Over the last 20 years or so, farmers the world over have been expressing renewed interest in Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs). Bringing consumers and producers closer together, these marketing channels are being promoted as a means of recovering added value more effectively. They are seen as part of the solution to the problems associated with long supply chains. However, marketing via SFSCs means that farmers have to take on new tasks that can disrupt their existing work routines. This protocol for a Systematic Literature Review lays out in detail our method to take stock of existing scientific knowledge about the work of farmers marketing their products via SFSCs. After confirming the innovative nature of our approach, we identified several approaches for understanding the concepts of work of farmers and SFSCs. On this basis, we formulated a query that we will use to search two international databases: Web of Science and Scopus. The articles constituting the final corpus will be selected according to detailed eligibility criteria, following a systematic approach. The ‘Rayyan’ selection assistance application will be used to facilitate this selection stage, and a risk of bias assessment will be undertaken. Finally, we present in detail the analysis approach we will use for the qualitative analysis.