SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Canavari, Maurizio; Centonze, Roberta; Nigro, Gianluca.

The paper discusses the European organic agricultural sector from a socio-economical point of view and from a EU perspective. In the 1990s organic agriculture has known a strong development and today it is considered as a stable sector and with a certain economic importance inside agricultural sector. If originally organic food was the result of an ideological choice and was set inside the alternative culture in opposition to current models of economic development and social organisation, today it has the feature of an entrepreneurial phenomenon, belonging to a life style and to a finally acknowledged cultural model which is able to attract human and financial resources on its own, to produce profit and to satisfy a steadily increasing market. A...

Combining cluster and value chain approaches to analyze the competitiveness of fresh vegetables producers: case studies in Germany, Italy and Spain

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9077

Riedel, Bettina; Bokelmann, Wolfgang; Canavari, Maurizio.

European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance in order to increase competitiveness. Innovative products and processes and competitive advantage can be gained by the creation and use of unique resources as an outcome of cooperation between producers and complementary actors in local clusters. However, locally clustered producers do not sell to open markets but instead need access to value chains governed by lead firms: the large European retail chains, which decide the rules and conditions of participation. The study claims the necessity to combine aspects from cluster theory with ideas from global value chain approach to discover elements in European fresh vegetable business that could enable local producers to gain...

Role of Sensory Attributes in the Food Marketing: An Exploratory Analysis in the Italian Organic Food Producers

Palavras-chave: Fresh vegetables; Clusters; Global value chains; Knowledge; Competitiveness; Governance; Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58121

Asioli, Daniele; Canavari, Maurizio; Pignatti, Erika.

This paper explores in-depth sensory experiences, expectations and perceptions of organic producers regarding the role played by sensory properties in organic market, using a qualitative marketing research technique. Ten in-depth interviews supported by semi-structured questionnaire were performed in Italy during 2009. Findings shows that organic producers stated that sensory tests are mainly carried out empirically, they are not systematic and often performed by non trained assessors, even if they are completely aware of the importance of sensory information. Interviewees think that sensory attributes may play a primary or at least complementary role in consumer choice in order to adding-value and drivers for purchase motivations, but at the same time...

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Organic food; Sensory attributes; Organic food producers; Sensory marketing; Organic consumers; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121996

Organic certification systems and international trading of agricultural products in gravity models

Cantore, Nicola; Canavari, Maurizio; Pignatti, Erika.

Recent literature about gravity models points out the importance of institutional frictions in the international market of agricultural products beyond the traditional economics variables as transport costs reducing the mass of trade in bilateral relationships. In particular, previous contributions stress that harmonization of food standards could decrease transaction costs in trading relationships by stimulating international market. In a previous work we hypothesized that the acknowledgment of equivalence in organic standards may represent a reliable signal of affinity in bilateral relationships which may be useful to identify areas in which transaction costs for both conventional and organic standards are lower. This article represents a step forward,...

Impact of Firm Characteristics on Expected and Actual Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fishery Supply Chain

Palavras-chave: Gravity models; Organic standards; Transaction costs; International market; Agricultural trade; Food products; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q11; Q13.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6159

Asioli, Daniele; Boecker, Andreas; Canavari, Maurizio.

Since 2005, the implementation of a traceability system is mandatory to all European food chain operators. The balance of costs to build and maintain the traceability system and benefits of traceability depends on the firm's traceability objectives and its resources, as reflected in characteristics, such as adopted quality management systems (QMS) or firm size. Mora and Menozzi (2005) mention that the cost of traceability is lower when firms already have a QMS in place. Moreover, US producers exporting to multiple destinations, in particular EU and Japan, need to comply with more stringent traceability regulations (De Souza Monteiro and Caswell 2004). This may request the adoption of more sophisticated and costly traceability systems. Food operators tend...

Italian Consumer Acceptance of Nutritionally Enhanced GM Food

Palavras-chave: Traceability; Firm characteristics; Business performance; Fishery operators; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100502

Canavari, Maurizio; Tisselli, Farid; Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr.; Scarpa, Riccardo.

The aim of this article is to evaluate Italian consumers’ acceptance and willingness to purchase GM foods based on the type of benefit (input vs output trait) and product (plant based vs animal based). Two surveys were administered in two consecutive years (2004 and 2005) and the data used to test for possible changes in consumer acceptance. The results of a multinomial logit analysis suggest that on average consumer acceptance for plant-based GM food was higher in 2005. This study confirmed the key role of information strategies to consumers, with the most relevant results being the role distorted information play in raising the consumer’s level of fear and perceived risk. Respondents also place a higher level of confidence on scientists who are generally...

The challenge of the international organic certification: a new opportunity for agricultural trading?

Palavras-chave: Food; Genetically modified organisms; Consumer acceptance; Willingness to buy; Nutritionally enhanced food products; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Q13.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51651

Canavari, Maurizio; Cantore, Nicola.

The successful literature about gravitational models stresses that bilateral trade flows among countries is influenced by GDP factors and transaction costs. In other words the mass of bilateral trade would be related to the typical demand-supply factors which explain the quantity of traded goods in perfect competition models and a wide series of variables which express transaction costs whose role is strongly highlighted by institutional economists. If compared to the previous literature our paper shows a twofold novelty. First it is the first attempt to analyse the bilateral trade of specific agricultural goods for Italy by a cross country and panel analysis and second it provides an original specification for transaction costs. In particular, we assume...

Trust within the Organic Food Supply Chain: The Role of the Certification Bodies

Palavras-chave: Food trade; Gravitational models; Harmonisation; Organic agriculture; Italy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7902

Canavari, Maurizio; Pignatti, Erika; Spadoni, Roberta.

In the Organic Agriculture Supply Chain (OASC), the creation of trust finds its formal application into a process and product certification guaranteed by independent inspectors of the Organic Agriculture Certification Bodies (OACB). This study is aimed at analysing the role of OACB in creating trust between the actors involved into the OASC in Italy. Information about sixteen Italian OACB structures, field activities and factors constituting trust within the OASC were collected, through web-site exploration and direct surveys. Results show that the Ministry and final customers are valued as the more important subjects to OACB reputation building. Moreover, creating trust for OACB relies more on internal performance.

Welfare Effects of Food Miles Labels

Palavras-chave: Trust; Organic food; Certification Bodies.; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7736

Caputo, Vincenzina; Vassilopoulos, Achilleas; Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr.; Canavari, Maurizio.

We assessed the consumer welfare effects of two generic food miles labels: carbon dioxide (CO2) emission label and number of miles label. Using data from a choice experiment, our results generally suggest that a mandatory labeling policy for either type of label would have a positive welfare effect on both informed and uninformed consumers. However, a label informing consumers about the number of miles the food product has travelled provides greater positive welfare effects than a label informing consumers about the amount of CO2 emission.

Nuove dinamiche nel commercio dei prodotti agroalimentari: resistenze all’adozione dell’e-commerce nelle relazioni business-to-business

Palavras-chave: Welfare effect; Generic food miles labelling programs; Choice experiment; Italy.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Marketing.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109314

Pignatti, Erika; Spadoni, Roberta; Canavari, Maurizio.

Since some decades, agrifood products exchanges can be carried on using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Anyway, their adoption in the agrifood sector appears to be hindered, both because of consolidated dynamics in developing B2B transactions, and of the peculiarities of the agrifood products themselves. The lack of direct relationships between partners heighten problems connected with food safety assessments, and with the definition of standardized production practices able to match business partners’ needs. Standardization is the key point in the relationship between e-commerce and agrifood sector. As for some products it is possible to define standardized requirements, it is hard to find a collocation for the wide range of agrifood...

INVESTIGATING PREFERENCES FOR ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY PRODUCTION PRACTICES: TASTE SEGMENTS FOR ORGANIC AND INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT IN ITALIAN HOUSEHOLDS

Palavras-chave: E-commerce; B2B Transactions; Agrifood Products; Standardization; Quality Requirement; Q13.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48175

Scarpa, Riccardo; Spalatro, Fiorenza; Canavari, Maurizio.

This paper reports some preliminary results on a mixed logit random utility analysis of conjoint data from costumers' preferences over agricultural products. The data are collected via a telematic sample representative of Italian households. The survey instrument was implemented via a computer supported system. A multivariate normal full correlation structure is imposed in the mixed logit estimation and the implications of such a taste structure are examined.

Perceived Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fisheries Supply Chain

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14467

Asioli, Daniele; Boecker, Andreas; Canavari, Maurizio.

The paper proposes a model in which it is hypothesized that firm characteristics influence both costs and benefits of traceability. The proposed model differentiates between aggregate measures and specific categories, as well as between expected costs and benefits on the one hand and perceived actual outcomes on the other, and is tested in a series of regression analyses based on a survey sample of 60 Italian fish processors. The findings indicate that firm characteristics are not strongly associated with any specific cost or benefit measure. However, expected overall benefits are highly significantly impacted by firm size and the number of quality management systems certified, while actual overall benefits only by firm size. Finally, the study also finds...

Tipo: Article

Palavras-chave: Traceability; Firm characteristics; Costs; Benefits; Italy; Fishery processors; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121954

Production costs of pears and apples in Xinjiang (China)

Marchesini, Sergio; Hasimu, Huliyeti; Canavari, Maurizio.

China is the most important pear producing country in the world, and one of the most important as far as it concerns apples. Nevertheless, its international role is not so relevant: traded volume in relation to production is relatively small yet growing fast. Xinjiang is a large and mainly deserted region in northwest China that covers one-sixth of China's land. However, thanks to abundant water resources, good lighting conditions and altitude, this area represents an ideal setting for pomefruit production, and has in fact a very long tradition. Unfortunately, due to a disadvantaged location and a poor economy this province do not attract enough capitals, passing unnoticed despite of its valuable resources. Economic analysis are therefore necessary to...

Prioritizing Trust Factors in an Agri-Food B2B E-Commerce Environment

Palavras-chave: Production Economics.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14861

Canavari, Maurizio; Rivaroli, Sergio; Fritz, Melanie; Hausen, Tobias.

Trust is recognized as an important asset for Business-to-Business e-commerce success, but few studies investigate the link between trust and e-commerce in agri-food markets. This paper aimed at prioritizing some trust factors in e-relationships between actors operating in the agri-food markets. Starting from the results of a previous analysis (Canavari et al., 2005), the importance of three categories namely share of values and motivations, reliability and reputation and integration availability and non-opportunistic behavior, and six trust factors are prioritized using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. The model seems to be capable to assign a priority order to the elements inspiring trust within e-trade relationships in the agri-food chains.

Commercio elettronico per la dinamica delle catene agro-alimentari internazionali: un’analisi del potenziale

Palavras-chave: Organizational Behavior (D23); E-Commerce (L81); Trust; Analytic hierarchy process.; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7773

Fritz, Melanie; Canavari, Maurizio; Cantore, Nicola; Deiters, Jivka; Pignatti, Erika.

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce is an innovative use of information and communication technologies and refers to the exchange of goods and related information between companies supported by Internet-based tools such as electronic marketplaces (also called electronic trade platforms) or online shops. It provides opportunities for cost-efficiency in supply chain management processes and access to new markets. With regard to the food sector with its chain levels input – agriculture – industry – retail – consumer, B2B e-commerce would take place in the exchange of food products between all levels except retail to consumer (business-to-consumer e-commerce). It is evident and widely known that B2B e-commerce brings key advantages and potentials for...

Indagine esplorativa dell’atteggiamento dei consumatori europei verso riso e tapioca biologici importati dalla Tailandia

Palavras-chave: E-commerce; B2B transactions; Agri-food trade; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q13.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42891

Canavari, Maurizio; Lombardi, Pamela; Riedel, Bettina; Spadoni, Roberta.

This paper deals with the introduction and promotion of innovative and differentiating products in distribution places geographically far and culturally different by the country of origin/production. In an international trade context, environmental elements (e.g. the introduction of organic agriculture) and the role of the country of origin/production could influence the consumers’ perception of the distribution places. This study is aimed at deepening the knowledge about European consumer attitudes towards Thai organic rice and tapioca imported from Thailand. In particular, the purpose was to explore relevant attributes for the quality product perception, motivations for purchasing, limiting factors, reasonable price brackets, trust elements. In this...

EVALUATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR

Palavras-chave: Marketing of quality food products; Differentiating elements; International trade context; Focus group; Semantic categories; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Q13.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42889

Canavari, Maurizio; Regazzi, Domenico; Spadoni, Roberta.

The "quality issue" in the agri-food sector has been gaining importance over the past few years. Firms are continually searching for techniques and tools which permit production of goods that meet as many as possible of the characteristics demanded by the market. Quality assurance methods and techniques can provide a useful tool for approaching evolving markets in the correct way. This paper focuses on a survey conducted in certain sub-sectors (fruit and vegetable, meal and pasta, wine) and is specifically restricted to the Emilia-Romagna region. The survey found that there is extensive awareness of and widespread interest in quality systems. However, the objective of initiating a pattern of renewal which incorporates quality systems has not yet been...

Study on the scope for reconstruction of the grazing livestock sector of Xinjiang based on organic farming methods

Palavras-chave: Marketing.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14497

Chai, Jun; Slee, William; Canavari, Maurizio; Chen, Tong; Huliyeti, Hasimu.

The authors acknowledge the support of the BEAN-QUORUM project (Building a Euro-Asian Network for Quality, Organic, and Unique food Marketing, TH/Asia-link/006), co-ordinated by Maurizio Canavari. We would like to express our deepest thanks to Grant Davidson (of the Macaulay Institute) for offering so many valuable suggestions. And a massive thanks to the library staff in the Macaulay Institute. Owing to their high professional ability we were able to get very useful material from so many different libraries.

Traceability as Part of Competitive Strategy in the Fruit Supply Chain

Palavras-chave: Grazing Livestock; Organic Farming; Xinjiang; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Q56.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36690

Canavari, Maurizio; Centonze, Roberta; Spadoni, Roberta.

This paper discusses traceability as part of information management in fruit supply chains of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. A review of the rules in use for traceability distinguishes between a proper traceability and a traceability plus (T+), embedded of many value attributes. Elements of competitive strategy, considered in the analysis of fruit supply chins of Emilia-Romagna, try to demonstrate that not only strategic but also operative choices determine the way a single firm or filiere manages traceability and information issues. Applications of such elements to buyers and sellers selection as well as to competing retailers of fruit supply chain, verify the hypothesis.

Attitudes of Maltese Consumers Towards Quality in Fruit and Vegetables in Relation to Their Food-Related Lifestyles

Palavras-chave: Traceability; Information management; Fruit supply chain; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; L1; Q13.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25639