ITALIAN FOOD COOPERATIVES AS TERRITORIAL MARKETS OF VALUE

Giovanna Sacchi; Tiziana Pagnani; Teresina Mancuso

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Trabalho

DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1446791

Título do Trabalho

ITALIAN FOOD COOPERATIVES AS TERRITORIAL MARKETS OF VALUE

Autores

Giovanna Sacchi
Tiziana Pagnani
Teresina Mancuso

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 39 - Territorial Markets as Spaces of Value

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1446791-italian-food-cooperatives-as-territorial-markets-of-value

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

Collective action; co-production; food activism, food cooperative, participatory governance.

Resumo

This contribution analyses Italian Food Cooperatives (Food Coops) as territorial markets in which food exchange is embedded in social relations, shared values, and collective forms of governance. Rather than functioning as neutral spaces of exchange, Food Coops actively shape prices, quality definitions, and production and consumption practices through locally grounded norms, participatory decision-making, and direct relationships between producers and consumers. In this way, they contribute to the emergence of alternative market architectures and to a reconfiguration of power relations within agri-food systems. The research explores how Food Coops operate as socially constructed market spaces where economic and non-economic values are co-produced by a plurality of actors. Particular attention is paid to democratic governance, member participation, and collective practices that structure market exchanges and orient them toward social, environmental, and ethical objectives. By emphasising proximity, transparency, and shared responsibility, Food Coops foster market arrangements that differ from conventional agri-food circuits and enhance the autonomy of local food systems. Empirically, the study is based on a two-step research design combining qualitative research with quantitative data collected through a structured survey administered to approximately 2,300 members of seven Italian Food Coops located in different Italian regions. The findings show that Food Coops function as territorial markets where value is generated through collective action, shared knowledge, and ongoing interaction among social actors, contributing to more inclusive and socially embedded pathways of rural development.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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Como citar

SACCHI, Giovanna; PAGNANI, Tiziana; MANCUSO, Teresina. ITALIAN FOOD COOPERATIVES AS TERRITORIAL MARKETS OF VALUE.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1446791-ITALIAN-FOOD-COOPERATIVES-AS-TERRITORIAL-MARKETS-OF-VALUE. Acesso em: 23/09/2026