Objective
The Conference constitutes an opportunity to bring food economists and other social scientists to discuss the actual situation and future challenges of food production, consumption, marketing and trade within the Mediterranean region. The seminar aims to provide a forum for reviewing the research state of the art and new directions in economic, social and policy issues related to the food supply chain in Mediterranean countries, with a special focus in the comparison between Northern and Southern perspectives. Both theoretical and empirical research is welcome.
This First Conference is also born with the aim of continuity. As a forum in which periodically social scientists dealing with issues related to agricultures, food consumption and rural development in the Mediterranean region meet to discuss both country specific as well as regional problems. It can also contribute to increase research collaboration in pan-european projects.
The conference will cover recent developments on a wide range of topics:
- Food security and food safety
- Management of natural resources
- Farm Income
- Rural Development
- Agricultural policies and their impact
- Competitiveness along the supply chain
- Trends in food production and consumption
- Trends in trade patterns and compositions
- Production efficiency
- Competitiveness in international markets: potential impacts of trade liberalisation.
- Internationalization of manufacturers and retailers
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