Supply chain quality management practices are necessary to improve processes, meet
consumer quality needs, and enhance supply chain quality management performance in …

One of the key factors for the success of development strategies in rural areas is the setting
up of appropriate governance patterns, whose main outcome is a fluid communication …

Alessandro Corsi is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Department of
Economics and Statistics “S. Cognetti de Martiis” of the University of Torino, Italy. He has …

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify important factors in the development of
food and wine trails within the context of culinary tourism and, second, to propose methods …

Using a mixed-methods design, we evaluated Farm Fresh Food Box (F3B) a market
innovation designed to expand producer markets, stabilize rural retail businesses, and …

This paper examines the importance of national-level institutional arrangements for
promoting the EU's Protected Geographic Indication scheme (PGI). Taking the example of …

The extension of consumption under contemporary capitalism is aided by a capacity to
qualify products as cultural, with the ability to reproduce nature, community and tradition. In …

This article analyses the consequences of the 'methanol wine scandal'on the wine
production market of Piedmont. Contrary to what is usually claimed, these consequences …

A'turn'to quality is frequently associated with the proliferation of alternative agrifood networks
and food system localization has been a prominent expression of such efforts. Yet quality is …

This paper investigates the current research on how consumers select the foods they buy
and how they define 'quality'. Consumer decisions are complex and whilst a few consumers …