Market and Trade Policies for Mediterranean Agriculture The

Market and Trade Policies for Mediterranean Agriculture: The case of fruit/vegetable and olive oil PROGRESS PRESENTATION

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Partic. Role* Partic. no. Participant name Participant short name (MAICh) /CIHEAM Country CO P 1 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania CR P 2 Centro de Investigacion en (CREDA) Economia y Desarrollo Agroalimentarios SPAIN CR P 3 Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet SWEDEN CR P 4 Institut fur Agrarpolitik und (IAM / JLU) Marktforschung, Universita et Giessen GERMANY CR P 5 Wageningen University, Dept of Social Sciences, Marketing & Consumer Behaviour Group NL (SLU) (Wageningen UR) GREECE

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Partic. Role* Partic. no. Participant name Participant short name Country CR P 6 Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) CYPRUS CR P 7 Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Economics (EUZF) TURKEY CR P 8 National School of Agriculture (ENA- MEKNES) MOROCCO CR P 9 Laboratoire de Recherches (INRAT) en Economie Rurale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie TUNISIA

PROJECT PHASES Phase I: DATA COLLECTION (Completed) DESCRIPTIVE COUNTRY REPORTS (completed) Phase II: CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF MODELS (on going) Phase III: CONCLUDING REPORT POLICY IMPLICATIONS SUMMARY Phase IV: DIFFUSION OF RESULTS AND MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE ANALYSIS (on going)

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REVISED WP and Deliverables table

WP 1 E-Meetings MEDFROL web-site (http: //medfrol. maich. gr) 15 th October 2004 (GM 2) 21 st October 2004 4 th November 2004 11 th November 2004 13 -14 th November 2004 (GM 3) 15 th December 2004 12 th January 2005 28 th January 2005 16 th February 2005 1 st March 2005 20 th March 2005 10 th April 2005 Files – updated regularly (weekly)

Development of data bases for WP 1 activities Sources Data collected UNCTAD-ITC (MACMAPS) Ad valorem Tariff equivalents WORLD BANK (Development indicators) Variables ranging from the economy to people and the environment FAOSTAT Output value of agricultural commodities, agricultural population and land constraints UNIDO Information on trade, employment, wages and value added for processed fruit and vegetables as well as for vegetables UNCTAD-ITC has been used to calculate trade performance indicators for vegetables (HS 07), fresh fruits (HS 08), and for additional products on an HS 4 and HS 6 - digit level. UNDP Human development index and also other variables dealing with the structure of the economy. IMF Government finance statistics USDA-ERS Notifications of support to agriculture WTO Trade statistics and notifications of support to agriculture National sources Use for additional data not found elsewhere

List of data bases developed of WP 1 activities Databases Title Internal deliverables Use data bases in WP 1 Content Economic, environmental and other indicators Demographics Economy Global links States and markets Human resources Series of data files accessible on the MEDFROL homepage NAPR report activities Structure of the fruit, vegetable and fats and oils sectors Trade Employment Value added Wages Series of data files accessible on the MEDFROL homepage ASR report activities Agricultural sectors and water Agricultural population Distribution of land Land constraints Water resources and use Irrigation Series of data files accessible on the MEDFROL homepage ASR report activities Structure of agricultural production Output values of agricultural commodities datafiles directly provided to the MEDFROL partners ASR report activities Applied rates Applied tariffs (MFN) data file accessible on the MEDFROL homepage NAPR report activities Rates of protection Bilateral tariff equivalent rates for fruits, vegetables, olive oil and processed fruits and vegetables data files directly provided to the MEDFROL partners NAPR report activities Trade performance indicators Set of performance indicators developed for fresh fruits and data files directly provided to the MEDFROL partners ASR report activities

Near Completion DELIVERABLES – National Agricultural Policies Reports (NAPR) D 2 National agricultural policies report for Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Malta D 3 National agricultural policies report for Turkey, Syria, Jordan D 4 National agricultural policies report for Morocco, Libya, Algeria D 5 National agricultural policies report for Tunisia, Gaza Strip, Egypt D 2 Cyprus P 6 Malta Israel Lebanon D 3 Turkey P 7 Syria Jordan D 4 Morocco* P 8 Libya* Algeria* *Also in French Delivered Final corrections P 9 D 5 Tunisia Egypt Gaza Strip

DELIVERABLES – Agricultural Situation Reports D 7 Agricultural situation report with particular emphasis on fruit and vegetables and olive oil for Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Malta (in progress*) D 8 Agricultural situation report with particular emphasis on fruit and vegetables and olive oil for Turkey, Syria, Jordan (in progress*) D 9 Agricultural situation report with particular emphasis on fruit and vegetables and olive oil for Morocco, Libya, Algeria (in progress*) D 10 Agricultural situation report with particular emphasis on fruit and vegetables and olive oil for Tunisia, Gaza Strip, Egypt (in progress*) D 11 Agricultural situation report with particular emphasis on fruit and vegetables and olive oil for Spain (extended Draft is available) D 12 Agricultural situation report with particular emphasis on fruit and vegetables and olive oil for Greece (extended Draft is available) * Expected completion before 15 th of July

NAPR guidelines 1 - General setting (1 or two pages) Macro economy Place of agriculture in the national economy: National economy and the World economy: 2 - Agricultural and food policies (12 or 13 pages) 2. 1 – General setting 2. 2 – Price and income support 2. 3 - Agricultural trade policy measures 2. 4 – Measures affecting input use (reduction) 2. 5 – Infrastructure policies 2. 6 – Rural development policies 2. 7 –Agro-environmental measures 2. 8 - Measures affecting consumer 2. 9 - Social measures 2. 10 - Budgetary outlays associated to agricultural and food policies 3 - Assessing “rate of assistance” to agriculture (3 or 4 pages) 3. 1 -General indicators 3. 2 -“Rate of assistance” to imported agricultural products other than fruits, vegetables and olive oil 3 -3 -“Rates of assistance” for fruits, vegetable and olive oil sectors 4 - Concluding remarks (1 page or two) Appendix ASR guidelines 1 – Introduction (One page maximum) 2 – Natural conditions and land use (two pages maximum) 2. 1 – Land resource potential and constraints 2. 2 – water resource constraints 2. 3 - land water use 3 - Performance of the agricultural sector (seven pages maximum) 3. 1 – Introduction: 3. 2 - Products 3. 2 - Intermediate inputs 3. 3 - Machinery and equipment 3. 4 - Water use: 3. 5 - Labour force and employment in agriculture 3. 6 – Price and incomes 4 - Upstream and downstream sectors. (2 pages) 4. 1 -Upstream sectors 4. 2 - Food processing sectors. 5 - Food consumption (1 page maximum) 6 – Trade in agri-food products (three pages maximum) 6. 1 - Structure of trade in agri-food products 6. 2 - Trade Performance in agri-food products 6. 3 - Trade Performance: fruits, vegetable and olive oil 7 – International Competitiveness of the Mediterranean fruits, vegetables and olive oil sectors (two pages maximum)

WP 2 (P 5) Meeting between P 4 and P 5 on Monday 18 th October 2004 Ø Outline for D 17 - D 18 (The supply chain of fruits and vegetables/olive oil for Germany and NL) • Part one - Market situation / The demand side • Part two - The supply side • Part three - Overall institutional structure and trends *(all relevant data will cover the 1997 -2004 period on a yearly basis) Ø Analytical aspect • • • Business interviews Measurement of competitiveness Consumer interviews

DELIVERABLES – Description of the supply chain D 17 Description of the supply chain for fruit and vegetables in the EU (Germany, Netherlands) (Completed) D 18 Description of the supply chain for olive oil in the EU (Germany, Netherlands) (expected completion on June 5 th ) D 19 An executive summary describing the productivity and efficiency model to be applied (expected completion on December 2005) D 20 An executive summary describing the import demand analysis model to be applied (expected completion on December 2005)

WP 3 and 4 (P 1 and P 2) Modification WP 3 and 4 complementary WPs P 2: coordinator for both WP 3 and 4 Close cooperation of P 1