Competitiveness of the EU Beef Sector – a Case Study

Kristkova, Zuzana Smeets; Coque, J M Garcia Alvarez

doi:10.7160/aol.2015.070208

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“…However, it is unclear how successfully these laws are being implemented on the ground mainly in regard to informal dairy sector. Given that animal-sourced foods, including milk, are estimated to be responsible for 70% of India's 100 million yearly cases of foodborne illnesses (FBD) (Smeets Kristkova, 2017), and the way in which vendors handle food has been associated with milk contamination and cross-contamination of other foods (Alimi, 2016), the handling procedures among milk vendors warrant closer examination.…”

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Food Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries

2024

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Food Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries

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“…The EU is one of the world's leading producers, consumers, and traders of beef meat and dairy products (Greenwood, 2021;Smeets Kristkova et al, 2015;Bojnec andFertő, 2014a, 2014b;European Communities, 2006). According to recent reports by the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (European Commission, 2020;Peyraud et al, 2020), the livestock sector, especially milk and beef production, contributes substantially to the European economy and rural areas.…”

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Spatial changes in the Hungarian and Slovenian cattle sector before and after accession to the European Union

Fertő¹,

Csonka²,

Bojnec³

2023

Moravian Geographical Reports

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A comparative analysis of the spatial transformation of two different farm-size cattle systems, in Hungary and Slovenia, is presented in this paper. Concentration, mobility, and spatial autocorrelation measures are used to study spatial cattlestock distribution and their changes over time, as well as spatial cattle-stock clustering using data from two agricultural censuses. Results confirm the decline in cattle stock on large-size farms in Hungary and on small-size farms in Slovenia, with a relative increase in the importance of medium-size farms in both countries. The decline and spatial changes in cattle stock are greater in Hungary than in Slovenia. Hungarian cattle clusters are concentrated in flat areas with medium- and large-size largely commercial farms, whilst in Slovenia they predominate in mainly hilly grassland and partly cornsilage areas on small and some medium-size family farms. Such specific cattle clustering is linked to geographical and farm-size structural characteristics that can also be linked to agricultural-policy-measure-related support for cattle and dairy, associated with less-favoured or disadvantaged-area status linked to geographical and structural land and farm characteristics typical of Slovenian mountain and particularly hilly areas. These spatial changes in the cattle sector have socioeconomic, land use, and environmental implications in terms of ecological sustainability and rural livelihoods.

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Insights of innovation and competitiveness in meat supply chains

Fernandes

Teixeira

Rios

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IFAM

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The world demand for food in parallel with environmental concerns is a paradigm for the competitiveness of agro-industrial production chains. The present study intended to propose insights on the contribution of innovation and competitiveness in meat production chains. A systematic review of the literature was carried out, considering manuscripts published in the Scopus, Web of Science and Science Direct databases. Based on the search and exclusion criteria, the analyzed portfolio consisted of 18 works related to the main animal production chains (i.e. pork, chicken, beef, and sheep). The results obtained include three theoretical constructs, under which the studies of competitiveness and innovation in meat production chains were based, namely: (1) institutional environment; (2) business capacity; and (3) consumer behavior. These are composed of a posteriori variables, which have influences in the innovation and competitiveness of such systems, meeting the postulate by the literature.

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Competitiveness of the EU Beef Sector – a Case Study

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Food Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries

Food Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries

Spatial changes in the Hungarian and Slovenian cattle sector before and after accession to the European Union

Insights of innovation and competitiveness in meat supply chains

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