The aim of this paper is to explore consumer perceptions regarding food sustainability. According to a large survey of 800 people living in three French regions: North, Paris and South, the sustainability of food products has three main dimensions: the product’s origin, the production season and organic label. Similarly results show that if the maj...
Horticultural products, like all food products, are currently faced with three challenges concerning sustainable development. The first is to protect the environment The second challenge regards nutrition and health. Variety, transport conditions (temperature and duration), the type of technology used in processing (cold break, hot break) and the c...
International audience
2012
Depuis une cinquantaine d’années, les meilleures terres agricoles régressent en superficie dans la plupart des pays méditerranéens, notamment par la pression urbaine et touristique (Antrop, 2004, Wu et Cho, 2007, Devos et Napoléone, 2008). Dans la configuration spatiale du pourtour méditerranéen, les plaines littorales, relativement bien pourvues e...
Le Maroc est le premier fournisseur du marché français de tomates de contre saison, ses exportations de tomates fraîches ont connu une forte dynamique de croissance ces dix dernières années (plus de 80% des exportations sont destinées au marché français). En effet, la filière marocaine bénéficie d’avantages comparatifs qui lui ont permis de se posi...
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...
