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Role of alternative food networks in Sicilian farms

2014

Today the short supply chain can be carried out through several typologies which are called as alternative food networks (AFNs). In fact, according to some studies, it is an 'alternative' response to the dominant agro-food system, which offers the possibility to produce food products through supply chains that are opposed to long, complex and rationally organised industrial chains. In the last years many European farmers adopted short supply chain to commercialise their agro-food products and Italy is one of the EU members in which AFNs are developed, thanks to its numerous typical an local products. The aim of this paper has been to analyse the role that AFNs play in Sicilian farms and how…

Economics and EconometricsEntrepreneurshipAFNcompetitiveneSupply chainentrepreneurshiplocal developmentsupply chain.Settore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleBusiness and International Managementenvironmental sustainabilityIndustrial organizationSustainable developmentSupply chain managementSMEsmall and medium enterpriseShort food supply chainsalternative food networkAgro-food productrural territoryincomeEconomySustainabilitySmall and medium-sized enterprisesBusinessRural areafarm
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Growth and sustainability of agricultural systems: the case of Sicilian wine-growing farms

2016

International audience; The Sicilian wine-growing sector is characterised by the presence on the one hand of many small enterprises that limit their activity to the first stage of the supply chain (field production) and on the other of few enterprises that adopt a strategy of total vertical integration, from the production to the sale of wine. The first group of enterprises operates in a competitive market and in many cases with marginal revenues that are lower than marginal costs, leading entrepreneurs to abandon the activity of grape production. The second group operates in an oligopolistic market and it is able to compete in an international market. Findings reveal that competitive advan…

Marginal costEconomics and EconometricscompetitiveneSupply chain0211 other engineering and technologies0507 social and economic geography02 engineering and technologyentrepreneurshipwine-growing farms.Competitive advantagelocal developmentOligopolyMarket economyAgrifood productSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleEconomicsProduction (economics)Perfect competitionBusiness and International Managementeconomic sustainabilitySicilysupply chainSupply chain management[QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin]05 social sciencesSMEsmall and medium enterprise021107 urban & regional planningCompetitor analysisrural territoryincome8. Economic growth050703 geography
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Entrepreneurial strategies of Etna wine farms

2014

Viticulture, as well as agriculture in general, performs an environmental and landscaping function and it encourages rural development through the creation of income and job opportunities in the areas where wine is produced. The wine sector, in fact, is of great social and economic importance within the Sicilian agriculture and food industry, because of the job opportunities it provides and due to Sicilian pedoclimatic peculiarities, variety of grape wines cultivars and production process. The present study aims at assessing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises that cultivate wine grapes in the Etna area. In particular, it has been examined a sample of wine farms that p…

controlled designation of originEconomics and EconometricsEntrepreneurshipcompetitivenewine market.DOClocal developmentAgricultural economicsSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo Ruraleenvironmental sustainabilityBusiness and International ManagementMarketingsupply chainfarm multifunctionalityWineSustainable developmentsmall and medium-sized enterprisebusiness.industrySMEeconomic growthProduct (business)rural territoryAgricultureSustainabilitymarketing strategieLandscapingBusinessViticultureInternational Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
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