The short food supply chains as the supported means for employment in the disadvantaged parts of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county

Abstract

The article focuses on the short food supply chains connecting to local governments. The significant issue of the present article is the question how these supported measures are able to promote the social innovation. It should be noticed that, beside the sufficient management of local government properties, the administrative tasks of local governments are permanently decreasing. In connection with the management of local government properties, it is worth highlighting the municipal public work programmes and the registration of certain municipal firms as agricultural producer organizations (APO); i.e. according to the concerning law in force, the firms are eligible to lease agricultural lands if they fulfil the requirements concerning APOs and they are also registered as APOs. One of the most important intentions of local governments is to link their municipal public work programmes with agricultural production and communal feeding. The solutions depend on the size of affected settlements as well. Beside municipal APOs, the article also analyses social cooperative societies and social farms as alternative opportunities. At the end of the present article, the potential role of agricultural chamber is also mentioned in connection with organisation of short supply chains."