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Short supply chain: analysis of the competitiveness of organic horticultural farmers at Italian regional level

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  • Bertazzoli, Aldo
  • Ruggeri, Arianna
  • Samoggia, Antonella

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The paper focuses on the competitiveness of organic horticultural farms implementing short food supply chain (SFSC), by analysing the organisational structures adopted by farmers and their economic performance. The collection of data based on face to face interviews with farmers and the review of the rural development plans of three central Italy regions. Results show that farms prefer a combination of organizational structures that involve both business to consumer and business to business strategies. A high number of farms realise direct selling to consumers implemented through in farm selling and market distribution channels. Nonetheless, farms performing the highest turnover take advantage from the support of informal or formal network of producers. At policy level intervention towards strengthening SFSC’s competitiveness is still lacking.

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  • Bertazzoli, Aldo & Ruggeri, Arianna & Samoggia, Antonella, 2010. "Short supply chain: analysis of the competitiveness of organic horticultural farmers at Italian regional level," 118th Seminar, August 25-27, 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia 94918, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaa118:94918
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.94918
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    1. Thomas Krikser & Ingo Zasada & Annette Piorr, 2019. "Socio-Economic Viability of Urban Agriculture—A Comparative Analysis of Success Factors in Germany," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-12, April.
    2. Alexandra Doernberg & Ingo Zasada & Katarzyna Bruszewska & Björn Skoczowski & Annette Piorr, 2016. "Potentials and Limitations of Regional Organic Food Supply: A Qualitative Analysis of Two Food Chain Types in the Berlin Metropolitan Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-20, November.
    3. Val?rie Bossi Fedrigotti & Christian Fischer, 2014. "The supply chain of sweet chestnuts in South Tyrol," Economia agro-alimentare, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 16(1), pages 117-137.

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