Specialty Crops and Food Systems: Exploring Markets, Supply Chains and Policy Dimensions

Objective

Develop demand and market valuation models for the produce sector that can be used to evaluate effects of increasingly complex product differentiation schemes (organic, enhanced health claims, biodynamic), trade, commodity marketing programs, labeling programs (local, food miles, Fair Trade), traceability systems, and food safety events in the U.S. produce markets.

Investigators

Gao, ZH.

Institution

University of Florida

Start date

2016

End date

2020

Funding Source

Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture

Project number

FLA-FRE-005567

Accession number

1011643