Proceedings in Food System Dynamics  

Terhi Latvala,Serena Mandolesi,Phillipa Nicholas,Raffaele Zanoli

farming systems are identified. Four focus group discussions and three interviews for low input and organic dairy supply chain members were performed. The Q Methodology was used to highlight common ground and divergence in the expectations that organic an... see more

Ursula Rickert,Gerhard Schiefer

Proceedings of the 7th International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, organized by the International Center for Food Chain and Network Research, University of Bonn, GermanyFebruary 18-22, 2013, Innsbruck-Igls, Austriaoffi... see more

Oliver Meixner,Rainer Haas,Helmut Moosbrugger,Philipp Magdits

In addition to traditional marketing communication instruments, social media marketing has become a powerful tool of interaction with participants within supply chains. An increasing number of com-panies, especially in the US, are using social media platf... see more

Gerrit Willem Ziggers

The purpose of this paper is to provide firms in the food and agricultural sector a model that enables them to assess their corporate social initiatives in conjunction with their stakeholders. Building on the concepts of corporate social responsibility (C... see more

Sarah Heinen,Monika Hartmann

Due to manifold scandals meat production and processing has been in the spotlight of public concern over the last decades. CSR can safeguard an enterprise against risks following e.g. food safety, environmental or social incidences in a sector. To reap th... see more

Alessandro Banterle,Elena Claire Ricci

In this paper we analyse if there is a diffuesed interest among consumers about the environmental impacts of their food choices, and try to capture the different types of attitudes of Italian consumers with respect to environmental sustainability of food ... see more

Derek Baker,Nadhem Mtimet,Ugo Pica-Ciamarra,John Jagwe

This paper presents the results of a rapid consumer survey undertaken in Uganda. The survey aimed at identifying preferred quality and safety attributes, retail forms and retail outlets for major livestock products and by type of consumers. Results of the... see more

Jing Xie,Hyeyoung Kim,Lisa House

Information on production methods (genetic modification or organic production) and locations (country of origin) are commonly found on food package labels. Both pieces of information may be used as a proxy for food safety and quality by consumers. Our stu... see more

Gianni Cicia,Francesco Caracciolo,C. Cavallo,Teresa Del Giudice,G. Sannino,Fabio Verneau

ensory profiles promoted by the Extra-virgin olive oil (EVO) is an important element of the Mediterranean diet and a valuable agricultural crop for Southern Europe countries in terms of both farm income and cultivated area. Moreover, given the increased p... see more

Virginie M. Lefebvre,Adrienn Molnár,Bianka Kühne,Xavier Gellynck

In today business world where knowledge and resources are increasingly spread among organizations, enterprises often develop a wide variety of relationships with other organizations in order to access new technologies, know-how and resources. Increasingly... see more

Francesca Minarelli,Meri Raggi,Davide Viaggi

The importance of networking as a way to enhance innovation has been pointed out in many scientific papers, in particular for SMEs. A great number of scientific studies clearly establish the significant role of SMEs in economic growth, promoting flexibili... see more

Magnus Nilsson,Clarissa Sia-Ljungström

The paper investigates the role of innovation intermediaries in sector-specific regional innovation systems. Innovation is viewed as a non-linear, iterative process and open process involving multiple actors from different parts of the innovation system. ... see more

Bianka Kühne,Virginie Lefebvre,Xavier Gellynck

Knowledge exchange is a prerequisite for learning and consequently for innovation. Through open innovation, the innovating firms establish ties with other organizations, in order to innovate. At the baseline, open innovation is thus the exchange of knowle... see more

Bernardo Reynolds Pacheco de Carvalho

Food still is, and will continue to be, a basic issue at every day decision process in human behavior. Food consumption has been a problematic issue in human history and today is also recognized as a basic pilar for human health and welfare/quality of lif... see more

Arturo Casieri,Bernardo De Gennaro,Umberto Medicamento

Aim of this paper is to test weather or not the Network Analysis (NA) could possibly help to grasp Country level competitiveness in the International Trade Network (ITN) of a specific commodity. We focus over the positions that each Country occupies withi... see more

Laura Carraresi,Alessandro Banterle

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the competitive performance of different European countries at sector level in the intra-EU market from 1995 to 2011, comparing food industry and agricultural sector. In particular, we aim to assess the effect of t... see more

David Harvey,Carmen Hubbards,Edward Majewski,Agata Malak-Rawlikowska,Mariusz Hamulczuk,Monika Gebska

The paper presents results of the FP7 Econ-Welfare Project “Assessing the socio-economic consequences of measures promoting good animal welfare”. The paper illustrates the economic consequences at the farm level of indicative improvements in animal welfar... see more

Franco Rosa,Michela Vasciaveo

The milk quotas were introduced in Italy in 1984; from that time onward, the dairy chain has progressed in technology and organization with consequences for the market competition. The Aglink-Cosimo simulations suggest milk production will return to an in... see more

Sebastian Jarzebowski,Agnieszka Bezat-Jarzebowska,Bogdan Klepacki

Due to the nature of the food supply chain an important aspect in the context of increasing the efficiency of agri-food companies may be an increase of the integration's degree in the chain. Therefore, exploring the relationships among these variables was... see more

Lucia Baldi,Massimo Peri,Daniela Vandone

In the last few years Rare Earth Materials (REMs) prices have experienced a strong increase, due to geopolitical policies and sustainability issues. Provided that these materials at risk of supply disruptions are largely employed in the development of new... see more

Davide Marino,Luigi Mastronardi,Silvio Franco,Daniela De Gregorio,Clara Cicatiello,Barbara Pancino

This paper provides insights of the Italian farmers' markets (FMs) experience. These short food chains can be conceptualized among the so-called "alternative agro-food networks", which reject the traditional food chains features - productivity, products s... see more

Alessandro Muscio,Gianluca Nardone,Antonio Stasi

The importance of eco-innovations for industry has been rising exponentially in recent years. However, even if recent trends show that firms are increasingly committed to eco-innovations, there is little knowledge on why and how companies integrate enviro... see more

W Bruce Traill Bruce Traill

Unhealthy diets lead to a range of serious conditions such as diabetes, cancers, cardio-vascular disease and stroke which, as well as individual pain and suffering and shortened life, create a burden for the state in the form of health care costs and lost... see more

Alessia Cavaliere,Elisa De Marchi,Alessandro Banterle

Consumer inability to make healthy food choices and to maintain a balanced diet is one of the main determinants that can explain the growth of overweight and obesity. Many studies have focused on the different factors affecting food behaviour, but only fe... see more

Jan-Paul Höllmer,Monika Hartmann

The EU School Fruit Scheme (SFS) provides children with fruits and vegetables (F&V), aiming to promote consumption of F&V among European school children. In addition, another objective of the program is to stabilize the fruit and vegetable market in the E... see more

Roland Herrmann,Simon Bleich

Quality assurance and labeling play an important and increasing role in firms’ marketing strategies. In almost all cases, a price incentive has been stressed as the major incentive for firms to participate in such schemes. We argue here that important non... see more

Jan Alpmann,Vera Bitsch

The paper deals with the conflict between the German Farmers’ Association (DBV) and the Federal Dairy Farmers Association (BDM) based on the two milk delivery strikes as culmination points in the so called dairy conflict. The analysis focusses on the main... see more

Jurriaan Visser,Jacques Trienekens,Paul van Beek

This paper investigates the opportunities for farmers to produce for local consumers, based on a case study in the Dutch horticulture sector. Main requirements for the set-up of a local chain of supply chain actors are investigated. Producer requirements ... see more

Rainer Haas Haas,James Sterns,Oliver Meixner,Diane-Isis Nyob,Verena Traar

The market of local and organic food is still a niche market in the USA, despite its strong growth rates. Both offer consumers an alternative to a globalized anonymous food supply chain. Yet local food and organic food seem to be overlapping and to some d... see more

Gaber Ahmed Bassyouni Shehata

Agricultural is the principal source of food and some essential raw materials for industrial development. It accounts for almost 18-20% of the Egyptian gross domestic production, for about 17-19% of export earning and employs 32% of the workforce. Increas... see more

Pegah Amani,Klara Båth,Karin Östergren,Kristina Liljestrand,Anna Fredriksson,Linea Kjellsdotter

Perishability and quality deterioration over time makes food differ from industrial products. The objective of this research is to describe the food quality from a logistics perspective and specify which characteristics of food products are necessary to c... see more

Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst,Lotte Peeters,Jacqueline M. Bloemhof

Food companies are increasingly challenged to balance business performance and economic gains with environmental and social performance. Therefore, in 2012, we started a collaborative project on this topic named SCALE (Step Change in Agri-food Logistics E... see more

Aziz Galvão da Silva Júnior,Bruna do Valle Rodriguez Neves,Marina Macedo Rocha,Artur Henrique Leite Falcette,Abdias Garcia Machado

The performance of the agribusiness sector has significantly contributed to the consolidation of the Brazilian economy, which is currently the sixth largest in the world. The sector is responsible for 27% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Moreover, it ... see more

Fruzsina Homolka,Adrienn Hegyi,András Sebok

The aim of this study was to identify challenges and barriers related to sustainability issues within the Hungarian agri-food sector. Within the SALSA EU FP7 project a survey was carried out which helped to evaluate the current status of the Hungarian foo... see more

Adrienn Hegyi,Fruzsina Homolka,András Sebok

Sustainability is arguably one of the greatest challenges to Hungary in the future. The question is how to meet this need and tackle this challenge that requires commitment from the different players of the supply chain.This aim of the work within the FP7... see more

Alessandro Banterle,Daniela Vandone

The paper aims at analysing rice-price volatility over the last five years, and at identifying strengths and weaknesses of financial-risk management tools other than derivatives. In particular, it focuses on innovative insurance products and on their pote... see more

Felippe Clemente,Aziz Galvão da Silva Júnior

A contract is considered incomplete when the optimal solution for a contractual problem requires some information from the parts which is not observable by one or both parts. This problem is found in the biodiesel production chain among small scale farmer... see more

Carsten H. Emmann,Welf Guenther-Lübbers,Ludwig Theuvsen

Among the members of the European Union (EU), Germany has the largest biogas produc-tion from agricultural sources. However, many other EU member states are creating the necessary conditions for rapid growth in this area. The German Renewable Energy Sourc... see more

Welf Guenther-Lübbers,Ludwig Arens,Ludwig Theuvsen

Due to global climate change and its impact on local weather conditions, decision support systems are becoming more important in agriculture. Such systems allow farmers to adapt more effectively to the complex changes affecting their farms. Marginal produ... see more

Katalin Viola,István Gábor,András Sebok

Within the SmartAgriFood project 135 in depth interviews in 6 countries, and 8 focus group discussions in 5 countries were carried out for identification and evaluation of the potential applications of the Future Internet (FI) in the agri-food area. Sever... see more

L.C. Iao,H.I. Hsiao,M.F. Yang

The aim of the study was the development of a quality prediction model combined with the incoming analysis for temperature control in 18 degree ready-to-eat food during logistics flows. And analyzed how temperature monitoring improves inventory decision. ... see more

Ralph Tröger,Robert Reiche,Gerhard Schiefer

Improvements in the food sector imply enhancements of delivering food which is safe, affordable, readily available, and of the quality and diversity consumers expect. However, prevalent information systems (IS) of companies in the food industry are not re... see more