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Valuing Information on GM Foods in the presence of Country-of-Origin Labels

Xie, Jing; Hyeyoung, Kim; House, Lisa - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 3

Information on production methods (genetic modification (GM) or organic production) and locations (country of origin) are commonly found on food package labels. Both pieces of information may be used as a proxy for food safety and (perceived) quality by consumers. Our study investigates the...

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Local Food Marketing as a Development Opportunity for Small UK Agri-Food Businesses

Hingley, Martin; Boone, Julie; Haley, Simon - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 1 (2010) 3

Local Food Marketing as a Development Opportunity for Small UK Agri-Food Businesses …

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Sustainability Assessment Framework for Food Supply Chain Logistics: Empirical Findings from Dutch Food Industry

Vorst, Jack G.A.J. van der; Peeters, Lotte; Bloemhof, … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 2

Food companies are increasingly challenged to balance business performance and economic gains with environmental and social performance. Therefore, in 2012, we started a collaborative project on this topic named SCALE (Step Change in Agri-food Logistics Ecosystems). SCALE aims to improve the...

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Solvency and Performance of French Wineries in Times of Declining Sales: Co-operatives and Corporations

Declerck, Francis; Viviani, Jean-Laurent - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 2

The paper assesses the ability of French wineries to prevail over the crisis of French wine in the years 2000. Corporations are distinguished from co-operatives: Over the 2000-2006 period in spite of sales fluctuations, French wineries did not increase their financial debt level substantially....

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Opportunities for Local for Local Food Production A Case in the Dutch Fruit and Vegetables

Visser, Jurriaan; Trienekens, Jacques; van Beek, Paul - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 1

local food supply chains will not make use of the current infrastructure of the marketing coop that acts as chain … producers’ strategy the marketing coop/chain coordinator is going to enable its member producers to sell their products locally …. The marketing coop can support producers in for instance, billing and payments, marketing, logistics. The fourth strategy …

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Climate-Adapted Soil Cultivation as an Aspect for Sustainable Farming – Task-Technology-Fit of a Decision Support System

Guenther-Lübbers, Welf; Arens, Ludwig; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 1

Due to global climate change and its impact on local weather conditions, decision support systems are becoming more important in agriculture. Such systems allow farmers to adapt more effectively to the complex changes affecting their farms. Marginal production sites must apply new tillage...

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Do US Consumers’ Perceive Local and Organic Food Differently? An Analysis Based on Means-end Chain Analysis and Word Association

Haas, Rainer; Sterns, james; Meixner, Oliver; Nyob, … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 3

The market of local and organic food is still a niche market in the USA, despite its strong growth rates. Both offer consumers an alternative to a globalized anonymous food supply chain. Yet local food and organic food seem to be overlapping and to some degree competing food concepts. While the...

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Consumer Preferences for Animal Source Foods in Uganda: Quality, Retail Forms and Retail Outlets

Mtimet, Nadhem; Baker, Derek; Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 2

This paper presents the results of a rapid consumer survey undertaken in Uganda. The survey aimed at identifying preferred quality and safety attributes, retail forms and retail outlets for major livestock products and by type of consumers. Results of the survey, combined with nationally...

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Realising Future Internet Potentials for Food Chain SMEs: A Hierarchy of Needs

Sundmaeker, Harald - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 4

The EC funded FI-PPP programme is currently elaborating a large set of enabling technologies that shall help to overcome challenges towards a sustainable networked society of tomorrow. This up-front investment can highly facilitate access to such Internet potentials by food chain SMEs....

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Institutional Change in Germany’s Farmers Associations:Impacts of the Dairy Conflict

Alpmann, Jan; Bitsch, Vera - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 04 (2013) 2

The abolishment of the milk quota, increasing fluctuation in milk prices and further economic and emotional factors resulted in the so called dairy conflict. The paper focuses specifically on the conflict between the German Farmers’ Association and the Federal Dairy Farmers Association...

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