The Frontiers of Corporate Food in Egypt

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Marion W. Dixon (Associate Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Point Park University, Pittsburgh)

The Frontiers of Corporate Food in Egypt

Marion W. Dixon (Associate Professor of Sociology, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Point Park University, Pittsburgh)

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Oxford University Press
19 November 2023

Development economics; Health economics; Agriculture & related industries

Series: Middle East Political Economy

This book details the development and growth of a corporate agri-food system in Egypt. The system includes food processing and an animal protein complex largely for corporate consumer markets in the country-from street kiosks to fast food outlets to hypermarkets-and fresh fruits and vegetables largely for export. Marion W. Dixon demonstrates the importance of reclaimed lands, or frontiers, for the development and growth of the corporate agri-food system since the 1980s. Various forces, including multiple threats from plant and animal diseases (the Avian flu, especially) have pushed and pulled agribusiness to new lands. This system's growth has also rested on imports and contract farming. As a result, dependence on food imports has grown. What agriculturalists grow has changed toward processing vegetables and animal protein, and what Egyptians eat has changed toward foods/drinks high in unhealthy fats, sugars, and sodium. Through mixed-methods research in Egypt between 2008 and 2012, The Frontiers of Corporate Food in Egypt shows how the growth of corporate food has contributed to growing food insecurity and to multiplying threats to public health from chronic and infectious diseases.

By: Marion W. Dixon (Associate Professor of Sociology Assistant Professor of Sociology Point Park University Pittsburgh)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192842985
ISBN 10: 0192842986
Series: Middle East Political Economy
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 19 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marion W. Dixon is Associate Professor of Sociology at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. She holds a PhD in development sociology from Cornell University, and has been researching agriculture and food systems, including in Egypt, for the past fifteen years.