Local Entrepreneurship in the Context of Food Production: A Review

Izabela Kwil, Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej and Małgorzata Krzywonos
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Izabela Kwil: Department of Labor and Capital, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Local food production is meaningful not only for a single producer but also for the consumer, and finally for the entire region. Therefore, it would be beneficial to take up the issue of local entrepreneurship in the context of food production. The aim of the study was to analyze important terms, research topics, and research results related to the issue of local entrepreneurship in the context of food production. Literature review revealed definitional discrepancies related to the subject of the study. Thus, the need to create an unambiguous definition of local food and local entrepreneurship was emphasized. Own definitions of these issues were provided. Most of the available publications are devoted to local food produced in selected countries. In the analyzed research papers, the problem of local food is most often correlated with marketing or health-promoting properties of local food. A research gap was identified: suggestions were made in regards to the research problems worth bringing up in empirical research in the interest of activating local entrepreneurship.

Keywords: local food; local entrepreneurship; regional products; traditional product; empirical research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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