Economic sustainability in Short Food Supply Chain. The case of the Horizon 2020 project "Short Food Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network (SKIN)"

Abstract

This study aims at providing a framework to find out best agro-food practices and foster their spreading to European actors operating in Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC). Quick knowledge circulation allows a reduction of asymmetric information among such operators. These latter frequently imply an excessive level of transactional costs that negatively affect farms economic sustainability. Hence, reduction of costs is an important priority. The methodological approach is carried out within the SKIN project, analyzing metrics parameters to assess SFSC economic sustainability. It will create local hubs to collect knowledge from each European area where stakeholders operate, through the identification of adequate regional nodes, connected among themselves. Network will enable a real knowledge transfer and innovation uptake. Lastly, the network will be exploited to enhance the added value of involved farms.

Social media for interactions with customers within the short food supply chain: the case of the SKIN project

“…Alternative and trust-based networks certainly help and stimulate sustainable and economic positive impacts for increasing cultural identity of rural areas (Blom-Zandstra et al, 2016;Le Velly and Dufeu, 2016;Bazzani and Canavari, 2013), thus reducing the informative gap among consumers, farmers and stakeholders (Barati et al, 2017;De Pascale et al, 2017;Contò et al, 2016). Active communication, plus the quality of the exchanged information are positively associated to trust levels in buyer or supplier interactions and communication and cooperation envisage a willingness to participate in SFSCs (Charatsari et al, 2018).…”

“…Levels of cooperation have to be strongly raised by means of each actor becoming the basis of new cultural approach towards competition, the "multi-actor" approach. This approach explores needs, and implies participatory acts undertaken in order to share problems and relative solutions (De Pascale et al, 2017). Shortening the distance between knowledge and practical application is at the core of the multi-actor communities in the SKIN project.…”

Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Agri-Food Products Delivered with Electric Vehicles in the Short Supply Chains

“…According to Hyland and colleagues (2019), SSCs are critical for reaching alternative sustainable food systems in terms of the movement discourse of goods. Indeed, de Pascale and colleagues (2017) as well as Fiore (2016) argued that the application of SSCs in the food industry practices is strongly correlated with sustainable development. Deller and colleagues (2017) explained that SSCs are crucial for rural development considering its positive impact on the environment preservation and on the performance of local farms.…”

Evolución y tendencias de la investigación científica en circuitos cortos de comercialización: análisis bibliométrico internacional.

“…A partir del 2015 en adelante, los términos con mayor representación se enfocaron en el intercambio de conocimiento entre los actores involucrados, donde se discutía que la transferencia de este debía ser a partir de la retroalimentación y cocreación entre productores y científicos, también algunos estudios identificaron que las condiciones mediante las cuales los CCC operan pueden cambiar las prácticas y el conocimiento de los actores involucrados, además disminuir la información asimétrica que puede darse entre ellos (Contò, et al, 2017;Levidow et al, 2014;Yuna et al, 2016); por otro lado el término de sistema se vincula con la construcción de sistemas o mercados alimentarios alternativos a través de cadenas cortas de comercialización que aporten productos con alta calidad y trazabilidad (Sellitto et al, 2018). Finalmente, COVID fue uno de los términos más mencionados en el 2020, dada la relevancia de la pandemia, se realizaron estudios enfocados en la importancia del abastecimiento de la producción local, las estrategias de comercialización utilizadas por los productores que ofertaban sus productos en mercados locales, el impacto de la pandemia en el comportamiento de consumo, así como el impacto y la seguridad alimentaria (Butu et al, 2020;Cappelli y Cini, 2020;Nchanji y Lutomia, 2021).…”