, Nutrition, and the Roots of World Population Growth

1974 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carter L. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Population Expansion ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
World Population ◽  
Population Crisis ◽  
The Third World

As concern over the expansion of world population has grown, much of this “population explosion” has been attributed to the introduction of modern medical and public health techniques in developing countries. There is little evidence, however, to support this belief. Malaria eradication, immunization programs, improved sanitation, and the use of antibiotics are cited as examples of the kind of medical intervention that has sent death rates into downward spirals on a global basis. Yet what is often ignored is the fact that, while each of these measures is medically effective, none is universally applied, a condition that must be achieved before the potential value of these measures can be realized. Sustained population growth has been found to precede the development of medicine and public health as effective weapons against mortality, both in the population expansion of Europe, which began in the 17th century, and in that of modern developing countries. This article postulates that the roots of the present population crisis are to be found in a worldwide improvement in nutrition that is based less on the amount of food produced than on a greatly enhanced capacity to distribute it. Better food distribution in Europe followed in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and reached the developing countries late in the 19th century as the Third World came increasingly under the political domination of the West.

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