Do small food businesses enable small farms to connect to regional food systems? Evidence from 9 European regions
2021
Hernández, Paola, A | Galli, Francesca | Prosperi, Paolo | Sandra, Šūmane | Duckett, Dominic | Eli Almaas, Henrik | Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) ; Universidade de Évora = University of Évora [Portugal] | University of Pisa [Italy] = Università di Pisa [Italia] = Université de Pise [Italie] (UniPi) | Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM) ; Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM) | Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) (UMR MoISA) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM) ; Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Baltic Studies Center | The James Hutton Institute | Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Aalesund] (NTNU) ; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | This work is funded by the SALSA Project —Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food and nutrition security— (Project ID: 677363) funded under H2020-EU.3.2. —Societal Challenges—Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy. | European Project: 677363,H2020,H2020-SFS-2015-2,SALSA(2016)
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Mostrar más [+] Menos [-]Inglés. For small farms across Europe, connecting to small food businesses offers a significant route to market. We analyse survey data from 85 small food businesses in nine European regions and explore the enabling and limiting conditions around this connectivity. We show how connectivity depends on context-based interrelationships among food system actors and consider the effects of these relations on small farm integration. Results show stronger connections when small food businesses are themselves farm-based. Weaker linkages are also apparent in the absence of public and social support. We argue that regional food systems can be enhanced by increasing small food businesses’ capacity to source from small farms, with the added benefit of increasing the viability of these small businesses.
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