scholarly journals ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORKS AND NEW PRODUCER-CONSUMER RELATIONS IN FRANCE AND IN BRAZIL

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOACIR ROBERTO DAROLT ◽  
CLAIRE LAMINE ◽  
ALFIO BRANDENBURG ◽  
MARIA DE CLÉOFAS FAGGION ALENCAR ◽  
LUCIMAR SANTIAGO ABREU
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Family Farming ◽  
Food Networks ◽  
Short Circuits ◽  
The Government

Abstract This paper presents an analysis about agroecological alternative food networks and new producer-consumer relationships in France and Brazil. The investigation method is based on descriptive and qualitative research about 20 cases (qualitative interviews), selected with stakeholders (farmers, traders, consumers and food experts) in France and Southern Brazil. A typology about the characteristics and organization to short circuits trade is provided. The results show that alternative food networks are very diverse and dynamic, being a social, economic and environmental option to family farming, strengthening local markets and reconnecting producers and consumers. In these countries, the successful initiatives of alternative networks occur in places where there is coordination between food networks stakholders such as the government, NGOs, private enterprises, farmers and consumers' organizations.

scholarly journals Alternative Food Networks Development and Multiple Actors’ Participation in China: A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Food System ◽  
Alternative Food ◽  
Community Supported Agriculture ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Food Network ◽  
Food Networks ◽  
Alternative Food Network ◽  
The Government

This article reviews the studies about the alternative food network development in China, summarizes the results and identifies the issues for further research. It first introduces different theoretical perspectives in alternative food network studies in China, including community supported agriculture, nested market, short food supply chains and producerconsumer connection. The causes of rising alternative food networks are the serious food safety problem, the un-balanced power between different actors in the mainstream agrofood system and the increasing number of middle income citizens. Its development close relates to the changes in the international agro-food system. And the government dominates the establishment of the certification system and give limited support to the emerging food networks. The consumers and majority of producers are social elites, and the small scale farmers participate in the networks under the support of intermediaries. Further studies can pay more attention to following issues: the landscape of alternative food networks development in China, the value construction processes between different actors, the role of companies in alternative food network construction and introducing technical perspective of ecological agriculture into research.

scholarly journals Organising Alternative Food Networks (AFNs): Challenges and Facilitating Conditions of different AFN types in three EU countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Poças Ribeiro ◽  
Robert Harmsen ◽  
Giuseppe Feola ◽  
Jesús Rosales Carréon ◽  
Ernst Worrell
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Food ◽  
Alternative Food Networks ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Food Networks ◽  
Facilitating Conditions
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