Final conference of the EuroMARC project

The development of mountain quality food products:

Production, Distribution, Consumption

December 3-4 2009
Maribor, Slovenia

Organisation: UM-FALS, Euromontana
Venue: University of Maribor, Slovenia
Languages : Slovene, English, French, German

Mountain quality food products play vital roles in the sustainable development of mountain areas. The process of production brings added-value to mountain areas, and the identity of the territory is reinforced because associated to local products, with specific methods of productions. However, very little data is available on the potential of development of mountain quality food products. The EuroMARC project intends to fill in this gap of knowledge.
The main objectives of the Euro-MARC project are to assess the perceptions and interests of European consumers and retailers regarding mountain quality food products in order to find ways of adding value to these products, hence contributing to the survival and management of mountain diversity - biological, rural, cultural, and economic.
10 teams from 6 European countries are involved in this three-year project that started in February 2007
In order to translate the scientific results obtained by the EuroMARC project into practical information for direct use by stakeholders and policy-makers, the project has produced:
practical guidelines for development, promotion, and communication of mountain quality food products, to be used by all stakeholders in the supply chains (from primary producers to retailers)
- recommendations relating to policies enhancing the development of mountain quality food products, for policy-makers at European, national and regional/local levels.
We invite you to participate in the final event of the EuroMARC project and to discuss how to implement the guidelines for stakeholders and the policy recommendations.