Quality construction in localized agrifood systems (SYAL)

Abstract

The approach of localized agri-food systems (SYAL) has brought new perspectives for the analysis of local productive arrangements, complementing and expanding the theoretical background on clusters and industrial districts. In addressing physical, institutional, cultural and relational factors, SYAL’s approaches have enabled a more dynamic view of the processes underlying the creation, persistence and evolution of these arrangements. However, studies on this topic have privileged only some of these factors. The objective of this paper was to dialogue with this approach but analyzing how these factors are linked and integrated in the consolidation of clusters aimed at qualifying local products. For doing so, a case study was performed in a wine arrangement in Montpeyroux, South of France. It was found that there were synergies, complementarities and a feedback process involving these factors in the genesis and conformation of the arrangement, showing that methodologies that consider them in an integrated way can provide a better understanding of these arrangements in general, reinforcing the assumptions of SYALs, in particular.