Decision-making tool for the Fruit and Vegetable sector

FRUITS & VEGETABLES / AGROTECHNOLOGIES
Decision-making tool for
the Fruit and Vegetable sector
FLONUDEP
Fostering of sectors focusing on sustainable development
with the help of a decision-making tool covering 3 key
factors in the fruit and vegetable market: environmental
sustainability, nutritional quality and socioeconomic
features.
FLONUDEP
Labelled project
The fruit and vegetable sector, challenged by all-year-round production, nonlocal production and intensive cropping, has to take account of environmental,
economic and social criteria, all of which are selling points.
Project holder
CIHEAM - IAMM
Consumption of fruit and vegetables in France is considered inadequate by
international standards. Three key factors could encourage it: (i) price, (ii)
nutritional value and (iii) environmental arguments.
Objectives
Develop a decision-making tool for the
Fruit and Vegetable sector to guide all
those in the trade in efficient business
organisation
and
identification
of critical points and be used as a
basis for discussion amongst trade
stakeholders.
To promise consumers the best combination of these factors, producers do not
feel armed to favour one factor over another. Yet any decision to reorganise
their system could have far-reaching consequences for the competitiveness
of their businesses.
The project intends to develop a decision-making tool to guide all those in the
trade in efficient business organisation and identification of critical points and
be used as a basis for discussion amongst trade stakeholders.
The work programme plans to :
>D
evelop a decision-making tool based on simultaneous assessment of the sector
along 3 lines (environment, nutritional quality and socioeconomic factors) enabling
professionals to ascertain the critical points in the sector, assess their weaknesses
and/or progress margin and measure how competitive the sector is.
>A
pply the lifecycle assessment (LCA) approach for the first time to all criteria from
producer to consumer in the tomato sector, used here as generic.
FRUITS & VEGETABLES / AGROTECHNOLOGIES & NEW PRODUCTS
Decision-making tool for the Fruit and
Vegetable sector
Funding
Outcome expected :
Total cost of project : 2.128.139 €
>B
etter knowledge for the players involved of their products and sectors to help them
decide to reorganise critical points and direct their choices to more sustainable
systems keeping account of the price/environment/nutrition factors.
>H
igher consumption of fruit and vegetables in France owing to a better balance of
the price/environment/nutrition factors.
>P
articipation in the regulatory process set up by public authorities through a number
of initiatives undertaken with regard to these issues (environmental posting of
products, social posting of production practices, etc.).
Funding granted : 733.845 €
Funding organisation : Agence
Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Schedule
Labelling : May 2009
Start of project : January 2010
Duration : 4 years
Contact
Martine PADILLA
CIHEAM - IAMM
Tél : +33(0)4 67 04 60 22
[email protected]
Colabelling
Partners
> CIHEAM - IAMM (34)
> Chambre Syndicale des Importateurs Français de Fruits et Légumes (94)
> S yndicat National des Importateurs Exportateurs de Fruits et Légumes (66)
>C
EAFL BRM «Bassin Rhône Méditerranée» (84)
>A
MITOM (84)
>A
FNOR (93)
>C
IRAD - Qualisud - Persyst - Systèmes de culture bananiers plantains ananas
> INRA Avignon - Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d’Origine Végétale
>M
ONTPELLIER SUPAGRO - Moisa (34)
>C
entre Technique de la Conservation des Produits Agricoles (84)
>U
niversité de Montpellier 1 - Laboratoire de Science Economique de Richter - Centre
d’Etudes de Projet
Tél : + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 56
Fax : + 33 (0)4 67 04 75 99
[email protected]
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