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Food marketing and distribution
Once produced, food products need to be cleaned, assembled, packaged, stored
and transported to urban markets . Rural markets, handling, storage and transport
facilities as well as roads need to be in place and farmers, transporters and
traders need to be made aware of appropriate techniques to prevent spoilage
and contamination of food .
Efficient marketing infrastructure such as assembly, wholesale and retail
markets and storage are essential for cost-effective marketing, to minimise
post-harvest losses, to reduce health risks and to ensure an adequate stability
of basic food supply. The characteristics of wholesale markets continue to
change as retailing adapts to urban growth, the increasing role of supermarkets
and increased consumer spending capacity. The conflict between traditional
and modern food distribution arrangements needs to be addressed in order to
minimize negative repercussions on income opportunities for the numerous formal
and informal agents active in the food economy.
An important aspect for policy consideration is the role played by the informal
commercial sector in making food available to low income urban areas and in
generating income for poor families. This requires a positive attitude by the
authorities and special programmes to facilitate informal food trading activities
and to minimise any possible adverse consequences.
 Selected documents
FAO
- Food into Cities collection. Urban Food Distribution in Europe, 2002
FAO - Food into
Cities collection. Proceedings of the FAO-CityNet-AFMA Subregional Seminar "Feeding Asian Cities",
Bangkok 2001
FAO - Food into Cities collection. Food into cities - Selected papers, 2000
FAO - Food for the Cities. Food Supply and Distribution Policies to Reduce
Urban Food Insecurity - A Briefing Guide for Mayors, City Executives and Urban
Planners in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition, 2000
FAO - Food into Cities collection. Studying Food Supply and Distribution Systems
to Cities in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition, 2001
FAO - Food into Cities collection. Feeding Asian Cities: Food Production and
Processing Issues, 2000
FAO - Food into
Cities collection. El Sistema de Abastecimiento y Distribución
de Alimentos en la Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros, 2000
FAO - Food into Cities collection. Food Security in African Cities - The Role
of Food Supply and Distribution Systems, 1997
FAO CD-ROM. Les systèmes d'approvisionnement et de distribution alimentaires
des villes: analyse et politiques, Module N. 1, 2003. sada@fao.org
FAO CD-ROM. Food for the Cities - Food supply and distribution policies to
reduce urban food insecurity, 2002. sada@fao.org
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