Smart Specialisation and the Agri-food System - A European Perspective

The book discusses recent innovation and diversification paths in agri-food, specifically the linkages among food research and innovation, production, consumption, gastronomy, and place branding as well as technology. It also focuses on EU policies and instruments in support of R&I activities in agri-food, and explores agri-food domains within the context of smart specialisation. 

List of contents

Chapter 1 - Food: innovation and diversification paths.- Chapter 2 - EU policies and instruments to support the agri-food sector.- Chapter 3 - Smart Specialisation and the agri-food system.- Chapter 4 - The Smart Specialisation Platform on Agri-food.- Chapter 5 - Policy recommendations and conclusions.  

About the author

Kateřina Ciampi Stančová is Scientific Officer at the European Commission, DG JRC in Sevilla, Spain. Her research agenda revolves around cross-sectoral topics such as R&I, smart specialisation, innovation in agri-food, collaboration in quadruple helix, mutual learning, transnational and transregional cooperation, as well as social innovation.  
Alessio Cavicchi is Associate Professor in Agribusiness at University of Macerata, Italy. His main fields of interest and research are consumer food choice, economics of food quality and safety, and innovation and sustainability in agribusiness and tourism. He has served as an agri-food expert for several DGs of the European Commission, and he is the coordinator of two EU Erasmus+ funded projects: “The Wine Lab” and “FoodBiz.”  

Summary

The book discusses recent innovation and diversification paths in agri-food, specifically the linkages among food research and innovation, production, consumption, gastronomy, and place branding as well as technology. It also focuses on EU policies and instruments in support of R&I activities in agri-food, and explores agri-food domains within the context of smart specialisation. 

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Product details

• Authors: Alessio Cavicchi, Kate¿ina Ciampi Stan¿ová, Katerin Ciampi Stancová, Katerina Ciampi Stancová, Kateřina Ciampi Stančová
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319914992
• ISBN: 978-3-31-991499-2
• No. of pages: 90
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 214 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 264 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 90 p. 4 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business; Europa, C, Lebensmittel- und Getränketechnologie, Politik und Staat, European Politics, Political Science, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, Agrarwissenschaften, Zentralregierung, European Union, Politics & government, Political structure & processes, Agriculture, Political Science and International Studies, Public Policy, Food Science, EU (European Union), Agricultural science, Food—Biotechnology, Food & beverage technology, European Union Politics, Governance and Government, Legislative and Executive Politics, Legislative bodies, Executive Politics