IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aieacp/124127.html

Solidarity Economies in Marche, Italy: current trends and perspectives

Author

Listed:
  • Belletti, Matteo
  • Orazi, Francesco
  • Socci, Marco
  • Giovagnoli, Marco
  • Pojaghi, Barbara

Abstract

The paper illustrates selected results of an exploratory research study coordinated by the “Solidarity Economy Network” of the Marche Region in Italy (REES Marche) in 2010-2011. The study was funded by Banca Popolare Etica, it involved three Universities of the Region (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Università di Macerata, Università di Camerino), adopting an interdisciplinary approach. It aimed at investigating the cultural, economic and political determinants that characterize the world of critical consumption, examining a sample of 20 GAS (Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale, Solidarity Purchasing Groups), 182 GAS members and 50 firms (among which 20 agricultural GAS suppliers). Data was collected through ad hoc questionnaires, in depth interviews and focus group interviews. Qualitative and quantitative data have been analysed by the different research equips from a sociological, psycho-sociological and economic point of view, providing an insight on different issues concerning the actual framework of the solidarity economy in the region and possible further developments. The GAS experience emerges as a very diversified reality centred in the food economy, and food quality is a particularly sensitive issue to those who are involved in a GAS. In some ways the GAS members emerge as an élite group that does not represent the worldwide society. There is an abstract belief in the social function of the state of minority active citizenship as a factor of social change, but to affect the social reality a relevant set of organization and communication skills is needed. Focusing on the suppliers linked to the GAS network, the analysis highlights that the question of market organization was sometimes lived as personal hard work rather than a goal to be achieved together with a participatory approach and shared aims. Basing the analysis on GAS experience, a reading of Solidarity Economy nature and development in Marche Region will be provided.

Suggested Citation

  • Belletti, Matteo & Orazi, Francesco & Socci, Marco & Giovagnoli, Marco & Pojaghi, Barbara, 2012. "Solidarity Economies in Marche, Italy: current trends and perspectives," 2012 First Congress, June 4-5, 2012, Trento, Italy 124127, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aieacp:124127
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124127
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/124127/files/belletti_et_al%20Solidarity%20Economies%20in%20Marche_current%20trends%20and%20perspectives.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.124127?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
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Mantzavinos,C., 2001. "Individuals, Institutions, and Markets," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521773584, January.
    2. Ellis,Frank, 1992. "Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521395847, January.
    3. Carbone, Anna & Gaito, Marco & Senni, Saverio, 2007. "Consumers’ Buying Groups in the Short Food Chains: Alternatives for Trust," 2007 1st Forum, February 15-17, 2007, Innsbruck, Austria 6594, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda, 2012. "Targeted Subsidies and Private Market Participation: An Assessment of Fertilizer Demand in Nigeria:," IFPRI discussion papers 1194, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    2. Moses M M, 2014. "The Structural Market Shift Review of Lesotho: Transitory Situational Analytic Market Policy Introspection for Sustainable Development," Journal of Social and Development Sciences, AMH International, vol. 5(3), pages 123-129.
    3. Jieming Zhu, 2005. "A Transitional Institution for the Emerging Land Market in Urban China," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(8), pages 1369-1390, July.
    4. Sara Fabbrizzi & Silvio Menghini & Nicola Marinelli, 2014. "The Short Food Supply Chain: A Concrete Example of Sustainability. A Literature Review," RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA', FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2014(2), pages 189-206.
    5. Christoph Engel, 2006. "The Difficult Reception of Rigorous Descriptive Social Science in the Law," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics 2006_1, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics.
    6. Sheahan, Megan & Black, Roy & Jayne, T.S., 2013. "Are Kenyan farmers under-utilizing fertilizer? Implications for input intensification strategies and research," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 39-52.
    7. Elert, Niklas & Henrekson, Magnus, 2017. "Entrepreneurship and Institutions: A Bidirectional Relationship," Working Paper Series 1153, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, revised 05 May 2017.
    8. Sheahan, Megan & Black, Roy & Jayne, Thomas S., 2012. "Are Farmers Under-Utilizing Fertilizer? Evidence from Kenya," 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil 126739, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    9. David J. Hemming & Ephraim W. Chirwa & Andrew Dorward & Holly J. Ruffhead & Rachel Hill & Janice Osborn & Laurenz Langer & Luke Harman & Hiro Asaoka & Chris Coffey & Daniel Phillips, 2018. "Agricultural input subsidies for improving productivity, farm income, consumer welfare and wider growth in low‐ and lower‐middle‐income countries: a systematic review," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(1), pages 1-153.
    10. Salah M. Elawad & Elrashied E. Elkhiedir & Mahmoud A. Amassaib & Ahmed M. El Naim, 2017. "Government Policies and Food Security in Sudan (1970-2007): Incentives, Efficiencies and Comparative Advantage for Sorghum Producing in Mechanised Rain-fed Subsector," Academic Journal of Life Sciences, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 3(3), pages 12-17, 03-2017.
    11. Benson, Todd & De Weerdt, Joachim & Duchoslav, Jan & Masanjala, Winford, 2024. "Fertilizer subsidies in Malawi: From past to present," MaSSP working papers 44, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    12. Raad Al-Tal & Alaaeddin Al-Tarawneh, 2021. "The Impact of Government Effectiveness and Political Stability on Energy Consumption in the Selected MENA Economies," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 11(2), pages 1-6.
    13. Kremer, Michael & Duflo, Esther & Robinson, Jonathan, 2009. "Nudging Farmers to Utilize Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya," CEPR Discussion Papers 7402, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    14. Adam Gifford, 2002. "The Evolution of the Social Contract," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 361-379, December.
    15. Nathalie Méndez Méndez, 2015. "Institucionalismo cognitivo, capital social y la construcción de la paz en Colombia," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, vol. 9(1), pages 67-90.
    16. Henrekson Magnus, 2017. "Taxation of Swedish Firm Owners: The Great Reversal from the 1970s to the 2010s," Nordic Tax Journal, Sciendo, vol. 2017(1), pages 26-46, January.
    17. Roberta Patalano, 2010. "Understanding economic change: the impact of emotion," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 270-287, September.
    18. Thomson Kalinda & James Shute & Glen Filson, 1998. "Access to agricultural extension, credit and markets among small-scale farmers in southern Zambia," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(4), pages 589-608.
    19. Andrew Dorward & Philip D. Roberts & Cambria Finegold & David J. Hemming & Ephraim Chirwa & Holly J. Wright & Rachel K. Hill & Janice Osborn & Julien Lamontagne‐Godwin & Luke Harman & Martin J. Parr, 2014. "PROTOCOL: Agricultural Input Subsidies for improving Productivity, Farm Income, Consumer Welfare and Wider Growth in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review," Campbell Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(1), pages 1-45.
    20. van Keulen, Herman & Kuyvenhoven, Arie & Ruben, Ruerd, 1998. "Sustainable land use and food security in developing countries: DLV's approach to policy support," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 58(3), pages 285-307, November.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    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:ags:aieacp:124127. 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.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with 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: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/aieaaea.html .

    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.