<br /><br />The Integrated Project QualityLowInputFood aims to improve
quality, ensure safety and reduce cost along the organic and 'low input' food supply chains through
research, dissemination and training activities.<br /> <br />The project will seek to improve the match between producer’s
aims and consumer expectations regarding quality and nutritional value of organic and other ”low
input” food and to increase the cost-efficiency all along the organic and other ”low input” food
chain, while improving or maintaining its quality.<br />In addition the project will contribute to
minimising food safety risks all along the food chain (including the stages of production,
processing, distribution and consumer food handling) and to reducing environmental impact and fossil
energy use in organic and ”low input” farming. <br />The research activities are subdivided into seven
subprojects.<br />Subproject 1 focus on a detailed analysis of consumer expectations/attitudes and
buying behaviours, with respect to quality and safety of foods produced in organic and low input
production systems.<br />Subproject 2 focus on the extent to which consumer expectation with respect
to the quality and safety of food from organic and “low input” systems are justified, by testing
selected hypothesis with regard to differences in the composition, sensory quality and microbial
loads of foods from different production systems and their impact on human and livestock health. <br />Subprojects 3, 4, 5 and 6 then focus on improving and assuring the quality and safety of foods
from low input and organic production systems, throughout the food chain, while seeking gains in
production efficiency leading to lower production costs. They address known consumer concerns and
technological bottlenecks in primary production, processing, and trading/retailing and quality
assurance for specific model crop and livestock commodities.<br />Subproject 7 horizontal activities
are activities (workpackages), which are shared between all or several subprojects and support
activities under subprojects 1 to 6 in achieving the overall project objective and the 4 specific
objectives. <br /><br />http://www.qlif.org/index.html<br /><br /> <br />Gambelli D. and Naspetti S. (2008): Evaluating trust in organic
quality marks: a network approach using laddering data. Poster presented at Cultivating the Future
Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research
ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20, 2008.<br />Naspetti S., Paladini M.E., Bteich M.R. and Zanoli R.
(2008): Collaborative relationships in the organic wheat supply chain: a case study on three EU
Countries . Poster presented at Cultivating the Future Based on Science: 2nd Conference of the
International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR, Modena, Italy, June 18-20,
2008.<br />Zanoli R., Naspetti S. (2006): The positioning of organic products: which way forward? .
Paper presented at Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.<br />Zanoli R., Naspetti
S. (2002): Consumer motivations in the purchase of organic food. A means-end approach. British Food
Journal 104(8). <br />Zanoli R., Naspetti S. (2005): “Consumers’ knowledge of organic quality marks” ,
in Köpke U. et al. (eds.): Proceedings of the 1st Scientific Conference of the International Society
of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), 21-23 September 2005, Adelaide, South
Australia.<br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br />
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