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Several global developments such as diminishing production resources, limits in the availability of water and the growing demand for bio-energy as well as sector-wide crises (e.g. BSE, swine fever, dioxin) have led to a changing attitude of society towards the conse-quences of the food...
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Within the SmartAgriFood project 135 in depth interviews in 6 countries, and 8 focus group discussions in 5 countries were carried out for identification and evaluation of the potential applications of the Future Internet (FI) in the agri-food area. Several innovative ideas were described by the...
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growing public pressure on agribusiness firms to implement more sustainable management practices. In this paper we present the … results of an explorative empirical study of sustainability management in German agribusiness firms. The study shows that … agribusiness firms have developed a broad understanding of sustainability management and perceive a multi-facetted spectrum of …
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other hand, market opportunities for SMEs are related to demand evolution toward food quality and traditional food products …
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The introduction of the environmental dimensions within the Public Administration procurements and contracts is increasingly held as contribution to the sustainability of the chains governance. The so called Green Procurement (COM (2001) 274, l.n.488/1999) thus represents an important...
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purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to consumers’ willingness to pay for increased quality information …. The second purpose of this study was to examine what kind of information flows are required to ensure quality and safety … it possible to determine whether the consumers consider the quantity of information available on the safety and quality …
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This study is a part of a comprehensive study which attempts to create a baseline of global warming impact (expressed in total greenhouse gas emission and measured in terms of carbon equivalent) associated with the production and consumption of a gallon of orange juice available in the form of...
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strategy was based on labels and included the certification of the environmental and/or social quality management system, the …
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issue of whom we trust; is the person whom we are trading with trusted, or the organization, or just the product‐quality …
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level, contracting between retailers and fruit and vegetable growers for specific quality attributes signaled a shift from … substitutes, or do they offer cheaper, lower quality products to a different market segment than buys national brands? To address … targeted at two market segments. A segment of consumers looking for low cost, and lower quality products are served by several …
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