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Executing Agency:
Association of Conscious Consumers (www.tudatosvasarlo.hu)
Swiss partner:
AGRIDEA (www.agridea.ch)
Project title:
Consumer-farmer
cooperation:
consumption practices
Special allocations:
Twinning and Partnership Block Grant / Partnership
Spreading
sustainable
food
Summary/context:
Both family-run, small-scale farmers and consumers throughout Europe face a similar
set of challenges. As most European countries, Hungary also faces rural exodus,
caused mostly by weakening rural economies. Traditional rural communities are
ageing and diminishing because of the economic problems of small-scale producers,
especially in relation to competition and marketing. These phenomena lead to various
social, environmental and cultural problems that should be solved in a sustainable
manner. Although consumers could contribute to the preservation of local and rural
economy through their shopping habits, the rural exodus contributes to the loss of
knowledge, rich diversity and cultural traditions.
Goals:
The project aims to raise awareness about Community supported agriculture (CSA)
and about buying groups, and to help to implement them in Hungary and Switzerland.
For this purpose, practical support will be provided to farmers and consumers to
organise CSAs or buying groups in their local area. Consequently, the project will help
farmers to be able to better understand consumers’ expectations, while consumers
will gain an in-depth knowledge on the advantages of buying local food and the
economic and social issues farmers face today.
Activities:
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Expected results:
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Exchange of experience and transfer of methodology during a field visit in
Switzerland which will provide knowledge about Swiss CSAs and buying
groups
Elaboration of workshop and online methodology for consumers and famers
to provide information on what CSAs and buying groups are, how to start
CSAs or buying groups, how to develop appropriate communication and
administration tools and how to solve the typical problems that may arise
Presentation and pilot workshop to test the developed methodology, the
workshop outline and the presentation
Organisation of four roll-out workshops and presentations throughout
Hungary (one each in the Northern, North Great Plain, South Great Plain and
South Transdanubia Regions)
Volunteer training in order to enable the volunteers to hold such workshops
throughout the country
Consumers have access to high quality, healthy and local food which reduces
the environmental burden
Local food systems are created which support small-scale farmers and thus
contribute to the subsistence of rural areas
Reducing economic and social disparities between the dynamic urban centre
and structurally weak urban regions in Hungary through promoting and
empowering active urban consumer and rural producer partnerships and
cooperation
Target Groups:
Participating partners, farmers and consumers of disadvantaged
regions (ca. 250’000 persons will be reached through the project)
Total budget (CHF/HUF):
100’275.50 CHF / 21’490’040 HUF
Amount of Swiss Grant:
90’247.90 CHF
Planned date of
completion:
31.07.2013
Intermediate Body:
Széchenyi Programiroda Nonprofit Ltd. (www.szpi.hu)