Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally
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Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally. / Yi, Jing; Meemken, Eva-Marie; Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Veronica; Liu, Jiali; Kim, Ejin; Gomez, Miguel I.; Canning, Patrick; Barrett, Christopher B.
In: Nature Food, Vol. 2, 2021, p. 417-425.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally
AU - Yi, Jing
AU - Meemken, Eva-Marie
AU - Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Veronica
AU - Liu, Jiali
AU - Kim, Ejin
AU - Gomez, Miguel I.
AU - Canning, Patrick
AU - Barrett, Christopher B.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Progress towards many United Nations Sustainable Development Goals depends on interventions in food value chains, yet data and methods have thus far limited the production of cross-nationally comparable estimates of food value chains' magnitudes. Here we develop a standardized method and data series to estimate the distribution of consumer food expenditures between value-added activities on farms and in the post-farmgate value chain. Using data from 61 countries over 2005-2015, representing 90% of the global economy, we show that farmers receive, on average, 27% of consumer expenditure on foods consumed at home and a far lower percentage of food consumed away from home. That figure consistently falls in the 16-38% range for middle- and high-income countries and falls significantly as incomes rise. The large and growing post-farmgate food value chain merits greater attention as the world grapples with the economic, environmental and social impacts of food systems.The distribution of consumer food expenditures across value-added activities on farms and in the post-farmgate value chain, although important, has been overlooked. Building on a global food dollar series, this study shows how the farm and post-farmgate shares of consumer food expenditures evolve in response to changing economic, demographic and agricultural conditions in different regions.
AB - Progress towards many United Nations Sustainable Development Goals depends on interventions in food value chains, yet data and methods have thus far limited the production of cross-nationally comparable estimates of food value chains' magnitudes. Here we develop a standardized method and data series to estimate the distribution of consumer food expenditures between value-added activities on farms and in the post-farmgate value chain. Using data from 61 countries over 2005-2015, representing 90% of the global economy, we show that farmers receive, on average, 27% of consumer expenditure on foods consumed at home and a far lower percentage of food consumed away from home. That figure consistently falls in the 16-38% range for middle- and high-income countries and falls significantly as incomes rise. The large and growing post-farmgate food value chain merits greater attention as the world grapples with the economic, environmental and social impacts of food systems.The distribution of consumer food expenditures across value-added activities on farms and in the post-farmgate value chain, although important, has been overlooked. Building on a global food dollar series, this study shows how the farm and post-farmgate shares of consumer food expenditures evolve in response to changing economic, demographic and agricultural conditions in different regions.
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U2 - 10.1038/s43016-021-00279-9
DO - 10.1038/s43016-021-00279-9
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 417
EP - 425
JO - Nature Food
JF - Nature Food
SN - 2662-1355
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ID: 272641098