Values, conventions, innovation and sociopolitical struggles in a local food system: Conflict between organic and conventional farmers in Sierra de Segura

•Local Food Systems are not always homogeneous places in which agents have similar interests and values.•Conflict is an essential feature of processes of social construction of quality inside Local Food Systems.•Convention Theory offers a set of key concepts for approaching agents’ coordination and...

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Published in:Journal of rural studies 2017-10, Vol.55, p.112-121
Main Authors: Coq-Huelva, Daniel, Sanz-Cañada, Javier, Sánchez-Escobar, Florencio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Certification
Conflict
Consumption
Contracts
Conventions
Farmers
Farming
Food
Food consumption
Food production
Food products
Food quality
Innovations
Local food systems
Product quality
Production consumption relationship
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Summary:•Local Food Systems are not always homogeneous places in which agents have similar interests and values.•Conflict is an essential feature of processes of social construction of quality inside Local Food Systems.•Convention Theory offers a set of key concepts for approaching agents’ coordination and conflict inside Local Food Systems.•Compromises are essential for understanding social construction and competition between organic and local olive oil farmers.•Compromises are supported by strong discursive mobilisation, being clashes one of their major distinctive elements.
ISSN:0743-0167
1873-1392
DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.08.002