Sector:
Food
Category:
Entrepreneurship
Description:
In the European Union, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of the food sector are increasingly under pressure due to developing open markets, increasing demand of standardized and price competitive food products by the consumers, rising importance of large retailers, and challenges in obeying governmental regulations. This raises the risk of losing many traditional foods as well as traditional techniques of production, processing, preservation, and packaging that are applied by SMEs using regional raw materials and often have a role in the cultural identity of regions. SMEs of traditional foods must extend their skills in modern as well as competitive marketing and production techniques to comply with existing European regulations and to promote the aspects of their products related to nutrition and health.
The present webinar consists of a presentation of a number of examples of entrepreneurship in the field of traditional food, which having been successful in bringing about the necessary technological changes, have not lost value or authenticity (quite the opposite) in the aforementioned manner. Actual examples are commonly thought of as an ideal way to put the message across to other (potential) entrepreneurs or students of the matter, which in this sense is related to the methods, conditions and attitudes that turn an interesting idea into a successful business in the “traditional food” sectors.
The presentation is primarily based on extensive European-wide desk research and direct contact with the promoters (informal online interviews), in order to provide a deeper understanding of the case’s background, focus, approach and results. The information was then used to build case study fiches for each example and presented in the final conference of the Trafoon project.
Target groups:
Students
Training Formats:
PDF file
Keywords:
Production; Processing; Preservation; Packaging; Consumers; Marketing
Provider - Source:
João Gonçalves - SPI
Language:
English