Los autores desarrollan su modelos de sistema alimentario global, pesentado conceptualmente en anteriores publicaciones, basado en cuatro ejes basicos (disonibilidad, economia, politica y saber) dandole una estructura compresnbile, abierta y en la que se la plica una metodologia matematica que...

Mycotoxins contamination in food is a serious source of health risks. This paper evaluates the Italian consumers’ perception of the mycotoxins’ risk through their willingness to pay (WTP) for a hypothetical bottle of milk obtained by cows fed with, inter alia, maize certified for...

The production of genetically modified (GM) animals is an emerging technique that could potentially impact the livestock and pharmaceutical industries. Currently, food products derived from GM animals have not yet entered the market whilst two pharmaceutical products have. The objective of this...

This study analyses European consumers’ awareness and determinants of use of PDO, PGI and TSG labels in six European countries (Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Norway and Poland) using data from a cross-sectional survey with 4,828 participants. The study confirms a higher awareness of PDO...

This article examines three developing countries to identify capacities for innovative science policy: Brazil, South Africa and the Philippines. Using membership in regional trading agreements, we assess whether these three nations have aligned their science/innovation policy with the partners...

The extent to which food safety standards negatively affect the ability of firms in developing countries to export to the markets of developed countries depends on their approach to compliance. A case study of Guyana’s fish export industry tests this hypothesis. The analysis generally...

The paper summarizes the results of a research project concerning Italian consumers’ preferences as regards extra virgin olive oil and, in particular, it discusses an innovative statistical approach for modelling this type of data. The survey was carried out at the beginning of 2012 and...

The food safety issue has become a public health priority. Serious outbreaks have been reported over the past few decades because of eating unsafe food. Food-borne diseases such as Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad-cow disease) pose a serious threat...

The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. More info: www.ifama.org

The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org