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Vertical integration in Italian pasta supply chain: A farm level analysis

Rivista di Economia Agraria

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Title Vertical integration in Italian pasta supply chain: A farm level analysis
 
Creator Carillo, Felicetta
 
Subject agriculture value chains
contract farming
durum wheat production
vertical coordination
 
Description This paper aims at identifying what features are relevant in characterizing the vertical coordinated farms in Italian durum wheat sector. Vertical coordination of food supply chains is deemed as a necessary strategy to optimize the production system, helping processors to face the global competition and allowing farms to get more distant markets accessible. However, in Italy a form of vertical coordination in the pasta supply chain is diffusing, and despite the potential advantages of this relationship, the majority of durum wheat is sold through spot contracts typically underwritten with commercial intermediaries. Using data from the Agricultural census, the empirical analysis suggests that the integrated farms are more sized and professional and have a greatest focus on product quality.
 
Publisher Firenze University Press
 
Date 2016-06-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/rea/article/view/9837
10.13128/REA-18377
 
Source Italian Review of Agricultural Economics; Vol. 71 No. 1 (2016); 47-66
2281-1559
0035-6190
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/rea/article/view/9837/9834