Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains

Antonio Palmiro Volpentesta; Salvatore Ammirato; Marco Della-gala

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_35

Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains

Antonio Palmiro Volpentesta, Salvatore Ammirato, Marco Della-gala

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Abstract

In direct agri-food chains (DAFCs), farmers and consumers are brought together with the aim of shortening, localizing and synergizing an agri-food chain. As food moves from the farm to the fork, all the economic activities are performed by farmers/producers or consumers, and none intermediary is required to handle an agri-food product before it is consumed. Any DAFC form provide a sort of liminal space for social learning and for local lay knowledge exchange, through face-to-face interactions. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between face-to-face interaction attributes and the learning opportunity domain of DAFCs that exhibit a same basic form. Our study is mainly based on qualitative data obtained from case studies reported in literature, field observations and informal interviews to various DAFC actors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services
Subtitle of host publication	13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings
Editors	Luis M Camarinha-Matos, Lai Xu, Hamideh Afsarmanesh
Publisher	Springer
Pages	340-348
Number of pages	9
Volume	380
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-32775-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-32774-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_35
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Publisher	Springer
Volume	380

Keywords

agri-food
direct marketing
knowledge exchange
social learning

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Volpentesta, A. P., Ammirato, S., & Della-gala, M. (2012). Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains. In L. M. Camarinha-Matos, L. Xu, & H. Afsarmanesh (Eds.), Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services: 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings (Vol. 380, pp. 340-348). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 380). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_35

Volpentesta, Antonio Palmiro ; Ammirato, Salvatore ; Della-gala, Marco. / Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains. Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services: 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings. editor / Luis M Camarinha-Matos ; Lai Xu ; Hamideh Afsarmanesh. Vol. 380 Springer, 2012. pp. 340-348 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Volpentesta, AP, Ammirato, S & Della-gala, M 2012, Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains. in LM Camarinha-Matos, L Xu & H Afsarmanesh (eds), Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services: 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings. vol. 380, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 380, Springer, pp. 340-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_35

Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains. / Volpentesta, Antonio Palmiro; Ammirato, Salvatore; Della-gala, Marco.
Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services: 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings. ed. / Luis M Camarinha-Matos; Lai Xu; Hamideh Afsarmanesh. Vol. 380 Springer, 2012. p. 340-348 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 380).

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Volpentesta AP, Ammirato S, Della-gala M. Knowledge Exchange and Social Learning Opportunities in Direct Agri-Food Chains. In Camarinha-Matos LM, Xu L, Afsarmanesh H, editors, Collaborative Networks in the Internet of Services: 13th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2012, Bournemouth, UK, October 1-3, 2012. Proceedings. Vol. 380. Springer. 2012. p. 340-348. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32775-9_35

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