EVALUATION OF THE STATUS AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE LOCAL AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS: INTEGRATED DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF LOCAL AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS

The present thesis analyses the Local Agrifood Systems (LASs) and in particular the production of foodstuffs at municipal level, detected using the main sources of data available at national and regional level and the amount of the demand of the school public procurement, detected through a direct survey that involved the municipalities of Lombardy, aimed at quantifying the magnitude of this demand, focusing on the demand for organic and local products. The main aim of the research is to analyze both demand and supply in public procurement of the school mass catering in Lombardy (administrative region of Northern Italy), at municipal level, in order to verify in this region the possibility to create some LASs, relying as driver on demand represented by the school catering and involving local producers in the supply of the foodstuffs produced in the neighboring areas.