This report was prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs) in an effort to study the challenges and opportunities that are arising from the trends and factors affecting the sector's long...

This 2009 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...

Este estudo tem o objetivo de demonstrar se a política de incentivos adotada por Mato Grosso do Sul para apoiar a ovinocultura conseguiu provocar os efeitos positivos planejados na cadeia produtiva da carne ovina do estado. Foi feita uma pesquisa qualitativa, através de entrevistas com...

O Brasil é o principal player do mercado mundial de carne bovina, sendo que São Paulo se destaca como maior exportador e segundo maior produtor nacional do produto. Porém, o Estado vem perdendo market share, pois nos últimos anos a maior parte dos investimentos produtivos têm se concentrado...

O complexo carnes é um dos principais componentes da pauta de exportação brasileira. O objetivo do artigo é analisar a evolução e a competitividade das exportações do complexo carnes brasileiro e os sub-complexos após 1990. Os procedimentos metodológicos envolvem a realização de uma...

In the European Union member states (EU), it is necessary to evaluate hygienic condition of milk in order to determine milk price. Similar requirement was set by the Republic of Croatia in 2000. The Rulebook defines minimal quality criteria that fresh raw milk must have in order to be purchased....

Now days in the pig industry as well as in other agro food sectors is the competitiveness that declare the success or failure on the global market. In the case of the pig industry, to be competitive it means to be able to offer a product of higher quality than rivals, but at similar price. The...

In competitive market dairy production will shift to the regions with the best conditions. In the Soviet paradigm dairy production was evenly distributed throughout the country, what was caused by extremely low transportation prices and by differentiated by regions procurement prices. Thus,...

This comparative analysis of structures and performances of the dairy supply chain in 20 south-eastern and eastern European countries shows that even after many years of structural change, the sector is still dominated by small-scale and subsistence farming, which results in weak vertical...

Competitiveness and competition are basic categories of the market economy. While analyzing the foreign trade they acquire an international aspect. After the Polish accession to the EU, the Polish dairy industry showed a very favourable performance as regards the foreign trade, which can confirm...