Résumé :
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Agro-food systems in Europe are becoming more and more dominated by large retailers who follow three types of strategies : grading, merchandising, and logistics. This paper describes logistics and its consequences on the European production sector, using the concept of a commodity system (set of strongly connected, vertically integrated elements) and drawing upon a systems approach, a "market structure analysis", and management science. We plan to outline the importance of the logistical problem and to describe the modern logistical platform and its cluster innovations. We will then analyze some of its consequences on the functioning of commodity systems and through it on the production sector. In conclusion, using the case of the south of France, we will discuss the place and limits of logistics, the capacities of reactions of producers, and the role of the research.
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