The network and chain concepts have
been extensively used in the agribusiness organizations to explain the relations between agents (inter-firm relationships,
resource bases, network governance instruments), to gain competitive advantage. In a neo-institutional framework, the
network has been defined as a set of independent entities linked by horizontal interdependencies, which adopt common
strategies and share the residual decision rights. The purpose of this study is to improve the performance of the short food
supply chain (SFSCs) by optimizing the relations among the agents from production to consumption. For this purpose it
used the Bak Sneppen algorithm able to solve the stochastic processes of the micro-chains coordination. It attempts to
demonstrate that the short chain may evolve into a smart chain as the increasing geographic distance between producers
and consumers does not cause significant increase in transaction costs due to loss in information or more difficulties in the
coordination mechanism.
