Public food procurement from family farming

There is promising evidence that public food procurement from family farming (PFPF) can serve as a powerful policy instrument in transitions towards more sustainable food systems. Despite the evidence around PFPF, there is lack of systemic and actor-oriented approaches analysing the relational and i...

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Autores: Gaitán-Cremaschi, Daniel|||0000-0002-1549-2330, Klerkx, Laurens|||0000-0002-1664-886X, Aguilar Gallegos, Norman|||0000-0002-4788-3360, Duncan, Jessica, Pizzolón, Alejandro, Dogliotti, Santiago|||0000-0001-9421-6109, Rossing, Walter|||0000-0003-2294-2368
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:265257
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/265257
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102325
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Family farming
Food system transformation
Food systems
Innovation systems
Public food procurement
Social network analysis
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Sumario:There is promising evidence that public food procurement from family farming (PFPF) can serve as a powerful policy instrument in transitions towards more sustainable food systems. Despite the evidence around PFPF, there is lack of systemic and actor-oriented approaches analysing the relational and interactional dynamics among the multiple and diverse sets of actors in PFPF programs. In this paper, we address this gap by presenting an integrative framework that brings together food systems research, innovation studies and social network analysis, to assess the role of actor networks in PFPF. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework, we present the case of public procurement from family farming in Uruguay. We show how the framework has potential to: highlight the composition and diversity of networks of actors in PFPF; unravel individual and network barriers faced by actors in food systems; and, identify how interactions and (intermediary and brokerage) roles of network actors stimulate innovation or blockthe changes that are needed for PFPF to catalyse the transition towards sustainable food systems. © 2022 The Authors.