Analysis of food retail patterns in urban, peri-urban and rural settings: A case study from Lebanon

Bahn, Rachel A.; Abebe, Gumataw Kifle

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.07.010

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“…Lebanon is a small upper middle-income eastern Mediterranean country situated on the Mediterranean basin that is currently facing rapid development and modernization along with other countries in the EMR (Bahn & Abebe 2017;Nasreddine et al, 2014). Lebanon is divided into six "governorates" representing the administrative regions (Nasreddine et al, 2014).…”

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The Nutrition Transition’s Effect in Lebanon: A Qualitative Study Exploring Adolescents’ Perspectives in Both Urban and Rural Areas

Kheir

Fallows

Kennedy

2021

AM J QUALITATIVE RES

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Adolescent obesity is a major public health concern, increasingly affecting low and middleincome countries (LMICs) undergoing the nutrition transition. In developed countries, governments had the time to adjust to this rise in the consequent non-communicable diseases (NCDs), whereas the developing world is facing a triple burden of nutrition-related disease simultaneously. However, amidst the nutrition transition, drivers to obesity may differ within the same country especially between the urban and rural areas, depending on the context and environmental factors. In order to unravel how the nutrition transition process unfolds in both urban and rural areas, an exploration of the factors affecting adolescents' lifestyle and eating behaviors, in the current context was deemed appropriate. Almost similar behaviors were perceived between the urban and rural area, showcasing the impact of the nutrition transition in both areas although different underlying factors were stated. The factors identified in this study were grouped and discussed based on the socio-ecological model (SEM) highlighting the importance of the social and environmental influences on adolescents' eating behaviors. Given the findings of this study regarding the dramatic changes affecting both urban and rural areas regarding the number of meals consumed away from home, the increase in fast-food consumption and the increase in sedentary lifestyles, new challenges in relation to adolescent obesity prevention in LMICs are created. The creation of supportive local environments, in both urban and rural areas, represents an important avenue where eating behaviors concerns, and thus adolescents' obesity can be addressed.

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The Nutrition Transition’s Effect in Lebanon: A Qualitative Study Exploring Adolescents’ Perspectives in Both Urban and Rural Areas

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Fallows

Kennedy

2021

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“…Results of the logistic regression analyses on the determinants of ISO 22000 implementation of the food processors that had implemented public-based international FSMSs, the majority of them were export-oriented. The low adoption of industry-based FSMSs may also be attributed to the domestic market environment, which is dominated by a large group of small (traditional) retailers (Bahn & Abebe, 2017). The small retail businesses may not exert enough pressure on food processors to implement industry-based FSMSs that often go beyond the parameters of public-based international FSMSs.…”

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“…Strategically positioned at the center of the Eastern Mediterranean region, Lebanon provides an interesting perspective to expand our understanding of the (dis)incentives toward public‐ and industry‐based FSMSs in food supply chains originating from emerging economies. First, Lebanon serves as a commercial link between the Middle East and Europe and is an important trade partner for the European Union under the Euro‐Mediterranean partnership (Bahn & Abebe, ). Second, following the uncovering of many food safety scandals in 2014, food safety has gained a renewed interest in Lebanon (Abebe, Chalak, & Abiad, ; Massoud, Fayad, El‐Fadel, & Kamleh, ).…”

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Drivers for the implementation of market‐based food safety management systems: Evidence from Lebanon

Abebe

Bahn

Chalak

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Food Science & Nutrition

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The food safety landscape continues to evolve across time, geography, and supply chains. This research seeks to analyze the determinants of market‐based food safety management systems (FSMSs) implementation in the Middle Eastern context. Primary data were collected from food safety managers representing 94 processors across Lebanon. We found food processors having implemented ISO 22000 (50%), HACCP (40%), and ISO 9001 (25.5%); however, none of the processors implemented industry‐based FSMSs. Although ISO 22000 was mostly implemented by large (85%) and medium (67%) processors, the uptake of ISO 22000 by small processors has picked up (29%). Economic incentives (market orientation) and firm‐specific factors (organizational readiness, product/process characteristics, company size, and ownership structure) are the key drivers for the increased implementation of market‐based FSMSs. Predominantly export‐oriented processors had the odds of implementing ISO 22000 5.5 times more than the domestically oriented processors. Firms with a quality assurance (QA) unit had 15 times higher chance of implementing ISO 22000 than otherwise. Finally, processors engaged in fresh produce had 4.9 times higher chance of implementing ISO 22000 than those engaged in dry goods. The study establishes that the dominance of public‐based FSMSs in the governance of food safety is a strategic choice (economic incentives) more than statutory requirements.

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“…In another study, the researchers noted that the characteristics such as the strategic leadership of the entrepreneur, intimate knowledge of products and business operations, networks, and the firm's strategy of branding and market diversification contributed to the prosperity of small firms (Williams & Ramdani, 2018). Badger and Helfand (2017) found that health systems should develop a Medicare strategic planning process for the senior markets, engage in data-driven segmentation to properly profile their customer segments, address the economic value of the senior market segments at the patient-level, review the firm's mix of products and contracts to align with segments, and the deployment of consumer outreach and navigation strategies for the execution of the plan for them to transform their growth strategies. Serrasqueiro and Nunes (2016) found that for lower levels of size, the small and medium-sized hotels grew faster than the large ones; age and the financial crisis of 2008 restricted growth; government subsidies, cash flow, and labour productivity are positive determinants of growth for these hotels.…”

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Strategies to Grow and Expand a Nonprofit Business

Awode

Anthony

2020

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences

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Analysis of food retail patterns in urban, peri-urban and rural settings: A case study from Lebanon

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

The Nutrition Transition’s Effect in Lebanon: A Qualitative Study Exploring Adolescents’ Perspectives in Both Urban and Rural Areas

The Nutrition Transition’s Effect in Lebanon: A Qualitative Study Exploring Adolescents’ Perspectives in Both Urban and Rural Areas

Drivers for the implementation of market‐based food safety management systems: Evidence from Lebanon

Strategies to Grow and Expand a Nonprofit Business

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