Alternative Agro-food Networks
A case study of sustainable food systems in Northern Queensland
... and food is not simply a means to meet people’s need for nourishment (Rodale ...in alternative food systems (also known as alternative agro-food networks) emerged in the ...
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Researching European 'alternative' food networks : some methodological considerations
... (artisan) food production, these accounts giving detailed insights into the complexities and evolution of the Coprosain Belgian beef cooperative (Stassart and Whatmore 2003), the Dutch Zeeuwse Vlegel (Wiskerke ...
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Rethinking innovation through a moral economy lens: The case of alternative agro-food and mobility practices
... other networks or communities involved in such processes (Felt et ...of alternative economic organisations and initiatives have recently emerged that aim to develop their own ...allegedly alternative ...
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Spaces of difference, spaces of possibility?:An exploration of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) in the austerity foodscape of the United Kingdom
... mainstream food supply ...in agro-industrial corporate food complexes which leads to corruption and degraded relationships to ‘food from nowhere’ (Bové and Dufour, 2001) with its geographical ...
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Analyzing Alternative Food Networks sustainability in Italy: a proposal for an assessment framework
... to food sys- tems should take into account the distribution of dynamics and distribution of power within the entire supply chain, and in particular in the very first steps of the agro-food product ...
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Agro food-processing: A sunrise sector of the Indian economy
... processed food in world trade has remained at about ...of food grain, 7 million tons of fish, 489 million poultry and 45, 200 million eggs, and still our presence at world stage is even less than ...
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Economic crisis and its consequences on the living standard and development of the agriculture in Serbia
... Currently, the number of agricultural population and size of labour contingent within national agriculture can only be a result of estimations based on Census of population, households and residences in 2002. According ...
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Innovations in the agro-food system: adoption of certified organic food and green food by Chinese consumers
... organic food consumption and sustainable consumption in general but most of it has focused on the developed ...green food seems to be favoured by wealthy, educated Chinese males who have a young ...green ...
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Engineering agro food development: The cluster model in China
... the agro-food industry was rec- ognized at an early ...of agro-food ...of agro-based ...the agro-food clusters into the mainstream of changes in agri- culture, farming and ...
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The Determinants Factors of Household Food Security in the Case of Agro-Pastoral Kebeles of Yabello District, Southern Ethiopia
... and Agro-pastoral systems in Ethiopia have been experiencing vulnerability to environmental degradation and food security problems (Beruk, ...2003). Food insecurity has characterized these areas ...
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Agri food manufacturing sector in Romania –internal sizes and in the European context
... the food supply of the population in all Member States is a priority objective of the current CAP, with important implications both for ensuring food security and for developing the rural ...
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Reflexive Resilience and Community Supported Agriculture: The Case that Emerged from a Place
... civic food networks: equity, participa- tion, empowerment, and governance ...around food this CSA expresses: members sat around tables suggesting positives and negatives about the CSA, which were ...
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The Question of Food Security in Algeria: Between the Collapse of Petrol Price and the Growing Needs of the Population
... the food policy or security is following the move and the fluctuations of this market, since the country needs to find the right amount to be consecrated to this question, especially when it is a question to ...
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Characterising food insecurity in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Uganda using a consumption coping strategy index
... greater food in- security, ...less food insecurity like sale of calves or small livestock, or ...social networks than agro-pastoralists (68 % compared to 46 % respectively attached to social ...
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1 Sustainability in Alternative Food Networks:
... AFNs studied, (8) Participants involved in the research, (9) sustainability dimensions addressed (i.e.. 198.[r] ...
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Agro food exports variety from the Central and Eastern European countries
... the agro-food export from the cEEcs to the EU-15 ...the agro-food product varieties and a potential increase in the level of agro-food ...
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Social sustainability of alternative food systems viewed through actor argumentation
... Finally, one can summarise the differences between the actor positions in the study. All of the actors in the study were interviewed as representatives of certain positions, i.e., either as farmers, processors, ...
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The Failures of Neoliberal Food Security and the Food Sovereignty Alternative
... Unfortunately, the inclusion of agriculture in WTO rules and free trade agreements has failed to benefit the majority of producers. This is partly because not all countries have applied the same rules to their ...
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Study regarding the Consulting Services in relation to the National Rural Development Program
... The deterioration of the agro-food trade balance is largely due to a poorly performing food industry. In 2005, the produces/sectors for which there was a positive balance of trade (totaling 430 ...
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Agro industrial waste: alternative sources of substrates for the production of lettuce seedlings
... It was seen that increased proportions of sugarcane bagasse significantly reduced the growth of seedlings. The burnt rice husks showed a higher dry mass of lettuce seedlings after 54 days, even though the substrate had a ...
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