scholarly journals Self-sufficiency Assessment: Defining the Foodshed Spatial Signature of Short Beef Supply Chains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Mouléry ◽  
Esther Sanz Sanz ◽  
Marta Debolini ◽  
Claude Napoleone ◽  
Didier Josselin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Beef Production ◽  
City Region ◽  
School Food ◽  
Commodity Group ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The City

: Foodshed approaches allow the assessment of the theoretical food self-sufficiency capacity of a specific region based on biophysical conditions. Recent analyses show that the focus needs to be shifted from foodshed size portrayed as an isotropic circle to a commodity-group-specific spatial configuration of the foodshed that takes into account the socio-economic and biophysical conditions essential to the development of local food supply chains. We focus on a specific animal product (beef) and use an innovative modeling approach based on spatial analysis to detect the areas of the foodshed dedicated to beef feeding (forage, pasture, and grassland), considering the foodshed as a complex of complementary areas called an archipelago. We use available statistical data including a census to address the city-region of Avignon (France) covering a 100 km radius. Our results show that the factors driving the use of short supply chains for beef feeding areas are the foodshed archipelago’s number of patches, the connectivity between them, and the rugosity of the boundaries. In addition, our beef self-sufficiency assessment results differ depending on geographical context. For instance, being located within the perimeters of a nature park seems to help orient beef production towards short supply chains. We discuss possible leverage for public action to reconnect beef production areas to consumption areas (the city) via short supply chains (e.g. green, home-grown school food programs) so as to increase local food security through increased local food self-sufficiency.

scholarly journals Foodshed, Agricultural Diversification and Self-Sufficiency Assessment: Beyond the Isotropic Circle Foodshed—A Case Study from Avignon (France)

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
José Luis Vicente-Vicente ◽  
Esther Sanz-Sanz ◽  
Claude Napoléone ◽  
Michel Moulery ◽  
Annette Piorr
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
City Region ◽  
Commodity Group ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Local Agriculture ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The City

The regionalization of food systems in order to shorten supply chains and develop local agriculture to feed city regions presents particular challenges for food planning and policy. The existing foodshed approaches enable one to assess the theoretical capacity of the food self-sufficiency of a specific region, but they struggle to consider the diversity of existing crops in a way that could be usable to inform decisions and support urban food strategies. Most studies are based on the definition of the area required to meet local consumption, obtaining a map represented as an isotropic circle around the city, without considering the site-specific pedoclimatic, geographical, and socioeconomic conditions which are essential for the development of local food supply chains. In this study, we propose a first stage to fill this gap by combining the Metropolitan Foodshed and Self-sufficiency Scenario model, which already considers regional yields and specific land use covers, with spatially-explicit data on the cropping patterns, soil and topography. We use the available Europe-wide data and apply the methodology in the city region of Avignon (France), initially considering a foodshed with a radius of 30 km. Our results show that even though a theoretically-high potential self-sufficiency could be achieved for all of the food commodities consumed (>80%), when the specific pedological conditions of the area are considered, this could be suitable only for domestic plant-based products, whereas an expansion of the initial foodshed to a radius of 100 km was required for animal products to provide >70% self-sufficiency. We conclude that it is necessary to shift the analysis from the size assessment to the commodity-group–specific spatial configuration of the foodshed based on biophysical and socioeconomic features, and discuss avenues for further research to enable the development of a foodshed assessment as a complex of complementary pieces, i.e., the ‘foodshed archipelago’.

scholarly journals Buying local? Who, what, why?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-129
Author(s):  
Carmen Simona Dumitrescu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Rural Development Programme

The National Rural Development Programme for the period 2014-2020 through its priorities and interest domains refers to local products and short supply chains in order to increase the competitiveness of local primary producers and the added value of agro-alimentary and non-alimentary products, and to promote on local markets through short supply chains, producers groups and organizations. Local food can have many benefits for the actors involved in the short supply chain, more precisely producers, middlemen and  consumers, but also for the local economy in its all. The local market from Timisoara is provided by many local producers from rural area that are producing and selling a varied number of alimentary and non-alimentary products. The case study is oriented towards the brief analysis of alimentary local products’ consumers and its aim is to realise a profile of local food consumer through underlining the aspects regarding the reasons why they are buying such products, the place from where they buy, but also aspects regarding the implications and benefits the consume can have.

Reasons for Adapting Information Connectivity in the Short Supply Chains of Local Food Producers

2017 ◽  
pp. 107-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Engelseth
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Food Network ◽  
Mutual Adaptation ◽  
Local Food Production

Local food production is becoming increasingly popular in developed post-modern economies. Attention has been directed to developing such forms of food supply by adapting information connectivity. A case study of a local food network in Norway indicates that local food supply paradoxically attempts to mimic the dominant industrialised modes of food production. It is suggested that the fact that local food supply is “personal” and associated with close proximity makes it more closely resemble service supply chains. Applying contingency theory, a conceptual model is developed that indicates how the local food supply must take into consideration the degree to which customer value is associated with tailoring food supply. The high need for tailored local food production implies that information connectivity should support mutual adaptation while, in cases of less need for tailoring information, connectivity should seek automation. Local food production is always a hybrid of these approaches.

scholarly journals Measures to Increase Local Food Supply in the Context of European Framework Scenarios for the Agri-Food Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10019
Author(s):  
Ariane Voglhuber-Slavinsky ◽  
Hartmut Derler ◽  
Björn Moller ◽  
Ewa Dönitz ◽  
Enno Bahrs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Local Food ◽  
City Region ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Food Policy Council ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Framework Conditions ◽  
The City

The issue of local food supply has attracted considerable political and public attention, due to the changing preferences of consumers, who have more awareness about ecological sustainability, in particular, but also due to recent developments concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to identify measures facilitating local food value chains, which are resilient to different nationwide and global future developments, the aim of our analysis was to set the identified measures derived from the local roadmap of the city of Graz in the context of European scenarios for the agri-food sector in 2035. The results show that certain measures are applicable under all of the described scenarios, such as the food policy council, whereas some measures—for example, open food labs—are less suitable or need to be adjusted to fit the purpose within changing framework conditions. Setting specific measures for a city region in the broader context of European agri-food scenarios provides a systemic perspective, thus making the multiple links and influences more visible.

scholarly journals Direct marketing channel choices among US farmers: evidence from the Local Food Marketing Practices Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoë T. Plakias ◽  
Iryna Demko ◽  
Ani L. Katchova
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Food Marketing ◽  
Local Foods ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities

AbstractDue to strong interest in local foods by US consumers, farmers are now marketing not only to traditional wholesale outlets but also via short supply chains to consumers, grocers, restaurants, schools and other local intermediaries. Our research questions are: (1) what farm and farmer characteristics predict farmers’ participation in various direct marketing channels, and (2) what farm and farmer characteristics predict farmers’ choice of a particular combination of direct marketing channels? This work is important because prior research suggests that while total direct sales via short supply chains continue to grow, direct-to-consumer sales (e.g. via farmers’ markets and Community Support Agriculture, or CSAs) are plateauing. Our work highlights key relationships and implies potential barriers and opportunities for farmers in this maturing local foods landscape. To answer our research questions empirically, we employ the 2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey, collected by USDA in 2016, and binomial and multinomial logit regressions. Our research yields a number of useful results. For example, we find evidence suggesting the existence of product-specific barriers to participation in certain channels; livestock producers are less likely than other farmers to sell directly to retailers, whereas vegetable farmers are less likely to sell to intermediaries. We also find that beginning farmers are more likely to sell directly to retailers, but less likely to sell to intermediaries than more established farmers, suggesting potential barriers and opportunities for entry into this channel for less experienced farmers. These insights suggest potential areas of attention for policymakers and other decisionmakers, as well as areas for future study.

scholarly journals Transformative potential from the ground up: Sustainable innovation journeys, soft change and alignment of interests in urban food initiatives

2021 ◽  
pp. 096977642110288
Author(s):  
Damian Maye ◽  
Paul Swagemakers ◽  
Johannes SC Wiskerke ◽  
Heidrun Moschitz ◽  
James Kirwan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
City Region ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The City

This paper utilises the ‘sustainable innovation journeys’ concept to trace how people organise and design urban food initiatives and influence city-region food policy. We evaluate whether designs succeed or fail and monitor the exchange of ideas that takes place between stakeholders. Tracing these interactions reveals the transformative potential of innovative projects, particularly if the food system changes they bring to the fore are aligned with policy interests. Three case studies provide on-the-ground insights to assess how small and medium-sized enterprises at the micro-level induce sustainability shifts. The case studies are businesses in the city-regions of Rotterdam, The Netherlands (urban farm and circular food economy); Vigo, Spain (food, forest and multi-functional land use); and Zurich, Switzerland (organic food and short supply chains). Each initiative was studied in-depth over a two-year period, with follow-up analysis for a further four years to monitor change over time (2013–2018). The cases promote the adoption of micro-level innovation practices: locally designed transition pathways that bring the benefits of change to the city-region (i.e. from the micro-level initiative to meso-level policy). The analysis highlights the importance of ‘soft change’. This can be something as simple as visiting an inspiring urban food initiative and meeting with stakeholders to generate mutual understanding, from where interests align to influence food chain practices and policy. Soft changes act as ‘seeds of transition’ for a shift towards more sustainable urban food systems, but we observe too potentially negative impacts due to lack of alignment at the micro- (initiative) or meso- (city-region) levels.

scholarly journals Sprzedaż wina w ramach lokalnych systemów żywnościowych na przykładzie prawa włoskiego

2020 ◽  
pp. 203-214
Author(s):  
Anna Kapała
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Farmers Markets ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Special Instrument ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Italian Law

The purpose of the considerations is to determine in what forms under Italian law wine producers-farmers may sell wine directly to consumers it it meets the criteria of local food systems. In this respect, the regulations on direct sales, so-called “wine routes,” agro-tourism, and farmers’ markets, as well as the “agricultural products from zero kilometres” indications have been analysed. It has been established that Italian laws allow selling wine in all the forms of the short supply chains analysed in the study. Legal provisions in this respect govern farmers and the agricultural products they produce, both unprocessed and processed, including wine. What is more, there is a special instrument created to support the sale of wine in short supply chains – “wine routes” while the Law on Agritourism explicitly allows the serving of wine produced on a given farm. All these represent a form of implementing the idea of local food systems where the conditions such as close proximity between the place of production and the place of sale, direct or close social relationship between the producer and the consumer, the lack of intermediaries or the participation of only one intermediary, are satisfied.

scholarly journals LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, SHORT SUPPLY CHAINS AND PERCEPTION OF LOCAL FOOD BY CONSUMERS: A REVIEW AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Radzymińska ◽  
Dominika Jakubowska
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Local Food Systems ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Indirect Technique

The purpose of this paper was to depict a concept of local food systems and short supply chains as well as to determine how local food is perceived and to identify local food attributes of relevance for the marketing communication targeted at young people. This paper consists of two parts. The first one presents the concepts of local food systems and short supply chains based on the analysis of literature data. The sec- ond part describes the results of a quantitative study on the young consumers’ perception of and willingness to buy local food. Based on an indirect technique, the study was carried out with a group of 155 Polish students. The questionnaire survey demonstrated that when characterizing local food, young consumers invoked the socioeconomic benefits relat- ed to its production. They paid less attention to the specific attributes of food products and to environmental benefits of their production and distribution, which might suggest that the initiatives undertaken to promote those products were poor- ly effective. The research results provide a useful source of knowledge for small local food businesses and policymakers engaged in supporting local food systems (especially public sector bodies and researchers).

scholarly journals THE SATISFACTION OF PRODUCERS, SELLING IN VARIOUS MARKETPLACES – RESULTS OF A PRIMARYSURVEY FROM HUNGARY

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (3) ◽  
pp. 183-190
Author(s):  
Konrád Kiss
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Scientific Interest ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Primary Survey ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Past

Scientific interest in short supply chains (SSC) and local food has increased in the past decade. Due to the concentration of trade, sale opportunities for small sized agricultural producers has decreased. Short supply chains can offer alternate opportunities for them in trading. Therefore, it is necessary to examine their profitability and role in rural development. In the article, producer satisfaction with marketplaces, by means of primary survey is investigated. The sample area consisted of marketplaces with different sizes and types, and were located in a 40-kilometer-radius area of the capital city, Budapest, and Gyöngyös (located in the Mátra region). Paper-questionnaires with 214 market-producers between August and December of 2018 were carried out, in 22 different places. The survey is based on conventional markets (and market-halls), producer markets, and an eco-market. Results showed that differences between producer markets and conventional ones were more determining than simple territorial differences. Differences between conventional markets of the two areas were not statistically significant. In light of the results, it is worth launching future studies or campaigns that deal with rural consumer susceptibility on producer markets. In this survey, rural producer markets – that could increase producer satisfaction – were not typical.

Back to the City Region? The Future of Strategic Transport Planning in Scotland

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (First Serie (1) ◽  
pp. 128-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Docherty ◽  
David Begg
Keyword(s):  
City Region ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
The Future ◽  
The City
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