[...]... globalization processes Part II Traditional Markets and Globalization illustrates how traditional food production has in the past adapted to new circumstances and is now ready to adapt in the future to new consumer requirements and to large scale markets  Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development Finally, Part III Mass and Segmentation in Traditional Food Markets argues that, as... outlook for the CAP and the prospects for rural development in the European Union The Commission will soon present the CAP Health Check, a package of instruments to transfer funds, before 2013, from agricultural direct payments to  Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development the rural development budget This is a clear sign of the priority given to rural development and the creation... Hockmann, Heinrich Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Halle, Germany Ionel, Iuliana Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest, Romania xii Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development Mateo, Javier Department of Hygiene and Food Technology, University of León, Spain Mili, Samir Institute of Economics and Geography, Spanish Council for Scientific... local cultural and human resources and traditional material factors are mobilized in this chapter to defend the role of gastronomy as an instrument of cultural economics and rural development Part II of the book addresses traditional markets and globalization It aims to illustrate how traditional food production has been able to historically adapt, both to meeting consumers’ requirements and to entering... for traditional meat-product processing comes from these cultures,  Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development although the appearance, flavour and other attributes of products may have been subject to changes and diversification throughout time The next four chapters of Part II illustrate the expansion of internal European markets with respect to large-scale production of traditional. .. countries, and 9 million in industrialized countries, for the period 2000–2002 16 Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development Concentrated: as in France, for example, 2/3 of agricultural production is manufactured by less than 1/4 of the farmers; 2/3 of the food industry turnover is generated by less than 10 per cent of firms; and 90 per cent of the self-service retail food trade... ‘repression of food frauds’ dates back to 1851); and a multitude of private conventions and contracts governing the relations between operators However, does this hybrid governance satisfy the new demands of sustainable development? Coined in 1990 by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway and President of the World Commission on the Environment and Development, the concept of sustainable development ... ‘Large-Scale Production and Market Segmentation: An Uneasy Relationship’, theoretical and empirical references are used to justify emerging organized diversified structures that may comprise community supported agriculture, farmers’ markets, urban agriculture, and regional food labels Finally, serving as a general conclusion to the book, Chapter 17 Traditional Food Production, Market Segments and Rural Sustainable. .. Sustainability and European Rurality This page has been left blank intentionally Chapter 2 Is the World Food System Compatible with Sustainable Development? Jean-Louis Rastoin Introduction The food system is ‘the manner in which Mankind organizes itself in time and space to obtain and consume its food (Malassis, 1994) This food system has passed through different stages in the history of human societies and. .. 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 . direct payments to Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development 4 the rural development budget. This is a clear sign of the priority given to rural development and the creation. Romania Traditional Food Production and Rural Sustainable Development xii Mateo, Javier Department of Hygiene and Food Technology, University of León, Spain Mili, Samir Institute of Economics and. Noronha Vaz and Peter Nijkamp 17 Traditional Food Production, Market Segments and Rural Sustainable Development: A Synthesis 277 Jean-Louis Rastoin Index 283 List of Figures 3.1 Sustainable