Voedsel Anders Conferentie
Food Otherwise Conference
Regionale voedselnetwerken: kringlopen sluiten en opschalen
Regional food networks: connecting cycles and scaling-up
Han Wiskerke – Rural Sociology Group
Rural Sociology Group
 Sociale transformatie processen in landbouw,
plattelandsontwikkeling en voedselvoorziening
 Inzicht krijgen in diversiteit
 Comparatief onderzoek (internationaal)
 Social transformation processes in agriculture, rural
development and food provisioning
 Understand diversity
 Comparative research (international)
Rural Sociology Group – Themes / Thema’s
 Agrarische en rurale transformatieprocessen (in metropolitane
landschappen)
 Dynamiek en duurzaamheid van voedselvoorziening
 Sociale (re)constructie van technologie
 Beleid, bestuur en sociale bewegingen
 Agricultural and rural transformation processes (in
metropolitan landscapes)
 Dynamics and sustainability of food provisioning
 Social (re)construction of technology
 Policy, governance and social movements
Rural Sociology Group – Projects
 Meeste onderzoek gefinancierd door EC
 Sinds 2003 8 EC-gefinancierde projecten over korte ketens,
streekproducten, collectieve vermarkting door boeren,
vergroening publieke sector catering, stedelijk voedselbeleid,
stadslandbouw, etc...
 Most research funded by EC
 Since 2003 8 EC-funded projects about short food chains,
regional products, collective farmers’ marketing, greening
public sector catering, urban food policy, urban agriculture,
etc...
Rural Sociology Group – Projects
Rural Sociology Group – Projects
 SUSCHAIN (2003-2006): Marketing sustainable agriculture –
an analysis of the potential contribution of new food supply
chains to sustainable rural development (www.sus-chain.org)
 COFAMI (2006-2008): Encouraging collective farmers’
marketing initiatives (www.cofami.org)
 SINER-GI (2006-2008): Strengthening international research
on geographical indications (www.origin-food.org)
 PUREFOOD (2010-2014): Urban, peri-urban and regional food
dynamics: towards an integrated and territorial approach to
food (http://purefoodnetwork.eu)
Rural Sociology Group – Projects
 FOODLINKS (2011-2013): Knowledge brokerage to promote
sustainable food production and consumption: linking science,
policymaking & CSOs (www.foodlinkscommunity.net)
 SUPURBFOOD (2012-2014): Towards sustainable modes of
urban and peri-urban food provisioning (www.supurbfood.eu)
 GLAMUR (2013-2015): Global and local food assessment – a
multidimensional performance-based approach
(www.glamur.eu)
 TRANSMANGO (2014-2018): Assessment of the impact of
drivers of change on Europe's food and nutrition security
(www.transmango.eu forthcoming)
 See foodnet.ning.com where European food research meets
SUS-CHAIN conclusie / conclusion
 Grote diversiteit aan regionale voedselnetwerken (m.b.t.
initiatiefnemers en EES duurzaamheid belofte)
 Opschalen (via groei van één of samenwerking met anderen)
vaak lastig wegens ontbreken van infrastructurele opstapjes
(middensegment in verwerking, opslag en distributie is
verdwenen)
 Large diversity in regional food networks (regarding initiators
and PPP sustainability promise)
 Scaling-up (through growth of one or collaboration with
others) difficult due to lack of infrastructural stepping stone
(midsize facilities for processing, storage and distribution have
disappeared)
SUPURBFOOD onderzoek / research
 Er is pas sprake van regionale voedselnetwerken als
kringlopen zijn gesloten
 Organisatie en logistiek van korte voedselketens verbinden
aan hergebruik/recyclen van (stedelijk) afval
 Interessante voorbeelden uit o.a. Ghana van inzamelen,
composteren en verwerken van menselijke uitwerpselen
 One can only speak of regional food networks if cycles are
closed
 Connecting organisation and logistics of short food supply
chains to re-use/recycling of (urban) waste
 Interesting examples from e.g. Ghana about collecting,
composting and pelletization of faecal sludge
Kringlopen sluiten / connecting flows
Kringlopen sluiten / connecting flows
Kringlopen sluiten / connecting flows
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