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

Fischer, Christian; Gonzalez, Maria A.; Henchion, Maeve M.; Leat, Philip M.K..

The role of trust in eight selected agri-food chains in four EU countries is explored. The empirical analysis is based on a qualitative assessment of 28 expert interviews conducted in summer/autumn 2005. The findings suggest that trust is more pronounced among SMEs which are characterised by the existence of personal relationships between business partners. However, as is clear for pork breeders, if a source of distrust exists, trust may not fully develop. Also, if the general economic situation is difficult, the development of trust may be hampered, because all chain participants are struggling to command a share of a diminishing margin within the chain. Finally, if economic power is distributed unevenly, as is the case in Germany, Ireland, Spain and...

IMPROVING MARKET ORIENTATION IN THE SCOTTISH BEEF SUPPLY CHAIN THROUGH PERFORMANCE-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS: THE CASE OF THE MCINTOSH DONALD BEEF PRODUCER CLUB AND QBOXANALYSIS

Palavras-chave: Trust; Economic relationships; EU; Agri-food chains; Agribusiness.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7738

Leat, Philip M.K.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata.

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2003 and particularly the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) is intended to make farmers more market orientated and competitive. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to discuss whether performance-related communication strategies present the possibility of improving farmers’ market orientation. This is studied through the case of McIntosh Donald, a beef processor located in the North East of Scotland and a major red meat supplier for Tesco, and Qboxanalysis, a performance-related communication system, introduced by the processor to its beef Producer Club members in March 2005. Results indicate that the enhanced communication strategy has the potential to increase farmers’...

Collaborative supply chain initiatives as devices to cope with income variability in the Scottish red meat sector

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112886

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K..

The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether collaborative supply chain initiatives may help to provide income stability for farmers, focussing the analysis on the red meat supply chain in Scotland. Collaborative supply chains may contribute with two elements to attain higher income instability: first, greater demand stability and market access, and second, less variability in the price received for carcasses, as the produced output fits better the required specifications (i.e., no lost premia). The analysis of a survey applied to Scottish red meat producers showed that farmers that are part of a producers’ club do not differ from other farmers in their perception of marketing problems (e.g., price stability, etc.). However, in terms of their marketing...

DISTRIBUTION OF BEEF CATTLE IN SCOTLAND: HOW IMPORTANT IS AGRICULTURAL POLICY?

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries; Income instability; Producers’ clubs; Red meat sector; Scotland.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61105

Renwick, Alan W.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Thomson, Steven; Leat, Philip M.K.; Ringrose, Sian.

If one observe aggregated cattle figures for Scotland for more than a century it is possible to perceive that that cattle numbers seem to react strongly to agricultural policy (e.g., livestock subsidies before 1973, UK becoming part to the European Community). The purpose the paper is to provide a regional view of this result, namely whether the same trend can be observed if the analysis is done by Scottish regions. For this purpose, we assembled a panel dataset for 11 Scottish regions for the period 1959 until 2008. We specialised the analysis on beef cattle. We use simple regression techniques to verify whether there have been changes in the regional shares of beef cattle and whether beef cattle numbers in the different regions tend to converge to a...

How differentiated is the Scottish Beef? An Analysis of Supermarket Data Panel

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109396

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis, Chrysa; Leat, Philip M.K.; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata; Toma, Luiza; Cacciolatti, Luca.

The Scottish red meat industry is a major part of the Scottish agricultural economy and is known for producing high quality beef and lamb. Beef and lamb which are produced and processed in Scotland and according to a quality assured production specification, carry the EU ‘Protected Geographical Indications’ (PGI) name of ‘Scotch’. In addition, red meat in Scotland has to compete with high quality imported products (e.g., from Brazil or Argentina) or with meat from elsewhere in the United Kingdom. This paper focuses on the situation of Scotch beef and how differentiated it is in the eyes of consumers. For this purpose we use two years’ retailing data for Scotland (and by socio-economic group) from a major supermarket to estimate the conditional demand for...

How Local and Seasonal is the Consumption of Soft Fruits in Scotland?

Palavras-chave: Beef supply chain; Scottish agriculture; Product differentiation; Demand models.; Agricultural and Food Policy.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58118

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis, Chrysa.

The main implication of the food miles indicator is that in order to protect the environment consumers should purchase food locally and seasonal. However, something that it is missing in all discussions is the evidence about how bad or good - in terms of locality and seasonality- is the actual consumption of food. This is probably due to the fact that food consumption statistics are available as aggregated annual data. In this paper we analyse the purchases of food, in particular the purchases of soft fruits in Scotland, which not only have marked production seasonality but also are imported from the rest of the UK and from abroad. For the analysis we use the Kantar Worldpanel dataset for the period 2006 until 2009. The results indicate that Scottish soft...

Modelling Regional Agricultural Output Adjustments in Scotland in Response to CAP Reform

Palavras-chave: Scotland agriculture; Soft fruits; Agricultural marketing; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109421

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Milne, Catherine E..

The purpose of the paper is to present an agricultural supply model for Scotland used to estimate regional changes in agricultural outputs due to the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. Supply functions were estimated for several farm types based on generalised trans-logarithmic multiproduct cost functions (Caves, Christensen and Tretheway, 1981). The data used for the estimation were an unbalanced panel dataset constructed using farm level data from the Scottish Executive’s Farm Accounts Scheme (FAS) survey. Using the estimated supply adjustments, individual farm level responses to subsidy and price changes were aggregated using agricultural census weights to estimate the output changes for different regions.

A STRUCTURAL CHANGE ANALYSIS OF THE COST EFFICIENCY OF FARMS IN SCOTLAND 1989-2008

Palavras-chave: Regional models; CAP reform; Agricultural production econometrics; International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6599

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Milne, Catherine E..

One of the aims of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to increase the competitiveness of farmers through increasing their exposure to markets. An aspect of competitiveness is the gains in economic efficiency. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to estimate indicators of farm efficiency for the period 1989 to 2008 by farm type and to analyse what the effect on efficiency of changes in the CAP has been. In terms of the methodology, the information used comes from the Scottish Farm Account Scheme (FAS) survey, which allows us to assemble panel dataset and to construct cost efficiency indicators. The results indicate while mixed farms and lowland farms have maintain their levels of efficiency. LFA farms have seen their efficiency reduced...

Enhancing the integration of agri-food supply chains: theoretical issues and practical challenges in the UK malting barley supply chain

Palavras-chave: Farm efficiency; Stochastic cost frontier; Scottish agriculture; Farm Management.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109398

Leat, Philip M.K.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues that may affect the integration (i.e., the relationships) between the different actors that comprise a supply chain. Whist the theoretical part of the paper can be referred to any supply chain, the empirical part is focused on the UK barley to beer supply chain. The main motivation behind the topic is that improvements in the relationships amongst the different segments of a chain can enhance its efficiency and effectiveness, (e.g., through improvements in coordination and cooperation), and therefore, its competitiveness and long term sustainability. The paper is based on two complementary analyses: the first one consisted of a structural equation model (SEM) to determine those factors that affect the...

Use of Supermarket Scanner Data to Measure Bread Consumption and Nutrition Choice in Scotland

Palavras-chave: Supply chain management; Malting barley supply chain; Supply chain coordination; Competitiveness; Agribusiness.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44068

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis, Chrysa; Toma, Luiza; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata; Leat, Philip M.K.; Cacciolatti, Luca.

The recent rise in food prices has increased the concern about the choice of a healthy food basket, especially in the context of the discussion around the formulation of a National Food Policy for Scotland. This concern has brought back the interest in the price and expenditure demand systems as they provide information about consumers’ food decisions. The paper focuses on the consumption of brown and white bread, as they are the most typical ways of cereals use in the UK and nutritionists recommend the consumption of wholemeal or brown bread in contraposition to white bread as part of an appropriate diet due to its health benefits. This paper aims to answer whether changes in bread prices affect the quantity and composition of the Scottish demand for...

Modelling Regional Agricultural Output Adjustments in Scotland in Response to CAP Reform

Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Bread consumption models; Scotland; Food prices.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50399

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Milne, Catherine E..

The purpose of the paper is to present an agricultural supply model for Scotland used to estimate regional changes in agricultural outputs due to the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. Supply functions were estimated for several farm types based on generalised trans-logarithmic multiproduct cost functions (Caves, Christensen and Tretheway, 1981). The data used for the estimation were an unbalanced panel dataset constructed using farm level data from the Scottish Government’s Farm Accounts Scheme (FAS) survey. Using the estimated supply adjustments, individual farm level responses to subsidy and price changes were aggregated using agricultural census weights to estimate the output changes for different regions

Distribution of beef cattle in Scotland: How important is agricultural policy?

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Farm Management; Regional models; CAP reform; Agricultural production econometrics.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61111

Renwick, Alan W.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Thomson, Steven; Leat, Philip M.K.; Ringrose, Sian.

A structural change analysis of the cost efficiency of farms in Scotland 1989-2008

Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Beef cattle economics; Scottish agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61101

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Milne, Catherine E..

An analysis of Marketing Channels of Local Food in Scotland

Palavras-chave: Farm efficiency; Stochastic cost frontier; Scottish agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61106

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Watts, D.; Leat, Philip M.K..

Local food and its possibilities for addressing sustainable regional growth, food availability, accessibility and affordability has received considerable attention in the discussion on and development of the National Food Policy in Scotland. In terms of methodology, the paper continues the analysis of the local food database for Scotland constructed in Watts et al (2010) by exploring the marketing outlets used by the local food enterprises. This subject is important because it may provide information about the degree of entrepreneurship of the involved firms.

An Analysis of the Consumption of Sausages in Scotland using Supermarket Data

Palavras-chave: Local food; Scotland; Marketing outlets.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95223

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata; Wrieden, Wendy; Davis, Victoria; Milne, Anne; Leat, Philip M.K..

This paper addresses consumers’ choices by looking into: current food choices made by different socio-economic groups; price barriers for diet improvement; and ways in which marketing may affect product choice. The study seeks: first, to analyze the differences in consumption of sausages of different nutritional composition among different socio-demographic and lifestage groups; and second, to measure whether it is possible to improve diet quality without affecting household expenditure. Sausages represent a relatively high proportion of red and processed meat purchases in Scotland, contributing significantly to the fat and sodium in the Scottish diet. The data used consisted of two-years of weekly information from a top-4, UK supermarket. The results...

Bread Prices, Consumption and Nutrition Implications for Scotland: A Regional Analysis Using Supermarket Scanner Data

Palavras-chave: Scotland; Saturated fats; Sodium; Consumer choices; Sausages consumption; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109402

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis, Chrysa; Toma, Luiza; Leat, Philip M.K.; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata; Cacciolatti, Luca.

Agri-food supply chains and sustainability-related issues: evidence from across the Scottish agri-food economy

Palavras-chave: Bread consumption models; Scotland; Food prices; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109393

Leat, Philip M.K.; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis, Chrysa; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata.

This paper examines the influence of agri-food supply chains on the sustainability-related activities and decisions of Scottish farmers, as well as the treatment of sustainability issues by food processors and retailers themselves. It is based on 8 whole chain case studies covering some of Scotland‘s major agricultural products. The cases identify differing levels of understanding and activities related to sustainability, but widespread acknowledgement that sustainability involves the development of chains within which all parties can achieve acceptable profits. Indeed, collaborative supply chains, which seek improved economic performance, frequently assist environmental and social sustainability. The main drivers of sustainability are found to be the cost...

Agri-food chain relationships in Europe – empirical evidence and implications for sector competitiveness

Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Food; Supply chain; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108952

Fischer, Christian; Hartmann, Monika; Reynolds, Nikolai; Leat, Philip M.K.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Henchion, Maeve M.; Gracia, Azucena.

The roles of business relationships in selected European agri-food chains are analysed. Using survey data from 1,442 farmers, food processors and retailers in two commodity sectors (meat and cereals) and across six different EU countries, we test the empirical relevance of several theory-based determinants influencing the choice of relationship type and the sustainability of inter-enterprise relationships. This is undertaken for the overall dataset and separately for different chain stages (farmer-processor versus the processor-retailer relationships), commodities and individual countries. Overall, we find that sector and enterprise-specific determinants seem to influence the choice of a certain relationship type while chain-internal, dyadic factors affect...

PREMIA FOR DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS AT THE RETAIL LEVEL: CAN THE MARKET PUT A VALUE ON THE MOUNTAIN ATTRIBUTE?

Palavras-chave: Business relationships; Agri-food chains; Competitiveness; Agribusiness.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44265

Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Leat, Philip M.K.; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis, Chrysa; Kupiec-Teahan, Beata.

The purpose of this paper is, by comparing products with a mountain provenance with those from non-mountain areas, to explore whether the market puts a premium on the „mountain attribute‟. First, we present a theoretical framework on attributes and cues that helps answering the question what is “mountain” representing in a products or in other term, is it an attribute or a cue. Second, based on a shelves survey collected as part of the EuroMARC, we analyse for several products (apples, sausages, water and cheese) and countries (Austria, France, Norway, Scotland and Slovenia) using a hedonic price regression approach whether a premium is paid for mountain food products in comparison with identified similar non-mountain food products. The results indicate...

Food production, distribution and culture: public views, interests and concerns

Palavras-chave: Mountain quality food products; Attributes and cues; Hedonic regression; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112887

Kupiec-Teahan, Beata; Leat, Philip M.K.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar.

A basic right of both a consumer and a citizen is the right to be heard, and their voiced concerns have to be taken into account when developing policies and obtaining trust for government actions. Therefore this study focuses on consumers’ interests, opinions and expectations which are identified and categorised according to subject area, degree of involvement and political agenda of a consumer. The paper draws on the responses of individual members of the public in the National Food Policy discussion initiated by the Scottish Government in 2008. Altogether 246 responses were subjected to quantitative analysis of texts, supported by text mining. A variety of interests and opinions underpinning the political agendas of individuals responding to the...