A hazai zöldség-gyümölcs termelői szervezetek (TÉSZ-ek), és azok másodlagos szerveződései lehetnek azok, akik a nagy kereskedelmi láncok sikeres beszállítói és erős alkupozícióval rendelkező partnerei tudnak lenni. A kistermelők tömegei elsősorban e szervezetekhez...

Globalization results when markets become more integrated because of reduced transaction and transport costs. These costs have fallen because of sustained advances in transport technology and, more dramatically, in digital information and communication technology (ICT). Although communication...

Globalization results when markets become more integrated because of reduced transaction and transport costs. These costs have fallen because of sustained advances in transport technology and, more dramatically, in digital information and communication technology (ICT). Although communication...

'5-a-day' public information campaigns have been implemented in many countries to promote the consumption of at least five portions of fruits and vegetables (F&Vs) per day per person as part of a healthy diet. This study proposes an ex-post evaluation of its impact on household purchases of F&Vs...

Since 1995, a liberalization process - the so- called Barcelona Process - has begun in the Mediterranean area. It aims at establishing a free trade area for 2010 in the Mediterranean Basin. For the moment the full liberalization concerns industrial product s trade whereas agriculture remains...

A multinacionális láncoknál a közvetlen kisárutermelői beszállítóknak a speciális „réspiaci†termékeknél, illetve a nagy termelők között szabadon hagyott piaci réseken van mozgáslehetőségük. E termékek kivételével a közvetlen kisárutermelői...

Abstract: The means by which fruit and vegetables growers are linked with the upstream partners in the supermarket supply chain are investigated in 15 semi-structured interviews with inter alia the managers of Croatia’s five major supermarket chains. Contrasting to existing literature we find...

The paper discusses issues concerning the fruit and vegetable producer groups and organizations and their regional aspects in Poland. It focuses on the concentration of these organizations in the Polish provinces, taking into account the membership and the legal form they adopt. In the paper, a...

The current debate on the role of Producer Organizations (POs) for the fruit and vegetables (F&V) sector of the EU focusses on a changing competitive environment, with price instability and downward pressure on producers’ margins. With the aim of analysing perspective improvements of the...

Kliauga, de Gorter, and Just (2008) and de Gorter, Drabik, and Just (2010) argue that the United States and the European Union establish the world ethanol and biodiesel prices, respectively. We test these theories using a cointegration analysis and the Vector Error Correction (VEC) model. Weekly...