Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food security

Project Information

SALSA

Grant agreement ID: 677363

DOI 10.3030/677363

Project closed

EC signature date 11 February 2016

Start date 1 April 2016

End date 31 July 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 4 958 172,50

EU contribution € 4 958 172,50

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDADE DE EVORA
Portugal

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (19)

Strategic framework for guiding decision-makers in the choice of appropriate support instruments (including the related evaluation and learning arrangements).
Copies of ethical approvals for collection of personal data by and confirmation of application of H2020 ethical standards, by all partners.
Synthesis report on the future potential role of small farms in FNS in Europe in 2030 and 2050: results of a foresight assessment.
First version of the Living Document
Report from each region where the foresight analysis is undertaken, on the future potential role of small farms and small food businesses in FNS (reports based on a common reporting template)
Practice Brief on the forms of small farmers and small food businesses organization that contribute to food availability, access, utilisation and stability
Synthesis report on the main insights gained from the in-depth assessments in 30 regions (Synthesis report)
Report on governance frameworks and gender
Report on the governance arrangements and their influence on the contribution of small farms and food businesses to food availability, access, utilisation and stability
Report on enabling conditions and existing policy instruments that are to, directly or indirectly, promote the development of small farms and a corresponding tailoring of international cooperation and agricultural research for development
Report: Analytical framework and criteria for the identification of small farms and for their differentiation
Report on diverse small farm situations and livelihood strategies, for all regions, identifying similarities and trends, and requirements for the improvement of existing typologies
Report on the assessment and characterization of small farm distribution and spatial characteristics obtained from SENTINEL-2 data
Set of 30 regional reports with the results of the validated in-depth analysis of regional food systems and the contribution of small farms and related small food businesses to FNS (reports based on a common reporting template).
Report: Initial conceptual framework
Policy brief with policy lessons and recommendations that are relevant for EU policy development as well as the EU strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, paying particular attention to the Europe-Africa dialogue.
Report: Empirically grounded conceptual framework
For non-EU countries, set of procedures to be applied throughout the project to secure fair benefit-sharing arrangements with stakeholders from ICPC.
Roadmap for participatory foresight assessments at regional level, in contrasting regional contexts across Europe and Africa, building on the evaluation of the whole process of WP4.

Other (3)

Map of the estimated distribution of small farms in each reference region
Report on the estimated spatial distribution and key characteristics of small farms in Europe
Methodological report and guidance for the use of SENTINEL-2 data in assessing and monitoring of small farms and crop production.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Forum tool(s), incl. enhanced TECA platform
Project website operational

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Impact and Communication Plan

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Food system integration of olive-oil-producing small farms in Southern Europe

Author(s): Pavlos Karanikolas, Victor Martinez-Gomez, Francesca Galli, Paolo Prosperi, Paola A. Hernández, Laura Arnalte-Mur, Maria Rivera, Giannis Goussios, Laura Fastelli, Elpiniki Oikonomopoulou, Ana Fonseca
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 28, 2021, Page(s) 100499, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100499

Assessing the role of small farms in regional food systems in Europe: Evidence from a comparative study

Author(s): María Rivera, Alejandro Guarín, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Henrik Almaas, Laura Arnalte Mur, Vanessa Burns, Marta Czekaj, Rowan Ellis, Francesca Galli, Mikelis Grivins, Paola Hernández, Pavlos Karanikolas, Paolo Prosperi, Pedro Sánchez Zamora
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100417, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100417

Small farms’ resilience strategies to face economic, social, and environmental disturbances in selected regions in Poland and Latvia

Author(s): Marta Czekaj, Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Ewa Tyran, Emils Kilis
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100416, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100416

The drivers of change for the contribution of small farms to regional food security in Europe

Author(s): L. Arnalte-Mur, D. Ortiz-Miranda, P. Cerrada-Serra, V. Martinez-Gómez, O. Moreno-Pérez, R. Barbu, H. Bjorkhaug, M. Czekaj, D. Duckett, F. Galli, G. Goussios, M. Grivins, P.A. Hernández, P. Prosperi, S. Šūmane
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100395, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100395

Small farming and generational renewal in the context of food security challenges

Author(s): Katarzyna Żmija, Arlindo Fortes, Moses Nganwani Tia, Sandra Šūmane, Sylvester Nsobire Ayambila, Dariusz Żmija, Łukasz Satoła, Lee-Ann Sutherland
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100412, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100412

Do small food businesses enable small farms to connect to regional food systems? Evidence from 9 European regions

Author(s): Paola A. Hernández, Francesca Galli, Paolo Prosperi, Sandra Šūmane, Dominic Duckett, Henrik Eli Almaas
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 29, 2021, Page(s) 100505, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100505

Small-scale farming and food security – Policy perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Irina Toma, Mark Redman, Marta Czekaj, Ewa Tyran, Mikelins Grivins, Sandra Sumane
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 29, 2021, Page(s) 100504, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100504

Territorial fitting of small farms in Europe

Author(s): Talis Tisenkopfs, Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Emils Kilis, Sandra Šūmane, Mikelis Grivins, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Hilde Bjørkhaug
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100425, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100425

A new typology of small farms in Europe

Author(s): Alejandro Guarín, María Rivera, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Nuno Guiomar, Sandra Šūmane, Olga M. Moreno-Pérez
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100389, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100389

Small farms’ strategies between self-provision and socio-economic integration: effects on food system capacity to provide food and nutrition security

Author(s): Lucia Palmioli, Stefano Grando, Francesco Di Iacovo, Laura Fastelli, Francesca Galli, Paolo Prosperi, Massimo Rovai, Gianluca Brunori
Published in: Local Environment, Issue 25/1, 2020, Page(s) 43-56, ISSN 1354-9839
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2019.1697869

Supporting the role of small farms in the European regional food systems: What role for the science-policy interface?

Author(s): Sandra Šūmane, Dionisio Ortiz Miranda, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Marta Czekaj, Dominic Duckett, Francesca Galli, Mikelis Grivins, Christina Noble, Talis Tisenkopfs, Irina Toma, Theodore Tsiligiridis
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 28, 2021, Page(s) 100433, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100433

SALSA Project – observations from nowotarski region

Author(s): M. Czekaj
Published in: Wieś i Doradztwo (Village and Advisory), Issue 3 (93) July-September 2017, 2017, Page(s) 38-41, ISSN 1234-5725
Publisher: Małopolskie Stowarzyszenie Doradztwa Rolniczego

Governing Food and Agriculture in a Warming World

Author(s): Peter Newell, Olivia Taylor, Charles Touni
Published in: Global Environmental Politics, Issue 18/2, 2018, Page(s) 53-71, ISSN 1526-3800
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/glep_a_00456

Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe: Towards a better picture

Author(s): N. Guiomar, S. Godinho, T. Pinto-Correia, M. Almeida, F. Bartolini, P. Bezák, M. Biró, H. Bjørkhaug, Š. Bojnec, G. Brunori, M. Corazzin, M. Czekaj, S. Davidova, J. Kania, S. Kristensen, E. Marraccini, Zs. Molnár, J. Niedermayr, E. O’Rourke, D. Ortiz-Miranda, M. Redman, T. Sipiläinen, H. Sooväli-Sepping, S. Šūmane, D. Surová, L.A. Sutherland, E. Tcherkezova, T. Tisenkopfs, T. Tsiligirid
Published in: Land Use Policy, Issue 75, 2018, Page(s) 784-798, ISSN 0264-8377
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.012

ODDZIAŁYWANIE PAŃSTWA NA TWORZENIE WARUNKÓW DO ZAPEWNIENIA BEZPIECZEŃSTWA ŻYWNOŚCIOWEGO W WYMIARZE KRAJOWYM I REGIONALNYM1

Author(s): Dariusz Żmija, Katarzyna Żmija, Marta Czekaj
Published in: Roczniki Naukowe Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu, Issue XX/5, 2018, Page(s) 242-249, ISSN 1508-3535
Publisher: Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0012.6716

New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security

Author(s): Zahra Ardakani, Fabio Bartolini, Gianluca Brunori
Published in: Agriculture, Issue 10/3, 2020, Page(s) 74, ISSN 2077-0472
Publisher: Agriculture
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture10030074

How do small farms contribute to food and nutrition security? Linking European small farms, strategies and outcomes in territorial food systems

Author(s): Francesca Galli, Stefano Grando, Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Hilde Bjørkhaug, Marta Czekaj, Dominic George Duckett, Henrik Almaas, Pavlos Karanikolas, Olga M. Moreno-Pérez, Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Paolo Prosperi, Mark Redman, María Rivera, Irina Toma, Pedro Sánchez-Zamora, Sandra Šūmane, Katarzyna Żmija, Dariusz Żmija, Gianluca Brunori
Published in: Global Food Security, Issue 26, 2020, Page(s) 100427, ISSN 2211-9124
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100427

Food Systems and Food Security: The Role of Small Farms and Small Food Businesses in Santiago Island, Cabo Verde

Author(s): Arlindo Rodrigues Fortes, Vladmir Ferreira, Elsa Barbosa Simões, Isaurinda Baptista, Stefano Grando, Erik Sequeira
Published in: Agriculture, Issue 10/6, 2020, Page(s) 216, ISSN 2077-0472
Publisher: Agriculture
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture10060216

Conference proceedings (16)

Estimation of potential production provided by small family farms: a case study in Portugal

Author(s): Fonseca, A.M., Fonseca, C.I., Almeida, E., Guiomar, N.R., Pinto-Correia, T.
Published in: Proceedings of the XXVII Congress. Uneven processes of Rural Change: On Diversity, Knowledge and Justice, 2017, Page(s) 218-219, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Role of Small farming in food security and sustainability: a case study for Tuscany(IT)

Author(s): F. Galli, L. Fastelli, S. Grando, G. Brunori, F. Di Iacovo
Published in: Proceedings of the XXVII Congress. Uneven processes of Rural Change: On Diversity, Knowledge and Justice, 2017, Page(s) 220-221, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University

Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food security- SALSA

Author(s): M. Czekaj
Published in: """The innovativeness of rural areas in urbanised territories""", 2017, Page(s) 46-47, ISBN 978-83-63313-14-2
Publisher: Centrum Doradztwa Rolniczego

Small farms according to new directions of diversification in agricultural production

Author(s): Knapik W., Czekaj M.
Published in: Proceedings of the XXVII Congress. Uneven processes of Rural Change: On Diversity, Knowledge and Justice, 2017, Page(s) 226, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Production and economic potential of small farms in Poland

Author(s): Żmija D., Czekaj M., Żmija K.
Published in: Proceedings of the XXVII Congress. Uneven processes of Rural Change: On Diversity, Knowledge and Justice, 2017, Page(s) 237-238, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Small farms typology and contribution to food and nutrition security

Author(s): T. Tisenkopfs, S. Sumane, A. Adamsone-Fiskovica, M. Grivins
Published in: XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology congress, 24 – 27 July 2017 Kraków, Poland. On-line proceedings, 2017, Page(s) 235-237, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: The Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University

Small farms' contribution to Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from Greece

Author(s): P. Karanikolas, D. Theocharidis, T. Tsiligiridis, K. Tsiboukas
Published in: XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology congress. Uneven process of rural change: On divesrity, kmowledge and justice, Issue July 24-27, 2017, 2017, Page(s) 224-226, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: Jagiellonian University

Small Farms within Agri-Food Systems: marginalization or integration?

Author(s): Goussios, G., Oikonomopoulou, Elp. and Karanikolas, P.
Published in: Book of Abstracts of the 15th Conference of the Greek Association of Agricultural Economists, 2018, Page(s) 144-145, ISBN 978-960-89601-4-5
Publisher: Greek Association of Agricultural Economics

Remote sensing Big AgriData for food availability

Author(s): Katerina Ainali, Theodore Tsiligiridis
Published in: 2018 International Conference on Image and Video Processing, and Artificial Intelligence, 2018, Page(s) 17, ISBN 9781-510623118
Publisher: SPIE
DOI: 10.1117/12.2327014

Exploring the diverse connections between small farms and food consumption: case studies from Poland, Romania and Latvia

Author(s): Czekaj, M., Tyran, E., Šūmane, S., Barbu, R. 
Published in: "13th European IFSA Symposium ""Farming systems: facing uncertainties and enhancing opportunities""", Issue 01 - 05 July 2018, 2018
Publisher: IFSA

Food system integration of olive oil producing small farms: a comparative study of four Mediterranean regions

Author(s): Karanikolas, P., Pinto Correia, T., Martinez-Gomez, V., Galli, Fr., Hernandez, P.A., Fastelli, L., Arnalte-Mur, L., Rivera Mendez, M., Prosperi P., and Goussios, G.
Published in: 13th European IFSA Symposium on “Farming systems: facing uncertainties and enhancing opportunities”, Issue 01 - 05 July 2018, 2018, Page(s) 1-19
Publisher: IFSA

Territorial fitting of small farms

Author(s): Tisenkopfs, T., Šūmane S., Ādamsone-Fiskoviča, A., Grīviņš, M. 
Published in: "13th European IFSA Symposium ""Farming systems: facing uncertainties and enhancing opportunities""", Issue 01 - 05 July 2018, 2018
Publisher: IFSA

Products and services at the farm gate: small producers between self-provisioning, community and markets

Author(s): Palmioli, L., Grando, S., Di Iacovo, F., Fastelli, L., Galli, F., Prosperi, P., Roval, M, Brunori, G.
Published in: METAMORFOSI VERDE: Agricoltura, Cibo, Ecologia”, LV Convegno di Studi SIDEA, 2020, Page(s) 265 - 271, ISBN 978-90-8686-347-1
Publisher: SIDEA

Small farms in Poland – what is their production and economic potential?

Author(s): Żmija, D., Czekaj, M., Żmija, K.
Published in: International Scientific Days 2018. “Towards Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Global Agriculture and Food Systems”, 2018, Page(s) 1850-1868
Publisher: Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia

Small farms’ contributions to Food and Nutritional Security: Evidence from Greece

Author(s): Karanikolas, P., Theocharidis, D., Tsiligiridis, Th., Tsiboukas, K.
Published in: Proceedings of the XXVII Congress. Uneven processes of Rural Change: On Diversity, Knowledge and Justice, 2017, Page(s) 224-225, ISBN 978-83-947775-0-0
Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Small Farming role to food and nutrition security in food systems: a case study in Tuscany

Author(s): GALLI, FRANCESCA; FASTELLI, LAURA; PALMIOLI, LUCIA; DI IACOVO, FRANCESCO PAOLO; BRUNORI, GIANLUCA
Published in: COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AND VALUE CREATION IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 54TH SIDEA CONFERENCE, Issue 1, 2018, Page(s) 222-228, ISBN 9788891786883
Publisher: FrancoAngeli s.r.l.

Other (3)

Farmers’ agency and experiences of agricultural change in rural Kenya: Insights from exploratory fieldwork.

Author(s): Atela Joanes, Tonui Charles, & Dominic Glover
Published in: STEPS Working Paper 102, 2018
Publisher: STEPS Centre, Working Paper Series

Small-scale production of salad leaves in western Scotland

Author(s): Vlachopoulou, E.I.; Kyle, C.
Published in: The Crofter, Issue 113, 2017
Publisher: Scottish Crofting Federation

Small farms’ contribution to resilience of the food system – A Greek case study

Author(s): Karanikolas, P.: Small farms’ contribution to resilience of the food system – A Greek case study, in Chandler, F.J.C. and Casier, P.
Published in: FAO e-conference on The Role of Small Farms Within a Larger Context of Food Security: A Synthesis, 2018, Page(s) 58-59
Publisher: FAO