Smart Specialisation and the Agri-food System

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.

Addresses the newly emerging interest in the agri-food system and its effect on the European countryside and regional development patterns Combines insights from EU policies (agriculture, food, cohesion), research (agri-food, management, business, regional development), and practice (local/regional development patterns, promotion of high-quality agri-food products, sustainable development) Attracts scholars and bridges research from different disciplines to a truly interdisciplinary topic

Autorentext
Kateina Ciampi Stanová 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.

Inhalt
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.