Summary
The Organic Research Centre has developed a participatory sustainability assessment framework for organic food supply chains, emphasising collaborative, multi-stakeholder engagement and locally-adapted evaluation metrics. The approach reflects emerging practice in sustainable food systems research towards inclusive, adaptive assessment methodologies rather than imposed external standards. This suggests potential value in co-designing assessment tools with supply-chain actors to improve both relevance and buy-in.
Regional applicability
Directly applicable to United Kingdom organic food systems and supply-chain actors, as the work is produced by the Organic Research Centre (a UK-based organisation). The participatory methodology is likely transferable to other European organic sectors, though local adaptation would be required.
Key measures
Sustainability indicators co-designed with supply-chain actors; qualitative assessment of framework applicability and stakeholder engagement
Outcomes reported
The study presents a participatory sustainability assessment framework for evaluating organic food supply chains through multi-stakeholder engagement. The framework emphasises locally-adapted, context-specific evaluation rather than uniform standardised metrics.
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