Title:	Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development
Authors:	Teresa de Noronha Vaz Peter Nijkamp Jean-Louis Rastoin
Keywords:	Sustainable development- Europe
Issue Date:	2009
Publisher:	Ashgate
Description:	This book centres on the question: What difficulties does the traditional food sector face as it tries to adjust to the world’s global trends? Are there any new market opportunities for European traditional food products in the international scene? And if so, how can a rural production region find a clear profile in Europe’s sustainable development? In order to respond to these and related questions, a set of scientific articles were prepared by experts from various countries to introduce the reader to the varied world of traditional food production. Most of them address market segmentation and consumption niches as firms’ strategic alternatives for survival. In the particular case of food assets, and in spite of the existence of new consumption patterns, consumers’ preferences are still moving towards quality standards related to their past memories. Thus, historical identity and cultural heritage appears to have remained as the guardian of such production systems in many regions in Europe.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/54572
ISBN:	978-0-7546-7462-7
Appears in Collections:	Rural Development Studies

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