Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries

This paper explores the challenges in meeting the regulatory requirements of short food supply chains in 9 European countries based upon findings from the European H2020 3-year project "SMARTCHAIN". The assessments of the barriers that small food producers face in meeting different regulat...

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Main Authors: Lazar Živković, Mirjana B. Pešić, Hanna Schebesta, Viktor A. Nedović
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Language:English
Published: ISEKI_Food Association (IFA) 2022-07-01
Series:International Journal of Food Studies
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Online Access:https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/71
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author Lazar Živković
Mirjana B. Pešić
Hanna Schebesta
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description This paper explores the challenges in meeting the regulatory requirements of short food supply chains in 9 European countries based upon findings from the European H2020 3-year project "SMARTCHAIN". The assessments of the barriers that small food producers face in meeting different regulatory requirements are presented. Drawing on the results of 10 multi-actor workshops that involved 124 participants, the most problematic policy frameworks for short food supply chains and key obstacles in different regulatory requirements are summarized. This research shows that current EU and national regulation is an obstacle to the development of short food supply chains, meaning that additional efforts are needed to tailor the regulations to small food producers involved in short supply chains. Furthermore, it is necessary to consider the introduction of more effective support measures for short food supply chains.
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spelling doaj-art-9a99b003c5634c9080bb3d76c44d998a2025-08-20T02:38:32ZengISEKI_Food Association (IFA)International Journal of Food Studies2182-10542022-07-0111310.7455/ijfs/11.si.2022.a2Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countriesLazar Živković0Mirjana B. Pešić1Hanna Schebesta2Viktor A. Nedović3University of Belgrade, Institute Mihajlo PupinUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, N/A, enum.country.N/AWageningen University & Research, Wageningen, NetherlandsUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, N/A, enum.country.N/AThis paper explores the challenges in meeting the regulatory requirements of short food supply chains in 9 European countries based upon findings from the European H2020 3-year project "SMARTCHAIN". The assessments of the barriers that small food producers face in meeting different regulatory requirements are presented. Drawing on the results of 10 multi-actor workshops that involved 124 participants, the most problematic policy frameworks for short food supply chains and key obstacles in different regulatory requirements are summarized. This research shows that current EU and national regulation is an obstacle to the development of short food supply chains, meaning that additional efforts are needed to tailor the regulations to small food producers involved in short supply chains. Furthermore, it is necessary to consider the introduction of more effective support measures for short food supply chains.https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/71Short food supply chainsObstaclesRegulatory requirementsPolicy supportSMARTCHAINH2020
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Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries
International Journal of Food Studies
Short food supply chains
Obstacles
Regulatory requirements
Policy support
SMARTCHAIN
H2020
title Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries
title_full Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries
title_fullStr Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries
title_full_unstemmed Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries
title_short Exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains: empirical evidence from selected european countries
title_sort exploring regulatory obstacles to the development of short food supply chains empirical evidence from selected european countries
topic Short food supply chains
Obstacles
Regulatory requirements
Policy support
SMARTCHAIN
H2020
url https://www.iseki-food-ejournal.com/article/71
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