Dialogue
Development (2008) 51, 527–533. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.57
Globalization and Corporate Concentration in the Food and Agriculture Sector
Sophia Murphy
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Abstract
Sophia Murphy looks at some recent global trends in food and agriculture, focusing in particular on market power and corporate concentration as elements that are undermining the proper functioning of food production and distribution systems. She proposes ways to counter the concentration of power in the private sector.
Keywords:
market power, transnationals, right to food, food security, rural development
