The milk quotas were introduced in Italy in 1984; from that time onward, the dairy chain has progressed in technology … prospects in the EU-27 economies and milk production will exceed the present level by about 3%. Milk deliveries would be … expected to increase in Italy by a slightly higher rate, according with the consumption trend of dairy products. Purpose of …

In this paper, expectations along the Finnish dairy supply chain for innovation to achieve more sustainable farming … were performed. The Q Methodology was used to highlight common ground and divergence in the expectations that organic and … low input dairying can deliver. The common view is that innovation in housing aimed at improving animal welfare should be …

important in agriculture. Such systems allow farmers to adapt more effectively to the complex changes affecting their farms …-technology fit approach. A survey was conducted among farmers in the Brandenburg region. The resulting data provided the basis for a …

growth in this area. The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), which sets payments over a long time period for … criticism of the EEG in Germany. Opponents of biogas production point to the rising cost of leasing land, changes in the … end, a written survey (n = 246) of farmers in six selected rural districts in the German state of Lower Saxony was carried …

, l.n.488/1999) thus represents an important institutional innovation in Agri-Food Chains and it may potentially act as …

combined in regional innovation systems. The analysis builds on studies of the food industry and related knowledge … organisations in two counties, Rogaland County (Norway) and Skåne County (Sweden), and two policy initiatives (NCE Culinology and …

System dynamics is an appropriate tool to build management models due to its ease of application in solving … unstructured problems. In the twenty-first century the sustainability of organizations is influenced by the way it manages its … knowledge. In this sense, knowledge management (KM) represents a strategy that contributes to improving the production supply …

discussing elements in “an initial classification of a supply network” while Fisher (1997) and Christopher et al. (2006, 2009 …) point to the lack of adopting SCM models to variations in products and market types as an important source of SCM failure …. In this study we have chosen to move along a research path towards developing an adapted approach to model end …

The safety of food in the food chain has become an increasingly interesting issue to consumers and the media. It has … in the food chain for beef, and who should produce that information. Studying the willingness to pay of consumers makes …

in total greenhouse gas emission and measured in terms of carbon equivalent) associated with the production and … consumption of a gallon of orange juice available in the form of NFC (Not from Concentrate) and FCOJ (Frozen Concentrated Orange … Juice) in Florida. A detailed life‐cycle approach is adopted and greenhouse gas emissions of all the steps in the supply …