Innovation for sustainability : small farmers facing new challenges in the evolving food systems

Small farms represent important components of food systems and rural areas, as sources of occupation and livelihood, factors of socio-economic diversity, cradles of grass-roots innovation and experimentation. Their capacity to adapt and to contribute positively to societal challenges depends on the...

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Other Authors Brunori, Gianluca (Editor), Grando, Stefano (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
SeriesResearch in rural sociology and development ; v. 25.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781839821585
9781839821561
DOI10.1108/s1057-1922202025
Physical Description1 online resource (232 pages) ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Small farming and the food system / Stefano Grando, Gianluca Brunori, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Lee-Ann Sutherland
  • Chapter 2. Small farming and food and nutrition security / Gianluca Brunori, Tessa Avermaete, Fabio Bartolini, Natalia Brzezina, Stefano Grando, Terry Marsden, Erik Mathijs, Ana Moragues-Faus, Roberta Sonnino
  • Chapter 3. Unpacking food systems / Gianluca Brunori, Tessa Avermaete, Fabio Bartolini, Natalia Brzezina, Terry Marsden, Erik Mathijs, Ana Moragues-Faus, Roberta Sonnino
  • Chapter 4. The vulnerability of food systems / Gianluca Brunori, Tessa Avermaete, Fabio Bartolini, Natalia Brzezina, Terry Marsden, Erik Mathijs, Ana Moragues-Faus, Roberta Sonnino
  • Chapter 5. Food systems as assemblages / Gianluca Brunori,Francesca Galli, Stefano Grando
  • Chapter 6. Small farms' behavior: Conditions, strategies,performances / Stefano Grando, Fabio Bartolini, Isabelle Bonjean, Gianluca Brunori, Erik Mathijs, Paolo Prosperi, Daniele Vergamini
  • Chapter 7. Small farms and innovation / Gianluca Brunori, Jet Proost, Sigrid Rand
  • Chapter 8. Innovation policies for sustainable, resilient, food secure systems / Gianluca Brunori, Jet Proost, Sigrid Rand.