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TRANSPORT|transport policy|transport price · ENVIRONMENT|environmental policy|environmental policy · AGRI-FOODSTUFFS|agri-foodstuffs
bia-aistear Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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food miles | food kilometres | food kilometers km
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Definition the distance between grower/producer and consumer ; the distance that agricultural products travel from the farm to the dining table Reference "Contribution from CTA to the report on “Food security issues in ACP countries and the role of ACP-EU cooperation”, Committee on economic Development, Finance and Trade, ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Kigali, Rwanda, 17.11.2007 ; Learning in Sustainable Agriculture: Food Miles and Missing Objects, Abstract: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/ev/2005/00000014/00000002/art00002 (23.3.2010)"
Comment """As shown by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies & Oxford Climate Policy, the concept of ‘food miles’ can lead to unfair trade distortions which end up penalising those who already bear an unfair burden of the impacts of climate change"" ;"