The importance of the institutional environment on multifunctional farming systems in the peri-urban area of Brussels

Exploring multifunctional agriculture. A review of conceptual approaches and prospects for an integrative transitional framework

“…Vatn (2002) furthermore pointed out that the type of policy measure may have an effect on farmers' choices (see also Wossink and Van Wenum, 2003). This calls for a better understanding of the evolving motivations of actors involved, as well as their changing socio-political environment, to understand the development and operation of markets within the framework of MFA (Vandermeulen et al, 2006;Jongeneel et al, 2008).…”

“…The role of institutional structures in the development of MFA more generally is stressed in several studies, both as explaining variable for the uptake of MFA policies (Vandermeulen et al, 2006) and as key factor for the successful development of regional innovation systems (Clark, 2006). Such studies increasingly combine insights on public regulation with market regulation approaches (see Section 2.1), e.g.…”

Challenges for the revitalisation of peri-urban agriculture in Spain: Territorial analysis of the Madrid and Oviedo metropolitan areas

“…The public policy approach to multifunctionality in these areas is usually focused on environmental issues that are more likely to be included in planning tools, and perceived as important by local authorities, although social actors also recognise and value other economic and social issues (Vandermeulen et al, 2006;Ives and Kendal, 2013;Marraccini et al, 2013;Olsson et al, 2016).…”

Designing trans-disciplinary research to support policy formulation for sustainable agricultural development

“…Furthermore, there appears to be a need for a data system enabling to perform analysis at different scale levels. For example, correctly aggregated farm or consumer data at municipal level might enable the analysis of effects of differences in local policies as applied in the peri-urban project (see Vandermeulen et al, 2006) or might help to calculate e.g. sustainability indexes for a food chain.…”