Blanc (2009)Blanc, J. (2009). Family farmers and major retail chains in the Brazilian organic sector: assessing new development pathways: a case study in a peri-urban district of São Paulo. Journal of Rural Studies, 25(3), 322-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.01.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.200...
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Verify if family agriculture can benefit from the development of these “conventional” commercialization circuits in the organic sector. |
Chohin-Kuper & Kemmoun (2010)Chohin-Kuper, A., & Kemmoun, H. (2010). From theory to practice: fair trade in olive oil in Morocco. Cahiers Agricultures, 19(spe1), 17-22.
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To compare the 10 criteria of fair trade (World Fair Trade Organization) to the local reality of a group of olive oil farmers in “Femmes du Rif”. |
Dantsis et al. (2009)Dantsis, T., Loumou, A., & Giourga, C. (2009). Organic agriculture’s approach towards sustainability; its relationship with the agro-industrial complex, a case study in Central Macedonia, Greece. Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics, 22(3), 197-216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10806-008-9139-0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10806-008-913...
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Research the interaction of organic farming with the agro-industry complex. |
David et al. (2010)David, C., Mundler, P., Demarle, O., & Ingrand, S. (2010). Long-term strategies and flexibility of organic farmers in southeastern France. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 8(4), 305-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.3763/ijas.2010.0497. http://dx.doi.org/10.3763/ijas.2010.0497...
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Analyze the strategies and flexibility of organic farms throughout time in the face of technical, regulatory economic and social changes challenging agriculture as a whole and especially organic farming. |
Demiryurek (2010)Demiryurek, K. (2010). Analysis of information systems and communication networks for organic and conventional hazelnut producers in the Samsun province of Turkey. Agricultural Systems, 103(7), 444-452. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2010.04.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2010.04...
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Analyze the information systems on agriculture and the communication networks of organic and traditional hazelnut farmers in Samsun, Turkey. |
Finatto & Salamoni (2008)Finatto, R. A. S. G., & Salamoni, G. (2008). Agricultura familiar e agroecologia: perfil da produção de base. Sociedade & Natureza, 20(2), 199-217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1982-45132008000200012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1982-45132008...
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Establish a profile of the agro-ecology based production in the city of Pelotas (Brazil), identifying its general features, the status of the production and its importance as the city’s family farmers production strategy. |
Fonte (2008)Fonte, M. (2008). Knowledge, food and place: a way of producing, a way of knowing. Sociologia Ruralis, 48(3), 200-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00462.x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9523.20...
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Empiric |
Study the dynamic of the knowledge as added value in local gastronomy, based on the results of the Corason project (cognitive approach for sustainable rural development, the dynamic of the expert and lay knowledge). |
Freidberg & Goldstein (2011)Freidberg, S., & Goldstein, L. (2011). Alternative food in the global south: reflections on a direct marketing initiative in Kenya. Journal of Rural Studies, 27(1), 24-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.07.003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.201...
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Empiric |
Describe an attempt to develop an alternative food network. A box scheme launched by the Kenya Institute of Organic Farming in 2007 had the aim of connecting small organic farmers to consumers in Nairobi. |
Furman et al. (2011)Furman, C., Roncoli, C., Crane, T., & Hoogenboom, G. (2011). Beyond the “fit”: introducing climate forecasts among organic farmers in Georgia (United States). Climatic Change, 109(3-4), 791-799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0238-y. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-023...
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Verify how organic farmers in Georgia access and use services of weather information. |
Gómez Tovar et al. (2005)Gómez Tovar, L., Martin, L., Gómez Cruz, M. A., & Mutersbaugh, T. (2005). Certified organic agriculture in Mexico: market connections and certification practices in large and small producers. Journal of Rural Studies, 21(4), 461-474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2005.10.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.200...
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Analyze the two forms of certification used in Mexican organic farming. |
Holloway et al. (2006)Holloway, L., Cox, R., Venn, L., Kneafsey, M., Dowler, E., & Tuomainen, H. (2006). Managing sustainable farmed landscape through ‘alternative’ food networks: a case study from Italy. The Geographical Journal, 172(3), 219-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2006.00205.x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.20...
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Empiric |
Explore how sustainable agricultural management ideas can be expressed through broader understanding of network development concerned with local economies and societies, high specialization in quality food products, certain “traditional” agricultural and animal practices, as well as the ecology of a cultivated landscape. |
Jarosz (2008)Jarosz, L. (2008). The city in the country: growing alternative food networks in metropolitan areas. Journal of Rural Studies, 24(3), 231-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2007.10.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.200...
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Identify two place-based processes (urbanization and rural restructuration) that promote as well as limit the rise and development of alternative food networks development. |
Kohler et al. (2011)Kohler, F., Issberner, L. R., Léna, P., & Marchand, G. (2011). Falência é fracasso? O caso da Associação dos Produtores Alternativos de Ouro Preto do Oeste, Rondônia, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 6(2), 319-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1981-81222011000200005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1981-81222011...
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Empiric |
Examine the failure of the Association of Alternative Food Farmers in Ouro Preto do Oeste, in Rondônia (Brazil). |
Kumbamu (2009)Kumbamu, A. (2009). Subaltern strategies and autonomous community building: a critical analysis of the network organization of sustainable agriculture initiatives in Andhra Pradesh. Community Development Journal: an International Forum, 44(3), 336-350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsp024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsp024...
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Empiric |
Explore and analyze the organization and operation of the subaltern peasants sanghams (grassroot association of the poor) and their strategies in building local and autonomous communities that challenge the neoliberal globalization process and the commodification of food and agriculture. In addition, examines whether autonomous and local-based communities can survive and thrive in an increasingly globalized world. |
Lobley et al. (2013)Lobley, M., Butler, A., & Winter, M. (2013). Local organic food for local people? organic marketing strategies in england and wales. Regional Studies, 47(2), 216-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.546780. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010....
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Empiric |
Characterize national, regional and local organic food markets from the supply perspective. Identify local, regional and national market orientations and consider the concentration of marketing channels using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. |
Makita (2012)Makita, R. (2012). Fair Trade and organic initiatives confronted with Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh, India: a paradox. Geoforum, 43(6), 1232-1241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.03.009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.201...
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Research the confluence of fair trade and initiatives of organic farming based on cotton Bt in India, using as thesis the conventionalization and a Guthman interpretative framework for organic farming in the context of the North of the country. |
Marsden & Smith (2005)Marsden, T., & Smith, E. (2005). Ecological entrepreneurship: sustainable development in local communities through quality food production and local branding. Geoforum, 36(4), 440-451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.07.008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.200...
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Empiric |
Analyze the importance of specialized food networks for responding to local/regional crises escalating in agriculture in the European Union, as well as evaluate whether the local/regional based networks are able to contribute to sustainable rural development. |
Milestad et al. (2010)Milestad, R., Bartel-Kratochvil, R., Leitner, H., & Axmann, P. (2010). Being close: the quality of social relationships in a local organic cereal and bread network in Lower Austria. Journal of Rural Studies, 26(3), 228-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.01.004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.201...
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Explore social relationships among farmers and how the terms “local” and “organic” are expressed, presenting in detail how farmers describe the quality of their intra-network relationship; how they understand the idea of “local”; and how they are connected within the food system. |
Mount (2012)Mount, P. (2012). Growing local food: scale and local food systems governance. Agriculture and Human Values, 29(1), 107-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-011-9331-0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-011-933...
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Expand the discussion by questioning the ways in which scale development can affect the perception and legitimacy of local food systems and the ability to generate and capture the added value of local food. |
Nelson et al. (2010)Nelson, E., Gómez Tovar, L., Rindermann, R. S., & Gómez Cruz, M. A. (2010). Participatory organic certification in Mexico: an alternative approach to maintaining the integrity of the organic label. Agriculture and Human Values, 27(2), 227-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-009-9205-x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-009-920...
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Empiric |
Research specific limitations in the model of participatory certification in Mexico and present the case as an example of how an alternative participatory certification process emerged in the country. |
Radomsky & Leal (2012)Radomsky, F. W., & Leal, O. F. (2012). From the production of rules to seed production: Global Intellectual Property and local knowledge. Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, 9(1), 451-472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1809-43412012000100015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1809-43412012...
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Analyze the international context of the system of intellectual property over the biodiversity and knowledge production, as well as study the actions taken by farmers that participate in the Ecovida Agro-ecology Network in order to create alternative forms of knowledge management to produce ‘pure’ seeds. |
Sage (2003)Sage, C. (2003). Social embeddedness and relations of regard: alternative ‘good food’ networks in south-west Ireland. Journal of Rural Studies, 19(1), 47-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167(02)00044-X. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167(02)...
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Show the importance of mutual respect as a non-economic dimension of personal relationship among farmers, consumers and other actors that are part of a good network of alternative food in Southwest Ireland. |
Sage & Goldberger (2011)Sage, J. L., & Goldberger, J. R. (2011). Decisions to direct market: geographic influences on conventions in organic production. Applied Geography, 34(1), 57-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.10.014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011....
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Empiric |
To empirically demonstrate the factors that influence consumer direct stock markets |
Santos & Chalub-Martins (2012)Santos, F. P., & Chalub-Martins, L. (2012). Agroecologia, consumo sustentável e aprendizado coletivo no Brasil. Educação e Pesquisa, 38(2), 469-484. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022011005000008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022011...
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Analyze and qualify existing “learning” communities within the framework of the alternative economy. |
Selfa & Qazi (2005)Selfa, T., & Qazi, J. (2005). Place, taste, or face-to-face? Understanding producer-consumer networks in “local” food systems in Washington State. Agriculture and Human Values, 22(4), 451-464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-005-3401-0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-005-340...
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Empiric |
Examine two agro-industrial regions in the rural area of Central Washington. Farmers in those cities have tried to diversify processing on large scale, focusing on organic products to niches of the market such as the market of popular farmers in Seattle. The strategies ask the question: “how are the local agrifood networks defined socially and geographically? |
Shreck (2005)Shreck, A. (2005). Resistance, redistribution, and power in the Fair Trade banana initiative. Agriculture and Human Values, 22(1), 17-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-004-7227-y. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10460-004-722...
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Identify the different forms of social action in which the fair trade movement is involved and understand where the movement counter-hegemonic potentials are placed, taking into consideration the several levels at which fair trade alternatives operate. |
Tencati & Zsolnai (2012)Tencati, A., & Zsolnai, L. (2012). Collaborative enterprise and sustainability: the case of Slow Food. Journal of Business Ethics, 110(3), 345-354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-1178-1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-117...
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Theoretical |
Analyze the Slow Food movement and the use of recent theoretical and empirical contributions in psychology and behavior science, supporting cooperative business models as an alternative to current traditional business models. |
Trauger (2007)Trauger, A. (2007). Un/re-constructing the agrarian dream: going back-to-the-land with an organic marketing co-operative in south-central Pennsylvania, USA. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 98(1), 9-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00372.x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.20...
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Use a cultural-economic approach to comprehend the strategies adopted by the model of work adopted by a cooperative of organic food trade in a rural community in South-central Pennsylvania. |
Trauger (2009)Trauger, A. (2009). Social agency and networked spatial relations in sustainable agriculture. Area, 41(2), 117-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00866.x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.20...
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Study an ‘agency’ established by farmers and activists in a sustainable farming community in Pennsylvania in order to understand fractions in the system of conventional food and develop new ways of supplying food in local economies. The term ‘agency’ emerged from the collectives and their relationships according to the Actor-Network Theory. |
Warner (2008)Warner, K. D. (2008). Agroecology as participatory science emerging alternatives to technology transfer extension practice. Science, Technology & Human Values, 33(6), 754-777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162243907309851. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01622439073098...
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Empiric |
To defend the idea that agroecology can not be transferred as technology, but must be extended through participatory social learning networks. |
Zahm et al. (2008)Zahm, F., Viaux, P., Vilain, L., Girardin, P., & Mouchet, C. (2008). Assessing Farm Sustainability with the IDEA Method: from the concept of agriculture sustainability to case studies on farms. Sustainable Development, 16(4), 271-281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sd.380...
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Apply the IDEA (Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles) method, using some adaptations. |
Zanasi & Venturi (2009)Zanasi, C., & Venturi, P. S. M. R. C. (2009). Participative organic certification, trust and local rural communities development: the case of Rede Ecovida. New Medit, 8(2), 56-64. Retrieved in 2008, September 22, from http://www.iamb.it/share/img_new_medit_articoli/257_56zanasi.pdf
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Analyze how social cohesion, trust and market mutual relationship are present throughout the supply chain; Explain the interaction between the organic farming participatory certification and the development of rural communities. |
Zanoli et al. (2012)Zanoli, R., Gambelli, D., & Vairo, D. (2012). Scenarios of the organic food market in Europe. Food Policy, 37(1), 41-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.10.003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2011...
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Carry out a scenario analysis on the future development of the organic food market in Europe. |