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202 Social Capital and the Food System: Some Evidences from Empirical Research

Table 1. Different structural and strategic traits of the industry in the two districts

Distinctive district traits__________

Emilia_________________________

Campania_________________________

Main product________________

paste_____________________________

Peel canned tomato whole peeled_______

Own brand________________

Seldom used__________________

Often used___________________________

Grower

Many of small dimension; high
cohesion through cooperative and
strong collaborative relationships.

Many of small dimension; low cohesion;
weak collaborative relationships.

Processors

Few of medium dimension

Few of large dimension and many of
small dimension______________________

Vertical relationships____________

Collaborative_____________________

Competitive____________________________

Main customers

Big buyers and large retailers
(private label)______________________

Own brand processors, large retailers
(private label), small-traditional retailers

Vertical coordination through
cooperatives____________________

High

Absent

Transparency and accountability
in business conduct____________

High

Low

Weakness

Slow modernization process;

Cost disadvantages

Organizational rigidities of
cooperatives.______________________

Short-period competitive advantages;

Fragmented structure

Weak infrastructures

Strength

Strong relationships with big
buyers;

High quality (certification,
traceability, organic pest control)

Trading skill

Knowledge of the market

Distinctive district traits__________

Emilia_________________________

Campania_________________________

Main product________________

paste_____________________________

Peel canned tomato whole peeled_______

Own brand________________

Seldom used__________________

Often used___________________________

Grower

Many of small dimension; high
cohesion through cooperative and
strong collaborative relationships.

Many of small dimension; low cohesion;
weak collaborative relationships.

Processors

Few of medium dimension

Few of large dimension and many of
small dimension______________________

Vertical relationships____________

Collaborative_____________________

Competitive____________________________

Main customers

Big buyers and large retailers
(private label)______________________

Own brand processors, large retailers
(private label), small-traditional retailers

Vertical coordination through
cooperatives____________________

High

Absent

Transparency and accountability
in business conduct____________

High

Low

Weakness

Slow modernization process;

Cost disadvantages

Organizational rigidities of
cooperatives.______________________

Short-period competitive advantages;

Fragmented structure

Weak infrastructures

Strength

Strong relationships with big
buyers;

High quality (certification,
traceability, organic pest control)

Trading skill

Knowledge of the market

In the 1980s and 1990s the Italian processing tomato industry performed very successfully,
mainly because of the demand increase and the EU subsidy regime. This latter particularly
boosted the Campania district due to growers’ and processors’ fraudulent overstatement of
tomato purchases, the so-called ‘paper’ or ‘ghost’ tomato. At least 15 per cent of southern
tomato factories seem to have been involved in such fraud. At the dawn of the new millennium



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