mapping agro-food consumption groups in the city of barcelona

Mapping agro-food consumption groups in the city of BarcelonaR. Espelt, I. Peña-López, P. Losantos, E. Rodríguez, T. Martín and F. Pons

Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Programme

Amb el suport de la Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

Short circuit of commercialization food schedule. Source: Elaborated by Binimelis & Descombes (2010) from Maréchal (2008); Valls (2006) and Venn et al. (2006).

Mapping agro-food consumption groups in the city of Barcelona

R. Espelt, I. Peña-López, P. Losantos, E. Rodríguez, T. Martín and F. Pons

Types of Short Circuits of Food Consumption



Historical review of Barcelona cooperatives timeline

http://ict4rd.net/ict4rd/timeline/coopbcn_timeline.php



Research Objectives

1) Evaluate the weight of SSE in the performance of each consumption group project, with the hypothesis of a high grade of SSE indicators accomplishment.

2) Analyse the network between producers and consumers, with the assumption of a strong local short circuit network.

3) Determinate the role of ICT in the development of this type of business model, with the hypothesis that ICTs contribute in a better network organization among the group consumer members and between consumers and producers.



Methodology

Quantitative methodology, such as statistics analysis and geographic information systems; and a qualitative methodology, around semi-structured interviews.

We performed three data analyses:

1) The Social and Solidary Economy items grade of accomplishment of each cooperative.

2) Networks of producers and consumers: their connections and the geographical distance between product origin and the place where it is commercialized

3) The impact of ICTs in the organization of demand and supply.



Barcelona Cooperatives and Suppliers Map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z0gsceKvqvN4.kBjm518Tc-Ns&usp=sharing



Social and Solidary Economy Items1) Social Impact

a) Proximityb) Fair tradec) Transparencyd) Social Integratione) Cooperationf) Participation g) Ethical Finance

2) Environmental Impacta) Ecological Criteriab) Waste Managementc) Energy Efficiency

3) Organization and activitya) Wage Levelsb) Personal and Professional Development c) Genre equity d) Internal democracy e) Free Software



Social and Solidary Economy Items – Social Impact



Social and Solidary Economy Items – Environmental Impact



Social and Solidary Economy Items – Organization & Work Impact



Distance (Median) between Cooperatives and Suppliers

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88 92 92 95 95 95 106 121 126 137 145 174 174

1,194

5,1398,414 9,27110,128

Dist. Q1 Dist. Mediana Dist. Q3



Number of Cooperatives and Distance (Median) between Cooperatives and Suppliers

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Cooperativas Dist. Q1 Dist. Mediana Dist. Q3



Barcelona Cooperatives & Suppliers Consumption Network Analyses

http://ict4rd.net/network/



Interactions Size – Type of Products



Interactions Size – Number of Products



Role of ICT in the Development of this Type of Business Model

1) Organization tools (internal and suppliers)a) Google Driveb) Own Softwarec) Maild) Mailing list

2) Communication toolsa) Blogb) Facebookc) Twitter



Conclusions

1) Exists an actual local network around the agro-food product.

2) Agro-food cooperatives have a high performance levels as measured by SEE indicators.

3) Proximity is one of the key issues of the initiatives analysed.

4) ICTs proves to add much value when it comes to the organization of agro-food commercialization.

Mapping agro-food consumption groups in the city of BarcelonaR. Espelt, I. Peña-López, P. Losantos, E. Rodríguez, T. Martín and F. Pons

Information and Knowledge Society Doctoral Programme

Amb el suport de la Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

More information: www.ict4rd.net

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mapping agro-food consumption groups in the city of barcelona

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