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| Title: | TRACEABILITY, TRADE AND COOL: LESSONS FROM THE EU MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY |
| Authors: | Buhr, Brian |
| Authors (Email): | Buhr, Brian (bbuhr@umn.edu) |
| Keywords: | traceability
economics of the firm
information systems
internet
food supply chain |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | Working Paper
03-5 |
| Abstract: | The traditional food supply chain is arranged as a complex array of producers, handlers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. As the food supply chain grew in complexity over time, little emphasis was placed on reserving information regarding the origin of raw materials and their transformation, often by multiple handlers, into consumer ready products. This paper provides case illustrations of the implementation of information systems for support of traceability in Europe. Emphasis is on the firm level costs and benefits as well as the broader market structure and governance issues inherent in information economics of the firm. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/14577 |
| Institution/Association: | International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium>Working Papers |
| Total Pages: | 32 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | Working Papers
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