| Localizing Global Food: Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Built Environment; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Environment and Sustainability; Food Science & Technology; Geography; Social Sciences; Environmental Policy; Environment & Business; Environment & Resources; Environment & Society; Environment & Economics; Food Laws & Regulations; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Planning; Industry & Industrial Studies; Human Geography; Sociology & Social Policy; Agriculture and Food; Sustainability Assessment; Rural Studies; Environmental Geography; Agriculture; Primary Industries; Manufacturing Industries; Medical Sociology; Political Sociology; Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are, in principle, more sustainable in social, economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated.
Agni Kalfagianni is Associate Professor of Transnational Sustainability Governance, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Sophia Skordili is Professor of Industrial Geography, Department of Geography, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. |