Public food procurement from family farming : a food system and social network perspective
Gaitán-Cremaschi, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Klerkx, Laurens (Wageningen University. Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group)
Aguilar Gallegos, Norman (Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, Sociales y Tecnológicas de la Agroindustria y la Agricultura Mundial)
Duncan, Jessica (Wageningen University and Research. Rural Sociology Group)
Pizzolón, Alejandro (Universidad de la República (Uruguai). Facultad de Agronomía)
Dogliotti, Santiago (Universidad de la República (Uruguai). Facultad de Agronomía)
Rossing, Walter (Wageningen University and Research. Farming Systems Ecology Group)

Data:	2022
Resum:	There is promising evidence that public food procurement from family farming (PFPF) can serve as a powerful policy instrument in transitions towards more sustainable food systems. Despite the evidence around PFPF, there is lack of systemic and actor-oriented approaches analysing the relational and interactional dynamics among the multiple and diverse sets of actors in PFPF programs. In this paper, we address this gap by presenting an integrative framework that brings together food systems research, innovation studies and social network analysis, to assess the role of actor networks in PFPF. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework, we present the case of public procurement from family farming in Uruguay. We show how the framework has potential to: highlight the composition and diversity of networks of actors in PFPF; unravel individual and network barriers faced by actors in food systems; and, identify how interactions and (intermediary and brokerage) roles of network actors stimulate innovation or blockthe changes that are needed for PFPF to catalyse the transition towards sustainable food systems. © 2022 The Authors.
Resum:	There is promising evidence that public food procurement from family farming (PFPF) can serve as a powerful policy instrument in transitions towards more sustainable food systems. Despite the evidence around PFPF, there is lack of systemic and actor-oriented approaches analysing the relational and interactional dynamics among the multiple and diverse sets of actors in PFPF programs. In this paper, we address this gap by presenting an integrative framework that brings together food systems research, innovation studies and social network analysis, to assess the role of actor networks in PFPF. To illustrate the usefulness of the framework, we present the case of public procurement from family farming in Uruguay. We show how the framework has potential to: highlight the composition and diversity of networks of actors in PFPF; unravel individual and network barriers faced by actors in food systems; and, identify how interactions and (intermediary and brokerage) roles of network actors stimulate innovation or blockthe changes that are needed for PFPF to catalyse the transition towards sustainable food systems.
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
Nota:	Ajuts: This research forms part of HortEco project (Horticultural food systems based on ecologically intensive production and socio-economically sustainable value chains in the transition economies Chile and Uruguay), funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research-Science for Global Development (NWO-WOTRO) contract no. W08.250.304. Special thanks go to all the interviewees of the study.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Family farming ; Food system transformation ; Food systems ; Innovation systems ; Public food procurement ; Social network analysis
Publicat a:	Food Policy, Vol. 111 (Aug. 2022) , art. 102325, ISSN 0306-9192

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102325

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