Traditional food production and rural sustainable development : a European challenge /

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Author / Creator:Vaz, Teresa de Noronha.
Imprint:Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
Description:xii, 285 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Ashgate economic geography series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7590943
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Other authors / contributors:Nijkamp, Peter.
Rastoin, Jean-Louis.
ISBN:9780754674627 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0754674622 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Editorial preface
  • Introduction
  • The complex force field of traditional food systems: setting the scene
  • Part I. Sustainability and European Rurality
  • Is the world food system compatible with sustainable development?
  • Sustainability and agri-environmental policy in the European Union: a meta-analytic investigation
  • A comparative analysis of rurality at the EU level and Turkey
  • Governance and determinants of local economic development
  • The role of cultural values in rural development
  • Part II. Traditional Markets and Globalization
  • Meat processing in the Ibero-American countries: a historical view
  • Market integration and market power in the internal EU market for butter
  • The Romanian food consumption model in the context of the European Union integration
  • How could traditional consumption stimulate the bakery industry?
  • Consumer decision-making with regard to organic food products
  • Part III. Mass and Segmentation in Traditional Food Markets
  • Local honey production: export or indigenous growth?
  • Market dynamics and policy reforms in the olive oil sector: a European perspective
  • Traditional Belgian beers in a global market economy
  • Protected designation of origin, sustainable development and international policies: a survey of DOC wines from Emilia-Romagna
  • Large-scale production and market segmentation: an uneasy relationship
  • Traditional food production, market segments and rural sustainable development: a synthesis
  • Index