Food system integration of olive-oil-producing small farms in Southern Europe

Pavlos Karanikolas, Victor Martinez-Gomez, Francesca Galli, Paolo Prosperi (), Paola Hernández, Laura Arnalte-Mur, Maria Rivera, Giannis Goussios, Laura Fastelli, Elpiniki Oikonomopoulou and Ana Fonseca
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Victor Martinez-Gomez: UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia
Francesca Galli: UniPi - University of Pisa [Italy] = Università di Pisa [Italia] = Université de Pise [Italie]
Paolo Prosperi: UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, UniPi - University of Pisa [Italy] = Università di Pisa [Italia] = Université de Pise [Italie], CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes
Paola Hernández: Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM) - Universidade de Évora = University of Évora [Portugal]
Laura Arnalte-Mur: UPV - Universitat Politècnica de València = Universitad Politecnica de Valencia = Polytechnic University of Valencia
Maria Rivera: Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM) - Universidade de Évora = University of Évora [Portugal]
Giannis Goussios: Agricultural University of Athens
Laura Fastelli: UniPi - University of Pisa [Italy] = Università di Pisa [Italia] = Université de Pise [Italie]
Elpiniki Oikonomopoulou: Agricultural University of Athens
Ana Fonseca: Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM) - Universidade de Évora = University of Évora [Portugal]

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Abstract: This study aims to identify the various forms of integration of olive-oil-producing small farms (OSFs) into food systems in four Southern European regions, as well as to identify the most beneficial strategies of integration. Drawing on data from the SALSA Project, the study has found that besides self-provision, OSFs are engaged in multiple types of integration, including reciprocity relations as well as relations with informal and formal markets. Multiple strategies with synergistic effects co-exist at the farm/farm household level. However, specific territorial resources are partially mobilized by actors' strategies; consequently, olive oil identities are valorized on the market to some extent, but less so through positive externalities. Therefore, the unrealized potential of localization of food systems in which OSFs operate is identified.

Keywords: small farm; olive oil; localized food systems; strategies; market integration; southern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-03
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Published in Global Food Security, 2021, 28, pp.100499. ⟨10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100499⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100499

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