Quality and Price Setting by Producers in AFNs

Barbera, Filippo; Dagnes, Joselle; Monaco, Roberto

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90409-2_11

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“…In this case, the absence of intermediaries (a short supply-chain) and the low business costs for sales structures allow more competitive prices for dairy products with respect to RS mean prices [41,54,55]. On the one hand, the new generations of producers at farmers’ markets are constantly seeking a balance between tradition and innovation, both for the quality guarantee of the product and for the producer’s quality of life, including production costs [55,56]. On the other hand, the specialized retail channel represents the channel with the highest prices, although it is of high quality.…”

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“…This last result is also confirmed for cow’s milk cheeses, for which the best quality/price ratio is in large-scale distribution, where, moreover, the offer is often enhanced by the promotion of prices [32,34,35]. Price competitiveness in farmers’ markets remains high, also for other products (cow’s or sheep cheese), in accordance with price policies that do not see intermediaries intervening in the price increase, unless it is the sale of niche products or provision of special production systems [55,57].…”

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Goat Dairy Product Assortment in Different Sales Channels in Northwestern Italy

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Merlino

2019

Animals

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An analysis of goat dairy-based product assortment was carried out in the metropolitan area of Turin (Northwestern Italy), considering three different sales channels: large-scale retail chains, retail stores, and direct sales in farmers’ markets (FMs). The survey results show a widespread presence of goat products in the Turin market. In each type of selected distribution channel, characterized by its own peculiarities, products differed both in terms of reference numbers and assortment; they were better in large-scale retail distribution, both in terms of quality and typicality, whereas specialized retail and direct sales were better equipped. Furthermore, given the importance of the sector at the regional level, we also focused, through the analysis of product origin, on the fact that local provenience increases from large-scale distribution to fully regional farmers’ markets. The mean price was different, being lower in direct sales at FMs, and medium to high and high at retail sales, as they are considered high quality niche products. The offer is correlated and in agreement with consumer targets (modern, ethical, and traditional), finding the "ideal" product in the different types offered, however, even if the results underline the potential of this sector, the fragmentation of the goat sector in Piedmont still represents a limit to expansion, and to the positioning of products in the market.

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Goat Dairy Product Assortment in Different Sales Channels in Northwestern Italy

Massaglia

Borra

Merlino

2019

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“…Relational values related to justice and sustainability motivate many participants [203,204]. In alternative local markets, producers set prices with regard for more than market forces [205]. Local and urban food production tends to support justice and sustainability better than conventional agriculture for commodity markets [47].…”

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The Case for Studying Non-Market Food Systems

Bliss

2019

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Markets dominate the world’s food systems. Today’s food systems fail to realize the normative foundations of ecological economics: justice, sustainability, efficiency, and value pluralism. Drawing on empirical and theoretical literature from diverse intellectual traditions, I argue that markets, as an institution for governing food systems, hinder the realization of these objectives. Markets allocate food toward money, not hunger. They encourage shifting costs on others, including nonhuman nature. They rarely signal unsustainability, and in many ways cause it. They do not resemble the efficient markets of economic theory. They organize food systems according to exchange value at the expense of all other social, cultural, spiritual, moral, and environmental values. I argue that food systems can approach the objectives of ecological economics roughly to the degree that they subordinate market mechanisms to social institutions that embody those values. But such “embedding” processes, whether through creating state policy or alternative markets, face steep barriers and can only partially remedy food markets’ inherent shortcomings. Thus, ecological economists should also study, promote, and theorize non-market food systems.

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“…Relational values related to justice and sustainability motivate many participants [198,199]. In local markets, producers set prices with regard for more than market forces [200].…”

Section: Food Markets Are Difficult To Fixmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Case for Studying Non-Market Food Systems

Bliss¹

2019

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Markets dominate the world’s food systems. Today’s food systems fail to realize the normative foundations of ecological economics: justice, sustainability, efficiency, and value pluralism. I argue that markets, as an institution for governing food systems, hinder the realization of these objectives. Markets allocate food toward money, not hunger. They encourage shifting costs on others, including nonhuman nature. They rarely signal unsustainability, and in many ways cause it. They do not resemble the efficient markets of economic theory. They organize food systems according to exchange value at the expense of all other social, cultural, spiritual, moral, and environmental values. I argue that food systems can approach the objectives of ecological economics roughly to the degree that they subordinate market mechanisms to social institutions that embody those values. But such “embedding” processes, whether through creating state policy or alternative markets, face steep barriers and can only partially remedy food markets’ inherent shortcomings. Thus, ecological economists should also study, promote, and theorize non-market food systems.

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Quality and Price Setting by Producers in AFNs

Cited by 4 publications

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Goat Dairy Product Assortment in Different Sales Channels in Northwestern Italy

Goat Dairy Product Assortment in Different Sales Channels in Northwestern Italy

The Case for Studying Non-Market Food Systems

The Case for Studying Non-Market Food Systems

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