Farmer direct selling: the role of regional factors

Rocchi, Benedetto; Randelli, Filippo; Corsini, Lorenzo; Giampaolo, Sabina

doi:10.1080/00343404.2019.1676887

Cited by 9 publications

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“…Indeed, in the economic literature, the concept of AFN is linked to the issue of the farmers' choice of the marketing channel (e.g. Brown et al, 2006;Corsi et al, 2009Corsi et al, , 2018bRocchi et al, 2020;Verhaegen and Van Huylenbroeck, 2001) and, on the other side, on the value for consumers of food products purchased in these chains, and on their choice of where and from whom to purchase. We intend to investigate the latter issue.…”

Section: The Value Of Goods In Direct Sales and Alternative Food Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relational goods and direct purchase from farmers: estimating the value of the relationship between consumers and producers

Corsi

Novelli

2022

IFAM

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Personal relationships can affect economic life, more importantly in alternative food networks. Estimating the value of enjoyment of the relational good produced by consumers’ personal relationship in direct sales from farmers is important to assess how much personal interactions can affect food purchases. We employ different stated preferences models to estimate from a consumer survey in open-air markets in four towns in Italy the value consumers buying directly from farmers attach to their particular choice of a specific vendor. Contingent on the chosen model, the average value of the personal relationship is 13.5-24.4% of their expenditure for fruits and vegetables.

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Section: The Value Of Goods In Direct Sales and Alternative Food Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relational goods and direct purchase from farmers: estimating the value of the relationship between consumers and producers

Corsi

Novelli

2022

IFAM

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“…In these development tools, Rocchi, B. et al [18] emphasize the relevance of policy. Among EU member states, the importance of community policies is decisive.…”

Section: Spatial Sociology Of Local Foodmentioning

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“…Recent studies argue that only a minority of producers use these innovative forms to foster their selling activities. Accordingly, direct sales are a social innovation depending on local knowledge [18]. Alternative food chains supported by civic networks may trigger local and sustainable production, additionally helping ecology and sustainability to prevail [19].…”

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Possible Actors in Local Foodscapes? LEADER Action Groups as Short Supply Chain Agents—A European Perspective

2021

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In recent decades, alongside industrialized agriculture and food-supply systems, an alternative, network-based framework has evolved supporting local development, social innovation and sustainability objectives. Short supply chains are in the focus of the new era. At the same time, from the 1990s a new, bottom-up, spatially bound rural development method, the Liaison Entre Actions pour le Development de l’Economie Rurale (LEADER) approach, has arisen. The purpose of this study is to examine the involvement of LEADER local action groups in the management of alternative food systems in Europe. After a literature-based, detailed theoretical review, a quantitative analysis concerning the content of the official websites of action groups was conducted. A local product promoting quantitative index was created from the qualitative characteristics of the sites. From the collected data, using basic statistical analysis and thematic mapping connections were searched between local action group general characteristics and their short supply chain support activities. The results indicate notable national differences between Western and Eastern European and Mediterranean LEADER groups, supporting previous literature. It may be concluded that local action groups as potential hubs of social innovation, can be crucial actors in local foodscapes, mainly in less developed areas where other non-profit or for-profit organizations are unable to manage supply chains.

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“…The effects of ethical purchasing have been explored in relation to local and regional livelihoods, with a particular focus on local business in specific industry and consumer contexts, such as food consumption and new localism (Ciuchta and O’Toole, 2018; Marshall et al , 2018; Rocchi et al , 2019). To date, there has been virtually no attention in the literature on purchasing relations involving social enterprise in regional contexts; that is, areas of population outside metropolitan centres.…”

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Motivations and effects of ethical purchasing from social enterprise in a regional city

Barraket

McKinnon

Brennan-Horley

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SEJ

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Purpose In recent years, the socio-economic power of local purchasing by both individuals and organisations has become of increasing interest. Despite growing recognition of social enterprises as local development actors, relatively little attention has been given to the motivations and effects of purchasing from social enterprises, particularly in regional settings. Informed by the literature on diverse economies, this paper aims to examine the patterns and motivations for purchasing from social enterprises by local citizens and organisations. Design/methodology/approach The analysis draws on an in-depth mixed-methods case study of purchasing from two social enterprises in a regional city in Victoria, Australia. Data sources included semi-structured and standing interviews, as well as sales data. Data analysis includes thematic analysis and geo-spatial mapping. Findings The findings suggest purchasing from social enterprises in regional settings is shaped by both typical consumption needs and ethical concerns that emphasise the place-based orientation of social enterprises’ operations and missions. Originality/value This paper extends understanding of how community economies are negotiated and configured in regional contexts. It also contributes to consumer understandings within the social enterprise literature, which to date has been surprisingly scant in unpacking how and to what end their customers’ consumption choices affect the kinds of value social enterprises are able to create.

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Farmer direct selling: the role of regional factors

Cited by 9 publications

References 34 publications

Relational goods and direct purchase from farmers: estimating the value of the relationship between consumers and producers

Relational goods and direct purchase from farmers: estimating the value of the relationship between consumers and producers

Possible Actors in Local Foodscapes? LEADER Action Groups as Short Supply Chain Agents—A European Perspective

Motivations and effects of ethical purchasing from social enterprise in a regional city

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