Izlaganje sa skupa
The future of dairy products in the Mediterranean market: specialities or commodities
Daniele Rama
Sažetak
Dairy sector in the Mediterranean basin have some special features: it corresponds to an area of relative specialization, particularly for cheese and the sub-sector of small ruminants; at the same time consumption increase, sometimes supported by policymakers, led to the development of import flows of dairy commodities; in the last decade however production growth overcame consumption growth, partly moving the focus of the dairy policies from the demand to the supply side.
This has important implications for the relations between dairy specialties and commodities, which in this case must be defined not only in terms of purchasing and consumption behaviour, but also of production elements as tradition and localism.
The analysis of structural and commercial situation for countries of the North, East and South coast of the Mediterranean sea shows that for the first group specialties can play as an answer to lack of cost competitiveness on the dairy commodities market, in the last one market development should be based on commodities more than specialties while a complementarity can exist for Eastern Mediterranean countries.
Ključne riječi
Mediterranean area; dairy specialities; traditional produce
Hrčak ID:
2060
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2005.
Posjeta: 1.364 *