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Food Distribution — Limitations on Supplies and Consumption

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Nutrition and Agricultural Development

Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences ((BLSC,volume 7))

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This chapter examines the factors in food distribution that result in unsatisfactory levels of consumption for large parts of the world’s population.

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  1. Food and Agriculture Organization, 1972, Planning and operation of wholesale markets in Latin America, Report on the Technical Conference on Planning and Operation of Wholesale Markets, held in Brasilia, F.D., Brazil, 18–22 October, 1971, FAO, Rome.

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  2. Food and Agriculture Organization, 1973, Development of food marketing systems for large urban areas, Report of the Technical Conference on the Development of Food Marketing Systems in Large Urban Areas in Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8–17 May, 1973, FAO, Rome.

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Abbott, J.C., Warner, G.C., del Canto, J. (1976). Food Distribution — Limitations on Supplies and Consumption. In: Scrimshaw, N.S., Béhar, M. (eds) Nutrition and Agricultural Development. Basic Life Sciences, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2883-4_21

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