Grass Root Collective Action for territorially integrated food supply chain: A Case Study from Tuscany

Gianluca Stefani, Ginevra Lombardi, Donato Romano and Lorenzo Cei
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Ginevra Lombardi: Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa
Lorenzo Cei: Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa

Working Papers - Economics from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa

Abstract: The literature on environmental policy shows that institutional arrangements are key in designing effective environmental policies. Besides regulation and market (Coasian) solutions, grass root collective action has been advocated as a possible solution for the provision of agro-environmental public goods. We gauge that the same institutional arrangement can be found in many territorially integrated food chains that aims at re- embedding food production in the local society. Building on this literature, we present a case study - a short supply chain for bread production from ancient local wheat landraces in Tuscany – emphasizing the role played by collective action in maintaining high quality production in a context of severe information asymmetries.

Keywords: Collective action; wheat landraces; integrated food chains (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 D71 D83 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2016
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