La rete di rapporti orientati ed interconnessi nel sistema agroalimentare: una proposta di analisi di filiera

There is an extensive debate concerning the best approach to analyse the relationships into the "chain", and the problem of the information availability which should provide a clear identification of the object of analysis is not yet solved. This is true in particular with regard to the agri-food system. This study aims to underline that the incompatibility between analytical level of information and the theoretical construct of reference is often problematic for the studies of the agri-food system. Moreover this study highlights that the concept of system borrowed by the General System Theory (von Bertalanffy, 1968) and by Malassis (Malassis, 1973; 1979), is an approach able to design and to analyse the agri-food network. The representation of the system as a net oriented relationships is a tool capable of recognising the subjects involved into the network and also the functional relationships among them.