European Union actively supports the fruit and vegetable (F&V) sector and pursues important goals through Producer Organizations (POs), including a more sustainable production. Referring to sustainability, POs can implement environmental measures and actions that are respectful of the environment through their Operational Programmes (OPs). The present work aimed at verifying the role Italian POs play in implementing sustainability actions in the F&V sector by carrying out a field survey focused on the approach of POs to sustainability issues and actions undertaken in the OPs. Collected data were processed using exploratory data and multivariate analysis techniques. In particular, by crossing the way POs perceive environmental and social sustainability, on one side, and actions they undertake, on the other side, they have been classified in relation to their ability/will to translate views in sustainability actions. Results show that POs’ strategies often include interlinked economic and environmental objectives. Moreover, while product quality improvement often goes with the promotion of environmentally friendly techniques, other environmental objectives, e.g. water and energy saving are not considered priorities and when such actions are implemented, they respond to a reduction costs rather than to a sustainability strategy

The role of F&V Producer Organizations in implementing environmental and social sustainability strategies / Coppola, Adele; Ianuario, Sara. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno 153th EAAE Seminar New dimensions of market power and bargaining in the agri-food sector: Organisations, policies and models tenutosi a Gaeta, Italy nel 9-10 june 2016).

The role of F&V Producer Organizations in implementing environmental and social sustainability strategies

COPPOLA, ADELE;IANUARIO, SARA
2016

Abstract

European Union actively supports the fruit and vegetable (F&V) sector and pursues important goals through Producer Organizations (POs), including a more sustainable production. Referring to sustainability, POs can implement environmental measures and actions that are respectful of the environment through their Operational Programmes (OPs). The present work aimed at verifying the role Italian POs play in implementing sustainability actions in the F&V sector by carrying out a field survey focused on the approach of POs to sustainability issues and actions undertaken in the OPs. Collected data were processed using exploratory data and multivariate analysis techniques. In particular, by crossing the way POs perceive environmental and social sustainability, on one side, and actions they undertake, on the other side, they have been classified in relation to their ability/will to translate views in sustainability actions. Results show that POs’ strategies often include interlinked economic and environmental objectives. Moreover, while product quality improvement often goes with the promotion of environmentally friendly techniques, other environmental objectives, e.g. water and energy saving are not considered priorities and when such actions are implemented, they respond to a reduction costs rather than to a sustainability strategy
2016
The role of F&V Producer Organizations in implementing environmental and social sustainability strategies / Coppola, Adele; Ianuario, Sara. - (2016). (Intervento presentato al convegno 153th EAAE Seminar New dimensions of market power and bargaining in the agri-food sector: Organisations, policies and models tenutosi a Gaeta, Italy nel 9-10 june 2016).
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