Technical, quality and environmental efficiency of the olive oil industry

Dios-Palomares, Rafaela; Martínez‐Paz, José Miguel

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.04.001

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“…Respectively, during olive oil transportation, increased emissions of air pollutants (3 kg CO 2 per ton of olives) are dominant . As already noted, no concrete managerial insights can be drawn for the warehousing phase because only one paper was classified in this category …”

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Environmental impacts in the life cycle of olive oil: a literature review

Banias

Achillas

Vlachokostas

et al. 2017

J. Sci. Food Agric.

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The production of olive oil is considered to be one of the largest agricultural business sectors in the Mediterranean area. Apart from its significant impact on the economies of countries in Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Middle East, olive oil production also involves considerable social and environmental considerations. However, despite such importance, the environmental effects of olive oil production have not been studied as much other agricultural productions and farming systems, which are more characteristic of central and northern Europe. We present a thorough and systematic literature review of scientific publications with respect to the use of environmental tools in the life cycle of olive oil. The analysis takes into consideration the farming of olive trees, the manufacture of olive oil, packaging, transportation and reverse logistics. To that end, journal publications up to 2015 in this specific field are recorded and, at the same time, the most important environmental impacts are revealed and a gap analysis is carried out. The analysis conducted reveals that farming of olive trees (with pesticide use and waste/by-product production being the 'hottest' topics) and the manufacturing of olive oil (concentrating mostly on waste/by-product production and management) are the phases with the highest environmental focus from the scientific community. Moreover, gaps in the literature are detected mostly with respect to fuel consumption and the use and promotion of renewable energy sources in olive oil production. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Section: Discussion Of the Results And Gap Analysismentioning

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Environmental impacts in the life cycle of olive oil: a literature review

Banias

Achillas

Vlachokostas

et al. 2017

J. Sci. Food Agric.

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“…Diversification is an excellent opportunity for positioning products in the increasingly dynamic and demanding marketplace. Likewise, growing consumer concern for and interest in the safety and healthiness of the products that they consume and respect for the environment during production processes has caused the imposition of new demands on the food industry (Conner et al, 2009;Dios-Palomares & Martínez-Paz, 2011). …”

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Preference for olive oil consumption in the Spanish local market

Cañete

Díaz

2017

Span. j. agric. res.

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It is becoming ever more important for the olive oil industry in Spain to adopt a business strategy based on client orientation. In this sense, the objective of this paper is to identify the preferences of olive oil consumers and propose a series of business strategies for the producing sector. The methodology consisted in a survey of 404 olive oil consumers during the months of January and February 2013, whose preferences were determined through several multivariate techniques (conjoint analysis, consumer segmentation and a simulation of market share). The preferred olive oil is low priced, extra virgin and organic. The type of bottle does not appear to be relevant in the buying decision process, although it might be a factor in increasing market share. The current economic crisis has resulted in the emergence of two consumer segments; 67.1% of consumers selected the olive oil they buy on the basis of price and 32.9% were guided by the product's specific attributes, which include, for example, organic production, which can be another differentiating element for producing companies.

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“…The economic output of course requires the input of economic resources. Previous studies have suggested that the consumption of fixed capital (x 1 ) (e.g., [58][59][60][61]) can be considered as the input of economic resources because it represents the investment in the value of the fixed capital used in the process of economic output. In addition, employees are the main input in economic activity [62][63][64].…”

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Incorporating Workplace Injury to Measure the Safety Performance of Industrial Sectors in Taiwan

Yeh

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The severity of workplace injuries varies by industry. Information on workplace injuries can enable firms and governments to effectively improve their safety performance based on the specific contexts of each industry. Incorporating the three workplace injury rates (being wounded or ill, disability, and death), a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is developed to evaluate the safety performance of 17 industrial sectors in Taiwan. The results suggest that the Taiwanese government should pay particular attention to the mining and quarrying industry, which has the lowest safety performance. Additionally, the results provide abundant information for the Taiwanese government to design industry safety regulations in a way that may prompt firms to develop a sustainable economy by improving their health and safety practices and enhancing their overall safety performance.

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Technical, quality and environmental efficiency of the olive oil industry

Cited by 55 publications

References 41 publications

Environmental impacts in the life cycle of olive oil: a literature review

Environmental impacts in the life cycle of olive oil: a literature review

Preference for olive oil consumption in the Spanish local market

Incorporating Workplace Injury to Measure the Safety Performance of Industrial Sectors in Taiwan

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