The deepening of the Barcelona Agreement and the discussions of the creation of a Mediterranean Union has awakened the interest of the non-EU Mediterranean countries to expand their exports to the European markets. This study analyses the factors that influence the German imports of olive oil by...

This work, starting from theoretical bases of sensorial marketing, represents a first attempt to show the competitive advantage inside Modern Distribution's shelf, determined by brand position and visibility. Through the implementation of a new software named «Visual Marketing Rel», the...

Big Food Retail and Power: an economic-political estimation. Increasing market power of big retail into the agro-food supply chain depends on economic, institutional, cultural and policy factors. It is a multi-faceted issue that moves us to take into account not only the economic aspects but the...

El elavdo precio del aceite de oliva virgen extra ecologico -APVEE- frente al de su homonimo convencional, aceite de oliva virgen extra convencional -AOVEC-, es senaldo en la literatura como un factor limitante de su consumo. Sin embargo, la cuantificacion de la diferencia entre los precios de...

El descenso del sector agrario en Espana puede llegar a ocasionar problemas de indole ambiental, cultural y economico. Las soluciones no deben estar de espaldas a los requerimientos del mercado, por lo que el estudio de las preferencias del consumidor es fundamental. En este trabajo se analiza...

This paper examines and analyzes the impacts of the reformed CAP as well as the decisions of the new round of negotiations for the olive oil and cotton sectors in the European Union. The aim of this study is to estimate the changes in supply (agricultural supply plus intermediate demand and...

This paper has analysed the import demand for virgin olive oil in the EU and more precisely in the Italian market, as it concentrates more than 80% of EU imports, aiming to determine the relative position of Mediterranean EU and non-EU countries exports and their degree of substitutability or...

Researchers, politicians and decision-makers continue to search for a recipe for sustainable economic growth. International interest is growing in the use of material indicators for evaluating the impact of human activities on natural systems. Water footprinting is becoming a popular way of...

Motivated by the recognition that geography is often correlated with and/or an important determinant of the overall quality of agricultural products, consumer groups, industry representatives, and domestic and trade representatives have increasingly considered the potential role of geographical...