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Title Classifying New Hybrid Cooperation Models for Short Food-Supply Chains-Providing a Concept for Assessing Sustainability Transformation in the Urban-Rural Nexus
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Authors Martens, K; Rogga, S; Zscheischler, J; Pölling, B; Obersteg, A; Piorr, A
Title Classifying New Hybrid Cooperation Models for Short Food-Supply Chains-Providing a Concept for Assessing Sustainability Transformation in the Urban-Rural Nexus
Year 2022
Published Land, 11, 4
Abstract In response to the negative effects caused by structures of the dominant agricultural system and new market opportunities, increasing food supply structures have re-emerged in the urban-rural context of industrialized countries in recent years. These food supply structures often accompany new forms of hybrid cooperation models, including actors and institutions that have not shared resources previously. They form new alliances for sustainable transformation in the agri-food sector. Simultaneously, discourse has arisen in science and practice about the sustainability potential of such hybrid cooperation, referring to a lack of critical systematization and the necessity for creating an assessment concept. From the latter, one could draw conclusions about the transformative potential of such cooperation models and their potential to serve as blueprints for other regions. In this conceptual paper, a classification approach derived from social enterprise literature is elaborated, extended, and evaluated, to design a classification of new hybrid cooperation models that allow comparisons between regions and are sensitive to their dynamics. We show in an application how the classification approach, considering the dimensions "actors", "resources", and "actions", serves to discover patterns in the development of short food-supply chain practices, identifying individual transition paths and, thus, making statements about their sustainability and challenges.
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