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Key recommendations
For practitioners (both organizations and farmers):
- Foster cooperation among farmers via joint initiatives and collective management systems
- Promote the establishment of indoor, strategically located FMs
- Cultivate resilience and adaptive capacity
- Contribute to consumer food education
- Promote the use of digital platforms and tools for communication and marketing
- Improve professional marketing skills
For policy makers and public authorities:
- Increase the number of FMs and food fairs in urban areas
- Promote public food procurement procedures that favour the use of agricultural products sourced locally
- Encourage the use of indoor public areas for new FMs
- Promote educational initiatives for citizens on SFSCs
- Provide support and visibility to SFSC initiatives
- Offer financial support to agricultural producers and FMs through national and EU funds