Abis S., Luguenot F., Rayé P. (2014). Trade and logistics: the case of the grains sector. In : Lacirignola C. (dir.), Abis S. (dir.), Blanc P. (dir.), Albisu L.M. (collab.), Di Terlizzi B. (collab.), Felice A. (collab.), Kalaïtzis P. (collab.), Luguenot F. (collab.), Tozanli S. (collab.). Mediterra 2014 : Logistics and agro-food trade. A challenge for the Mediterranean.
Paris (France) : Presses de Sciences Po.
p. 133-171.
(Mediterra, n. 14).
Chapter 8.
Titre : | Trade and logistics: the case of the grains sector |
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Auteurs : | S. Abis ; F. Luguenot ; P. Rayé |
Type de document : | Chapitre d'ouvrage |
Editeur : | Paris [France] : Presses de Sciences Po, 2014 |
Collection : | Mediterra, ISSN 1960-8527 |
Format : | p. 133-171 |
Note générale : | Chapter 8 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 11 - COMMERCE ; 11.3 - Commerce Extérieur et InternationalThésaurus IAMM CEREALE ; PRODUIT CEREALIER ; LOGISTIQUE ; COMMERCE AGRICOLE ; REGION MEDITERRANEENNE ; SECURITE ALIMENTAIRE ; MARCHE MONDIAL ; PROSPECTIVE |
Résumé : | Exploring the trade routes for cereals in the Mediterranean proves to be quite an exciting adventure. It is a real journey across time to observe economic dynamics in a region with a history of several thousands of years where grain has always been a driving force in the history of societies, powers and trade. It is about going through complex paths where a multitude of actors, professions and infrastructures work together to embody a cereal sector whose strategic dimension is based on demographic, geographic, agricultural, food, logistics and financial determining factors. Lastly, this chapter examines the geopolitical inticacies (Abis and Blanc, 2012) related to the acceleration of agricultural globalisation and the financialisation of vital commodity markets. It is obviously difficult to tackle all the issues that revolve around grain trade in the Mediterranean. This paper rather aims at emphasising the acuteness of the issue of logistics. In a global context of strong tensions on agricultural markets and rising food demands, the cereal sector is increasingly exposed to the logistics issue. After recalling some basic points on grain trade and its development, this chapter primarily focuses on countries situated on the southern Mediterranean shore that are major grain importers and where the improvement of logistics is a major issue. |
Cote : | BM-I02-LAC-2014 |
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