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Farmer satisfaction and short food supply chains. [PDF]

open access: yesAgric Human Values, 2023
In response to a commentary on our research article (Azima and Mundler in Agric Hum Values 39:791-807, 2022), we address the argument that increased reliance on family farm labor with low or no opportunity costs leads to higher net revenue and greater economic satisfaction.
Azima S, Mundler P.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Short Food Supply Chains: rebuilding consumers’ trust. [PDF]

open access: yesNew Medit, 2021
Whereas population is showing increasing distrust rates in the regular agri-food system, Alternative Food Networks (AFN) are gradually gaining space.
José Luis Cruz   +3 more
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Are Short Food Supply Chains More Environmentally Sustainable than Long Chains? A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Eco-Efficiency of Food Chains in Selected EU Countries

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
Improving the eco-efficiency of food systems is one of the major global challenges faced by the modern world. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are commonly regarded to be less harmful to the environment, among various reasons, due to their organizational
Edward Majewski   +12 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Short supply food chains in rural development

open access: yesАграрная наука Евро-Северо-Востока, 2019
The article presents the results of study of the possibilities and prerequisites for the development of rural territories based on the restructuring of the agri-food system at the local level. The inclusion of peasant farm enterprises, private subsidiary
A. I. Kostyaev, E. A. Shepeleva
doaj   +3 more sources

Digitalization and Short Food Supply Chains in Hungary

open access: yesEuropean Countryside
The study focuses on the relationship between local producers and consumers in agri-food chains and the future potential of online sales channels in the rural economy through the example of a Hungarian micro-region.
Ritter Krisztián, Orbán Zsolt Ádám
doaj   +2 more sources

Back to Locality? Demand Potential Analysis for Short Food Supply Chains [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
Agnieszka Dradrach   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) as Local and Sustainable Systems [PDF]

open access: yesSustainability, 2020
We distinguish different types of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC); nevertheless, their common main characteristic relate to reduced numbers of intermediaries between farmers/food producers and consumers. The aim of the paper is to present the SFSCs as local and sustainable food systems with their possible development.
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exaly   +4 more sources

Toward more sustainable food supply chains: insights from short food supply chains in Jordan

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability
IntroductionShort Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) are promoted as a pathway to more sustainable agri-food systems. Jordan’s fresh-produce sector, which relies heavily on local markets, offers a valuable setting to examine how SFSCs support sustainability ...
Muna Abdulkareem   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring farmers' willingness to join short food supply chains [PDF]

open access: yesWestern Balkan Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Romanian agriculture is dominated by numerous small and medium-sized producers, who barely manage to market their outputs. Scientists indicate that cooperation by forming short chains may overcome this situation, thus the paper explores the willingness ...
Ion Raluca Andreea   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

SHORT FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS IN BULGARIA – SUSTAINABILITY AND DISRUPTIONS [PDF]

open access: yesTrakia Journal of Sciences, 2021
Short food supply chains have the potential of improving local food production and provide the population with high quality fresh food. The sustainability of these chains has come under question last year (2020) due to the disruption caused by the ...
G. Aleksiev, N. Petrova
doaj   +1 more source

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