Food Chains: Quality, Safety and Efficiency in a Challenging World

Food Chains: Quality, Safety and Efficiency in a Challenging World addresses the many issues facing European food producers and other food chain stakeholders, who endeavour to improve their competitive position in a highly competitive world food market.

The Food Chain is one of the main economic pillars in Europe, providing employment and opportunities for economic development in rural areas. It is therefore imperative to continuously monitor the changes that affect the sector, in order to allow stakeholders to respond promptly and effectively to the new market conditions. Adjusting to the new market involves new technology, globalization, demographic and social changes within a challenging market environment. In order to adopt these new market parameters, food chain stakeholders need to adapt their activities in order to gain in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Food Economics - Acta Agriculture Scandinavica, Section C.

Dr. George Baourakis is the Studies and Research Coordinator of the Business Economics and Management Department of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece. He has been appointed as a Distinguished Research Fellow in Marketing-Management at several universities and as affiliate Professor at Nyenrode University, The Netherlands.

Prodromos Kalaitzis is a Senior Policy Advisor for Copa – Cogeca in Brussels, Belgium to promoting the economic and business interests of European farmers as reflected in their agri-cooperatives. He is specialized in agricultural policy, cooperative organization, competitiveness, single market and competition in the European Union.

Konstadinos Mattas is the Professor of Agricultural Policy in the Department of Agricultural Economics in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is managing editor of the "Agricultural Economics Review", Editor in chief of the "Journal of Agricultural and Food Economics" and a member of the editorial team for the Journal "New Medit" and "Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing"