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DOI	10.3390/f13050808
	The Market Evolution of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Global Supply Chain Analysis and an Application of the Delphi Method in the Mediterranean Area
	Taghouti, Ibtissem; Cristobal, Roser; Brenko, Anton; Stara, Kalliopi; Markos, Nikos; Chapelet, Benjamin; Hamrouni, Lamia; Bursic, Dino; Bonet, Jose-Antonio
发表日期	2022
EISSN	1999-4907
卷号	13 期号:5
英文摘要	There is an increasing evidence for the significant value and potential of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) worldwide. Among other non-wood forest products, MAPs are considered a key element of sustainable forest management and economic development. As part of Mediterranean cultural heritage, these plants are a major driver of rural tourism, in many areas representing an important raw material for various bio-based industrial sectors. Besides their economic value, MAPs enhance social integration and maintain gender balance as harvesting and processing MAPs is clearly a female dominated task. Despite the prominent contribution of MAPs to local development, conservation of biodiversity and the development of the traditional Mediterranean food system, many challenges and knowledge gaps could potentially place the sector's development at risk. The aim of this work is to examine the present situation of the MAPs sector in the most productive countries around the Mediterranean and to identify future challenges and priority actions to develop the MAPs sector in the region. To do so, a supply chain analysis was performed to identify the main stakeholders involved. Various experts from Croatia, France, Greece, Spain, and Tunisia participated in the SWOT analysis and the Delphi approach employed in this study. The results highlight the main challenges facing the sector in Mediterranean countries. Five groups of challenges are identified, related mainly to certification and labelling, life quality and wellbeing, market development, research development, and transforming and processing. To overcome these challenges, a set of actions is validated by the interviewed experts with the aim of improving marketing strategies and including various innovations related to political, legal, organisational, and institutional frameworks.
英文关键词	market analysis; non-wood forest products; rural development; SWOT analysis
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Forestry
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000801672500001
来源期刊	FORESTS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281105
作者单位	IRTA; Universite de Carthage; Croatian Forest Research Institute; University of Ioannina; Universitat de Lleida
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Taghouti, Ibtissem,Cristobal, Roser,Brenko, Anton,et al. The Market Evolution of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Global Supply Chain Analysis and an Application of the Delphi Method in the Mediterranean Area[J],2022,13(5).
APA	Taghouti, Ibtissem.,Cristobal, Roser.,Brenko, Anton.,Stara, Kalliopi.,Markos, Nikos.,...&Bonet, Jose-Antonio.(2022).The Market Evolution of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Global Supply Chain Analysis and an Application of the Delphi Method in the Mediterranean Area.FORESTS,13(5).
MLA	Taghouti, Ibtissem,et al."The Market Evolution of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Global Supply Chain Analysis and an Application of the Delphi Method in the Mediterranean Area".FORESTS 13.5(2022).