New rurality and dynamics of proximity in the territorial development of localized agri-food systems

Abstract

The new rurality as an approach allows the interpretation of the processes of territorial development of localized agri-food systems (SIAL), under the conditions of environment and current context. Proximity dynamics explain the processes of interaction, cooperation and coordination, underlying the territorial development. In this sense, the objectives of the research were to build a model of interpretation of territorial development as a societal process, along with analyzing the dimensions of complementarity between new rurality and proximity dynamics related to the territorial development in the SIAL. The methodology was a built conceptual model of complementarity between new rurality and proximity. Six cases of documented SIAL were analyzed and six dimensions of conceptual syncretism were postulated: human capital, social capital, competitiveness, institutional, governance and territorial.