Antonimo Rodrigues

Vitor Barros

Barros, Vitor

Rodrigues, Antonimo

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UDK 636.03 Izlaganje sa znanstvenog skupa  Conference paper (383) STOýARSTVO  59:2005 (5) 383-385 MEDITERRANEAN PRODUCTS: MODERATE CONSUMPTION, DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION V. Barros, A. Rodrigues Portugal, a small, peripheral country at the westernmost point of Europe has the Atlantic at its feet and opened itself to the World, conquered an Empire it did not know how to explore or develop and ended up losing it because of the lack of man power and technical means. Portugal turned to Europe and became part of the European Union in 1986 after having lost its colonies and it is thanks to this fact that it has been able to survive in the globalized world we live in. Although the coastal waters of Portugal are not the Mediterranean Sea, it is as much Mediterranean as are Spain, Italy, Greece and southern France. When the European Union was made up of 15 countries, the tendency was to have northern countries impose policies on southern countries. In increasing the number of member countries to 25, the centre of power will be even more to the north and west. With new and broader economic areas and greater international commerce, countries tend to dilute their influence and even loose their independence and sovereignty when they are unable to affirm themselves as States with a unique identity. This is a feat only Countries with History can achieve. With such an accelerated and sometimes unrefrained globalization, the identity and sovereignty of a country are affirmed only through the knowledge, culture and state property of the country itself. When we look at Mediterranean countries, it is easy to find common denominators that should be the foundation on which to build a solid union that will allow us to defend - our common interests. The History, Culture, Climate, Agriculture, Rural Development and Gastronomic Heritage of all of these countries have their roots in the Mediterranean Sea. We should also add Food Quality and Safety to these Rad je priopüen na skupu "International Symposium on Comparative Advantages for Typical Animal Products from the Mediterranean Areas", 25th-27th September 2005, Vale de Santarem - Portugal. Vitor Barros, Estação Agronómica Nacional, INIA, Av. Republica, Quinta do Marquês, Nova Oeiras 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal; Antonino Rodrigues, Lisboa, Portugal, antoninobr@gmail.com V. Barros et al.: Mediterranean products: moderate consumption, diversified production STOýARSTVO  59:2005 (5) 383-385384values, because it is always easier to control production in our own country or in neighbour countries than in far off countries. Countries from southern Europe should use the power of these values to exercise their influence, not only moving the centre of Europe, but also involving all other Mediterranean countries. All aspects addressed in the Barcelona Agreements must be carefully analysed, because the more democratic and developed the societies surrounding us, the stronger the coesion of the European Union. MEDITERANSKI PROIZVODI: UMJERENA POTROŠNJA, RAZNOLIKA PROIZVODNJA Portugal, mala, periferna zemlja na najzapadnijem dijelu Europe ima Atlantik do nogu pa se otvorila prema svijetu, pokorila je jedno Carstvo koje nije znala iskoristiti ili razviti te je konaþno izgubila zbog pomanjkanja ljudske snage i tehniþkih sredstava. Portugal se okrenuo Europi i postao dio Europske unije 1986. nakon što je izgubio svoje kolonije te je zahvaljujuüi toj þinjeniciuspio opstati u globaliziranom svijetu u kojem živimo. Iako obalne vode Portugala nisu Mediteransko more on je isto toliko mediteranska zemlja kao što su Španjolska, Italija, Grþka i južna Francuska. Kad se Europska unija sastojala od 15 zemalja, tendencija je bila da sjeverne zemlje nameüu politiku južnim zemljama. Poveüanjem broja zemalja þlanica na 25, središte moüi bit üe još i više na sjeveru i zapadu. S novim i širim gospodarskim podruþjima i veüom meÿunarodnom trgovinom, zemlje obiþno oslabe svoj utjecaj pa þak i izgube svoju neovisnost i suverenitet kad se ne mogu afirmirati kao države jedinstvenog identiteta. To je nešto što mogu ostvariti samo zemlje s poviješüu.S takvom ubrzanom i katkada neobuzdanom globalizacijom identitet i suverenost zemlje potvrÿuju se samo znanjem, kulturom i državnim vlasništvom same zemlje. Kad pogledamo mediteranske zemlje lako je naüi zajedniþke nazivnike koji bi trebali biti temelj za stvaranje þvrstog saveza koji üe nam omoguüiti braniti zajedniþke interese. Povijest, Kultura, Klima, Poljoprivreda, Razvoj sela i Gastronomsko nasljeÿe svih tih zemalja imaju korijene u Mediteranskom moru. Ovim vrijednostima moramo takoÿer dodati kakvoüu i sigurnost hrane jer je uvijek V. Barros et al.: Mediterranean products: moderate consumption, diversified production STOýARSTVO  59:2005 (5) 383-385 385lakše kontrolirati proizvodnju u vlastitoj zemlji ili u susjednim zemljama nego u onim dalekim. Zemlje južne Europe moraju iskoristiti moü ovih vrijednosti i nametnuti svoj utjecaj ne samo prema središtu Europe veü i prema svim mediteranskim zemljama. Sve aspekte iznesene u Sporazumu u Barceloni treba pažljivo analizirati jer što su društva oko nas demokratiþnija i razvijenija veüa je povezanost Europske unije. Primljeno: 10. 10. 2005. 

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