Objective
Background : The drastic changes occuring in the EU towards the actual establishement and realisation of a Single integrated European market bring new opportunities and challenges to farmers and their cooperatives. Agribusiness industries face a stiff competition originating mainly from the EU trade barriers# removal and the rapidly changing marketing environment fo the single European market. Marketing of agicultural products has not yet taken full advantage of the methodological advances in behavioural sciences, economics and quantitative methodologies. A certain need has been identified towards the development and proper utilisation of updated market research tools and methodologies in the field of agricultural management and marketing. Also marketing information systems have been created and adopted in agribusiness firms to a very small extend. Management decision making is based on sporadic information and less on systematically collected and processed data. As a result, the recommended market penetration policies lead quite often to a dead end.
The objective is :
The aim of the project is to develop a knowledge based decision support system to
support farmers and relevant decision makers in formulating marketing strategies and
finding optimal distribution channels for novelty agricultural products (olive oil,
organic products, niche market products) .
Short description of the project :
It proposes an integrated approach to the marketing problem of agricultural products
taking into account all the marketing mix variables (product, price, promotion and
place). The system will suport decision makers in new product design and
development, identification of potential market segments, formulation of
communication strategy and in forecasting. Specifically, it will allow decision
makers: i) to formulate their own communication strategies based on consumer attitudes and beliefs, ii) to adjust production according to the product#s demand, iii) to select the most profitable market.
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