Alternative Food Networks and Short Food Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Case Study Approach
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Search Strategy and Identification Process
2.2. Selection Process
2.3. Data Extraction
3. Results
3.1. Overview of Selected Paper
- Actors’ motivations;
- Collaborative governance;
- Sustainability;
- Social ties and trust;
- Boundary negotiations;
- Resilience.
3.2. Actors’ Motivation
3.2.1. Consumers’ Motivation
3.2.2. Producers’ Motivation
3.2.3. Participation in Community-Based Initiatives
3.3. Sustainability
3.4. Collaborative Governance
3.5. Social Ties and Trust
3.6. Boundary Negotiation
3.7. Resilience
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Database | Search String | No. of Results |
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Scopus | (TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Alternative Food Network*” OR “Short food supply chain*”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (“Case Stud*”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2021) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2020) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2019) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2018) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2017) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2016) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2015) OR LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2014)) AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “ar”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”)) | 103 |
Wos | TS = (“Alternative Food Network*” OR “Short Food Supply Chain*”) AND TS = (“Case Stud*”) and English (Languages) and 2014 or 2015 or 2016 or 2017 or 2018 or 2019 or 2020 or 2021 (Publication Years) | 103 |
Main Topic | Frequency | References |
---|---|---|
Actors’ motivations | 11 | [54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64] |
Sustainability | 9 | [54,55,56,57,65,66,67,68,69] |
Collaborative Governance | 8 | [36,69,70,71,72,73,74,75] |
Social ties and trust | 8 | [25,54,63,76,77,78,79,80] |
Boundary negotiation | 3 | [72,81,82] |
Resilience | 2 | [83,84] |
AFN | N. of Case Study | Article(s) |
---|---|---|
Direct Sale | 49 | 2 |
Farmers’ market | 15 | 10 |
Community Garden | 12 | 4 |
Community Support Agriculture (CSA) | 12 | 7 |
Cooperative | 10 | 4 |
Consumer Group | 6 | 1 |
Box Scheme | 5 | 3 |
Food community network | 4 | 1 |
Community farm | 3 | 1 |
Slow Food | 3 | 3 |
E-commerce | 3 | 1 |
Solidarity Purchasing Groups (SPGs) | 3 | 3 |
Commercial community garden | 3 | 1 |
Food Hub | 2 | 1 |
Marketplace | 2 | 2 |
Food Collective | 2 | 1 |
Fish Shop | 2 | 1 |
Organic Market | 2 | 2 |
Consumers’ cooperative | 2 | 2 |
Farm Shop | 2 | 1 |
Local Shop | 2 | 2 |
Central Market | 1 | 1 |
Open-air market | 1 | 1 |
Direct selling and box scheme | 1 | 1 |
Eco-museum | 1 | 1 |
Wine Association | 1 | 1 |
Hybrid form (Farmers’ market and food buying group) | 1 | 1 |
Local food distribution scheme | 1 | 1 |
Organized Groups of Supply and Demand | 1 | 1 |
B2B helps match Consumers-Producers | 1 | 1 |
Community food growing project | 1 | 1 |
University Community Group | 1 | 1 |
Small city farm | 1 | 1 |
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Gori, F.; Castellini, A. Alternative Food Networks and Short Food Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Case Study Approach. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8140. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108140
Gori F, Castellini A. Alternative Food Networks and Short Food Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Case Study Approach. Sustainability. 2023; 15(10):8140. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108140
Chicago/Turabian StyleGori, Francesca, and Alessandra Castellini. 2023. "Alternative Food Networks and Short Food Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Case Study Approach" Sustainability 15, no. 10: 8140. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108140
APA StyleGori, F., & Castellini, A. (2023). Alternative Food Networks and Short Food Supply Chains: A Systematic Literature Review Based on a Case Study Approach. Sustainability, 15(10), 8140. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108140