The Modalities of Territorial Embeddedness of French Cooperative Groups

Filippi, Marie Denise; Frey, Olivier; Torre, André

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“…In addition, recent developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) have made it possible to establish and maintain contacts 'at a distance' (Lorentzen 2008). In the context of alternative food networks, ICT has been valuable in facilitating exchanges and mobilizing 'virtual' communities of practices on the basis of shared cognitive frameworks (Filippi et al 2011;Bos and Owen 2016;Chiffoleau et al 2018). Online presence has revealed the ubiquitous nature of contemporary interactions with a heightened ability for individual actors to act and contribute in real-time to developments taking place in multiple locales (Torre 2009).…”

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Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: the case of North Swedish farmers

Dubois

2019

Agric Hum Values

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This paper examines the social and organizational innovation processes undertaken by small-scale producers engaged in short food supply chains in the North Swedish region of Västerbotten. The study uses the notion of proximity to empirically analyse and conceptually explore these phenomena. The paper illustrates the 'new associationalism' mobilized by producers in order to promote knowledge exchange and learning and highlights the role of translocal practices in sustaining this transition. The study found that open and trusted interactions with consumers are central to the development of 'quasi-organic' practices, and that producers belong to numerous motley associations of food professionals facilitating the creation of collective meanings about near-produced quality food. The paper contributes to the rapprochement between agri-food studies and human geography to understand the formation of local food systems from an evolutionary and relational perspective.

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Section: Analytical Frameworkmentioning

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Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: the case of North Swedish farmers

Dubois

2019

Agric Hum Values

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“…The more cooperatives consolidate up‐stream level local learning networks, the better they are able to master both costs and hi‐tech agricultural processes. Consequently, cooperatives develop differentiated member services in order to individualize their advice (Filippi et al., ). Unfortunately, the benefits generated by subsidiaries come at the expense of distancing from the initial territory.…”

Section: Results and Discussion: How Territory Ensures Cooperatives’ mentioning

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“…As confirmed by French statistics (Agreste, ), local areas are still involved in cooperative development: (i) whatever the size and complexity of cooperative groups, their head offices still remain in their initial region; (ii) the localization of their production and processing tools is based around territorial circumscription (Filippi et al., ); (iii) the territorial development of French cooperative groups is characterized by spatial contiguous enlargement; (iv) but their territorial constraint seems to have an influence on cooperatives’ international strategies, which is not the case for other European cooperatives. ‐ Geographical and Organized proximities can help cooperatives to activate territorial proximity . …”

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Using the Regional Advantage: French Agricultural Cooperatives’ Economic and Governance Tool

Filippi

2014

Ann Public Coop Econ

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Ever‐increasing globalization has forced cooperatives to strike a balance between developing economic performance and sticking to their social values. This article examines in what respect the localization of French agricultural cooperatives could be used as an economic and governance tool. We distinguish between three strategies: (1) enhancing the value of local resources; (2) creating links between members in order to reinforce member loyalty; and (3) building interdependencies with consumers in supply chains. We show that the French cooperatives’ strategies transform their localization constraint into territorial advantages, suggesting a tool that might usefully be adapted by cooperatives of other countries. Further research including international comparisons is needed in order to improve understanding of the mechanisms at work behind commitment with owner‐members at the cooperative level.

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“…Coming from France, a discourse on proximities in agriculture emerges and slowly feeds into international AFN literature (Filippi et al . ; Aubry and Kebir ; Kebir and Torre ; Dubois ). But to our knowledge, no scientific study has looked at coffee value chains through the lens of proximity.…”

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Analytic Framework to Determine Proximity in Relationship Coffee Models

2019

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In conventional food systems, there are often large social and geographical distances between production and consumption. Alternative food networks (AFNs) like relationship coffee models aim to shorten these distances through direct contacts, communication, trust, transparency or commitment to improve farmers' livelihoods. These relationship coffee models appear in diverse shapes with various implications for producers. Therefore, we deductively develop a framework to conceptualise proximity in four dimensions (organisational, institutional, cognitive and social) with subdimensions and three transversal dimensions ((temporary) geographical proximity, power, and communication). The analytic framework is complemented by an illustrative case to empirically test it, showing high geographical, organisational, institutional and cognitive proximity but low social proximity between coffee producer and restaurant owner. For future research, the framework can help to conceptualise proximity or to distinguish different types of relationship coffee models and to unpack conditions under which relationship coffees can increase proximity between coffee producers and buyers, often located far apart.

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The Modalities of Territorial Embeddedness of French Cooperative Groups

Cited by 18 publications

References 8 publications

Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: the case of North Swedish farmers

Translocal practices and proximities in short quality food chains at the periphery: the case of North Swedish farmers

Using the Regional Advantage: French Agricultural Cooperatives’ Economic and Governance Tool

Analytic Framework to Determine Proximity in Relationship Coffee Models

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