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Nutrition, Food Markets and Agriculture

Economic Issues Against the Background of Globalization

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Authors:
  1. Christian J. Jäggi

    1. Meggen, Switzerland

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  • Thematization of food markets from a global perspective before the current discourse on free trade.
  • Ethical reflection on economic aspects of the food industry and agriculture
  • Outlining of alternatives

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Nutrition

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 1-12

  3. Food Markets

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 13-32

  4. Agriculture

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 33-75

  5. Meat Industry and Fisheries

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 77-86

  6. Agricultural Trade

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 87-97

  7. Biodiversity and Organic Farming

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 99-103

  8. Alternatives

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 105-123

  9. Conclusion

    • Christian J. Jäggi
    Pages 125-130
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About this book

Today, nutrition is mainly discussed under nutritional, medical-health or ideological aspects (e.g. vegetarianism, veganism, etc.). Although the food industry represents one of the most important markets, questions of food production, agriculture, food trade and biodiversity are mostly discussed under national auspices. Not only on the producer side, but also from the consumer perspective, food markets - although still nationally structured - have become more and more global markets, which can be seen, for example, in the development of food commodity prices. In addition, large food corporations are pursuing the strategy of standardizing the entire value chains in the agricultural and food sectors - under their control, mind you. 


The book addresses economic issues related to food production, agriculture, food trade and biodiversity. Alternatives to traditional agriculture, factory farming, and biodiversity loss are discussed - and reflected upon from an economic perspective. Particular attention is paid to aspects of globalization.


This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Ernährung, Nahrungsmittelmärkte und Landwirtschaft by Christian J. Jäggi, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.










Authors and Affiliations

  • Meggen, Switzerland

    Christian J. Jäggi

About the author

Christian J. Jäggi, Dr. phil. Ethnologist, exec. Master of Non Profit Management and theologian, works and researches on issues of economics, migration and ethics. He teaches at various universities of applied sciences and is executive director of the non-profit association Inter-Active in Meggen/Switzerland.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutrition, Food Markets and Agriculture

  • Book Subtitle: Economic Issues Against the Background of Globalization

  • Authors: Christian J. Jäggi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34672-0

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-34671-3Published: 01 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-34672-0Published: 30 September 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 130

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Agricultural Economics, Business Ethics, Agricultural Ethics

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