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Strategies to revitalise agro-food value chains in medium sized cities: the case of Vilanova i la Geltrú Fernández, David Reig Puig, Lourdes Albà, Martin Federico Kallas, Zein Lanzarote, Lydia Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CREDA - Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentari Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Indústries agroalimentàries Agricultural processing industries Agro-food strategies World Café workshops Medium-sized cities Urbanisation Indústria agroalimentària (Garraf) In recent years, large and medium-sized cities around Spain and other European countries have developed strategies to contribute to the recovery of local agro-food value chains. Through approaches that pursue bottom-up participation and the empowerment of local agro-food stakeholders, these strategies aim to preserve and develop local food production and consumption. The present study intends to contribute to the existing literature, through a case study in the municipality of Vilanova i la Geltrú (Catalonia). Two aspects add to the study’s distinctiveness: Firstly, it shows the potential of a specific workshop methodology, the World Café, to promote new idea generation and contribute to the bottom-up formulation of the agro-food strategy. Secondly, the municipality is a coastal, medium-sized city where rapid urbanisation has put pressure on the continuity of agro-food activities. Postprint (published version) 2021 Conference lecture Fernández, D. [et al.]. Strategies to revitalise agro-food value chains in medium sized cities: the case of Vilanova i la Geltrú. A: Congreso de Economía Agraria. "Proceeding of the XIII Congress of the Spanish Association of Agrifood Economists.". 2021, p. 1-4. https://repositorio.upct.es/bitstream/handle/10317/10312/isbn9788417853433.pdf?sequence=4 https://hdl.handle.net/2117/363510 eng https://repositorio.upct.es/bitstream/handle/10317/10312/isbn9788417853433.pdf?sequence=4 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ Open Access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain 4 p. application/pdf application/pdf