1. Green Root Collective Action for Conservation of Agri-Bio Diversity: a Case Study in Tuscany
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Stefani, G., Lombardi, G. V., Romano, D., and Cei, L.
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0106 biological sciences ,collective action ,0502 economics and business ,05 social sciences ,collective action, wheat landraces, integrated food chains ,integrated food chains ,wheat landraces ,050207 economics ,01 natural sciences ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
The literature on environmental policy shows that institutional arrangements are key in designing effective environmental policies. Besides regulation and market (Coasian) solutions, grass root collective action has been advocated as a possible solution for the provision of agro-environmental public goods. We gauge that the same institutional arrangement can be found in many territorially integrated food chains that aims at re-embedding food production in the local society. Building on this literature, we present a case study - a short supply chain for bread production from ancient local wheat landraces in Tuscany – emphasizing the role played by collective action in maintaining high quality production in a context of severe information asymmetries., Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2017
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- 2017