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Discussion: Future Domestic and International Competitiveness ofthe Southern Fruit and Vegetable Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Esendugue G. Fonsah  and
Sebastain Nde Awondo
Esendugue G. Fonsah
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia
Sebastain Nde Awondo
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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Remarkable changes have occurred over the years in the domestic andinternational economic environment of the fruit and vegetable industry.These changes are partly driven by the North American Free Trade Agreement,nutrition policies, and development and enforcement of new food safetystandards. The articles in this invited session examined the effect of thesedrivers and their implication on the future competitiveness of the southernfruit and vegetable industry.

Keywords

food safetyfruits and vegetablesimport demandLGMAstructural changessupply responseFl4Q11Q13Q17
Type
Session Title: Future Domestic and International Competitiveness of the Southern Fruit and Vegetable Industry
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , August 2013 , pp. 481 - 484
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2013

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