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Valorisation of a local asset: The case of olive oil on Lesvos Island, Greece

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  • Kizos, Thanasis
  • Vakoufaris, Hristos

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Agri-food products are more and more considered and treated as valuable local assets. The valorisation of such local assets is an issue of great importance, especially in disadvantaged areas. In this paper, the case of the olive oil of Lesvos Island in Greece is presented. We seek to analyse the supply chain and examine the benefits that are distributed to its various actors by comparing three different olive oil products: PGI, organic and conventional olive oil with the use of two dimensions: size of production and success of the producers. The data come from quantitative and qualitative research to different actors across the supply chain and from published and unpublished local and national sources. The findings indicate that olive farmers are "cut-off" from the benefits of the products to a great extent. Small bottlers are the ones that receive the most benefits, as they can ignore big retailers. Overall, the absence of consensus and common management between the different actors, along with a complex and very competitive international market create uneven impacts.

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  • Kizos, Thanasis & Vakoufaris, Hristos, 2011. "Valorisation of a local asset: The case of olive oil on Lesvos Island, Greece," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(5), pages 704-713, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:36:y:2011:i:5:p:704-713
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