From producer to customer: determinants of food transportation in the XXI century Cover Image

Od producenta do konsumenta: determinanty transportu żywności w XXI wieku
From producer to customer: determinants of food transportation in the XXI century

Author(s): Aleksandra Górecka, Maria Zych Lewandowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Geography, Regional studies, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Agriculture, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Environmental Geography, Sociology, Welfare services, Economic development, Environmental interactions, Globalization, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: food transportation; technological development; logistics

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper was to present main factors influencing development of worldwide transporting food. We underlined problems of creating more and more complex food supply chains. Moreover, we pointed out food production regionalization as the reasons for the current trend of increasing the volume and length of food transport. As a summary, we presented possible solution to the problem of environmental effects of food transport which can be implemented by customers, producers and also transport companies.

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-63
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish