Actions to strengthen the contribution of small farms and small food businesses to food security in Europe
Olga M. Moreno-Pérez | Laura Arnalte Mur | P. Cerrada-Serra | Victor Martinez-Gomez | Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica | null Bjørkhaug | Gianluca Brunori | Marta Czekaj | Dominic Duckett | Paola A. Hernández | Christina Noble | Teresa Pinto-Correia | Aleksandra Płonka | Paolo Prosperi | Mark Redman | Maria Rivera | Sandra Šūmane | Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda
English. This study stems from a participatory foresight exercise conducted in nine Mediterranean, Baltic, Nordic and Eastern European regions, aiming to strengthen the role of small farms and small food businesses in ensuring food security. A wide range of stakeholders participated by attending workshops. They represented farmers’ organisations, food businesses, consumers’ organisations, NGOs, researchers, extension services, professional groups, and administration and public bodies. The actions proposed by participants are scanned and categorised around six broad objectives, stakeholders’ priorities and their underlying beliefs and preconceptions are discussed around the current debates of the literature, and the drivers that influence the feasibility of the proposed actions are discussed. Furthermore, the alignment of stakeholders’ -driven objectives with the European Strategies on food, agriculture, and rural areas is examined, with a focus on: (i) the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, (ii) the Rural Action Plan contained in the Long-Term Vision of Rural Areas developed by the EU Commission, and (iii) the Common Agricultural Policy in force since January 2023.
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