True cost accounting for food : balancing the scale / edited by Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker and Paula A. Daniels
Contributor(s): Gemmill-Herren, Barbara [editor]
| Baker, Lauren E [editor] | Daniels, Paula A [editor].
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BookSeries: Routledge studies in food, society and the environment.Publisher: London : Routledge, 2021Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 278 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003050803 .Subject(s): Cost accounting | Food prices | Business & moneyOnline resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1. The power and potential of true cost accounting
From practice to policy : new metrics for the 21st century / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst
Cotton in Egypt : assisting decision-makers to understand costs and benefits / Helmy Abouleish, Thoraya Seada, Nadine Greiss
Upstream, downstream : accounting for the environmental and social value of water in the Andes / Marta Echavarria, Margaret Stern
Section 2 : Thinking systemically
Methods and frameworks : the tools to assess externalities / Harpinder Sandhu, Courtney Regan, Saiqa Perveen, Vatsal Patel
Health impacts : the hidden costs of industrial food systems / Cecilia Rocha, Emile Frison, Nick Jacobs
Section 3 : From the field
Harmonizing the measurement of on-farm impacts / Patrick Holden, Adele Jones
Incentives to change : the experience of the organic sector / Gábor Figeczky, Louise Luttikholt, Frank Eyhorn, Adrian Muller, Christian Schader, Federica Varini
Transforming the maize treadmill : understanding social, economic, and ecological impacts / Francisca Acevedo Gasman, Lauren E. Baker, Mauricio R. Bellon, Caroline Burgeff, Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Rainer Nerger, Harpinder Sandhu, Esmeralda G. Urquiza-Haas, Stephanie White, Gyde Wollesen
Fostering healthy soils in California : farmer motivations and barriers / Joanna Ory, Alastair Iles
Section 4 : For the public good
The real cost of unhealthy diets / Sarah Reinhardt, Rebecca Boehm, Ricardo Salvador
True cost principles in public policy : how schools and local government bring value to procurement / Paula A. Daniels
Embedding TCA within US regulatory decision-making / Kathleen A. Merrigan
International policy opportunities for true cost accounting in food and agriculture / Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Zoltán Kálmán, Alexander Müller
Section 5 : Through the value chain
The business of TCA : assessing risks and dependencies along the supply chain / Tobias Bandel, Jan Köpper, Laura Mervelskemper, Christopher Bonnet, Arno Scheepens
Investing in the true value of sustainable food systems / Tim Crosby, Jennifer Astone, Rex Raimond
Section 6 : To the table
Trade-offs : Comparing meat and the alternatives / Kathleen A. Merrigan
Dining out : the true cost of poor wages / Saru Jayaraman, Julia Sebastian
True price store : guiding consumers / Adrian de Groot Ruiz
Conclusion : mobilizing the power and potential of true cost accounting / Nadia El-Hage Scialabba, Carl Obst, Kathleen A. Merrigan, Alexander Müller
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