Intro
Preface
Contents
Chapter 1: The Effect of Financial and Non-financial Factors on the Productivity and Profitability of the Goat Industry: A Mod...
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Literature Review
1.3 Methodology
1.3.1 SEM Theory
1.3.2 Results of SEM
1.4 Discussion
1.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Initiating Transition to Agro-ecological Farming Systems in Market-Oriented Arable Farming with Soil Conservation P...
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Materials and Methods
2.3 Results
2.3.1 Social Network Analysis
2.3.2 SES Results

2.3.3 Agro-ecological Practices in Soil Conservation Farming
2.3.4 Drivers and Barriers in the Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices and Key Instruments to Address Them
2.3.5 Assessment of Market and Policy Incentives (MPIs)
2.3.6 Multi-criteria Assessment of Market and Policy Incentives (MPIs)
2.4 Discussion
Appendix A
Appendix B
References
Chapter 3: Competitiveness, Sustainability Performances and Policy Options in the Sheep Meat Sector of Mediterranean Countries
3.1 Introduction and Objectives
3.2 The Sheep Meat Sector in the Mediterranean

3.3 Sustainability and the Sheep Sector
3.4 Concept and Assessment of Competitiveness
3.5 Methodology
3.5.1 Market Share (Export-Import)
3.5.2 Competitiveness Indices
3.5.3 Trade Balance Indices
3.6 Results
3.7 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Chapter 4: Countries' Image and Agricultural Trade Volume
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Definition of Countries' Image
4.3 Methodology and Data
4.4 Results
4.5 Conclusions
Appendix
References
Chapter 5: Designing a Traceability Framework for Sustainable Agri-Food Supply Chains
5.1 Introduction

5.2 Sustainability and Traceability
5.3 Framework Design
5.3.1 Addressing Consumer Perspectives
5.3.2 Holistic Supply Chain Approach
5.3.3 Integration and Validation Through QR Code
5.3.4 Integration of Food Chain Information into DSS for Food Quality Assessment
5.3.5 Impact Assessment (Socio-economic, Environmental, Governance)
5.4 Beyond the State of the Art
5.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: Digitalization in the EU Agricultural Sector: Seeking a European Policy Response
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Digitalization of the Agricultural Sector in a Nutshell

6.3 The AIS as a Key Concept Towards Digitalization: Theoretical Background
6.4 Discussion on EU Policy Response Towards Digitalization
6.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Why Go on Vacation to Crete? Assessing the Role of Local Cuisine
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Literature Review
7.3 Methodology
7.4 Results
7.4.1 Analysis of the Demographic Characteristics of the Sample
7.4.2 Reasons for Choosing the Island of Crete as a Destination
7.4.3 PCA Results
7.4.4 Influence of Socio-economic Characteristics on the Formation of the Main Components
7.5 Discussion