Environmental embeddedness in animal food systems localization: a comparative analysis of initiatives in France, Morocco and Senegal

Baritaux, Virginie
Houdart, Marie
Chazoule, Carole
Corniaux, Christian
Lacombe, Nicolas
Napoléone, Martine
Boutonnet, Jean-Pierre
Tourrand, Jean-François

Publication date

January 2013

Publisher

Laboratorio di studi rurali SISMONDI

Abstract

This paper aims at analyzing the ecological embeddedness (EE) of localized animal food systems. We compare five initiatives in France, Morocco and Senegal which aim at differentiating food products by their origin. This analysis shows three different levels of EE and confirms the ecological heterogeneity of these food systems. (Résumé d'auteur