One of the main current problems in European quality agricultural production is the lack of objective data for linking quality to origin and to evidence environmental concern (CO2 uptake and use of ...water in Spain). The aim of this study was to develop an agricultural management platform, based on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) principles and with the ability to collect geolocated information from different plots related to Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) wine production. First a survey to farmers, technicians and PDO and PGI managers was carried out to detect the needs of the three groups in relation to ERP platforms; and secondly an ERP platform was developed to collect agronomic information to comply with the Spanish legal requirements. Results showed that the end user completes information database, complies with the legal requirements, and obtains benefits derived from the data analysis. Consequently, the platform (i) solves lack of agricultural data problem; (ii) provides the user with management tools for its agricultural operations; (iii) allows the decision maker to obtain geolocated information in real time; and (iv) sets out the bases for the future development of agricultural systems based on Big Data.
This article aims to establish a methodology for comparing golf-tourism efficiency of a set of 14 Mediterranean countries easily using three Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models. We have compared ...three DEA models. The first model resorts only to physical variables, while the latter two also consider cybermetric variables. Approximately one-third of the 14 analysed Mediterranean countries are rated efficient by any of our models (Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Slovenia, and Spain), while 9 countries appear inefficient in all three models. Our results show that resorting to the model exclusively based on cybermetric variables ranks the non-efficient countries exactly the same way as the model based on physical variables. We have also found an interesting result that gives us a guide for developing golf tourism at the country level.
The aim of this article is to analyse the opinions (and the differences among them) of golf players, golf courses managers and the general population about the economic and social impact of golf ...courses in a tourist destination (Alicante province, in Spain) from the data collected in three surveys. Golf players and golf courses managers have a more positive opinion about this economic and social impact than the population in the province. This is due to the knowledge of the first group about golf industry benefits. Therefore, communication about these social and economic benefits of golf courses has to be increased with the population in the area in order to improve their opinion about them.
Formal contracts in fresh produce markets Poole, Nigel D; Del Campo Gomis, Francisco J; Juliá Igual, Juan F ...
Food policy,
04/1998, Letnik:
23, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Transaction costs are endemic in the fresh produce industry because of the technical and economic characteristics of the products, which give rise to high levels of uncertainty and the need for ...greater control in the supply chain. The study reported here used an NIE approach to explore the market conditions and producer motivation that determine the sale of citrus fruit in the
Comunidad Valenciana, and to suggest whether the introduction of standard seller–buyer contracts would facilitate producers' marketing decisions and reduce uncertainty, thereby lowering transaction costs. Primary data collection involved conducting the first survey among Spanish citrus producers in respect of their choice of marketing channels. The population was the Valencian mandarin and orange producers. The results suggest that producers can be grouped according to their marketing orientation. Furthermore, marketing factors in addition to the negotiated price were found to be important determinants of the terms of the transaction. The research lends support to the policy debate for standardised citrus marketing contracts in the Spanish citrus industry. Moreover, the role of uncertainty as a major preoccupation of small scale producers, and how it might be mitigated, is probably of relevance to wider food markets.
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