Library on Rural Entrepreneurship

Specific Themes

Short Supply Chain

Overview of short supply chains in France, Discussion paper, The French Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries ( MAAPRAT), 2011
Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on ‘Local food systems’ (outlook opinion), 2011
Draft outlook opinion of the Committee of Regions on Local Food Systems, NAT-V/005, January 2011
Le développement des circuits courts alimentaires: un nouveau souffle entrepreneurial dans l’agriculture?, Congrès International Francophone sur l’Entrepreneuriat et la PME, Bordeaux, France, 2010
Bréchet J-P., Le Velly R., Le marché comme rencontre d’activités de régulation. Innovations pour l’approvisionnement bio et local de la restauration collective, Société Française d’Economie Rurale, 4e journées de recherche en sciences sociales, Rennes, December 2010
Les systèmes agroalimentaires alternatifs. Une revue des travaux anglophones en sciences sociales, Economie Rurale, vol. 317, pp. 57-73, 2010
Rytkönen P. and Gratzer K., When do trademarks create new markets? Entrepreneurship, brands and growth – experiences from small scale cheese production in Austria, Spain and Sweden, July 2010
Risku‐Norjaa H. and Mikkola M., Towards sustainable food systems through innovative networks in public catering, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, July 2010
Anthopouloua T. and Koutsoub S., Local agri‐food products of women’s cooperatives. The ‘feminine side’ of quality (Greece), July 2010
Kupiec‐Teahana B., Lamprinopoulou‐Kranisa C. , Inglisb C., Leata P.and Revoredo‐Gihaa C. Short supply chains for local food in mountain areas, Abstract, July 2010
Bálint B., Comparative analysis of the context of AAFNs at the local, national and European level, FAAN project, Szent István University, Hungary, 2009
Chiffoleau Y., From politics to cooperation: the Dynamics of Embeddedness in Alternative Food Supply Chains, Sociologia Ruralis, vol. 49 n°3, 2009
Short food supply chains development within natural regional parks of France,Magazine de la Fédération des Parcs Naturels Régionaux de France, N° 64, Décembre 2009
Local, organic food initiatives and their potentials for transforming the conventional food system, Anthropology of Food, vol.4, May 2005
Local foods and local markets: strategies to grow the local sector in the UK, Holt G., Anthropology of Food, vol. 4, May 2005
Kakriainen S., von Essen H. (ed.), Obtacles and solutions in use of local and organic food, Ecological Agricolture-44, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, December 2005
From local food to terroir product? - Some views about Tjukkmjølk, the traditional thick sour milk from Røros, Norway, Anthropology of Food, vol. 4, May 2005
Marsden T., Banks J., Bristow G, Food Supply Chains Approaches: Exploring their role in Rural Development, , Sociologia Ruralis, vol.40, n° 4, 2000
Nygard B., Storstad O., De-globalization of Food Markets? Consumer perceptions of Safe food: the Case of Norway, Sociologia Ruralis, vol. 38, n°1, 1998
Vecchio R., Local Food at Italian Farmers’ Markets: Three case studies, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, vol. 17, n°2, pp.122-139, 2010

Case studies:

Karner S. (ed), Local food systems in Europe: case studies from five countries and what they imply for policy and practice, FAAN- Facilitating Alternative Agro-Food Networks, IFZ Graz, 2010
Lanciano E., Dumain A., Comment ne pas faire de commerce tout en en faisant? Le cas des systèmes de paniers dits alternatifs en Rhône-Alpes Paris, 2010
Short case-study: ‘The Hot Irishman’- A Steaming Success, Ireland, Ireland
Nielsen T., Nölting B., Kristensen N.H., Løes A.-K., A comparative study of the implementation of organic food in school meal systems in four European countries, Bioforsk Report, Vol. 4, No.145, 2009.
Oostindie H., Renting H.,van der Meulen H., COFAMI, Encouraging Collective Farmers Marketing Initiatives: National Synthesis Report on Case Studies in the Netherlands, Wageningen University, December 2007