The application on September 2005 of the association agreement between the European Union and Algeria had negative repercussions on the Algerian sugar market. French filiere approach is used in order to analyse the Algerian sugar chain and to point out the reasons of this situation as well as...

French farming underwent major changes in its productive space throughout the nineteenth century due to fast demographic disruptions and a wavering economic growth until 1929. Some major farming areas date back to that time. However, we shall show here that integrating new ways of farming ? more...

Ce travail a pour objectif la construction d’un score d’attractivité sectorielle des IDE. Il a été illustré par le cas des industries agroalimentaires dans les PSEM. La multiplication des scores et indicateurs d’attractivité réduit la visibilité/ crédibilité de certaines...

Malgré l’importance accordée aux circuits courts de commercialisation dans le domaine de l’alimentation depuis une décennie en France, l’offre des exploitations et leurs performances demeurent méconnues. Ce rapport présente d’abord les questions méthodologiques posées par...

Ce document constitue une des trois parties de l’étude commanditée par le Ministère de l’Agriculture pour l’élaboration d’une méthodologie et la production de références en circuits courts. Cette partie est consacrée aux exploitations produisant des légumes frais pour les...

After more than ten years of rural development programmes in Andalusia, there is ongoing concern about the sustainability of the rural development initiated by the LEADER-PRODER programmes in the hypothetical event that such programmes were no longer in place. In order to be able to express an...

The research analyses the Sicilian Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) olive oils chain in the contest of Sicilian rural development and as an instrument aimed to add value to agricultural production. Olive oil is a characteristic product of Southern Italian and Mediterranean agriculture and...

Consumers face information problems in choosing certain types of foods that best match their preferences and assure satisfaction. For fresh fruits, expectations about the easting experience cannot be assured through external inspection of the product at the time of purchase, nor necessarily...