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Milk and meat consumption and production in Chile, c. 1930-2017: A history of a successful nutrition transition

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  • Manuel Llorca-Jaña

    (Universidad de Valparaíso)

  • Ricardo Nazer

    (Universidad de Valparaíso)

  • Daniel Morales

    (Universidad de Valparaíso)

  • Juan Navarrete-Montalvo

    (Universidad de Valparaíso)

Abstract

This article shows how Chile experienced a profound nutrition transition within a short period of time. Before the early 1990s, the diet of most Chileans was poor in animal proteins and calcium. Today, Chileans enjoy a diet characterized by high consumption of meat and dairy products. The rapid rise in consumption of these products can be attributed to various factors: Chile belatedly joining the international agribusiness revolution; government support from the 1930s to the 1960s; increasing GDP per capita; macro-economic stability; changes in consumption habits; trade liberalization; and the fall in food prices, as both meat and milk had high income elasticity. These revolutions in both production and consumption have greatly improved the nutrition of the Chilean population and partly explain the improvement in Chile’s biological well-being.

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  • Manuel Llorca-Jaña & Ricardo Nazer & Daniel Morales & Juan Navarrete-Montalvo, 2020. "Milk and meat consumption and production in Chile, c. 1930-2017: A history of a successful nutrition transition," Historia Agraria. Revista de Agricultura e Historia Rural, Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria, issue 82, pages 245-285, december.
    • Handle: RePEc:seh:journl:y:2020:i:82:m:december:p:245-285
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    Keywords

    meat; dairy products; Chile; nutrition transition;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • N53 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N56 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade

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