(DG JRC/IPTS) - agrilife - Europa
(DG JRC/IPTS) - agrilife - Europa
(DG JRC/IPTS) - agrilife - Europa
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WORKING PAPERS<br />
Griijp N.M. van der and Hond F. den (1999), Green supply chain initiatives in the<br />
European food and retailing industry, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije<br />
Universiteit, Amsterdam. Belgium is among the European countries studied in<br />
this paper, whose focus is on corporate initiatives aimed at more sustainable<br />
agricultural practices. All agricultural food products - with the exception of<br />
meat - are dealt with in the study.<br />
Tunçer B. (2001), From Farm to Fork? Means of Assuring Food Quality – An analysis<br />
of the European food quality initiatives, IIIEE Reports 2001:14, The<br />
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University,<br />
Lund,<br />
(http://www.iiiee.lu.se/Publication.nsf/$webAll/1E9E24A162052480C1256BE9<br />
002D8FFA/$FILE/Burcu-Tuncer.pdf) This paper analyses the organisation of<br />
many European food quality initiatives, highlighting their major strengths and<br />
weaknesses and categorizing them into eight groups. A number of case studies<br />
from Belgium is presented.<br />
OTHER DOCUMENTS<br />
Stassart P. (1998), Building a Quality Label (Communication to the ESRS Regional<br />
Development Summer University at Lodz, Poland,<br />
http://www.ful.ac.be/Recherche/SEED/pages/Equipe/textes/textestassart/public<br />
7 quality label.pdf. This paper analyses the development of the Ardenne Label<br />
project (beef production and marketing chain) and its subsequent extension in<br />
the Walloon Quality Label)<br />
Verbeke W. and Ward R.W. (2003), Importance of EU Label Requirements: An<br />
Application of Ordered Probit Models to Belgium Beef Labels<br />
(http://www.farmfoundation.org/projects/documents/ronwardpaper.pdf)<br />
Vuylsteke A., Collet E., Huylenbroeck van G. and Mormont M. (2003), Exclusion of<br />
farmers as a consequence of quality certification and standardisation (Paper<br />
presented at the 83 rd EAAE Seminar, Chania, Crete, Greece, 4-7 September,<br />
2003<br />
http://eaae.maich.gr/papers/Vuylsteke_Collet_Huylenbroeck_Mormont.zip. A<br />
study on a side effect of the diffusion of quality certification and<br />
standardisation, through a statistical analysis of data on farmers’ participation<br />
in certification initiatives. The survey is based on a sample of 320 Belgian<br />
farmers).<br />
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