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.

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Yi, J, Meemken, E-M, Mazariegos-Anastassiou, V, Liu, J, Kim, E, Gomez, MI, Canning, P & Barrett, CB 2021, 'Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally', Nature Food, vol. 2, pp. 417-425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00279-9

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Yi, J., Meemken, E-M., Mazariegos-Anastassiou, V., Liu, J., Kim, E., Gomez, M. I., Canning, P., & Barrett, C. B. (2021). Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally. Nature Food, 2, 417-425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00279-9

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Yi J, Meemken E-M, Mazariegos-Anastassiou V, Liu J, Kim E, Gomez MI et al. Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally. Nature Food. 2021;2:417-425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00279-9

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Yi, Jing ; Meemken, Eva-Marie ; Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Veronica ; Liu, Jiali ; Kim, Ejin ; Gomez, Miguel I. ; Canning, Patrick ; Barrett, Christopher B. / Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally. In: Nature Food. 2021 ; Vol. 2. pp. 417-425.

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title = "Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally",
abstract = "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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