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The role of ideology in grassroots innovation: An application of the arenas of development framework to organic in Europe
No full textGrassroots Innovation is a typology of innovation that develops in civil society and is driven by social and ideological concerns. This paper focuses on the strategies of resistance developed by Grassroots movements in response to capture and mainstreaming processes and on the role that ideology has in the evolution of Grassroots Innovation. The study refers to the Arenas of Development framework. The adoption of a flat ontology allows to overcome the dichotomy between niche and regime and the focus on market breakthrough. It permits to consider social and political issues, and interactions between different arenas with different perspectives. The notion of actor-world used to define arenas' focus and boundaries allows to stress the role of ideology in evolutionary pathways. The analysis is based on a case study on Organic in Europe, that leads to consider three different arenas: the Grassroots arena, the EU Common Agricultural Policy arena, and the Global retail/agrifood arena. The arenas approach Organic with different lenses, interact and co-evolve. The recent ideological repositioning of the Grassroots arena brought it to the development of a strategy of resistance based on alliances with other arenas of civil society and on both confrontation and separateness with the other Organic arenas
Lost in Mainstreaming? Agrifood and Urban Mobility Grassroots Innovations with Multiple Pathways and Outcomes
No full textGrassroots innovations provide a significant contribution to sustainability transitions. They differ from other innovations as they originate in civil society and are mostly inspired by ideological values. In the literature on grassroots innovation there is no systematic analysis of most prominent processes at supra-local and global scale, including mainstreaming. Mainstreaming is often characterized by ideological conflicts between actors that bring along different interpretations and divergent practices of the same grassroots innovation. Longitudinal global scale case studies of six agrifood and urban mobility grassroots innovations are provided in order to answer to two research questions that are not considered by the literature: 1) What factors underlie the generation of multiple grassroots innovation pathways? 2) What is the relationship between the dynamics of each pathway and its outcome? The comparative analysis of Fair Trade, Organic, Veganism, Carsharing, Cycling and Shared Space highlights recurrent patterns between their dynamics and outcomes. Bifurcations resulting in multiple pathways are systematic and are always linked to mainstreaming. With reference to outcomes, a trade-off is observed between the congruence with original values and the level of empowerment. If compared to big firms, the involvement of institutions into mainstreaming results in less pronounced trade-offs and greater empowerment
La sostenibilità delle filiere agroalimentari: valutazione degli impatti e inquadramento delle politiche
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LA SOSTENIBILITÀ DELLE FILIERE AGROALIMENTARI. Valutazione degli impatti e inquadramento delle politiche
No full textDistance matters – The environmental impact of regional and national supply chains of canned tomatoes
No full textThe environmental impact of food transportation depends on the trade-off between (increased) distances and the efficiency of modern logistics procedures. The
relevant literature points out that such a trade-off is place and product specific, thus supporting the broadening of “food miles” research to new territories and product categories.
Here we analyze the environmental impact – in terms of global warming, local
pollution and traffic congestion – of two different canned tomatoes brands
produced in Italy and consumed in Sassari (Sardinia, Italy). The supply chain of the first brand extends over the whole continental Italian territory, while the second one is mainly located in Sardinia. Different distribution patterns (modern vs. independent retail) and shopping modalities (foot vs. car) are also considered.
The case study shows that the national supply chain contributes to global
warming much more than the regional one, and therefore supports the view that
shorter supply chains can be more sustainable than efficient logistics. The case study also confirms the very high impact of shopping by car, both in terms of global
warming and local pollution
Distance matters – The environmental impact of regional and national supply chains of canned tomatoes
No full textThe environmental impact of food transportation depends on the trade-off between (increased) distances and the efficiency of modern logistics procedures. The
relevant literature points out that such a trade-off is place and product specific, thus supporting the broadening of “food miles” research to new territories and product categories.
Here we analyze the environmental impact – in terms of global warming, local
pollution and traffic congestion – of two different canned tomatoes brands
produced in Italy and consumed in Sassari (Sardinia, Italy). The supply chain of the first brand extends over the whole continental Italian territory, while the second one is mainly located in Sardinia. Different distribution patterns (modern vs. independent retail) and shopping modalities (foot vs. car) are also considered.
The case study shows that the national supply chain contributes to global
warming much more than the regional one, and therefore supports the view that
shorter supply chains can be more sustainable than efficient logistics. The case study also confirms the very high impact of shopping by car, both in terms of global
warming and local pollution
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