Evolution of Alternative Food Networks in an Old Industrial Region of Czechia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43310%2F20%3A43918031" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43310/20:43918031 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68145535:_____/20:00534330 RIV/44555601:13440/20:43895569 RIV/44555601:13510/20:43895569
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2020.02.04" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2020.02.04</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2020.02.04" target="_blank" >10.3112/erdkunde.2020.02.04</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evolution of Alternative Food Networks in an Old Industrial Region of Czechia
Original language description
The main aim of the article is to present a regional analysis of alternative food networks (AFNs) in the old industrial Moravia-Silesian Region in Czechia accompanied by an assessment of their extent, the basic characteristics of their constituents and evolution during the period between 2014-2018. Although a number of studies on AFNs have been published so far, a detailed geographical analysis of AFNs from the regions of Central and Eastern Europe is missing. This paper aims to fill this research gap by providing an in-depth regional analysis of AFNs' spatial distribution while covering both the production (farms integrated in AFNs) and consumption side of 'local' food (selected forms of its distribution). Based on selected publicly available databases, we revealed that the proportion of farms integrated in AFNs out of the total number of farms in the region was only 1.4% (or 5% of the total number of organic farms) in 2018. However, significant growth in the number of farms producing food for AFNs and on site farm sales was registered within the monitored period. Only one third of AFN farms can be considered as small farms (up to 10 ha). AFN farms dominantly focused on animal production and were concentrated mostly in the proximity of urban areas favourable for agriculture. The low number of identified farms might be explained, inter alia, by the higher intensity of food self-provisioning in the region.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LTC18067" target="_blank" >LTC18067: Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe (CS-EU)</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Erdkunde
ISSN
0014-0015
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
74
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
143-159
UT code for WoS article
000545976200004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85087754345