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Do small food businesses enable small farms to connect to regional food systems? Evidence from 9 European regions

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  • Paola A Hernández

    (MED - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development - University of Évora [Portugal])

  • Francesca Galli

    (University of Pisa - Università di Pisa)

  • Paolo Prosperi

    (CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes, UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, University of Pisa - Università di Pisa)

  • Šūmane Sandra

    (Baltic Studies Center)

  • Dominic Duckett

    (The James Hutton Institute)

  • Henrik Eli Almaas

    (NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Aalesund] - NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

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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  • Paola A Hernández & Francesca Galli & Paolo Prosperi & Šūmane Sandra & Dominic Duckett & Henrik Eli Almaas, 2021. "Do small food businesses enable small farms to connect to regional food systems? Evidence from 9 European regions," Post-Print hal-03463710, HAL.
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    DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100505
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