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’ [PDF] (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 [PDF], 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 [PDF], 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 [PDF], July 2010
• Risku‐Norjaa H. and Mikkola M., Towards sustainable food systems through innovative networks in public catering [PDF], 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) [PDF], 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 [PDF], Abstract, July 2010
• Bálint B., Comparative analysis of the context of AAFNs at the local, national and European level [PDF], FAAN project, Szent István University, Hungary, 2009
• Chiffoleau Y., From politics to cooperation: the Dynamics of Embeddedness in Alternative Food Supply Chains [PDF], Sociologia Ruralis, vol. 49 n°3, 2009
• Short food supply chains development within natural regional parks of France [PDF],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 [PDF], 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 [PDF], 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 [PDF], 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 [PDF] Paris, 2010
• Short case-study: ‘The Hot Irishman [PDF]’- A Steaming Success, 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 [PDF], Wageningen University, December 2007