15 pages, The potato crop is considered one of the most important vegetable crops which have the ingredients to increase its exports to the foreign markets. In the period 2006- 2022, the volume of potato exports in the world ranged from 7.89 million tons in 2006 to about 12.3 million Ton in 2022, reflecting the increase in the quantity of world exports by about 24.20% from the average international exports during the study period estimated at about 9.8 million tons during the study period, the world price of potato exports has ranged from $ 217 / ton in 2006 to about $ 373 / ton in 2022, reflecting an increase in the price of world exports by about 25.69% from the average international exports during the study period estimated at about 272.76 $/tons during the study, with an annual increase rate of about 0.02% of the world average potato price during the study period, World potato imports show that the average world potato imports were estimated at 5.05 million tons during the study period (2006-2022) and ranged from a minimum of about 7.66 million tons in 2007 to a maximum of 18.75 million tons in 2022, an increase of about 35.9% from the annual average during the study period. The results indicate that the average quantity of Egyptian imports of potatoes was about 92 thousand tons during the study period and ranged between a minimum of about 48 thousand tons in 2006 and a maximum of about 218 thousand tons in 2021, an increase of about 91.66% on the average of Egyptian potato imports during the study period, the direct correlation between the average quantity of potato imports of Egypt during the studied period shows that it increases annually by a statistical certainty of about 0.47 thousand tons representing about 0.51% of the average quantity of Egyptian imports from The yield was 92.000 tons during the study period .The import price of potatoes during the period (2006-2022) ranged between a minimum of about 486 dollars / ton in 2006 and a maximum of about 1023 dollars / ton in 2022, reflecting the increase in the price of Egyptian imports of potatoes 50.7 the average price of potato imports in Egypt, estimated at 679 $ / ton, shows that the average price of potato imports increased annually by a statistical certainty of about 0.16 USD / ton, an increase of about 0.02% average import price of potatoes during the study period As shown by the study of the competitiveness indicators of the Egyptian potato, the markets of the EU countries are considered the main importer of Egyptian potatoes. This indicates that the advantages of the European Union should be constantly improved.
22 pages, The UK exited the EU on 31 January 2020, with a transition period agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement. During this transition period the UK and the EU will decide on their future trading relationship. No matter what form this relationship takes, there will be disturbances to agri-food markets. This study analyses four different scenarios with increasing barriers to trade, ranging from a very close relationship similar to the European Economic Area to a distant relationship in which the UK and EU trade on Most Favoured Nation terms, using the EU focused global agricultural sector model CAPRI. In the UK, food prices will increase in all scenarios, making consumers in the UK the biggest losers. Only in a free trade agreement scenario does the UK show an unambiguous positive net welfare gain in just the agri-food sector. In the case of the European Economic Area scenario, which assumes continued access to the single market, the net welfare impact would depend on the size of the UK’s continued contribution to the EU. In the EU, declining food prices would benefit consumers but the sum of the loss in farmers’ incomes and the UK’s EU CAP contribution would be much greater than the consumer’s gain. These impacts in agricultural markets under different future trade arrangements will also be influenced by the UK’s agricultural policy changes in direct payments as well as by possible further UK trade liberalisation after the end of the transition period.
9 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Researchers analyzed the effectiveness of the European Union Pledge, a self-regulation initiative of leading food companies at the European level, in restricting television advertising of food and drink products high in fat, sugar or salt to children. Results indicated that effectiveness was limited by the focus on children's program and the relatively lenient nutritional criteria agreed to by signatory companies.
12 pages., Via online journal., This article is concerned with the shaping of agricultural knowledge among farmers, in the context of the rapid changes Polish agriculture has been subject to since the time of the country's EU accession. The theoretical underpinnings of this work have been described in terms of the significant notional categories, i.e. knowledge, knowledge-cultures and sources of knowledge. The research made use of the joint interviews method. Interviews were run with representatives of different generations in 10 farming families in central Poland. The main research objective was to determine sources of farming knowledge among farmers. The use of joint interviews allowed for the identification of sources of knowledge of different kinds. These reflect a division into farmers' closer and more distant surroundings, i.e. to the family and neighbours on the one hand, and to institutions and media on the other. Knowledge acquisition among farmers is in fact found to be a complex process, reflecting socialisation in a multi-generation environment of family and neighbours, on the one hand, and the impact of the institutional and legal system, on the other. In a general sense, this corresponds to the well-known division of sources of knowledge into the tacit and the explicit, with the acquisition of tacit (i.e. informal) knowledge not meeting with any more major obstacles thanks to proximity in a sense that may be cultural (i.e. the agriculture itself), family-related (and in fact multi-generation) and spatial (physical proximity in a given locality). Microsocial conditioning thus plays a major role in the shaping of this source of knowledge. However, the most important factor distinguishing contemporary cultures as regards knowledge on farming is the capacity to adapt to conditions set by the institutions supporting the latter's development. Formal knowledge flowing into farming families from their institutional surroundings requires growing adaptability and preparation if a succession of innovations are to be taken on board. The multi-source nature of knowledge and the achievement of some kind of balance in this respect actually poses a major challenge for the future functioning of family farms as cultural microsystems.
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7 pages., Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, coordinated by Consumers International, London, United Kingdom. Document Number: Food 40.19., Resolution offers recommendations for EU and U.S. governments to develop policies and regulations to effectively protect children, including adolescents, from unregulated and inappropriate food marketing in digital media and techniques.
15 pages., via online journal., Recent European policy highlights the need to promote local fishery and aquaculture by means of innovation and joint participation in fishery management as one of the keys to achieve the sustainability of our seas. However, the implicit assumptions held by the actors in the two main groups involved – innovators (scientists, businessmen and administration managers) and local fishermen – can complicate, perhaps even render impossible, mutual understanding and co-operation. A qualitative analysis of interviews with members of both groups in the Valencian Community (Spain) reveals those latent assumptions and their impact on the respective practices. The analysis shows that the innovation narrative in which one group is based and the inventions narrative used by the other one are rooted in two dramatically different, or even antagonistic, collective worldviews. Any environmental policy that implies these groups should take into account these strong discords.
14 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, This critical review examined the role that country image and country of origin play in food retailing within the context of international trade in food. Authors developed a research agenda, highlighting several major avenues and methodological approaches with the aim of enhancing the relevance and validity of COO research in food retailing and promotion management.
