extremaduraADDING VALUE TO THE AGRO-FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE FUTURE EUROMEDITERRANEAN SPACE

Monday, 23^rd

Aula 1

Monday, 23^rd                        12:00 – 13:30 h: PLENARY SESSION 1          

Aula 1

Chairperson: Giovanni Anania

Agricultural systems, rural development and agro-food trade in the Mediterranean basin

        Mohammed R. Doukkali

        Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco.

Agro-Food Trade and the Euro-Mediterranean Agreements

        José M. García Álvarez-Coque and Josep M. Jordán Galduf

        Polytechnic University of Valencia and University of Valencia, Spain.

      CS: 1. A. Food security and food safety

Aula 1

Chairperson: Mercedes Sánchez

Food Safety Standards and Export Competitiveness in the Food and Processed Food Industries in Asia-Pacific Countries

         Md. Ashfaqul I. Babool and Michael R. Reed

         Department of Agricultural Economics. University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

Collective Voluntary Approaches to Food Safety with Heterogeneous Firms: Monitoring and Design?

        Céline Bignebat and Elodie Rouvière

         INRA UMR MOISA, Montpellier, France.

The Global Market for Olive Oil: Actors, Trends, Prospects and Research Needs

         Giovanni Anania and Maria Rosaria Pupo D’Andrea

         University of Calabria & Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria

          Osservatorio di Economia Agraria per la Calabria, Arcavacata di Rend, Italy.

Securite Sanitaire Des Aliments: Fausse Alerte Et Vraie Crise

        Eric Cahuzac; Daniel Hassan and Sylvette Monier-Dilhan

          INRA Economie, Toulouse, France.

           CS: 1. B. Rural Development

Aula 2

Chairperson: Erol Cakmak

Demand for Non-Commodity Outputs from Spanish Extensive Agricultural Systems

         Z. Kallas, J.A. Gómez-Limón and M. Arriaza

         CREDA-UPC-IRTA, Barcelona; University of Valladolid, Department of Agricultural Economics;

         IFAPA, Department of Agricultural Economics, Spain.

An Approach on Integrated Territorial Competitiveness to Ensure Long Term Viability in Rural Areas of Andalusia (Spain)

         Felisa Ceña Delgado, Rosa Gallardo Cobos and Pilar Garrido Granados

         Departamento de Economía, Sociología y Política Agraria. Universidad de Córdoba, Spain.

Non-Agricultural Rural Activities

        Firas Haydar and Raid Hamza

        National Agricultural Policy Center, Damascus, Syria.

General Equilibrium Analysis of the Spatial Impacts of Rural Policy

Kenneth J Thomson and Demetris Psaltopoulos

         Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

         & Department of Economics, University of Patras, Greece.

        CS: 1. C. Farm Income

Auditori

Chairperson: David Colman

Convergence in the Agricultural Incomes: a Comparison between the US and EU

         Cristina Brasili, Roberto Fanfani and Luciano Gutierrez

         Department of Statistics, University of Bologna & Department of Agricultural Economics,

         University of Sassari, Italy.

Contracting, Competition, and Rent Distribution Theory and Empirical Evidence from Developing and Transition Countries

         Johan F.M. Swinnen and Anneleen Vandeplas

         LICOS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Characterization and Typification of Sheep Farms Oriented Towards Meat Production in Aragon (Spain)

         L. Pardos, M.T. Maza and E. Fantova

         Dept. of Agronomy and Agricultural Economics, University of Zaragoza

         and Carnes Oviaragon S.C.L. Zaragoza, Spain.

The Role of Specialized Agricultural Credit Institutions in the Development of the Rural Finance Sector: Case of Credit Clubs in Armenia

         Vardan Urutyan, Mariana Aleksandryan and Vardges Hovhannisyan

         International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE), Armenia.

PS: 1. A. Competitiveness along the supply chain

Aula 3

Chairperson: Jean-Marie Codron

PS: 1. A.1.

The Role and Importance of Milk Collection Centers in Milk Supply Chain in Turkey: The Case of Izmir Province

         Duygu Tosun, Nevin Demirbas, Everen Gölge and Figen Çukur

         Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dpt. of Agricultural Economics

         & Dept. of Food Engineering, Bornova/Izmir, Turkey.

PS: 1. A.2.

Analysis of Supply Chain of “Dehesa de Extremadura” PDO Cured Iberian Ham

         Fatma Handan Giray

         Comisión Europea, Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain.

         Francisco Cáceres Clavero (DAP), Rosana García Collado (DAP), Fatma Handân Giray (JRC/IPTS),

         Stephan Hubertus Gay (JRC/IPTS), Encarnación Martínez Navarro (DAP)
        DAP: Área de Estudios y Prospectiva. Empresa Pública Desarrollo Agrario y Pesquero, Córdoba.

        JRC/IPTS: European Commission Directorate-General- Joint Research Centre (JRC),

        Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS),  Sevilla, Spain.

PS: 1. A.3.

Governance of Portuguese ‘Rocha’ pear Value Chain

         António Fragata, Alexandra Seabra Pinto and Armando Torres Paulo

         DEEESA, Estação Agronómica Nacional, INIAP

         & Associação Nacional de Produtores de Pêra Rocha, Oeiras, Portugal.

 PS: 1. A.4.

Competitiveness and comparative Advantage of Tomato in Syria

         Basima Atiya

         National Agricultural Policy Center. Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform,Damascus, Syria.

 PS: 1. A.5.

An Approach about the Pig Meat Chain, Swine Cluster and Complexes in Spain. Some Comparisons with US Hog Sector

Antonio Colom-Gorgues, Dr. Sergio H. Lence and Carmen Colom-Espada

Department of Company Administration and Natural Resources Economic Management

& Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural and Forestry Engineering School (ETSEA), University of Lleida, Spain & Department of Economics at Iowa State University, USA.

PS: 1. B. Trends in food production and consumption

Aula 3

Chairperson: Giulio Malorgio

 PS: 1. B.1.

Consumers’ Values and the Choice of an Italian Specialty Food: A Qualitative Analysis

         Alessio Cavicchi and Armando Maria Corsi

         Dept. of Studies on Economic Development, University of Macerata

         & Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Florence, Italy.

 PS: 1. B.2.  

The Influence of Socio-Demographic and Economic Variables in the Consumption of Organic Food in Spain

         Manuela Vega Zamora and Manuel Parras Rosa

         Universidad de Jaén, Spain.

 PS: 1. B.3.

Current Trends in Vegetable Consumption in Nigeria: Case Study of Consumption Pattern in Kano State

S. Kushwaha ,Chandra Sen  and M.T. Yakasai

Department of Agricultural Economics, Banaras Hindu University, India

 & Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Wudil, Nigeria

 PS: 1. B.4.  

Is It Possible to Differentiate a Commodity? The Example of Beef in the Portuguese Market

Marija Banovic, Ana Cristina Lopes, José Pedro Cardoso Lemos, Marina Fraústo da Silva, Maria Filomena Duarte, Raul Fernandes Jorge, Maria Madalena Barreira and Magda Aguiar

Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária & Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal.

 PS: 1. B.5.

Consumer Behaviour in the Floral Market: Empirical Evidence from Northern Greece

         Marinos Tzavaras, Ιrini Tzimitra, Kalogianni and Michael Bourlakis

         Ristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Economics. Greece

         & Brunel Business School, Brunel University, West London, UK.

PS: 1. C. Production efficiency

Aula 3

Chairperson: Teresa Serra

PS: 1. C.1.

Maximizing Tomato Production in the Nigerian Fadama Using an Optimum Irrigation Schedule Approach

         S. Kushwaha, A.L.E. Mofoke ; S.M. Musa and A.S. Abdullahi

         Department of Agricultural Economics, Banaras Hindu University, India.

         & Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Wudil, Nigeria.

 PS: 1. C.2.

Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Slovenian Farms

         Štefan Bojnec and Laure Latruffe

         University of Primorska, Slovenia & INRA, Rennes, France.

 PS: 1. C.3.

Organic and Conventional Farming: a Comparison Analysis through the Italian FADN

         Federica Cisilino and Fabio A. Madau

         INEA - National Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rome, Italy.

 PS: 1. C.4.

Agent-based Modeling of Structural Change in Agriculture: Experiences from the Implementation of Cooperation and Collaboration   

        Gregor Albisser and Bernard Lehmann

        Institute for Environmental Decisions, Agriculture Economics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

        Zurich ETH, Switzerland.

 PS: 1. C.5.

Agricultural Sustainability in Orissa: District-wise Analysis   

      Chandra Sen and L. D. Hatai

      Department of Agricultural Economics and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

PS: 1. C.6.

Measuring Technical Efficiency and Capacity in Fisheries by Data Envelopment Analysis: Case Study of Fishing Enterprises in Sicily 

      Maria Crescimanno and Vincenzo De Stefano

      Department of Economics of Agro-Forest Systems, University of Palermo, Italy.

PS:1. D. Competitiveness in international markets: potential impacts of trade liberalization

   Aula 3

Chairperson: Rachid M. DoukKali

PS: 1. D.1.

South Africa’s Rural Poor in the Era of Supermarkets: The Role of Commercial Farmers in Adaptive Organizational, Institutional and Technological Responses to Access and Compete in Dynamic Markets

David Neven, Thomas Reardon, Dave Weatherspoon and Rose Hopkins

Partnerships for Food Industry Development – Fruits & Vegetables, Michigan State University, USA.

PS: 1. D.2.

The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Resource Degradation and Pollution in Iran

         Seyyed Nemat Mousavi

         Marvdasht Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

PS: 1. D.3.

Mise a Niveau de la Filière Laitière au Maroc Face aux Enjeux Impliqués par les Accords de Libre-Echange avec l’Union Européenne

         Mohamed Taher Srairi

         Animal Production Dpt., Hassan II Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Institute, Rabat, Morocco.

PS: 1. D.4.

The Euro-Mediterranean Free-Trade Area and the Competitiveness of Italian Agriculture

         Asciuto A., Crescimanno M. and Galati A.

         Dipartimento di Economia dei Sistemi Agro-Forestali. University of Palermo, Italy.

PS: 1. D.5.

The Modern Agri-Food Chain and the Trade between EU and the PTM in the Context of the EUROMED Agreement 

         A. Antimiani and M. A. Perito

         Italian Institute of Agricultural Economics- INEA, Rome, Italy.

PS: 1. D.6.

Wine Sector in the European Union 

         Castillo J. S., Hidalgo C and Rodríguez M. A.

         Instituto de Desarrollo Regional. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.

CS: 2. A. Agricultural policies and their impact

Aula 1

Chairperson: Michel Petit

An Empirical Assessment of Agricultural Trade Policies in the Mediterranean Basin – Regional Effects on the EU Member States

         Aikaterini Kavallari and P. Michael Schmitz

         Institut of Agricultural Policy and Market Research, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany.

Policies Supporting Organic Food Markets in the EU: Analyses by Stakeholders in 11 European Countries

Daniela Vairo, Anna Maria Häring, Stephan Dabbert and Raffaele Zanoli

DIIGA – Polytechnic Univeristy of Marche, Ancona, Italy

University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, & University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

The Reform of the CMO in Fruits and Vegetables: A Holistic Approach

José Mª García Álvarez-Coque, Raúl Compés López and Amparo Baviera Puig

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.

Impact of the Euro Med Free-Exchange Agreement on the Agro-Food Firms in Tunisia

         Meriem Ben Youssef

         Université de Versailles, Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France.

CS: 2. B. Production efficiency

Aula 2

Chairperson: Lasaad Lachaal

Are the Spanish citrus farms efficient?

        Fatima Lambarraa Teresa Serra and José Maria Gil

        CREDA-UPC-IRTA, Barcelona, Spain.

Measurement and Sources of Technical Inefficiency in the Tunisian Citrus Growing Sector

         Boubaker Dhehibi, Lassad LACHAAL, Mohammed ELLOUMI and Emna B.MESSAOUD

         Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie, PDRE and African Development Bank, Tunisia.

Technical Efficiency and Productivity Change of Dairy Farms: A comparison of France and Hungary

         József Fogarasi and Laure Latruffe

         AKI Budapest, Hungary & INRA Rennes, France.

Causes of Efficiency Change in Transition: Theory and Cross-Country Survey Evidence from Agriculture

         Liesbet Vranken and Johan Swinnen

         Catholic University of Leuven, LICOS & Department of Economics, Belgium.

Debt Financing and Efficiency in Agricultural Firms

         Silverio Alarcón

          Dept. Economía y Ciencias Sociales Agrarias, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.

CS: 2. C. Trends in food production and consumption

Auditori  

Chairperson: Roberto Fanfani

Typical Products and Marketing Strategies for Sicilian Olive Oils

         Mario Polelli, Paolo Giacomelli, Stefano Corsi

         Università degli studi di Milano – Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Economics and Policy, Italy.

Connecting Product Attributes with Emotional Benefits. Analysis of a Mediterranean product across consumer age

         Barrena Figueroa, Ramo and Sánchez García, Mercedes

         Dept. Business Administration, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.

Marketing the Mediterranean Diet: Some Comments on Issues and Opportunities

         Hoy Carman

         Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics. University of California, Davis, USA.

Efficiency and Redistribution in the French Comté Cheese Market

         Pierre Merel

         University of California, Davis, USA & École nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts, Paris, France.

Tuesday, 24^th

PS: 2. A. Competitiveness along the supply chain

Aula 3  

Chairperson: Christoph Weiss

PS: 2. A.1.

Value creation in the Chain of “Parmigiano-Reggiano” Cheese

S. Bargellesi, A. Bertazzoli, A. Fiorini, R. Ghelfi, D. Manghi and A. Pizzirani

UBM Consulting - Bologna, Università di Bologna, Dip. Economia e Ingegneria agrarie & Regione Emilia-Romagna, Direzione generale Agricoltura, Italy.

 PS: 2. A.2.

Supply Chain Inefficiencies in Greek Organic Food Industry: the Role of Information Flows

         Foivos Anastasiadis and Nigel Poole

         Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK.

PS: 2. A.3.

From Supply Chain Network Orientation (Scno) to Supply Chain Network Management (Scnm). An Application to the Agrifood Cooperative

         Ana Maria García Pérez and Marian García Martínez

         Dept. of Economics and Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences,

         University of La Laguna, Sta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

PS: 2. A.4.

Syrian Olive Oil Comparative Advantages

         Haitham Al Ashkar

         National agricultural Policy Center, Damascus, Syria

PS: 2. A.5.

Sustainable Growth of the Spanish Agricultural Cooperatives

         Isidoro Guzman, Narciso Arcas and Domingo García

         Technical University of Cartagena, Spain.

PS: 2. A.6.

SWOT Analysis of the Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Sector in Italy

         Cristina Mora, Corrado Giacomini, Giusi Faioli and Davide Menozzi

         University of Parma, Italy.

PS: 2. B. Trends in food production and consumption

Aula 3

Chairperson: José M. Jordan

PS: 2. B.1.

The Impact of BSE on Meat Consumption in Slovakia

         Peter Bielik and Daniela Kunova

         Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia.

 PS: 2. B.2.

Increased Producer and Consumer Preoccupation with Environment. Economic Internalization of Greenhouse Vegetal Waste Impact in Almerian Horticulture

         Salvador Parra, Fernando J. Aguilar and Javier Calatrava

         Andalusian Government, Dept. of Agriculture; Almería University, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering

         & IFAPA, Agriculture Research Centre, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Spain.

 PS: 2. B.3.

Comparative Price and Cost Analysis in the Tacoronte-Acentejo and Ycoden-Daute-Isora DOs

González Gómez, J.I.; Morini Marrero, S.; Guirao Pérez, G.; Cano Fernández, V. and Rodríguez Donate, M.C.

Dept. of Financial Economics and Accounting & Dept. of Institutional Economics, Economic Statistics and Econometrics, University of La Laguna, Spain.

PS: 2. B.4. 

Sensorial Analysis of Malmsey Varieties Wines in The Canary Islands. Applied Methodology and Results

Cano Fernández, V.; González Mendoza, L.A.; Guirao Pérez, G..; Sarmiento Pérez, B.; Rodríguez Donate, M.C.; Zerolo Hernández, J.; Rodríguez Hernández, P. and Savoie Gutiérrez, J.L.

Dept. of Institutional Economics, Economic Statistics and Econometrics & Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology. University of La Laguna; Fundación Canaria Alhóndiga de Tacoronte; Agrovolcán Nursery & Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Spain.

PS: 2. B.5.

The Multifunctionality of Mediterranean Agriculture: the Italian Case

         Patrizia Borsotto and Roberto Henke

          National Institute of Agricultural Economics, NEA,  Rome, Italy.

PS: 2. C. Rural Development  / Management of natural resources

Aula 3

Chairperson: Felisa Ceña

 PS: 2. C.1.

Analysis of Labour Migration and Economic Potential of Regions

         Katalin Huzdik

         Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary.

PS: 2. C.2.

L’aviculture Algérienne en Milieu Rural, quel Devenir Après la Libéralisation des Echanges ? Cas des Régions d’Aflou et de Freha

         Smail Amghrous and Hamida Kheffache

         Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement, Alger, Algérie.

 PS: 2. C.3.

The Cycling Trails Carrying Capacity as a Visitor Management Strategy. The Case of Ebro Delta, Spain

M. Teresa Bartual Figueras, M. Cristina Poblet Farrés and Gonzalo Rodríguez Pérez

Department of Economics & Department of Financial Mathematics, University of Barcelona, Spain.

 PS: 2. C.4.

Socio-Cultural Factors Affecting Girl-Child Empowerment in Selected Agrarian Communities in Nigeria

         O.R. Ashimolowo & L.A. Akinbile

         Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

         & Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

PS: 2. C.5.

The Supply Chain and Management of Fresh Produce in China

         Huang Zu-hui, Song Yu & Liu Dong-ying

         Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC), Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD),

         Zhejiang University & Hebei Economy and Trade University, Hebei Province, China.

PS: 2. D. Agricultural policies and their impact / Food security and food safety

Aula 3

Chairperson: José A. Gómez-Limón

PS: 2. D.1.

Determinants of Household Food Security and Consumption Pattern in Rural Sindh: An Application of Non-Separable Agricultural Household Model

         Faiz Muhammad Shaikh

         Dpt. Agricultural Economics, SAU-Tando jam. Pakistan

PS: 2. D.2.

Management of Supply Chains for Economic Efficiency in a Security Environment: A Case Study of a Big Box Chain Store

         Ken Casavant

        School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Washington, USA.

PS: 2. D.3.

Nutrition Claims and Consumer Attitude: An Empirical Analysis in Italy

         Alessandro Banterle, Lucia Baldi and Stefanella Stranieri

         Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Economics. University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

 PS: 2. D.4.

Modelling the Short and Long Run Impacts of Macroeconomic Variables on Romanian Agriculture

         Cornelia Alboiu

         Dpt. Agricultural Economics, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest, Rumania.

 PS: 2. D.5.

Is the Cap Reform an Opportunity for the Mediterranean Regions?

         Elisa Montressor, Francesco Pecci and Maria Sassi

         Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche – Faculty of Economics –

         University of Verona, Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali – Faculty of Economics – University of Pavia, Italy.

PS: 2. D.6.

Demand for Local and Organic Products in Southern Spain

         M. Arriaza, Z. Kallas and J.A. Gómez-Limón

         IFAPA (Junta de Andalucía), Department of Agricultural Economics;

         CREDA-UPC-IRTA, Barcelona; University of Valladolid. Department of Agricultural Economics, Spain.

Auditori

Chairperson: José Mª García Álvarez-Coque

Cooperatives in the supply chains endogenous organizational responses to global markets

        Ruerd Ruben

        Chair Development Studies

        Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN)

        Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Farm policy, trade policy and Mediterranean Crops: Current issues and global linkages

        Daniel A. Sumner

        University of California, Davis, USA.

CS: 3. A. Agricultural policies and their impact

Auditori

Chairperson: Tim Josling

The Impact of Property Rights Imperfections on Resource Allocation: Co-Ownership of Land in Bulgaria

         Liesbet Vranken, Karen Macours, Nivelin Noev and Johan Swinnen

         LICOS Center for Institutions and Economic Performance, and Department of Economics, University of Leuven

         (KUL), Belgium & Nitze SAIS – Johns Hopkins University, USA & European Commission

Monetary Impacts and Overshooting of Agricultural Prices in a Transition Economy: The Case of Slovenia

         Lajos Zoltán Bakucs, Štefan Bojnec and Imre Fertő

         Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences & University of Primorska, Slovenia.

Asymmetric Price Transmission in the Israeli Citrus Export Sector in the Aftermath of Liberalization

         Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel and Linde Goetz

          Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development. University of Goettingen, Germany.

Non-Linear Spatial Price Transmission on the Turkish Wheat Market

         Enno-Burghard Weitzel and Ahmet Bayaner

         Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Germany

         & Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Turkey.

CS: 3. B. Trends in food production and consumption

Aula 1

Chairperson: Konstadinos Mattas

Food Demand in Slovenia

         Darja Regoršek and Emil Erjavec

         University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Chair for Agricultural Economics, Policy and Law, Domzale, Slovenia.

Exploring Convenience Food Consumption through a Structural Equation Model

         Anna Botonaki, Dimitrios Natos and Konstadinos Mattas

         Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Analysis of the Preferences for a New Convenient Seafood Product: Empirical Application for Spain and Norway

         Domingo Calvo Dopico, Svein Ottar Olsen and Alina Tudoran

         Faculty of Economics, Department of Economic Analysis, Spain & Norwegian Institute of Fisheries & Aquaculture.

         Norway.

Consumers' Decision between Private Labels and National Brands in a Retailer's Store: A Mixed Multinomial Logit Application

Fabian Bergès-Sennou, Daniel Hassan, Sylvette Monier-Dilhan and Hélène Raynal

INRA, Department of Economics, University of Toulouse, France.

CS: 3. C. Competitiveness along the supply chain

Aula 3

Chairperson: Luis Miguel Albisu

The Supply Chains of Organic Products: An Empirical Analysis of the Processing Sector in Six EU Mediterranean Regions

         Alessandro Banterle and Massimo Peri

         Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Economics, University of Milan, Italy.

Variability in Quality and Management Practices in the Mango Supply Chain from Costa Rica

         Guillermo Zúñiga-Arias and Ruerd Ruben

         Developing Economics Group, Wageningen University & Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen

         (CIDIN), Radboud University Nijmegen, Holland.

From Public to Private Governance in the Food Supply Chains of Emerging Economies

         Johan F.M. Swinnen and Miet Maertens

         LICOS Centre for Transition Economics & Department of Economics, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Euro-Mediterranean Supply Chain Developments and Trends in Trade Structures, in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector

         Prodromos Kalaitzis, Gert van Dijk and George Baourakis

         Wageningen University - Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Holland & Dept of Business Economics and

         Management, MAICh, Greece.

CS:4. A. Competitiveness in international markets: potential impacts of trade liberalization

Auditori

Chairperson: Daniel A. Sumner

Competitiveness of the Southern Mediterranean Countries in the Italian Agri-Food Market

         Giulio Malorgio and Anna Hertzberg

          Departement of Agricultural Economics and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy.

Testing the Dynamic Characteristics of Competitiveness in Fresh Fish Exports of Euro Mediterranean Countries

         Konstantinos Katrakylidis and Konstantinos Polymeros

         Dept. of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Dept. of Agriculture Ichthyology and Aquatic

         Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

Trade and Competitiveness of the Mediterranean Countries on the Olive Oil Market

         Carlo Bernini Carri and Maria Sassi

         Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali, Facoltà di Economia - Università di Pavia, Italy.

A Market Share Analysis of Virgin Olive Oil Producer Countries with special respect to Competitiveness

Berna Turkekul, Cihat Gunden, Canan Abay and Bülent Miran

Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Economics Department, Izmir,Turkey.

The EU demand for imports of virgin olive oil

 Monia. Ben Kaabía and José Maria Gil

 Universidad de Zaragoza and CREDA-UPC-IRTA, Barcelona, Spain.

CS: 4. B. Agricultural policies and their impact

Aula 1

Chairperson: Kenneth J. Thomson

Marginal Farmers and Agri-Environmental Schemes: Evaluating Policy Design Adequacy for the Environmental Fallow Measure

         Jesús Barreiro Hurlé and María Espinosa Poded

         Agricultural Economics Area, Andalusian Agricultural Research Institute (IFAPA), Granda, Spain.

Measuring domestic implications of tarif cuts under EU entry price regime

         Jesús Antón López  and Ignacio Atance Muñiz

         Ministerio de Agricultura Pesa y Alimentación, Madrid, Spain.

Agricultural Sector and Economic Growth in Tunisia: Evidence from Co-integration and Error Correction Mechanism

         Houssem Eddine Chebbi and Lassaad Lachaal

         Institut Supérieur d’Administration des Affaires de Sfax (ISAAS). Sfax University & African Development Bank

         Tunisia.

Peeling Tomato Paste Subsidies

         Frank Bunte

         University of Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Analyse de la Réponse de l’offre des Pommes en Tunisie : Une Approche Économétrique

          Abderraouf LAAJIMI., Anis GUESMI., Boubaker DHEHIBI

         Département d’Economie-Gestion Agricole et Agro-alimentaires, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, Tunisia.

CS: 4. C. Trends in food production and consumption

Aula 3

Chairperson: Hoy Carman

Structural Equation Modelling of Consumer acceptance of Genetically Modified Food (GM) in the Mediterranean Europe: Spain, Greece and Italy.

         M. Costa-Font and JM. Gil

         CREDA-UPC-IRTA, Barcelona, Spain.

Globalization and Wine Business: Port Wine

        João Rebelo, Leonida Correia, José Vaz Caldas

         Centre for Transdiciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD), Department of Economics, Sociology and Management

        (DESG), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Lisbon, Portugal.

Spanish Wine Consumer Behaviour: A Stated and Revealed Preferences Analysis

         Mtimet Nadhem and Albisu Luis Miguel

         École Supérieure d’Agriculture de Mograne, Tunisia & Agro-Food Economics Unit, CITA, Zaragoza, Spain.

Information and WTP: Fruit Quality Perceptions and Consumer Satisfaction

         Nigel Poole and Laura Martínez-Carrasco

         Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK.

Auditori

CIHEAM Annual Report 2006, Development and agri-food policies in the Mediterranean region

Bertrand Hervieu

L’Observatoire de Politiques Agricole Méditerranéen (Medobs)

Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes,

CIHEAM, Paris, France.

Wednesday, 25^th

CS:5. A. Competitiveness in international markets: potential impacts of trade liberalization

Aula 1

Chairperson: Frank Bunte

The Portuguese Tomato Processing Sector: Market Structure, Concentration and Firm Behaviour

         Maria de Fátima Martins and Lorena De Oliveira

         CERNAS/Escola Superior Agrária, Institute Polytechnic of Coimbra, Portugal.

Assessing Euro-Med Trade Preferences: The Case of Entry Price Reduction

         Victor D. Martinez Gomez

         Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) – International Economy Group, Spain.

F&V Trade Model to Assess Euro-Med Agreements. An Application to the Fresh Tomato Market

José Mª García Álvarez-Coque, Victor Martínez-Gomez and Miquel Villanueva

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) – International Economy Group, Spain.

Association Agreement between Algeria and the European Union: Consequences on the Algerian Sugar Industry

         Mohamed Akli Achabou and Selma Tozanli

         MOISSA, IAMM (CIHEAM), Montepellier, France.

CS: 5. B. Cooperation to Compete in Developing Countries

Aula 2

Chairperson: Jesús Antón

Efficiency of Farmer Organisations in Supplying Supermarkets with Quality Food in Vietnam

Paule Moustier, Phan Thi Giac Tam, Dao The Anh, Vu Trong Binh, Nguyen Thi and Tan Loc

CIRAD-Malica, Nong Lam University (University of Agriculture and Forestry), VAAS-FCRI-CASRAD, IPSARD-RUDEC & VAAS-FAVRI, Vietnam.

Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Salt-Tolerant Forage in South-Eastern Of Tunisia

         Ali Chebil, Hafedh Nasr and Lokman Zaibet

         Institut National de Recherches en Genie Rural, Eaux et Forets, Tunisia.

New trends in supermarkets procurement system in South Africa: the case of local procurement schemes from small-scale farmers by rural-based retail chain stores

        Estelle Bienabe and Hester Vermeulen

        Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Marketing cooperative vs Producer’s agent: the Turkish dilemma in modern ffv market
        Sylvaine Lemeilleur, Céline Bignebat and Jean-Marie Codron

        MOISA, Montpellier, France.

Impacts of Collective Action on Smallholders’ Commercialisation: Evidence from Dairy in Ethiopia
        Gian Nicola Francesconi and Ruerd Ruben

        Wageningen University and Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands.

CS: 5. C. Competitiveness along the supply chain

Aula 3

Chairperson: Ruerd Ruben

A mosaic type of development - the Agri-food Districts experience in Italy

         Cristina Brasili and Roberto Fanfani

         Department of Statistics, University of Bologna, Italy.

The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming

         Juna Miluka, Gero Carletto, Benjamin Davis and Alberto Zezza

         American University, The World Bank & FAO, Washington, USA.

Do Cooperatives Offer High Quality Products?

         Dieter Pennerstorfer and Christoph R. Weiss

         Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria.

The Choice of Marketing Cooperative in a Transition Agriculture

         Lajos Zoltán Bakucs, Imre Fertő and Gábor G. Szabó

         Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

Aula 1

Chairperson: José M. Gil

Mediterranean integration and agro-food systems. Priorities for future research

        Bertrand Hervieu

        Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes, CIHEAM, Paris, France.