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This entry introduces the notion of the commodity chain, and more specifically the food supply chain, focusing on the links between the production, distribution, and consumption of food. It provides an overview of theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks working in different ways with that notion, including Global Value Chains, Global Production Networks, circuits of culture, and assemblage thinking. It then illustrates how these perspectives have been applied to questions of power and labour and environmental issues in food supply chains. Finally, it considers literature examining contemporary and future challenges for food supply chains presented by a changing geopolitical landscape, increasing digitalisation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author(s): Hughes A
Editor(s): Holloway, L; Goodman, MK; Maye, D; Kneafsey, M; Sexton, A; Moragues Faus, A
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: The Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society
Year: 2025
Pages: 273-277
Print publication date: 05/08/2025
Acceptance date: 20/02/2023
Series Title: Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series
Publisher: Elgar
URL: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887435.00073
DOI: 10.4337/9781800887435.00073
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781800887428
