Sanz-Cañada J., Sánchez-Hernández J.L., López-García D. (2023). Reflecting on the concept of local agroecological food systems. Land, 01/06/2023, vol. 12, n. 6, p. 1-22.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061147
https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061147
Titre : | Reflecting on the concept of local agroecological food systems (2023) |
Auteurs : | J. Sanz-Cañada ; J.L. Sánchez-Hernández ; D. López-García |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Land (vol. 12, n. 6, June 2023) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-22 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.4 - Production Agricole. Système de ProductionThésaurus IAMM SYSTEME AGROALIMENTAIRE ; SYSTEME ALIMENTAIRE ALTERNATIF ; SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION LOCALISE ; CIRCUIT COURT ; CIRCUIT DE COMMERCIALISATION ; CONCEPT |
Résumé : | Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed. This paper develops a new concept called Local Agroecological Food Systems (LAEFS), which focuses the research not only on local food identity, but also on agroecological principles. We aim to conduct a reflexive review of the literature on the conceptual factors attempting to describe the particular characteristics of LAEFS (distinguishing these from LAFS). We explore five axes of analysis: (a) to establish a compromise at the local level between agro-food sectoral specialisation on the one hand and greater cultivated biodiversity and a more diversified economic structure on the other; (b) to geographically and commercially shorten food channels to the fullest extent; (c) to construct new institutional formulae in the fields of logistics, distribution and public procurement for the scaling up of sustainable food; (d) to develop a participatory, bottom-up, multi-stakeholder and multi-level territorial governance; and (e) to reduce the metabolic profile of food systems by reorganising rural-urban linkages. One of the principal objectives of LAEFS should involve redesigning agricultural and food systems at a scale greater than that of the farm (territory or landscape). This requires both a major public policy push and sustainable territorial governance that incorporate an approach based on territory, food systems and agroecology. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061147 |