Practice Abstract - Research and innovation
Learning module on costs & benefits for short food supply chains (SFSCs)
The Learning Module on Costs & Benefits is composed of 4 sections:
1. Why assess Costs & Benefits from SFSC initiatives? explains the many typologies of costs and benefits associated to participation to SFSC initiatives.
2. How to assess Costs & Benefits? guides the reader through the use of two practical tools to measure and assess costs & benefits deriving from producers’ participation in SFSCs.
3. Good Practices, extracted from the COACH project, are grouped by five main areas: cost reduction, sales increase, fair distribution and participatory governance, contributing to social equity and environmental sustainability.
4. Useful Documents & Materials contains helpful documents and resources on Costs & Benefits in SFSCs.
The Learning Module on Costs & Benefits aims to guide producers (farmers, processors, retailers, etc.) to increase their knowledge and consciousness about the costs and benefits they have from participating in SFSC initiatives, and better understand and assess the consequences and impacts on economic, social, and environmental aspects from participating in SFSC initiatives.
For this purpose, the Learning Module provides user-friendly online tools to assess impacts, in particular the 'Sustainability Self-Assessment App'. The online App is freely available to everyone, and is designed to be used by SFSCs producers and their collective organisations to qualitatively self-assess the impacts of their multiple marketing options in terms of economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Link to the Learning Module: https://hub.urgenci.net/costs-benefits/
Source Project
Completed | 2020-2023
COACH Collaborative Agri-food Chains: Driving Innovation in Territorial Food Systems and Improving Outcomes for Producers and Consumers
Completed | 2020-2023
- Main funding source
- Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
- Geographical location
- United Kingdom