Farmers' markets in Czechia: Risks and possibilities

Spilková, Jana; Perlín, Radim

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.07.001

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“…from the rest of Europe to a post-communist environment on the other hand, place this region into a unique position. The situation has been reflected from some points of view by Spilková and Perlín (2013), Spilková and Vágner (2016), Benedek and Balazs, (2016) or Gibas et al (2013). One quite interesting application of not old fashioned, but still beneficial theories seems to be the geographical concept of 'travelling theory' (Said, 1983in Fendrychová, 2015 applied by Fendrychová in research on the emergence and development of farmers' markets in Prague.…”

Section: Urban Agriculture Research In Europementioning

confidence: 99%

The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

Duží

Frantál

Rojo

2017

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Section: Urban Agriculture Research In Europementioning

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The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

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Frantál

Rojo

2017

Moravian Geographical Reports

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“…That ENGOs and civil society in general have played an important role in Czechia in the establishment of farmers' markets and the promotion of organic food has been documented quite extensively (e.g. Zagata 2010, Spilková and Perlín 2013. 3.…”

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Reluctant pioneers in the European periphery? Environmental activism, food consumption and “growing your own”

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Jehlička

2017

Local Environment

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East European food self-provisioning (FSP) has fascinated scholars of post-socialism ever since the early 1990s. In keeping with its predominantly economic and cultural conceptualisations, much of this research has been concerned with FSP's role in household economy and with the social profile of its practitioners. In contrast to western conceptualisations of FSP as an opportunity to expand food activism and foster social justice and environmental sustainability, post-socialist FSP has rarely been considered as such. In Czechia, FSP is practised by 43% of citizens and many of them do so in a relatively environmentally friendly way. Yet, most food-related campaigns run by environmental NGOs (ENGOs) pay little attention to FSP and focus on market-based ethical consumerism and alternative food networks instead. Using insights from actor-network theory, this paper discusses how Czech ENGO activists engage with FSP through discourse and in practice. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with leading activists, we show that FSP does figure in non-food-related campaigns and that the FSP practised by activists themselves or the FSP carried out by relatives and relatives' friends are not the same as the FSP on which they are reluctant to campaign. These differences, which include controllability and the time-consuming nature of practising FSP according to some of the activists' ideals, help this paper to come to an initial understanding of why Czech ENGOs do not run campaigns explicitly focused on FSP at the moment and shed some light on how this could change in the future. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Despite of growing number of important research studies of shoppers' perceived embeddedness at farmers' markets (Cassia et al 2012, Spilková and Perlín 2013, Chen 2013, Feagan and Morris 2009), Chen and Scott (2014) identified a lack of consistency in investigation of perceived benefits derived from an intangible credence factors of perception of social, spatial and natural embeddedness. To give an overview about the plurality of possible factors influencing the preference for regional Hanseleit et al (2007) applied the theoretical framework proposed by Obermiller and Spangenberg (1989) to explain the preferences for local food.…”

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“…Zagata (2012) notes also specific role of civic organization in the Czech context, which together with authorities acted as the catalyst for the AFNs development. Most research has been recently done to study the emerging models of AFN such as farmers' markets Perlín 2013), community-supported agriculture (Asfourová et al 2015) and farm boxes (Konečný et al 2016). In order to perceive added value from a local food a better understanding of the values, norms, needs and, motives as a determinants of consumer's choice at the alternative food networks is steel needed.…”

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Consumer Preferences Expressed via Shopping in Alternative Food Chains

Miškolci¹

2017

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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In recent years an increasing consumer interest in shopping in alternative food chains can be observed also in the Czech Republic. For the successful development of alternative food networks, it is important to understand what motivates consumers to shop there. This paper is aimed to define and discuss the key aspects of the preference determinants of AFN shoppers. The empirical analysis was conducted on 333 shoppers at two alternative food chains in Brno, Czech Republic. The consumer survey was designed to examine cognitive, normative and affective determinants of preference for purchased food. First findings confirm, that by the shopping at alternative food chains consumers demonstrate preferences not only for fresh and tasty food, but also their normative position of willingness to support local production and community.

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Farmers' markets in Czechia: Risks and possibilities

Cited by 50 publications

References 54 publications

The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

Reluctant pioneers in the European periphery? Environmental activism, food consumption and “growing your own”

Consumer Preferences Expressed via Shopping in Alternative Food Chains

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