Alternative food networks

Nedeljković, Miroslav and Ćosić, Milivoje and Đokić, Milorad (2024) Alternative food networks. In: 4th Agrotourism conference with international participation "Agrotop 2024". Toplica Academy of Applied Studies, Prokuplje, Serbia, pp. 23-24. ISBN 978-86-905436-2-5

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Abstract

Nowadays, food security is imposed as an imperative in the aspirations of many countries. For this reason, it is important to obtain a new type of supply of food and agricultural products. These types of food webs take different forms and as such slowly but surely take their place in the food chain of a territory. Their development is based most often in combination with local development, i.e. local agricultural product ranges as well as rural (agri) tourism. One of the most well-known types of this food supply system are short supply chains that include a limited number of economic entities in the supply, distribution and consumption chain. Also, Box schemes represent a way of selling where the farmer himself sends his products directly to consumers in appropriate packaging. Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is an association of individual consumers who support one or more local firms, while where consumers are the main initiators, solidarity purchasing groups, or consumer civil groups, are formed. Certainly, in recent times there has been an expansion of consumer cooperatives, which are again united in larger forms, that is, cooperative unions. Food hubs or centers appear as an intermediary company that provides logistical and organizational support for the collection and distribution of agricultural�food products from premises and customers (hospitals, schools, hotels, restaurants,...). The goal of the development of these types of food supply is primarily the development of local food systems that are created by the successful cooperation and action of different groups participating in the exchange in a certain local area. It is precisely because of this work that he tries to clearly define the types of alternative food networks as well as to set clear goals and prospects for the next period.

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