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Ekonomiczna dostępność żywności w gospodarstwach domowych krajów Unii Europejskiej
Economic access to food in European Union households

Author(s): Julia Krysztofiak, Karolina Pawlak
Subject(s): Economy, Supranational / Global Economy
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ekonomiczne w Zielonej Górze
Keywords: food security; economic access to food

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the scale of problems concerning economic access to food problem in European Union countries, above all, by determining the disposable income of European Union (EU) households, the share of households’ food expenditure and the price level of food products. Despite the opinion that the economic aspect of the food security problem is not significant in highly-developed EU countries, in 2015 almost every tenth inhabitant of the EU lived in material deprivation, and for financial reasons was not able to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or a vegetarian equivalent) every second day.

  • Issue Year: 4/2017
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 192-208
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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