Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)

Studies of food waste claim that its main causes are technological and logistical deficiencies in the first stages of the agri-food chain. The present article discusses this statement using a specific case as a starting point: the production of fruit in Lleida Catalonia, Spain). Since the 1980s, fru...

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Autores: Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez), Larrea Killinger, Cristina, Solà, Carlota
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Lleida (Catalunya)
Antropologia de l'alimentació
Agricultura
Pagesos
Malbaratament d'aliments
Lleida (Catalonia)
Nutritional anthropology
Agriculture
Farmers
Food waste
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spelling Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)Larrea Killinger, CristinaSolà, CarlotaLleida (Catalunya)Antropologia de l'alimentacióAgriculturaPagesosMalbaratament d'alimentsLleida (Catalonia)Nutritional anthropologyAgricultureFarmersFood wasteStudies of food waste claim that its main causes are technological and logistical deficiencies in the first stages of the agri-food chain. The present article discusses this statement using a specific case as a starting point: the production of fruit in Lleida Catalonia, Spain). Since the 1980s, fruit production in this region has undergone a process of innovation and development. However, the agents who participate in the sector claim that the wasted volume of edible foodstuffs is greater than in previous times. This article argues that studies of food waste do not consider the power relations existing within the agri-food chain. When these relations are asymmetrical, technological innovation and logistics optimisation do not improve the efficiency of the system; rather, they help the hegemonic players to monopolise the commercial margin and transfer some of their running costs to the weaker agents. The ethnographic data for the study were obtained between 2017 and 2019 using qualitative research techniques.Springer Nature2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/207392Articles publicats en revistes (Antropologia Social)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09908-8Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2023, vol. 36, num.13https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09908-8(c) Springer Nature, 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2073922026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
spellingShingle Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
Lleida (Catalunya)
Antropologia de l'alimentació
Agricultura
Pagesos
Malbaratament d'aliments
Lleida (Catalonia)
Nutritional anthropology
Agriculture
Farmers
Food waste
title_short Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_full Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_fullStr Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
title_sort Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain: The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
Larrea Killinger, Cristina
Solà, Carlota
author Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
author_facet Gascón, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez)
Larrea Killinger, Cristina
Solà, Carlota
author_role author
author2 Larrea Killinger, Cristina
Solà, Carlota
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lleida (Catalunya)
Antropologia de l'alimentació
Agricultura
Pagesos
Malbaratament d'aliments
Lleida (Catalonia)
Nutritional anthropology
Agriculture
Farmers
Food waste
topic Lleida (Catalunya)
Antropologia de l'alimentació
Agricultura
Pagesos
Malbaratament d'aliments
Lleida (Catalonia)
Nutritional anthropology
Agriculture
Farmers
Food waste
description Studies of food waste claim that its main causes are technological and logistical deficiencies in the first stages of the agri-food chain. The present article discusses this statement using a specific case as a starting point: the production of fruit in Lleida Catalonia, Spain). Since the 1980s, fruit production in this region has undergone a process of innovation and development. However, the agents who participate in the sector claim that the wasted volume of edible foodstuffs is greater than in previous times. This article argues that studies of food waste do not consider the power relations existing within the agri-food chain. When these relations are asymmetrical, technological innovation and logistics optimisation do not improve the efficiency of the system; rather, they help the hegemonic players to monopolise the commercial margin and transfer some of their running costs to the weaker agents. The ethnographic data for the study were obtained between 2017 and 2019 using qualitative research techniques.
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