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1.2 - The 30 regions identified for the estimation of the vulnerability index

The regions adopted for the calculation of the synthetic RVI were selected in order to provide the
information necessary to characterise the fruit and vegetable supply chain: presence of fresh fruit and/or
vegetable production, a processing industry and, if applicable, fresh fruit (specialists in fruit and
vegetables) or food product (generalists) wholesalers. These regions, totalling 30 in the 5 Mediterranean
countries of the EU, are presented in the following table⁸.

We observe that the 30 regions retained for the SRVI estimation (cf. appendix) represent almost ¾ of fruit
and vegetable production in the 5 Mediterranean countries of the EU and nearly half of their population
and GDP. For the period 1999-2002, these regions experienced slightly higher economic growth than the
national averages, but invested less in R&D (1.2% compared to 1.5%). These 30 regions are highly
specialised in the production of fruits and vegetables (from 20% to 68% of final agricultural production).
However, the weight of fruit and vegetable production in the regional economies remains low at between
3% and 8% of GDP, taking into account the value added by the processing industry which doubles the
agricultural value added.

Tabl. 4: Regions selected for the Synthetic Regional Vulnerability Index Calculation

At the start of the current decade, the 30 regions in our sample realised slightly more than 20 billion euros
in turnover from the production and processing of fruit and vegetables, with more or less equal totals for
fresh and processed products. The production system included 316,000 specialised farms and 720
industrial companies, employing 600,000 and 38,000 workers respectively. 7 regions exceed 1 billion
euros of turnover CA: Andalusia, Brittany⁹, Murcia, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Valencia and
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. These regions are considerably bigger than the smaller regions which
produce less than 200,000 euros in turnover: Toscana, Calabria, Castilla-la-Mancha, Alentejo e Algarve,
Norte do Portugal.

The 30 regions, classified for both their significant production of fruit and vegetables and their
specialisation in this production also enable us to establish scores for fresh products and processed
products. We will now analyse the 4 types of scores calculated:

- Score for fresh fruit and vegetables (FF&V)

- Score for processed fruit and vegetables (PF&V)

- Score for wholesale companies (MKO)

⁸ For details of calculation and analysis, see Rastoin et al., 2006.

⁹ We put in our survey 2 non-Mediterranean, but very important F&V French regions: Bretagne and Pays de la Loire.

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