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European Agricultural Statistics
Smith, Timothy J. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1997
This bulletin is a supplement to the Europe Team's Situation and Outlook Series and expands upon material traditionally presented as an appendix in the annual Europe Report. This report presents an extensive statistical database on European agriculture. The geographic scope covers most of the...
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Local and Sustainable Food Supply: The Role of European Retail Consumer Co-operatives
Hingley, Martin; Mikkola, Minna; Canavari, Maurizio; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 4
This paper investigates the rationale for local and sustainable food systems and retailer co-operatives as their entry points within local conditions. Emphasis is on localised food networks and connection between socially as well as environmentally sustainable production, distribution and...
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Building trust in agri-food chains: the mediating role of effective communication
Fischer, Christian - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Using recent survey data (n = 1,430) on trust levels in agri-food supplier-buyer relationships in six different …-retailer), main determinants of trust are identified and discussed. The structural equation modelling estimation results indicate that … trust can be significantly improved by effective communication and by a positive collaboration experience. The existence of …
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World Indices of Agricultural and Food Production, 1977-86
Goede, Charles - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1988
World food production reached a record high in 1986, exceeding 1985's record by about 1 percent, despite declining food output in Latin America, the United States, Western Europe, and Oceania. World food production generally increased faster than population from 1977-1986. Production of...
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World Indices of Agricultural and Food Production, 1976-85
Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1986
Indices of total and per capita agricultural and food production for 1976-85 al1d production data for 1976-85 are presented for 111 countries, 12 regions, and the world. Production and food indices are calculated using Laspeyres' base-weighted aggregate formula. Selected production data are...
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European food quality policy: the importance of geographical indications, organic certification and food quality insurance schemes in European countries
Becker, Tilman C.; Staus, Alexander - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
The protection of geographical indications, organic certification and food quality assurance schemes are the cornerstones of European food quality policy. In this paper the importance of these voluntary quality policy schemes in the different Member States of the European Union is investigated....
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DIETARY EVOLUTION OVER TIME IN EUROPE, BETWEEN CYCLOPS AND PHAECIANS . AN OUTLOOK ON THE ROLE OF SUPPLY-SIDE FACTORS IN DRIVING CHANGES IN THE FOOD PATTERNS
Finardi, Corrado; Arfini, Filippo; Turrini, Aida - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
The present study intends to shed light, both from a descriptive and investigative point of view on the dietary evolution taking place in Europe during last 45 years, using secondary data from FAO FBS, which can cover the entire time span considered and allow for several extrapolation and...
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Policies Supporting Organic Food Markets in the EU: Analyses by Stakeholders in 11 European Countries
Vairo, Daniela; Haring, Anna Maria; Dabbert, Stephan; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
There is no single 'best way' of policy development. Bottom-up approaches to policy design and a broad debate among stakeholders facilitate policy learning and innovation. A novel approach of a bottom-up policy design process involving stakeholders is introduced. First results obtained by this...
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Impacts of Climate Change on EU Agriculture
Shrestha, Shailesh; Ciaian, Pavel; Himics, Mihay; Van … - In: Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE) 16 (2013) 2
The current paper investigates the medium term economic impact of climate changes on the EU agriculture. The yield …. We employ CAPRI modelling framework to identify the EU aggregate economic effects as well as regional impacts. We take … into account supply and market price adjustments of the EU agricultural sector as well as technical adaptation of crops to …
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Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Dairy Sector
Ohlan, Ramphul - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 52
This paper assesses the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and efficiency levels in the Indian dairy processing industry using the Tornqvist index and data envelopment analysis (DEA) models over the period 1980-2008. We utilize a different empirical approach and extend the data sets. To...
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