Download or read book Study of the Best Ways for Producer Organisations to be Formed Carry Out Their Activities and be Supported written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural producers may use collective action to achieve common interests related to their agricultural activities. Such cooperation might range from the planning of production to placing products on the market. Producer organisations (POs) often also sell products of their members and perform activities such as e.g. joint purchase of inputs, storage, transport and logistics, quality control but also many other activities. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) actively promotes organisations among agricultural producers and considers collective action an important self-help tool for strengthening the positions of farmers in the food supply chain. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (Common Market Organisation - CMO Regulation) expressly recognises the added value of horizontal cooperation at primary production level when it states that "producer organisations and their associations can play useful roles in concentrating supply, in improving the marketing, planning and adjusting of production to demand, optimising production costs and stabilising producer prices, carrying out research, promoting best practices and providing technical assistance, managing by-products and risk management tools available to their members, thereby contributing to strengthening the position of producers in the food supply chain". Therefore, the CMO Regulation establishes rules for the recognition of producer organisations (recognised POs) and associations of producer organisations (recognised APOs). Recognised POs/APOs can obtain certain start-up funding under the rural development rules or financing via operational funds in the fruit and vegetable (FV) sector, and they can profit from certain derogations from EU competition rules. Previous EU-wide studies that have been conducted in this area fall short of providing a general overview of the number, legal forms and type of activities carried out under horizontal cooperation arrangements, which European farmers resort to today. In addition, the functioning of POs/APOs as well as the incentives and disincentives of producers to create POs and the impact that POs have on their members and on the food supply chain has not been described in detail in the majority of EU Member States. Against this background and based on a European Parliament initiative, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) of the European Commission commissioned an "analysis of the best ways for producer organisations to be formed, carry out their activities and be supported" that started in December 2017 for a duration of 15 months.
Download or read book Study of the Best Ways for Producer Organisations to be Formed Carry Out Their Activities and be Supported written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural producers may use collective action to achieve common interests related to their agricultural activities. Such cooperation might range from the planning of production to placing products on the market. Producer organisations (POs) often also sell products of their members and perform activities such as e.g. joint purchase of inputs, storage, transport and logistics, quality control but also many other activities. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) actively promotes organisations among agricultural producers and considers collective action an important self-help tool for strengthening the positions of farmers in the food supply chain. Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (Common Market Organisation - CMO Regulation) expressly recognises the added value of horizontal cooperation at primary production level when it states that "producer organisations and their associations can play useful roles in concentrating supply, in improving the marketing, planning and adjusting of production to demand, optimising production costs and stabilising producer prices, carrying out research, promoting best practices and providing technical assistance, managing by-products and risk management tools available to their members, thereby contributing to strengthening the position of producers in the food supply chain". Therefore, the CMO Regulation establishes rules for the recognition of producer organisations (recognised POs) and associations of producer organisations (recognised APOs). Recognised POs/APOs can obtain certain start-up funding under the rural development rules or financing via operational funds in the fruit and vegetable (FV) sector, and they can profit from certain derogations from EU competition rules. Previous EU-wide studies that have been conducted in this area fall short of providing a general overview of the number, legal forms and type of activities carried out under horizontal cooperation arrangements, which European farmers resort to today. In addition, the functioning of POs/APOs as well as the incentives and disincentives of producers to create POs and the impact that POs have on their members and on the food supply chain has not been described in detail in the majority of EU Member States. Against this background and based on a European Parliament initiative, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) of the European Commission commissioned an "analysis of the best ways for producer organisations to be formed, carry out their activities and be supported" that started in December 2017 for a duration of 15 months.
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Download or read book The Agricultural Cooperative in the Framework of the European Cooperative Society written by Georg Miribung and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) regarding agricultural activities by comparing how specific questions arising in this context must be dealt with under the Italian and Austrian legal systems. In this regard, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1435/2003, of 22 July 2003, on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE), is used as a tool for the structured analysis of various aspects of agricultural cooperatives. However, a comparison is only meaningful if the results are made comparable on the basis of a previously defined standard. Accordingly, the study uses, on one hand, a cooperative model developed by European legal scholars that defines general guidelines on how cooperatives should function (PECOL). On the other, the results are presented in connection with economic considerations to discuss how efficient rules can be developed.
Download or read book International Trade Labor Relations and Bargaining Power written by Matthew M. Fischer-Daly and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Trade, Labor Relations, and Bargaining Power: International Strawberry Commodity Networks examines power in the commercial food system through the history of always available strawberries. Applying an interdisciplinary approach to case studies on strawberry production and sales in Mexico, Spain, and the United States, the author untangles the symbiotic relationships between the economic boom and labor strife in the sector. By comparing workers’ struggles in the sector, he develops a novel model of workplace bargaining power in which the process of dignity catalyzes change. Since international trade in strawberries began three decades ago, the sector’s growth has paralleled the rise of retailer dominance of food sales. Highlighting inequitable gains from the sales boom, workers have organized mass strikes, boycotts, and pressure campaigns. The divergent results ranged from ephemeral acknowledgments of workers’ concerns to the establishment of union collective bargaining and steadily improving working conditions. Grounded in extensive research, the book provides fresh analytical approaches to understanding the social dimensions of international trade and workplace bargaining power. The book unpacks the relationship between poor working conditions and economic growth by applying a new method, international commodity network analysis, which builds on prior global supply chain approaches. It explains differences in workers’ initiatives to improve employment conditions by identifying the process of dignity in the creation of solidarity.
Download or read book Promoting Farmer Entrepreneurship Through Producer Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe written by John Millns and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 1 May 1 2004, after a 14-year transitional period from central planning to market economics, eight Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) became members of the European Union (EU). Bulgaria and Romania are preparing for accession and are expected to join in 2007. Croatia submitted its application for membership in 2002 and Macedonia in 2004. Part One of this paper presents an overall analysis of the situation and development of producer groups and farmer cooperatives across the CEE countries, including the new EU members, the applicant countries and Balkan states alike. Part Two provides a case study of FAO's experiences and lessons learned with technical assistance programmes and projects in the subregion. The example presents a number of practical suggestions as to how development organisations, governments, donors and advisers might be best able to facilitate the formulation and implementation of policies and strategies that promote the further development of more autonomous and financially sustainable producers' organisations and cooperatives in CEE countries.
Download or read book Infrastructure and Environment written by Anna Krakowiak-Bal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the 25th International Conference on Infrastructure and Environment (infraeco 2018) that focuses on rural problems connected with infrastructural equipment. In general, infrastructure issues are dedicated to urban areas while rural topics are linked to agriculture so this conference bridges these two aspects. It also explores ways to manage and separate conflicts between different and important needs of inhabitants, the environment, and other spatial users. The conference provides a forum for much needed cooperation between various scientific disciplines regarding these multidisciplinary problems and issues; hence, Infraeco 2018 draws together engineers, planners, consultants, land developers, and academics from across all disciplines of highway planning, design, operations, and engineering to presents effective practices and share current research results.
Download or read book Summary of International Energy Research and Development Activities 1974 1976 written by Smithsonian Science Information Exchange and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents animal sounds in many different languages.
Download or read book Guidelines for designing new organization and funding way for agricultural and agroindustial innovation systems in the Southern Cone written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of International Energy Research and Development Activities 1974 1976 written by Sam Stuart and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary of International Energy Research and Development Activities 1974–1976 is a directory of energy research and development projects conducted in various countries such as Canada, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom between 1974 and 1976. A limited number of projects sponsored by international organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency are also included. This directory consists of nine chapters and opens with a section on organic sources of energy such as coal, oil and gas, peat, hydrocarbons, and non-fossil organic sources. The next sections focus on thermonuclear energy and plasma physics; fission sources and energy production; geophysical energy sources; conversion technology; and environmental aspects of energy conversion and use. Energy transport, transmission, utilization, and conservation are also covered. The final chapter deals with energy systems and other energy-related research on subjects ranging from car sharing and urban passenger transport to nuclear power plants, energy supply and demand models, and high-power molecular lasers. This monograph will be a valuable resource of information for those involved in energy research and development.
Download or read book The market for Egyptian farmed fish written by and published by WorldFish. This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Producer Organisations written by Chris Penrose-Buckley and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2007 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides step-by-step guidance for development practitioners, managers, and all those interested in how development organisations can help small-scale producers build effective collective businesses.
Download or read book Technical Change And Social Conflict In Agriculture written by Martin E Pineiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the intellectual production of the first phase of the Cooperative Research Project on Agricultural Technology in Latin America (PROTAAL) and the most relevant papers presented by invitees at a meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica in September 1981.
Download or read book Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt s Aquaculture Sector IEIDEAS project written by Dickson, M. and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)-funded Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) project was implemented by WorldFish in partnership with CARE Egypt and the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation from 2011 to 2014 and later extended to November 2015. The project focused on four governorates with significant aquaculture production (Kafr El Sheikh, Behera, Sharkia and Fayoum) and one governorate (El Mineya), where aquaculture was a new activity. The project was based on a value chain analysis conducted by WorldFish in September 2011 that identified the aquaculture value chain as a significant employer, particularly in rural areas. The analysis suggested that there was scope to increase employment of youth and women in the aquaculture sector The main objective was to increase aquaculture production by 10% and create 10,000 jobs. Other objectives included improving profitability for existing producers, securing employment for women fish retailers, expanding aquaculture in El Mineya and improving the policy environment for aquaculture.
Download or read book Nanotechnologies and Food written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanotechnologies and Food : 1st report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Evidence
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