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General objective

General objective of the project is to integrate advancement in scientific knowledge about the impact of food chains with application of knowledge to practice to increase food chains sustainability through public policies and private strategies.

This general objective will be pursued through the following specific objectives:

To develop and validate a performance criteria matrix for assessment and comparison of food chains operating at a range of geographical scales through analysis of how food chain impacts are communicated in different spheres of society.
To build a database of quantifiable indicators of impact and a set of 20 case studies aimed at understanding how impacts are generated within specific food chains.
To advance knowledge on methodological problems and trade-offs arising when measuring and comparing the impact of food chains within and between sectors.
To assess how performance is perceived by stakeholders in different national contexts through participatory assessment and multi-criteria analysis of the different typologies of food chains.
To assess the actual and potential role of public and private policies addressing food chains and to turn assessment into policy recommendations.
To build a network that turns the advancement of scientific knowledge into decision making tools for domestic and public consumers, producers, citizens, scientists, policy makers, civil society organizations.

Glamur partners will gather in Rome at the end of February (26th – 28th) for their third project meeting. At the turn of the first Glamur year, the meeting will mainly focus on the following research areas: scoping & framing characterization (Delphi, National reports, overall report); case studies and quantitative data collection; the policy analysis preliminary results. The meeting will also include the second consultation with the Glamur expert forum. The external Glamur Advisory Board, composed by food chain actors, NGOs and some policy player will comment research preliminary findings and inspire further action. Additional experts, i.e. those operating within UN food and agriculture Agencies based in Rome, will be invited to broaden and deepen the project focus. The meeting will be hosted by FIRAB in the premises of the City of Alternative Economy (CAE), Rome, a place which per se has much to say on local food chains, hosting experiences of direct selling from regional organic producers.

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