Environmental challenges and innovative responses of local agri-food systems: a theoretical approach
Purpose: This article analyses how LAFS, compared to other production models, can offer innovative responses to the important environmental challenges facing food production under the twin transition. These responses are more conducive to community inclusion and local development. Study design/metho...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositório: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/724340 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10486/724340 https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CR-08-2023-0210 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Local agri-food system Twin transition Environmental challenges Territorial agglomeration Economía |
| Resumo: | Purpose: This article analyses how LAFS, compared to other production models, can offer innovative responses to the important environmental challenges facing food production under the twin transition. These responses are more conducive to community inclusion and local development. Study design/methodology/approach: The paper combines territorial development, clusters and industrial districts literature with agri-food industry environmental problems and twin transition technologiesin order to develop an agri-food systems typology. This typology is based on a territorial approach to environmental challenges of food production and serves to illustrate the ways in which local agri-food systems can provide innovative responses to these challenges. Findings: The study allows to visualise the differences between LAFS and other agri-food production models, showing how the operationalization and implementation of digitization occur at territorial level, and how rural communities are involved in the process. The theoretical proposal emphasizes not assuming that technology is inherently beneficial, but ensuring that its implementation is inclusive and generates social value for the communities. Originality/value: The article aims to enrich future research by adopting a territorial perspective to study the twin transition challenges associated with food production systems |
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