Food chain sustainability concept has significantly escaleted the scientific debate of agricultural economists. This paper attempts to evaluate the problem of governance looking at sustainability in a specific case study about San Marzano Tomato, through the procedure of assessments known as triangulation. The theoretical basis of our work is the priority and responsibility matrix: the study describes phases of the empirical reasearch conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain. San Marzano Tomato is endowed with an origin certification label (pdo), meeting demand within high-value market niches. It is a product symbol of Campania region (Italy), benefiting of several interventions of the public regional operator (genetic resources research, support for the establishment of origin certification, etc.). The proposed methodology provides simple rules to follow the time evolution of a food supply chain, judging feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. In the proposed case, the driving role of the government appears as a necessary prerequisite to achieving goals of sustainability.

Supply chain and sustainability: The case of San Marzano PDO tomato / Gorgitano, MARIA TERESA; Lombardi, Pasquale; Verneau, Fabio; Caracciolo, Francesco. - In: ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE. - ISSN 1126-1668. - 14:3(2012), pp. 55-84. [10.3280/ECAG2012-003004]

Supply chain and sustainability: The case of San Marzano PDO tomato

GORGITANO MARIA TERESA;LOMBARDI PASQUALE;VERNEAU FABIO;CARACCIOLO FRANCESCO
2012

Abstract

Food chain sustainability concept has significantly escaleted the scientific debate of agricultural economists. This paper attempts to evaluate the problem of governance looking at sustainability in a specific case study about San Marzano Tomato, through the procedure of assessments known as triangulation. The theoretical basis of our work is the priority and responsibility matrix: the study describes phases of the empirical reasearch conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain. San Marzano Tomato is endowed with an origin certification label (pdo), meeting demand within high-value market niches. It is a product symbol of Campania region (Italy), benefiting of several interventions of the public regional operator (genetic resources research, support for the establishment of origin certification, etc.). The proposed methodology provides simple rules to follow the time evolution of a food supply chain, judging feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. In the proposed case, the driving role of the government appears as a necessary prerequisite to achieving goals of sustainability.
2012
Supply chain and sustainability: The case of San Marzano PDO tomato / Gorgitano, MARIA TERESA; Lombardi, Pasquale; Verneau, Fabio; Caracciolo, Francesco. - In: ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE. - ISSN 1126-1668. - 14:3(2012), pp. 55-84. [10.3280/ECAG2012-003004]
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