Il ruolo delle Organizzazioni di Produttori nel settore ortofrutticolo: un’analisi delle possibilità di sviluppo nello scenario di riforma della PAC

The work aimed at analyzing relationship between structural characteristics of the Producers Organizations and strategies carried out in their Operative Programmes and at assessing whether POs are able to undertake the functions reform of the fruit and vegetables CMO assigned to them. Using the EC 2006 database on POs, we first drew a general picture of their features; secondly, focusing to those countries where fruit and vegetable sectors are more important and/or where the POs play a higher role, a cluster analysis was carried out in order to identify and characterize POs groups that differ in the way structural characteristics, marketing outlets and measures in Operative Programs are related.