L'évolution du débat sur les SYAL : le regard d'un économiste

Réquier-Desjardins, Denis

doi:10.3917/reru.104.0651

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“…There is no space here to comprehensively summarise the evolution of the concept, but it is important to note that the concept of the SYAL is related to another concept formulated in France, the système productif localisé (SPL) by Courlet and Pecqueur (1992), and developed and consolidated by Courlet over the following decade (Courlet 2008). That there are certain similarities between the SYAL and the SPL is confirmed by a recent comparative analysis by Requier-Desjardins (2007). Requier-Desjardins shows, though, that the SYAL and the SPL involve a different definition of the relationship between the economic activity and the territory.…”

Section: From the Agri-food System To Localised Agri-food Systemsmentioning

confidence: 66%

The reinterpretation of the agri-food system and its spatial dynamics through the industrial district

Sforzi¹,

Mancini²

2012

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Th e industrial district theory has brought to the development economics the opportunity to interpret the economic change through places, where it actually is formed, as a result of the join action of the local and extra-local social, economic and institutional forces. Th is paper sets out to discuss the contribution that the industrial district theory can make to the debate on the spatial dynamics of agri-food systems in the age of globalisation. To this end, the fi rst part of the paper analyses the contribution of the industrial district approach in the relationship between industry and territory; the second part studies the evolution of the concept of the agri-food system and the main determinants of the spatial dynamics in modern agri food systems. Th is paper supports that the industrial district theory can shed a new light on the spatial dynamics of agri-food systems, and can off er an alternative to the mainstream approach. In using the local community as a unit of analysis, the ID theory gives a key role to human agents of production and their knowledge and the agri-food system can be seen as 'a global network of places' , each place being specialized in a diff erent component of the system.

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Section: From the Agri-food System To Localised Agri-food Systemsmentioning

confidence: 66%

The reinterpretation of the agri-food system and its spatial dynamics through the industrial district

Sforzi¹,

Mancini²

2012

AGR ECON-CZECH

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“…In France too, the scientific work about quality signs and quality food networks in general has influenced the evolution of regulations over time. Symmetrically to this "applied" use of the academic work in public policies, scientists have studied the impacts of public and private regulatory systems as well as the particular expressions of territorial governance that are set up around these initiatives (Muchnik et al 2008;Requier-Desjardins 2010;Belletti et al 2017).…”

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Territorial agrifood systems: A Franco-Italian contribution to the debates over alternative food networks in rural areas

Lamine

Garçon²,

Brunori

2019

Journal of Rural Studies

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The increasing diversity of food networks and initiatives has given rise to a variety of analyses and approaches among which the literatures on "Alternative Food Networks" (AFN) and the "quality turn" stand out for the role of European and more specifically French and Italian contributions and the richness of the debates between authors from different horizons. These debates focus especially on the transformative power of alternative and/or quality food networks at the scale of larger agrifood systems and the risks of territorial and social inequity that they may embody, thus raising social justice issues. However, in the AFN literature, the central focus on specific networks (most often emanating from the civil society) often leads to overlook the effects of possible interactions between different networks and stakeholders, while in the "quality" literature, the central focus on specialty products leads to a lack of consideration of entire food diets and agrifood systems as well as often, of social justice issues. Based on a focused critical review review of these literature, we thus argue for an intertwined approach that aims at assessing food systems as territorial constructions. In this purpose, our approach defines the research object by starting from a hypothesis of territorial assemblage instead of from specific initiatives considered in isolation. This allows taking into account various initiatives, different ambitions and their combined effects in facilitating-or not-just sustainable transitions. We do not base our argument on an optimistic vision of the potentials of hybridisations and combinations, but rather on a critical perspective focused on the effects of the alternative/conventional confrontations (and controversies) in terms of "re-differentiation" processes. Based on two case studies in Southern France and Northern Italy, we demonstrate how this approach can be applied and contribute to wider debates over the key questions related to the AFNs' transformative power and social justice.

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“…"The environment, products, people and their institutions, know-how, culinary traditions and relationship networks get together within a territory to produce a type of agricultural and food organization in a given spatial scale" [17] (p. 8). It is this collective sharing of values and knowledge associated with a territory that confers particular qualities to the product [2]. The LAS concept allows researchers to analyze supply chains more complex than short supply chains sensu stricto by taking the territory as the point of reference both to determine the products that qualify and as a relevant scale for collective action.…”

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“…In both countries the dominant food system consists of large-scale, long supply chains. In France, two approaches "territorial food systems" (TFS) (système alimentaire territorial) [1] and "localized agrifood systems" (LAS) (système alimentaire localisé) [2] developed based on the recognition that territorial or place-based supply chains can be effective alternatives to globalization and long supply chains. More recently, in France, "mid-tier supply chain"…”

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Developing Mid-Tier Supply Chains (France) and Values-Based Food Supply Chains (USA): A Comparison of Motivations, Achievements, Barriers and Limitations

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Mid-tier supply chains/values-based food supply chains have emerged, in both France and the United States, as viable alternatives for small and mid-sized farms that had previously struggled. These supply chains deliver more products to a larger region than short supply chains such as farm-direct markets and are distinguished from the dominant long supply chains by (1) products that are differentiated from the mainstream based on superior quality, environmental stewardship and social responsibility; and (2) the characteristics of the strategic relationships that link the supply chain participants. On the demand side, regional supermarkets, restaurants, public and private institutional buyers, and individual consumers have demonstrated their eagerness to seek out and pay premiums for these types of high-quality food products that are delivered via trusted and transparent supply chains and characterized by their authentic farming stories. The set of case studies presented in this paper (three from each country) will highlight both the parallels and differences in the development of these innovative supply chains between two countries with quite dissimilar agricultural and food sector traditions and policies.

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L'évolution du débat sur les SYAL : le regard d'un économiste

Cited by 25 publications

References 20 publications

The reinterpretation of the agri-food system and its spatial dynamics through the industrial district

The reinterpretation of the agri-food system and its spatial dynamics through the industrial district

Territorial agrifood systems: A Franco-Italian contribution to the debates over alternative food networks in rural areas

Developing Mid-Tier Supply Chains (France) and Values-Based Food Supply Chains (USA): A Comparison of Motivations, Achievements, Barriers and Limitations

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