Abstract

ANIDO, R et al. EL sector de frutas y hortalizas español y la política agraria común: actualidad y perspectivas en el marco de la organización común de mercados . Agroalim [online]. 2010, vol.16, n.31, pp.115-139. ISSN 1316-0354.

The sector of fruits and vegetables is one of the most important sectors both in the European agriculture and in the Spanish one. Nowadays there is in effect the Common Organization of Markets (OCM), fundamental instrument of regulation of the agrarian markets and that constitutes the first pillar of the Agrarian Common Politics. The most recent reform of the OCM - happened in 2006-chases to improve the competitiveness and the orientation to the market of the sector, as well as to promote the consumption, to reinforce the environmental protection, to incorporate the management of crisis and to reduce the administrative load. His adoption will allow - ultimately - to increase the concentration of the supply, which theoretically would be translated in major power of negotiation and, consistently, in better prices and income perceived by this actor of the value chain. In this scene, from secondary sources of information and a survey Delphi, the present study has four aims: i) to characterize the current situation of the world market and European Union one of fresh fruits and vegetables; ii) to describe the legal and normative frame that regulates the functioning of the sector, specially his OCM, the Producers’ Organizations (OPs) and the operative programs; Iii) to identify the factors or critical points that inside horticultural value chain they affect the performance of these Organizations and his competitiveness on the market; and iv) to identify some proposals that allow to the horticultural OP to advance towards the attainment of the original aims of the OCM, specially as for concentration of the offer, improvement of the quality, promotion of the consumption and environmental protection.

Keywords : fruits and vegetables; Common Market Organization; CAP; producer’s organizations; operative programs; European Union; Spain.