How can regional value creation in agriculture be strengthened while contributing to sustainable development and resilient economic cycles? The document provides a conceptual overview of the role agriculture plays in building regional value chains and highlights how cooperation, shorter supply chains, and regional processing can unlock ecological and economic potential.
The focus lies on linking agricultural production, processing, marketing, and consumption at the regional level. By making greater use of regional resources and fostering collaboration between farms, municipalities, and other stakeholders, value chains can be shortened and made more transparent. This not only helps reduce transport-related emissions but also increases local value creation and improves the economic stability of agricultural enterprises.
One key insight ist that regional value creation is a central building block of circular economy approaches in agriculture. It creates incentives for more sustainable production methods, supports innovation, and enhances the resilience of rural areas. At the same time, it emphasises the need for supportive policy frameworks, advisory services, and networking structures to fully realise regional value creation potentials and actively support the transformation of the agricultural sector.