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

Autor(es)

Gonzalez-Azcarate, Mario ; Silva, Vivian Lara ; Cruz-Macein, Jose Luis ; Lopez-Garcia, Daniel ; Bardaji, Isabel

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS; v. 47, n. 8, p. 32-pg., 2023-07-06.

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 20/13307-0 - How do we go blue? Transições sociotécnicas e níveis institucionais
• Beneficiário: Vivian Lara dos Santos Silva Rossignolo
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular