The determinants of electronic traceability adoption: a firm-level analysis of French agribusiness

Abstract

International audienceThis paper aims to understand what factors influence firms to adopt electronic traceability systems (ETS) and notably the respective effects of the firm's internal characteristics, its vertical relations and its external environment. Traceability systems based on information and communication technologies (ICT) allow firms to collect, track, stock and transfer information on a range of product attributes. This study contributes to further understand traceability adoption by applying ICT adoption models to the case of ETS, and by using an original dataset, the 2002 ICT Survey, representative of all French agribusiness. The results suggest that a firm's degree of complexity (growing size, belonging to a group) and the development of its information system play a significant role in its adoption behavior. Moreover, they show that ETS adoption is more driven by a firm's narrow relations with specialized suppliers and downstream processors than by retailers

Determinants of Food Safety Level in Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers’ Supply Chain: Evidence from Spain and France

“…In the literature, the size of a company produces varied results in relation to efforts made to implement food safety. Some studies [ 67 , 68 ] indicate that the largest companies are those which make the greatest efforts in this regard, while others [ 58 ] suggest the opposite. EMP: The number of employees, which is also indicative of the size of the wholesaler.…”

Tournament Mechanism in Wine-Grape Contracts: Evidence from a French Wine Cooperative

“…After this ceiling it is all losses. 15 The cooperative estimates that there are approximately 1600 euros/ha in between contracts A, B and C. 16 Traceability systems make information available on products' attributes and transformations that can be used to improve safety and quality (Galliano and Orozco, 2011). Beyond the record-keeping information to respond to a public authority inquiry, the cooperative uses this information to improve their productive and management systems.…”

“…The cooperative estimates that production costs increase at about 1,600 euros/ha from contracts C to B and from B to A.15 Traceability systems make information available on products' attributes and transformations that can be used to improve safety and quality(Galliano and Orozco, 2011). Other than the record-keeping information to respond to a public authority inquiry, the cooperative uses this information to improve its productive and management systems.16 This work was carried out by the researchers from the École d'Ingénieurs de Purpan, as part of the WP1 of the Geowine project.…”

Determinants of recognition of TRACES certification as valuable opportunity at the farm level in São Paulo, Brazil

“…In the model here presented, there is an assumption that larger rural firms, for which herd size is proxy variable, have more opportunities to test new practices, such as traceability and certification, since they have easier access to credit and key information and are in better position to handle risk (Karshenas & Stoneman, 1993;Souza Filho, 2001). In general, size is associated with economies of scale (Galliano & Orozco, 2011) and presents significant correlation with other explanatory variables (Vicente, 2002;Souza Filho et al, 2011). The correlation between the herd size and the explanatory variables certification experience and agricultural newsletter was observed at a 1% significance level.…”