Determinants of Farmers’ Participation in AFNs

Alessandro Corsi; Silvia Novelli; GIACOMO PETTENATI

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90409-2_9

Determinants of Farmers’ Participation in AFNs

Alessandro Corsi, Silvia Novelli, GIACOMO PETTENATI

Department of Economics and Business Studies

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In this chapter Corsi, Novelli, and Pettenati analyse the reasons that lead farmers to adopt direct selling or more generally AFNs, distinguishing between on-farm and off-farm direct sales. The issue is discussed first from a theoretical perspective. Next, empirical evidence is presented, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Using census data, the determinants of the choice to sell directly on-farm and off-farm are analysed on the basis of farm structural characteristics, farmers’ personal characteristics, and geographical explanatory variables. Then the results of an in-depth qualitative analysis of individual motivations carried out with a focus group of local producers are presented. The results highlight the technical constraints to the adoption of the direct chains as well as the subjective motivations, both monetary and non-monetary.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Alternative Food Networks
Publisher	PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pages	173-196
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-90408-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90409-2_9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

alternative food networks
on-farm sales
off-farm sales
determinants
subjective motivations

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