Abstract Within food Supply Chains (SCs), food products labeled through Geographical Indications (GIs) hold paramount importance as distinctive and culturally significant entities, ensuring the integrity and distinctiveness of regional specialties. By strictly regulating the geographic origin and production methods, the Protected Designation of Ori...
Trade in food and agricultural products have a special place in the political consciousness of most countries. Few governments let the market alone decide on what and how much food is imported or the conditions for agricultural exports. The motives driving trade policy are various. In this chapter the authors will: 1) describe the main objectives t...
Demographic growth in countries south of the Mediterranean, combined with the recent migratory upheaval emanating from conflicts in the Middle East, accelerates the urban growth and the spatial concentration of populations on coastlines and estuary zones. According to consistent findings from several foresight studies conducted by the Centre Intern...
Préface de Vincent Dollé (CIHEAM-IAMM) / National audience
The recent development of new portable devices enables the establishment of NIRS technology at industrial setting (on-line). However, the numerous existing NIRS databases based on a particular parameter, have been constructed with laboratory instruments (off-line), which have required a considerably effort in terms of time, labor and costs. For thi...
Préface de Vincent Dollé (CIHEAM-IAMM) / National audience
Sourcing grapes from independent growers for use in top quality wines sold on the international market is a major organisational challenge for corporate wineries. Our paper adds to the small existing literature addressing these coordination issues in the New World wine sector, by going deeper into the specifics of the contracts, as well as the "tra...
Fresh produce pesticides safety risks have grown during the last twenty years, into a major concern of north European consumers and governments. Although Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC) consumers are not yet very demanding as regards to fresh produce safety, risks are significant and increasingly taken into consideration by MPC local governme...
La maîtrise des risques de rupture des barrages est d'une importance majeure dans notre société de par les enjeux associés. De plus, la pertinence des actions de maintenance ou de réparation d'un barrage dépend de la connaissance de sa performance vis-à-vis de ses principaux modes de rupture et de la fiabilité de cette connaissance. Nous nous intér...
