Abstract
The concept of industrial clusters has been around for some time. For many national and regional authorities, particularly in the United States and Europe, cluster development policies became the core for the new development paradigm based on the agglomeration economy. The potential of clusters for the development of a new model for the agro-food industry was recognized at an early stage. Both the United States and Europehave developed a strong base of agro-food clusters. Also in developing countries, where agriculture is the main economical source, a strong ally to change their economy has been found in clusters.Latin Americahas many good examples of agro-based clusters. The Asian region is now starting to include the agro-foodclusters into the mainstream of changes inagriculture, farming and food industry. The case in China is very relevant, as the potential it holds for agro-food development is enormous. In this communication, the state of agro-based clusters inChinais described together with two examples of clusters, one specialized in vegetables and other in flowers.
Highlights
Economic agglomeration is the base of the 20th Century major developments
Either are the urban agglomerations or the industrial districts and clusters, they all provided a new ground for the development of complementarities, substitution effects, and cooperative links between the different industrial and institutional economic actors
The cluster is as an economic agglomeration model that builds upon knowledge creation, innovation and increasing returns [4] linked to a particular region, where beyond the flow of products there is an exchange of business information and technological expertise
Summary
Either are the urban agglomerations or the industrial districts and clusters, they all provided a new ground for the development of complementarities, substitution effects, and cooperative links between the different industrial and institutional economic actors. This great competitive advantage has resulted in a reengineering of the way industry, academia, institutions, and policy makers cooperate and work to foster competitiveness in a global economy for the different sectors of the economy. National and regional governmental authorities provided sustained support to create, develop and grow clusters in the competitive sectors of their economy, from the earlier cluster initiatives from the United States and Europe, to the world, with important developments in Latin America and Asia. Two examples of agro-based clusters in China are considered: one is vegetables production cluster and the other is flowers cluster
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