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Quality. Local. Social. What else? – Which factors motivate consumers to participate in alternative food networks in Hungary?

open access: yesRevista Iberoamericana de Economía Solidaria e Innovación Socioecológica, 2020
Alternative food network (AFN) cases are now reported in many countries worldwide. They are growing in Hungary as well, though the alternative food movement is still at an early stage of development (Benedek & Balázs, 2014a).
Anna Torok   +4 more
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Results and discussion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In this chapter, the interdisciplinary synthesis of the results of the BERAS project is presented and discussed. First, the effects of localisation and enhanced recycling on the ecological, economic and social dimensions of sustainability based on the ...
Kahiluoto, Helena, Vesala, Kari
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Exploring Community-Supported Agriculture through Maslow’s Hierarchy: A Systematic Review of Research Themes and Trends

open access: yesAgriculture
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) has emerged as a pivotal model for sustainable and humanistic agricultural practices, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between food production, consumption, and sustainable ecosystems.
Xiaofan Tian   +4 more
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The futures of rural migration in sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review and exploratory essay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In a context where 200 million more people are expected to live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone by 2050, the question of the futures of SSA rural migration is of crucial importance in a region which so far as remained essentially rural, in spite of a ...
Bourgeois, Robin
core   +1 more source

Participatory Guarantee Systems: structure, benefits and reasons for participation – insights from the Italian case study of Campi Aperti

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) have emerged from initiatives introduced by farmers and civil society to ensure the organic quality of products by directly involving producers, consumers, and other stakeholders in the guarantee process. While actor
Greta Winkler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Business-to-business e-commerce: an innovative tool for food chain management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished goods, and the distribution of the final goods to customers. The
Vlachos, Ilias
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AI and OR in management of operations: history and trends [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The last decade has seen a considerable growth in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for operations management with the aim of finding solutions to problems that are increasing in complexity and scale.
Kobbacy, KAH, Rasmy, MH, Vadera, S
core   +1 more source

Le nuove reti di innovazione dello sviluppo sostenibile: i network agro-alimentari biologici in Sicilia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The alternative food network, especially GAS (Solidarity Purchase Groups), are considered like laboratories where testing new models of innovation system (new social paradigms). In this paper is focused the theory of transitions management. With the help
Dara Guccione, G   +2 more
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What's Alternative about Alternative Food Networks? [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2003
Whatmore, Sarah   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Alternative Food Networks from the Institutional Perspective

open access: yes, 2023
The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, Vol. 29 No.
Śpiewak, Ruta, Goszczyński, Wojciech
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