IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/regstd/v45y2011i9p1187-1205.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Local Food Activity in Scotland: Empirical Evidence and Research Agenda

Author

Listed:
  • David Watts
  • Philip Leat
  • Cesar Revoredo-Giha

Abstract

Watts D., Leat P. and Revoredo-Giha C. Local food activity in Scotland: empirical evidence and research agenda, Regional Studies . This paper examines the geography of local food activity in Scotland and combines its data with published figures for England and Wales to calculate an index of food relocalization for Great Britain. It finds that non-farm-based local food enterprises tend to concentrate in Scotland's remotest and least densely populated areas. Farm-based enterprises cluster around the central belt, with cattle and sheep meat, horticultural and diary produce strongly represented. In the British regional context, Scotland emerges as a ‘middling’ performer. The paper discusses some possible influences on these results and reflects on their research and policy implications. Watts D., Leat P. et Revoredo-Giha C. L'industrie agro-alimentaire locale en Ecosse: des preuves empiriques et un programme de recherche, Regional Studies . Cet article cherche à examiner sur le plan local la g�ographie de l'industrie agro-alimentaire locale en Ecosse et combine ses donn�es avec des chiffres officiels pour l'Angleterre et le pays de Galles afin de calculer une indice de relocalisation alimentaire pour la Grande-Bretagne. On trouve que les entreprises de l'industrie agro-alimentaire qui ne sont pas bas�es sur les exploitations agricoles ont tendance à s'agglom�rer dans les zones les plus isol�es et les moins peupl�es de l'Ecosse. Les entreprises qui sont bas�es sur les exploitations agricoles ont tendance à se regrouper autour de la zone centrale, où les �levages bovin et ovin, et les produits horticoles et laitiers sont très pr�sentes. D'un point de vue r�gional britannique, l'Ecosse s'avère un acteur peu signifiant. Cet article discute des influences �ventuelles de ces r�sultats et r�fl�chit aux cons�quences pour la recherche et la politique. G�ographie des produits alimentaires locaux Ecosse Grande-Bretagne Indice de la relocalisation des produits alimentaires R�seaux des produits alimentaires alternatifs Watts D., Leat P. und Revoredo-Giha C. Lokale Lebensmittel-Aktivität in Schottland: empirische Belege und Forschungspläne, Regional Studies . In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir die Geografie der lokalen Aktivitäten im Bereich der Lebensmittel in Schottland und kombinieren diese Daten mit den für England und Wales veröffentlichten Zahlen, um einen Index der Lebensmittel-Relokalisierung in Großbritannien zu berechnen. Wir stellen fest, dass nicht landwirtschaftlich tätige lokale Lebensmittelbetriebe sich vornehmlich in den entlegensten und am dünnsten besiedelten Gebieten Schottlands konzentrieren. Landwirtschaftlich tätige Betriebe siedeln sich verstärkt um den zentralen Gürtel herum an, wobei Vieh- und Schaffleisch sowie Gartenbau- und Milchprodukte stark vertreten sind. Im britischen Regionalkontext liegt Schottland im Mittelfeld. Wir erörtern einige mögliche Einflüsse dieser Ergebnisse sowie ihre Auswirkung auf Forschung und Politik. Lokalen Lebensmittel, Geografie der Schottland Großbritannien Lebensmittel-Relok alisierung, Index der Alternative Lebensmittel-Netzwerke Watts D., Leat P. y Revoredo-Giha C. Actividad local de alimentos en Escocia: evidencia emp�rica y programa de investigación, Regional Studies . En este art�culo examinamos la geograf�a de la actividad local de alimentos en Escocia y combinamos estos datos con cifras publicadas para Inglaterra y Gales a fin de calcular un �ndice de reubicación de alimentos para el Reino Unido. Observamos que las empresas alimentarias no agr�colas locales suelen concentrarse en las zonas más remotas de Escocia y con menor densidad de población. Las empresas agr�colas se agrupan en la región central y tienen una consolidada representación en carne de ganado y oveja as� como productos hort�colas y lácteos. En el contexto regional británico, Escocia ocupa un lugar mediocre. En este art�culo abordamos algunas posibles influencias de estos resultados y analizamos cómo repercuten en su investigación y la pol�tica. Alimentos locales, geograf�a de Escocia Gran Bretaña Reubicación alimentaria, �ndice de Redes alternativas de alimentación

Suggested Citation

  • David Watts & Philip Leat & Cesar Revoredo-Giha, 2011. "Local Food Activity in Scotland: Empirical Evidence and Research Agenda," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(9), pages 1187-1205, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:45:y:2011:i:9:p:1187-1205
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400903380416
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00343400903380416
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00343400903380416?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Benedek, Zsófia & Balazs, Balint, 2014. "Regional differences in Hungary: the current stage of local food production at the county-level," 142nd Seminar, May 29-30, 2014, Budapest, Hungary 168925, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Revoredo-Giha, Cesar & Watts, D. & Leat, Philip M.K., 2010. "An analysis of Marketing Channels of Local Food in Scotland," 116th Seminar, October 27-30, 2010, Parma, Italy 95223, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Meng Wang & Vikas Kumar & Ximing Ruan & Mohammed Saad & Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes & Anil Kumar, 2022. "Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: an empirical investigation," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 76-92, June.
    4. Copus Andrew & Hopkins Jonathan & Creaney Rachel, 2016. "The Transaction Footprints of Scottish Food And Drink SMEs," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 8(3), pages 227-249, September.
    5. Zsofia Benedek & Bálint Balazs, 2015. "Efficient support of short food supply chains in Hungary: a spatial analysis," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 1551, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:45:y:2011:i:9:p:1187-1205. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CRES20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.