Food product innovation
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Innovation through the creation, diffusion and use of knowledge has been recognised as a key driver of economic growth. Trends in agrifood systems are challenging farmers, produce traders, processors and other stakeholders to improve the efficiency of their operations and to be more responsive to consumer demands as well as regulatory frameworks. In the case of high income countries their agrifood systems exhibit a high level of sophistication, but competitive pressures threaten family farm un its and rural communities. Conventional wisdom suggests that their agrifood systems should focus on high-value products and not try to compete in commodity markets on the basis of price. In the case of low and middle-income countries a variety of circumstances exist. On one hand some 1.2 billion people survive on less than $1 per day and 800 million are undernourished. Seventy percent of these people live in rural areas and either directly or indirectly rely on agriculture. On the other hand the re exist agrifood systems that effectively meet the requirements of national and international markets and successfully apply technical and business processes.