This chapter explains why and how, in a context of stronger competition for generic products in globalized markets, some European farmers and artisan processing enterprises have built 'strategic alliances' to coordinate the production and sales of origin food products. The first section of the chapter discusses the importance of collective organization in the European vision of protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical indications (PGIs), and why operators in countries/regions may be eager or reluctant to adopt this approach. The second section highlights the reasons that may lead producers and small artisan processors to join a collective organization. The third section is dedicated to the most common organizational models implemented with success in Europe. Finally, the last section of the chapter describes the construction process of the collective organization and emphasizes the difficulties of scaling up the organization without losing the vision, strategic objectives and values of the initiators.
This paper gives an overview about: L'Etivaz cheese and its protection system; the production and marketing system; the link with consumers and citizens; and the link with rural development.
[fre] Faut-il renoncer à l'intensification en période de quota ? Une étude réalisée par le SNIA et l'IGER sur 1782 exploitations laitières spécialisées en 1982/83 classées suivant une typologie fine montre que l'intensification à la française, intensification fourragère et amélioration génétique valorisées par un aliment complémentaire adapté aboutissent à une amélioration de la structure du bilan comptable au bénéfice du revenu ; l'économie sur les charges de structure est supérieure à l'augmentation des charges variables. [eng] Possible adaptations to the quota policy. Results of a statistical survey - Do we have to drop intensification with a quota policy? A study made by SNIA and IGER covering 1782 specialized dairy farms in 1982/83 classified according to an accurate typology shows that intensification the French way i.e. intensification of fodder crops and improvement of genetics followed by an adequate complement of the daily ration, leads to an improvement of the balance sheet and an increase of income as variable costs increase stays inferior to gains on structural costs.
[eng] Summary : The evolution of farm expenses for several types of farms can now be studied, from 1970 owards, using a news index. The price component of expenses moved slower for cattle farms than for grain farms, horticulture or vineyards. [fre] De nouvelles séries d'indices de prix permettent désormais de comparer l'évolution depuis 1970 du prix des charges de plusieurs systèmes de production agricoles. Il apparaît que les systèmes d'élevage de bovins ont connu une situation plus favorable que les cultures céréalières, l'horticulture ou la viticulture.
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