1st Edition

Food Chains: Quality, Safety and Efficiency in a Challenging World

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    Food Chains: Quality, Safety and Efficiency in a Challenging World addresses the many issues facing European food producers and other food chain stakeholders, who endeavour to improve their competitive position in a highly competitive world food market.

    The Food Chain is one of the main economic pillars in Europe, providing employment and opportunities for economic development in rural areas. It is therefore imperative to continuously monitor the changes that affect the sector, in order to allow stakeholders to respond promptly and effectively to the new market conditions. Adjusting to the new market involves new technology, globalization, demographic and social changes within a challenging market environment. In order to adopt these new market parameters, food chain stakeholders need to adapt their activities in order to gain in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.

    This book was originally published as a special issue of Food Economics - Acta Agriculture Scandinavica, Section C.

    Foreword: Food industry and food chain in challenging world George Baourakis, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece, Prodromos Kalaitzis, Copa- Cogeca, Belgium and Konstantinos Mattas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Part I: Food Supply Chains

    1. Integrating extensive beef productions into the agro-food chain Rita Robles, University of Leon, Spain

    2. A path analysis approach in investigating the performance of the Greek fisheries market Konstantinos Polymeros, University of Thessaly, Greece, Christos Karelakis and Eleni Kaimakoudi, Democritus University of Thrace,Greece

    3. Managing supply chains successfully: an empirical testing of success of supply chain networks in the German fish sector Taras Gagalyuk, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Germany, Jon H. Hanf and Christina Herzlieb (Steinbauer), Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Germany

    4. Concentration of food retailing and anti-competitive practices in Turkey A. Ali Koç, Gulden Boluk and Sureyya Kovacı, Akdeniz University, Turkey

    5. Animals’ Health Control Efficiency in Northwest Portugal: A Two-stage DEA Approach Leonardo Costa, Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal, Alfons Oude Lansink, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Elvira Silva, University of Porto, Portugal

    6. Effects of animal welfare standards on consumers’ food choices Efthimia Tsakiridou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Helen Tsakiridou, University of Western Macedonia, Greece,  Konstadinos Mattas and Evdoxia Arvaniti, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Part II: EU Policy and Legislation

    7. Estimating Demand Elasticities of Meat Demand in Slovakia Daniela Hupkova and Peter Bielik, Slovak University of Agriculture, Slovakia

    8. Albania and Trade Liberalization Using trade advantages in the Free Trade Agreement with the EU Irma Tabaku (Qinami), Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania

    9. Policy Impact on Technical Efficiency of Spanish Olive Farms located in Less Favoured Area Fatima Lambarraa, University of Göttingen, Germany and Zein Kallasb, Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentaris, Spain

    10. The impact of the government policies and incentives to promote the export of agricultural products in Tunisia: the case of olive oil Walid Larbi, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece and Athanasios Chymes, Centre for Planning and Economic Research, Greece

    11. Evaluation of different predicting methods in forecasting Hungarian, Italian and Greek lamb prices Veronika Fenyves, Ildikó Orbán Krisztina Dajnoki and András Nábrádi, University Debrecen, Hungary

    12. Agrifood Certification Schemes in an Intercultural Context: Theoretical Reasoning and Empirical Findings Jana-Christina Gawro, University of Bonn, Germany and Ludwig Theuvsen, Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany

    13. Should Russia comply with EU food safety norms in the wheat sector? N. Khachatryan, H. Schuele, A. Khachatryan and J Zeddies, University of Hohenheim, Germany

    14. Food quality and safety situation in Turkey: governance and barriers to success Ali Koç and Serhat Asci, Akdeniz University, Turkey, Hami Alpas, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, F. Handan Giray, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey and S. Hubertus Gay, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain

    Part III: Production, Consumption, Management

    15. Risk Management in Milk Production: A Study in Five European Countries Christian Schaper, Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany, Birthe Lassen, Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Germany and Ludwig Theuvsen, Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany

    16. Coexistence Costs for Genetically Modified Crops for Switzerland Gregor Albisser Vögeli, Daniel Wolf and Markus Lips, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Switzerland

    17. Modeling Market Structure of the Spanish Salted Fish Market Jinghua Xie and Øystein Myrland, University of Tromsø, Norway

    Part IV: Networks, Cooperatives, Competitiveness

    18. Utility-derived Supply Function of Sheep Milk: The Case of Etoloakarnania, Greece A. Sintori, S. Rozakis and K. Tsiboukas, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

    19. Regional networking as a competitive advantage? Empirical results from German pig production Mark Deimel, Ludwig Theuvsen and Christof Ebbeskotte, University of Goettingen, Germany

    20. The role of networks on the competitiveness of agricultural cooperatives and small-medium enterprises along the supply chain in Greece Panagiota Sergaki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Biography

    Dr. George Baourakis is the Studies and Research Coordinator of the Business Economics and Management Department of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece. He has been appointed as a Distinguished Research Fellow in Marketing-Management at several universities and as affiliate Professor at Nyenrode University, The Netherlands.

    Prodromos Kalaitzis is a Senior Policy Advisor for Copa – Cogeca in Brussels, Belgium to promoting the economic and business interests of European farmers as reflected in their agri-cooperatives. He is specialized in agricultural policy, cooperative organization, competitiveness, single market and competition in the European Union.

    Konstadinos Mattas is the Professor of Agricultural Policy in the Department of Agricultural Economics in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is managing editor of the "Agricultural Economics Review", Editor in chief of the "Journal of Agricultural and Food Economics" and a member of the editorial team for the Journal "New Medit" and "Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing"