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Recently, Alternative Agrifood Networks (AAFNs) represent a form of collaborative agrifood networks characterized by a re-connection and close communication among producers and consumers in order to overcome the limits of dominant capital-intensive agribusiness system. In this paper, we propose a framework to analyze and explore the value of the use of mobile information services in an AAFN. The applicability of the framework is shown by presenting some results obtained from an analysis of different types of case studies referring to the use of mobile services in real-world AAFNs.
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Volpentesta, A.P., Della Gala, M. (2013). Analyzing Mobile Services in Alternative Agrifood Networks. In: Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Scherer, R.J. (eds) Collaborative Systems for Reindustrialization. PRO-VE 2013. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 408. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40543-3_34
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