Public procurements and local food production/systems

We are a Federation of sutainable urban agricultors, and we are looking for opportunities to work on access to public procurement for sustainable local agricultors:

We would be interested in reseach on what role can public procurement play in fostering local, resilient supply chains that support circular urban agriculture. Therefore, leading on-the-field research to highlight :

- all the obstacles faced by small urban producers in responding to public procurement

- all the opportunities public procurement could play for fostering local sustainable small scale agriculture

- end up with recommendations for urban agricultors and for public authorities to facilitate food public procurements access for urban agricultors

Two target audiences: public authorities and urban farmers

We are open to join projects with a wider scope than urban agriculture.