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In the paper we examine the issue of food systems in which farms participate in multiple networks that, for their part, tend also to be members of networks of networks. The issue is addressed through a descriptive analysis of the fruit sector in Emilia-Romagna (Italy). The farms in the area tend...
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This paper compares governance structures in the Brazilian citrus production that appeared with the process of … international certification of organic products. Both governance structures, between organic orange production and the processing … plant, are analyzed through a study case methodology. These two governance structures are different from the traditional …
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This paper investigates the efficiency level of Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (UAC) and Investor-Oriented Firms (IOF) in Greece. Data have been collected over a period of six years for UAC (1995-2000) and of five years for IOF (1995-1999). Financial analysis results were used with the help...
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building and working as mechanisms of improvement Brazil agricultural and livestock activities. In order of agribusiness …
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The objective of this study is to analyze whether a discount or premium exists for coordination strategies in food processing, wholesale grocery, retail supermarkets, and restaurants. Significant premiums are found for food processor and restaurant vertical integration or diversification...
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information regarding the importance of the main products of the agribusiness sector to the Brazilian economy. Special attention …
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, according to recent studies on governance of rural areas, are also as far as cooperation and integration variables are concerned … understand the structure of the food chain supply and which kind of governance is characterising agriculture and agro-food sector … from the organisation that has been set up within the single LAFS: 1) LAFSs with lack of governance; 2) LAFSs with …
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agriculture and rural development. They have encouraged new forms of governance, certainly closer to the territories themselves …. But at the same time they have made the governance of public policies in the different territories even more articulated … and complex. In this report, therefore, we shall try to examine: • the concept of governance in the field of rural …
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The Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is the largest rural electric cooperative in the US. In this case, readers learn about various principal-agent problems that occurred at PEC and the steps taken to correct such problems. Electric cooperatives are a vital part of the US electrical grid....
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