Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems

Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed. This paper develops a new concept called Local Agroecological Food Systems (LA...

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Authors: Sanz-Cañada, Javier, Sánchez-Hernández, José Luis, López-García, Daniel
Format: article
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Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
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Keyword:Specialisation vs. diversification
Short food channels
Food hubs
Cooperative supermarkets
Public procurement
Territorial governance
Urban–rural linkages
Metabolism of food systems
Especialización vs. diversificación
Cadenas cortas de suministro alimentario
Centros alimentarios
Supermercados cooperativos
Contratación pública
Gobernanza territorial
Vínculos urbano-rurales
Metabolismo del sistema agroalimentario
5401 Geografía Económica
5401.04 desarrollo Regional
6307.06 Desarrollo socioeconómico
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spelling Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food SystemsSanz-Cañada, JavierSánchez-Hernández, José LuisLópez-García, DanielSpecialisation vs. diversificationShort food channelsFood hubsCooperative supermarketsPublic procurementTerritorial governanceUrban–rural linkagesMetabolism of food systemsEspecialización vs. diversificaciónCadenas cortas de suministro alimentarioCentros alimentariosSupermercados cooperativosContratación públicaGobernanza territorialVínculos urbano-ruralesMetabolismo del sistema agroalimentario5401 Geografía Económica5401.04 desarrollo Regional6307.06 Desarrollo socioeconómicoDespite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed. This paper develops a new concept called Local Agroecological Food Systems (LAEFS), which focuses the research not only on local food identity, but also on agroecological principles. We aim to conduct a reflexive review of the literature on the conceptual factors attempting to describe the particular characteristics of LAEFS (distinguishing these from LAFS). We explore five axes of analysis: (a) to establish a compromise at the local level between agro-food sectoral specialisation on the one hand and greater cultivated biodiversity and a more diversified economic structure on the other; (b) to geographically and commercially shorten food channels to the fullest extent; (c) to construct new institutional formulae in the fields of logistics, distribution and public procurement for the scaling up of sustainable food; (d) to develop a participatory, bottom-up, multistakeholder and multi-level territorial governance; and (e) to reduce the metabolic profile of food systems by reorganising rural-urban linkages. One of the principal objectives of LAEFS should involve redesigning agricultural and food systems at a scale greater than that of the farm (territory or landscape). This requires both a major public policy push and sustainable territorial governance that incorporate an approach based on territory, food systems and agroecologyMDPI202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/157740reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésPID2020-112980GB-C21PID2020-112980GB-C22TED2021-129660A-I00info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1577402026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
title Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
spellingShingle Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
Sanz-Cañada, Javier
Specialisation vs. diversification
Short food channels
Food hubs
Cooperative supermarkets
Public procurement
Territorial governance
Urban–rural linkages
Metabolism of food systems
Especialización vs. diversificación
Cadenas cortas de suministro alimentario
Centros alimentarios
Supermercados cooperativos
Contratación pública
Gobernanza territorial
Vínculos urbano-rurales
Metabolismo del sistema agroalimentario
5401 Geografía Económica
5401.04 desarrollo Regional
6307.06 Desarrollo socioeconómico
title_short Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
title_full Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
title_fullStr Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
title_full_unstemmed Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
title_sort Reflecting on the Concept of Local Agroecological Food Systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanz-Cañada, Javier
Sánchez-Hernández, José Luis
López-García, Daniel
author Sanz-Cañada, Javier
author_facet Sanz-Cañada, Javier
Sánchez-Hernández, José Luis
López-García, Daniel
author_role author
author2 Sánchez-Hernández, José Luis
López-García, Daniel
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Specialisation vs. diversification
Short food channels
Food hubs
Cooperative supermarkets
Public procurement
Territorial governance
Urban–rural linkages
Metabolism of food systems
Especialización vs. diversificación
Cadenas cortas de suministro alimentario
Centros alimentarios
Supermercados cooperativos
Contratación pública
Gobernanza territorial
Vínculos urbano-rurales
Metabolismo del sistema agroalimentario
5401 Geografía Económica
5401.04 desarrollo Regional
6307.06 Desarrollo socioeconómico
topic Specialisation vs. diversification
Short food channels
Food hubs
Cooperative supermarkets
Public procurement
Territorial governance
Urban–rural linkages
Metabolism of food systems
Especialización vs. diversificación
Cadenas cortas de suministro alimentario
Centros alimentarios
Supermercados cooperativos
Contratación pública
Gobernanza territorial
Vínculos urbano-rurales
Metabolismo del sistema agroalimentario
5401 Geografía Económica
5401.04 desarrollo Regional
6307.06 Desarrollo socioeconómico
description Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed. This paper develops a new concept called Local Agroecological Food Systems (LAEFS), which focuses the research not only on local food identity, but also on agroecological principles. We aim to conduct a reflexive review of the literature on the conceptual factors attempting to describe the particular characteristics of LAEFS (distinguishing these from LAFS). We explore five axes of analysis: (a) to establish a compromise at the local level between agro-food sectoral specialisation on the one hand and greater cultivated biodiversity and a more diversified economic structure on the other; (b) to geographically and commercially shorten food channels to the fullest extent; (c) to construct new institutional formulae in the fields of logistics, distribution and public procurement for the scaling up of sustainable food; (d) to develop a participatory, bottom-up, multistakeholder and multi-level territorial governance; and (e) to reduce the metabolic profile of food systems by reorganising rural-urban linkages. One of the principal objectives of LAEFS should involve redesigning agricultural and food systems at a scale greater than that of the farm (territory or landscape). This requires both a major public policy push and sustainable territorial governance that incorporate an approach based on territory, food systems and agroecology
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