| Abstract: | This report features data collected at a January 2005 Workshop on Agri-Food Concentration, leading the authors to hypothesize that vertical and horizontal integration will continue to increase among the agri-food TNCs, and that the interrelationships between and among these firms will become more complex. |
Overview by Williams Heffernan, PhD and Mary Hendrickson, Ph.D. with contributions by Mehmet Arda, Ph.D., Commodities Branch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; David Burch, Ph.D., Professor; Griffith University, Australia; Roy Rickson, Ph.D., Professor Griffith University, Australia; Bill Vorley, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods; International Institute for Environment and Development; John Wilkinson, Ph.D., Professor Rio de Janeiro Rural University, Brazil |