The SALSA project aims at assessing the current and future role of small farms and related small food businesses in contributing to sustainable food and nutrition security at regional level in Europe and in selected African regions, and to identify the conditions for them to meet the demand for food in an increasingly populated and resource-constrained world.
The present document provides an empirically grounded conceptual framework (CF) for the analysis of small farms' contribution to food system outcomes, with specific attention to food and nutrition security (FNS). It hinges on the SALSA project outcomes, that have been used to integrate, refine and in some cases, revise through an iterative process, the early assumptions about the key concept and categories included in the initial version of the CF.
The final CF is mainly based on the field research conducted in the selected reference regions (RRs) and elaborated in the regional reports. This informative base has been enriched by input derived from the various SALSA Work Packages (WP) and elaborated on the basis of a participated and transdisciplinary process which hinges on interactions with experts and stakeholders, at different levels, and through different tools, beyond desk analysis and field research conducted in each region.
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