@article{Canavari:14497,
      recid = {14497},
      author = {Canavari, Maurizio and Regazzi, Domenico and Spadoni,  Roberta},
      title = {EVALUATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS IN THE AGRI-FOOD  SECTOR},
      address = {1998},
      number = {1685-2016-137077},
      series = {Proceedings of the Sixth Joint Conference on Agriculture,  Food, and the Environment, August 31 - September 2, 1998,  Minneapolis, Minnesota},
      pages = {17},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {The "quality issue" in the agri-food sector has been  gaining importance over the past few years. Firms are  continually searching for techniques and tools which permit  production of goods that meet as many as possible of the  characteristics demanded by the market. Quality assurance  methods and techniques can provide a useful tool for  approaching evolving markets in the correct way. This paper  focuses on a survey conducted in certain sub-sectors (fruit  and vegetable, meal and pasta, wine) and is specifically  restricted to the Emilia-Romagna region. The survey found  that there is extensive awareness of and widespread  interest in quality systems. However, the objective of  initiating a pattern of renewal which incorporates quality  systems has not yet been widely attained. The survey also  highlighted a certain absence of the "quality culture"  necessary for correctly addressing these issues.
The second  part of  this paper focuses on the economic analysis of the  costs related to quality systems (QS). Its aim is to apply  a method for collecting data on activities and resources,  and to analyse the results. The importance of QS-related  costs is evident if we are to consider it an investment,  entailing the deployment of management effort and funds,  and yielding a set of benefits in return. Case study  analyses were conducted utilising an original  classification scheme. From the initial results it is  possible to identify the principal cost categories. The  method adopted could be useful for firms wishing to monitor  their QS.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/14497},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.14497},
}