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Carbon footprint labels allow manufactures to show information about the impact that their food production has on the environment, as well as to help consumers make more sustainable choices. Thus, investigating consumers reaction towards carbon[...]Article
P.A. Hernández ; F. Galli ; P. Prosperi ; S. Sumane ; D. Duckett ; H.E. Almaas |For small farms across Europe, connecting to small food businesses offers a significant route to market. We analyse survey data from 85 small food businesses in nine European regions and explore the enabling and limiting conditions around this c[...]Article
The economic viability of dairy farms is a measure of their ability to survive and grow. Its measurement is particularly important in periods of changes taking place in the environment of these entities. The last decade of the European dairy mar[...]Article
The aim of this paper is to present data on the scale of food waste in the meat sector and to emphasize the need to disseminate measures to reduce the number of losses in this sector. The article discusses food loss and waste in the meat sector [...]Article
The production of residual biomass, such as vine pruning, presents environmental problems since its elimination is usually carried out through the uncontrolled burning of the remaining materials and with the emission of greenhouse gases without [...]Article
In the region of MSila, a steppe zone and characteristic of a dominant agro-pastoral framework, the local olive sector has certainly grown in terms of area expansion, but the information available indicates that its future in terms of performan[...]Article
The need for a transition to sustainable food systems is widely recognised. Over the last three decades, movements have been demanding and proposing a radical transformation, foregrounding the social values of food. Experiences inspired by solid[...]Article
F. Mamine ; M. Fares ; G. Duteurtre ; T. Madani |La sécurité alimentaire est au cur des débats actuels concernant les politiques de développement agricole. Il sagit notamment darbitrer entre le soutien à la production locale et louverture au commerce international pour répondre à lessor r[...]Article
Une étude sur la filière laitière dans la wilaya de Skikda (Algérie) a permis danalyser la saisonnalité de la production laitière chez 157 exploitations bovines et les implications relatives à la collecte de lait par lindustrie. Les enquêtes o[...]Article
A. Merino-Aranda ; I.L. Castillejo-Gonzalez ; A. Velo-Gala ; F.P. Montes-Tubio ; F.-J. Mesas-Carrascosa ; P. Trivino-Tarradas |Industrial heritage is linked to the cultural processes that human society sets through the traces from the past. The conservation and dissemination of this industrialcultural heritage are crucial for sustainable urban development, and positive[...]Article
Accompanied by steps towards market liberalisation, dairy farmers in the European Union have been confronted with increased price risk in recent years, which might affect their innovation behaviour. We examine technological change and technical [...]Article
La production de lait de vache connaît une restructuration profonde et rapide, entre concentration géographique et agrandissement des exploitations. La mise en place et la gestion des quotas laitiers ont accompagné et encadré cette restructurati[...]Article
M. Vlachopoulou ; C. Ziakis ; K. Vergidis ; M. Madas |The agribusiness sector shows tremendous growth and sustainability prospects by exploiting the challenges of AgriFood-Tech business models in the digital environment, by encouraging innovation, accelerating institutional and structural change,[...]Article
L. Briamonte ; R. Pergamo ; B. Arru ; R. Furesi ; P. Pulina ; F.A. Madau |Today, the transition to a more sustainable model of the agro-food system is increasingly impellent, requiring all actors commitment. In particular, small and medium agro-food business (SMABs) play a decisive and central role in the food and ec[...]Article
The main aim of this study was to determine the factors that influenced profitability of companies involved in the Valencia food industry between 2006 and 2015. For this, macroeconomic, sector and company variables were the key elements used in [...]Article
This study examines the integration of regional dairy markets in Poland, which is a major European dairy producing country. The analysis of prices is important, as many dairy farmers are members of dairy processing cooperatives, and their income[...]Article
This paper aims to illustrate and discuss the importance of packaging attributes in the wine market. A survey was conducted in the north of Italy to assess how different attributes affect the probability of choosing a bottle of Prosecco wine. Tw[...]Article
I. Coopmans ; J. Bijttebier ; F. Marchand ; E. Mathijs ; L. Messely ; E. Rogge ; A. Sanders ; E. Wauters |Context : Resilience represents the ability of systems to anticipate, withstand, or adapt to challenges. Times of great stress and disturbance offer opportunity to identify and confirm key contributors to agri-food system resilience. The COVID-1[...]Article
The spread of COVID-19 has not only led to many deaths but also to social and economic downturn globally. The study represents an exhaustive compilation of relevant macroeconomic data regarding the status of the agri-food sector from a demand si[...]Article
The production of Premium olive oil depends in large part on the quality of the fruit. Small producers see themselves confronted with vast investments and logistic snags when they intend to optimize the harvesting. Today, manual harvesting dev[...]Article
In this study, we aim to find the determinants of innovation in the agrifood industry in an inland region in southeast Spain, which depends upon and specializes in this sector. The determinants we propose are firm and environmental factors. From[...]Article
La filière courte est une tendance qui s'observe depuis quelques années, qui n'est plus seulement l'émanation de quelques entreprises ou filières éparses. La crise de la Covid vient encore accélérer le déploiement de filières amont-aval courtes,[...]Article
The coronavirus pandemic is having an economic impact, previously non-existent, on the world economy. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on agri-food companies in the region of Extremadura (Spain). A multiple-case s[...]Article
Le pilotage de la performance représente aujourdhui un enjeu important de gestion de la majorité des entreprises qui opèrent dans le secteur primaire, secondaire ou tertiaire. Les indicateurs clé de performance représentent une facette du pilot[...]Article
Context : Identifying and developing resilient farming and food systems has emerged as a top priority during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many academics suggest that farming and food systems should move towards agroecological models to achieve better [...]Article
B. Torquati ; L. Cecchini ; C. Paffarini ; M. Chiorri |Following the growing trend towards globalisation of the agrifood system over the last few years, a number of scientific publications with different aims and methodological approaches have addressed the issue of the progressive link loss between[...]Article
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Recent years have witnessed a notable increase in the implementation of social innovation strategies for creating products with major social impact. Despite the lack of conceptual clarity still surrounding the term, social innovation, as a parti[...]Article
J.P. Rajakal ; D.K.S. Ng ; R.R. Tan ; V. Andiappan ; Y.K. Wan |A sustainable agro-industrial value chain is essential for sustained food security. This requires optimised planning of operations and new expansions along the value chain. In this work, a fuzzy-based multi-objective approach is developed for pl[...]