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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as resilient socio-economic structures: the role of collaboration and public policies in Brazil and Spain

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Author(s):
Gonzalez-Azcarate, Mario ; Silva, Vivian Lara ; Cruz-Macein, Jose Luis ; Lopez-Garcia, Daniel ; Bardaji, Isabel
Total Authors: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS; v. 47, n. 8, p. 32-pg., 2023-07-06.
Abstract

This study examines the determinants of resilience in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and strategies for CSA expansion, including the role of public policies, providing a genuine international comparison of inputs from CSA coordinators in Brazil and Spain. The results indicate that CSA projects with an engaged small consumer core group that supports the producer have additional tools to build resilience. Synergies with other like-minded social, educational, or environmental projects offer significant expansion opportunities. Distrust of CSA actors in public policies limits their ability to support the CSA movement, but indirect policy adjustments could have a favorable effects on CSA expansion. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 20/13307-0 - How do we go blue? Sociotechnical transitions and institutional layers
Grantee:Vivian Lara dos Santos Silva Rossignolo
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants