The increasing interest in bio-districts is part of the debate on the capacity to integrate agri-food systems and territory in order to improve the quality of life in rural communities. Considering the goals of developing and promoting an innovative territorial rural development approach, the bio-district can become a process toward a more sustainable model represented by the agroecological agriculture system. The paper presents a case study of the Parma bio-district through the approach of a Localized Agri Food System (LAFS) to verify whether bio-districts can be a tool for scaling up towards agroecology. Stakeholder classification and analysis are conducted using an influence–interest matrix. We identified four groups of stakeholders in relation to their interests and power to influence the process. In the case of the Parma bio-district the role of local institutions in dialogue with consumers and producers’ associations is crucial for success. We conclude that bio-districts can be a tool for a scaling-up towards agroecology since they can facilitate a synergetic relation between organic and agroecological agriculture, spreading organic agriculture more widely around the local area. However, the involvement of a wide variety of different stakeholders means that governance is a key element in facilitating “cross fertilization” and preventing the process from becoming purely formulaic.

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一种在 EU-LAFS 中实现农业生态系统升级的方法论：帕尔马生物区的案例

对生物区日益增长的兴趣是关于整合农业食品系统和领土以提高农村社区生活质量的能力的辩论的一部分。考虑到开发和促进创新的区域农村发展方法的目标，生物区可以成为以生态农业系统为代表的更可持续模式的过程。本文通过本地化农业食品系统 (LAFS) 的方法介绍了帕尔马生物区的案例研究，以验证生物区是否可以成为扩大生态农业的工具。使用影响-利益矩阵进行利益相关者分类和分析。我们根据利益和影响流程的权力确定了四组利益相关者。就帕尔马生物区而言，当地机构在与消费者和生产者协会对话方面的作用对于成功至关重要。我们得出的结论是，生物区可以成为扩大生态农业的工具，因为它们可以促进有机农业和生态农业之间的协同关系，在当地更广泛地推广有机农业。然而，各种不同利益相关者的参与意味着治理是促进“交叉施肥”和防止过程变得纯粹公式化的关键因素。我们得出的结论是，生物区可以成为扩大生态农业的工具，因为它们可以促进有机农业和生态农业之间的协同关系，在当地更广泛地推广有机农业。然而，各种不同利益相关者的参与意味着治理是促进“交叉施肥”和防止过程变得纯粹公式化的关键因素。我们得出的结论是，生物区可以成为扩大生态农业的工具，因为它们可以促进有机农业和生态农业之间的协同关系，在当地更广泛地推广有机农业。然而，各种不同利益相关者的参与意味着治理是促进“交叉施肥”和防止过程变得纯粹公式化的关键因素。