Regional assessment of the current status of Short Food Supply Chains

The assessment of the current status of the Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) in each of the 12 Beacon Regions (focal regions) of the agroBRIDGES project is one of the different key aspects that jointly conform to the overall project concept.

It is important to study the existing knowledge and SFSCs in each region, to identify and later stimulate the wide adoption of sustainable SFSC-based business models already existing successfully in one or some of the regions. The traditional/current business models, that will be spotted here, like the new SFSCs business and marketing models to be developed later, be categorised, and analysed from an economic (with special attention on producer’s income), environmental and social point of view.

The 12 Beacon Regions portrayed in this report are listed in the table below:

Country

Region

Beacon Region Leader

Greece

Central Macedonia

Q-PLAN

Finland

All

VTT

Netherlands

All

WU

Italy

Lazio and Piemonte

CREA

Ireland

All

MTU

Denmark

All

FBCD

Spain

Andalucia

CTA

Poland

All

UNMF

Latvia

All

UNMF

Lithuania

All

UNMF

France

Bretagne, Pays de la Loire, Auvergne – Rhône Alpes

VGP

Turkey

All

SUF

All Beacon Regions have contributed data and insights about their specific region collected through desk research. They have focused on 2 appointed sectors that is of importance for the region. The focal sectors have been settled in the application for this project. The knowledge generated in the desk research is qualified through interviews with members of the regional Multi Actor Platform (MAP). Some interviews are summarized in the document, while others are integrated into the description.

For each Beacon Region the current status of SFSCs is described in these chapters:

Overall status

Main regional drivers

Environmental aspects

Economic aspects

Social aspects

Along this information you will find a description of 5-10 important business or marketing models for each region together with statistics on market sectors and size. The description of the models is based on Business Model Canvas.

The dataset contains the 12 regional reports, outlining the core topics of the regional assessment described above. In some regional reports, the notes from interviews with local actors are available and provided in the respective Annex.