Heterogeneous Organizational Arrangements in Agrifood Chains: A Governance Value Analysis Perspective on the Sheep and Goat Meat Sector of Italy

Perito, Maria Angela; Rosa, Marcello De; Bartoli, Luca; Chiodo, Emilio; Martino, Giuseppe

doi:10.3390/agriculture7060047

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“…Therefore, stakeholders might have different interests in taking part in the same GI, leading to the expression of power relations [11,19]. This has consequences on the way economic value is shared among local actors [13,20]. Furthermore, the interaction between GIs and the environment, biodiversity, or the landscape is ambiguous [15,21].…”

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Sharing Values for Changing Practices, a Lever for Sustainable Transformation? The Case of Farmers and Processors in Interaction within Localized Cheese Sectors

Millet

Casabianca

2019

Sustainability

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International research and development organizations have acknowledged that localized agrifood systems, particularly geographical indications (GIs), are a lever for evolving towards sustainable agriculture. Such a premise is neither spontaneous nor systematic. Research and development organizations show their limit in proposing approaches to overcome this raised issue: The performance-based approach of sustainability, associated with a strict economical understanding of activities, is at stake. We propose the introduction of a values-based approach to the understanding of localized activities and their contribution to sustainability. We base our demonstration on the study of the relationships between stakeholders within GIs on a day-to-day basis: Corsica and Western Pyrenees (WP) are regions where traditional cheeses (respectively GI Brocciu and GI Ossau-Iraty) are produced with ewe milk. We build a typology of relationships between farmers providing the milk and dairies, based on the theory of worlds of worth (from industrial to artisanal). We cross-reference it with values given to milk and cheese. Despite the framing role of GIs, milk is mainly valued according to industrial criteria of quantity and sound farming practices have no weightage. However, artisanal and civic initiatives have emerged using raw milk and fostering more sustainable practices, notably based on organic farming. Though those initiatives are currently marginal, they might be promising seeds of change.

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Sharing Values for Changing Practices, a Lever for Sustainable Transformation? The Case of Farmers and Processors in Interaction within Localized Cheese Sectors

Millet

Casabianca

2019

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“…Sorting is performed by each supply chain operator, first as live animals, then as carcasses, and finally as wrapped meat. Although this process is well-recognized and documented in other sectors of the economy [ 8 , 9 ], it is less well-documented in the agro-food sector [ 10 , 11 , 12 ]. It is nevertheless essential to match supply and demand.…”

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“…The management of product diversity, called product assortment or product mix, is a relatively well-known process in the functioning of value chains and, in particular, as a source of resilience for companies [ 8 , 9 ]. More recently, some studies have analyzed this process for food product value chains [ 10 , 11 , 12 ], but little or no work asks this question at the level of production systems.…”

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The Management of Lamb Heterogeneity is a Tool for Farmers’ Marketing Strategies

Nozières-Petit

Moulin

2021

Animals

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The technical processes used in sheep farming systems are elaborate and difficult to control. The result is a certain heterogeneity in marketed lambs. The aim of this study was to understand how farmers use their practices and modes of marketing to manage and exploit this heterogeneity. We analyzed livestock farming systems in Languedoc-Roussillon (South of France) through eight case studies. We characterize the heterogeneity of lambs during their growth and sale and how the farmers cope with this. Our analysis shows how this heterogeneity, whether intentionally created or merely endured, can be used to invest in different marketing chains. Heterogeneity not only offers adaptable farmers marketing opportunities, but also a method of managing production risks.

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“…The potential for collective action is also drawn on the emergence of new institutional arrangements (for instance, producers' organizations) able to empower farmers' capability of repositioning farming by creating and governing new markets (governance of markets). A suitable governance in value creation represents a key dimension for enabling valorization strategies which is grounded on the availability of proper resources [23]. In this paper, the two theoretical models have been considered for the analysis of a potential GI initiative, applied to the shea butter in Yendi municipality of Ghana.…”

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Geographical Indication to Build up Resilient Rural Economies: A Case Study from Ghana

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This paper deals with Geographical Indications (GI) as a critical strategy aimed to boost agri-food local supply chain and rural development. The main concern of this work, therefore, is to verify how the identification of these products and establishment of GI systems can propel sustainable development in local areas in Africa. Two assumptions are at the basis of our paper: viable GI systems can be established in Africa, and the establishment of a GI system can stimulate rural development. In order to clarify the process of GI setting up and valorization, we will test GI virtuous circle and the rural web, with the purpose of exploring the multiple dimensions (endogeneity, social capital, sustainability, novelty, institutional arrangements, governance of markets) interfering in the process at both the agri-food supply chain and rural context levels of analysis. The analysis is applied to the shea butter production in Ghana and will employ primary data. Questionnaires and interviews were administered in the study area (Yendi Municipality of Ghana) to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. Our analysis confirms the potentialities of the shea butter as GI, by underlying its engine for the development of local rural communities.

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Heterogeneous Organizational Arrangements in Agrifood Chains: A Governance Value Analysis Perspective on the Sheep and Goat Meat Sector of Italy

Cited by 13 publications

References 30 publications

Sharing Values for Changing Practices, a Lever for Sustainable Transformation? The Case of Farmers and Processors in Interaction within Localized Cheese Sectors

Sharing Values for Changing Practices, a Lever for Sustainable Transformation? The Case of Farmers and Processors in Interaction within Localized Cheese Sectors

The Management of Lamb Heterogeneity is a Tool for Farmers’ Marketing Strategies

Geographical Indication to Build up Resilient Rural Economies: A Case Study from Ghana

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