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Agribusiness firms requiring a consistent supply of high quality agricultural raw materials have increasingly adopted production contracts to coordinate their supply chains. The present work is aimed to shed light on the role played by sources o[...]Article
S. Zollet ; L. Colombo ; P. De Meo ; D. Marino ; S.R. McGreevy ; N. McKeon ; S. Tarra |The negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed and exacerbated the structural weaknesses and inequalities embedded in the global industrial agri-food system. While the mainstream narrative continues to emphasise the importanc[...]Article
The shift towards more sustainable consumptions and habits have had tangible impacts on food markets, which have accepted this challenge by offering a variety of certification systems to pull consumers aside. However, food purchasing choices are[...]Article
In situ conservation of local breeds requires populations in economically sustainable and resilient production systems. In those countries where the market recognizes the quality of the products of local breeds, the traditional relationship betw[...]Article
G.D. Guccione ; E. Pagliarino ; I. Borri ; A. Vaccaro ; P. Borsotto |Italy is the leading European rice producer. The transition to organic farming of rice farms could represent a solution for environmental protection, as well as for their economic sustainability, consumer safety, and as a measure of climate miti[...]Article
Agroecology can be considered an approach to farming and food systems which integrates the use of ecological principles and biological cycles methods of the traditional systems to the design and management of sustainable agriculture. Despite som[...]Article
E. Schimmenti ; E. Viola ; C. Funsten ; V. Borsellino |This study attempts to measure the capacity of the EU geographical certification scheme to positively influence the price of certified products and the incomes of their producers. A comparison of the economic results of two cheese-producing dair[...]Article
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU sector) cover the 24% of global emissions, representing the second hot spot in the contribution to climate change after the energy sector. Thus, the land sector[...]Article
Based on data drawn from the national section of the EU Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) database, the study investigates the efficiency of a panel sample of Italian farms practising other gainful activities. An output-oriented Data Envelopm[...]Article
Calabria is a region of southern Italy characterized by several natural and heritage sites located on seaboard areas, within a distance of 300 m from the coast. In fact, 58 Natura 2000 sites and 63 cultural heritage sites (42.9% of which overlap[...]Article
Food management is an inefficient activity, and households are the major contributors responsible for food waste across the food supply chain. Ten years remain to halve household food waste, as recommended by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Deve[...]Article
A. Scacchi ; D. Catozzi ; E. Boietti ; F. Bert ; R. Siliquini |Data about self-perceived food choice (FC) changes and their determinants during COVID-19 lockdowns are limited. This study investigated how the Italian lockdown affected self-perceived food purchases (FP), occurrence of impulse buying (IB), hou[...]Article
L. Casini ; F. Boncinelli ; F. Gerini ; C. Romano ; G. Scozzafava ; C. Contini |Promoting the viability of rural areas is a major objective of the European development and agricultural policies. One of the key aspects for the success of these policies is represented by the possibility to monitor the quality of life in all o[...]Article
M. De Rosa ; L. Bartoli ; S. Chiappini |Lobjectif de larticle est danalyser la « cohérence » des systèmes de transmission de la connaissance dans les territoires ruraux. Plus précisément, notre travail examine la « cohérence » des Dynamiques Territoriales de la Connaissance Rurale [...]Article
R. Wongprawmas ; C. Mora ; N. Pellegrini ; R.P.F. Guiné ; E. Carini ; G. Sogari ; E. Vittadini |Healthy food choices are crucial for a healthy lifestyle. However, food choices are complex and affected by various factors. Understanding the determinant factors affecting food choices could aid policy-makers in designing better strategies to p[...]Article
The restriction measures linked to the COVID-19 shock suddenly highlighted the vulnerability of most socioeconomic systems, including the food sector. In a context in which the limitation to the movement of people and goods has put the longer an[...]Article
According to previous research, in several countries, the achievement of the objectives for tourism development and the better functioning of protected areas is affected by bad governance activities. This paper provides a framework based on the [...]Article
R. Cortignani ; D. Dell'Unto ; G. Dono |Climate change requires Mediterranean farms to maintain adequate profitability, while adapting to the increase in water needs of crops, the growth of water demand for non-agricultural users and the reduction of resource availability. We use disc[...]Article
The natural protected areas of a territory represent an essential instrument of environmental policy and, if adequately exploited, a significant added value resource for European Regions. The evaluation of adopted policies and the economic plann[...]Article
F. Varia ; D. Macaluso ; A. Vaccaro ; P. Caruso ; G.D. Guccione |The adoption of rare, traditional crops represents a good example of enhancing functional agrobiodiversity, not only to provide benefits for farmers but also for society as a whole. The study outlined in this paper aims to verify how and under l[...]Article
Contemporary food systems face several paradoxes regarding equity and sustainability. Considering food productionan issue that simultaneously affects both the supply (production) and demand (consumption) sidesseveral cities have begun to imple[...]Article
The most spread groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the River Po valley are semi-natural lowland springs called fontanili. They provide specific habitats and support high biodiversity, but are often strongly impaired by agricultural pollution.[...]Article
Multifunctionality and social farming represent forms of resilience and innovation within urban and rural systems, making use of agricultural, rural, natural, and cultural resources to produce multiple benefits and eco-systemic services. Social [...]Article
Several economic approaches can be carried out for managing the environmental impacts in agriculture, i.e. property and bargaining rights, economic incentives, ecological fees, etc. These approaches can be mainly applied to the cultivation phase[...]Article
M. Cambi ; Y. Giambastiani ; F. Giannetti ; E. Nuti ; A. Dani ; F. Preti |Agricultural terraces are an important element of the Italian landscape. However, abandonment of agricultural areas and increase in the frequency of destructive rainfall events has made it mandatory to increase conservation efforts of terraces t[...]Article
Inner Peripheries is a recent concept based on both peripherality and marginality features, thus far from the commonly adopted geographical notion of periphery. Inner Peripheries are fragile territories covering rural Europe, which suffer from d[...]Article
This study proposes a novel method to assess the overall economic effects of agricultural droughts using a coupled agronomic-economic approach that accounts for the direct and indirect impacts of this hazard in the economy. The proposed methodol[...]Article
A. Arzeni ; E. Ascione ; P. Borsotto ; V. Carta ; T. Castellotti ; A. Vagnozzi |Innovation is considered as one of the key drivers for a competitive and sustainable agriculture and the European Commission highlights the importance of tailoring innovation support to farmers needs, especially in European Rural Development Po[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
K. Baldwin ; F. Casalini | Paris [France] : OCDE | OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers | 2021Increasingly frequent and severe droughts are threatening Italys agricultural sector. With climate change forecast to accelerate these trends, the sector must build long-term resilience. This will require better planning and preparing for, abso[...]Ouvrage
P. Gasselin, coord. ; S. Lardon, coord. ; C. Cerdan, coord. ; S. Loudiyi, coord. ; D. Sautier, coord. ; J.D. van der Ploeg, préf. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Nature et Société | 2021De nouveaux modèles agricoles et alimentaires se déploient dans les territoires en réponse aux critiques des formes anciennes et pour faire face à de nouveaux enjeux. Ils incarnent des archétypes de la diversité observée, des projets dacteurs o[...]Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
I. Radic ; M. Donner ; T. Yatribi ; Y. Erraach ; F. López-i-Gelats ; J. Manuel-i-Martin ; F. El Hadad-Gauthier | 2021Thèse, Mémoire, Master
CONTEXT. The European Commission defines Green Public Procurement (GPP) as a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, se[...]Article
Climate change is threatening worldwide crop yields and varieties, and the desertification of Southern Europe and Mediterranean areas is endangering the cultivation of tomato, not only one of the most important cultivated crops, but also one of [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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S. Boudiche ; M. Ameur ; M. Ben Kaabia ; R. Khaldi |Lobjectif de ce travail est danalyser la portée du marché européen et ses effets sur le secteur de l'huile d'olive tunisienne. En effet, le développement de ce secteur est conditionné par plusieurs facteurs dont les fluctuations des prix et de[...]Article
This paper examines a community-based food system which emerged recently around the Simeto River Valley Agreement (SRA) in Sicily (Italy) through the lens of food citizenship. The concept of food citizenship develops an understanding of how food[...]Article
E. Pagliarino ; S. Rolfo ; I.M. Zoppi |Cet article est axé sur lexpérience dun groupe de cultivateurs italiens qui utilisent les pratiques et les méthodes de lagriculture biologique pour la production du riz. Celle-ci représente encore un phénomène de niche concernant un nombre li[...]Ouvrage
F. Legouy, dir. ; G. Giroir, dir. ; S. Boulanger, dir. ; S. Dallot, dir. | Tours [France] : Presses Universitaires François Rabelais | Tables des Hommes | 2021Caractérisé par son esthétique singulière, le paysage viticole est tout autant agricole que culturel, et ses qualités intrinsèques hautement symboliques en font un objet patrimonial. Paysages, patrimoines, tradition et innovation, cépages, sont[...]Ouvrage
H. Faouzi, dir. ; A. Bouslikhane, dir. ; S. Boujrouf, dir. | Paris [France] : L'Harmattan | Colloques et Rencontres | 2021Les liens entre produits de terroir/terroirs/développement territorial sont souvent mis en avant pour justifier la valorisation des produits locaux qui sont considérés comme une ressource pour le développement territorial. Cet ouvrage collectif [...]Article
After thirty years of the framework legislation for parks, their effect on the territories and social communities that created new national park institutes in 1991 was investigated. Some significant indicators were used, such as demography, the [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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La dimension de proximité, dans le rapport entre ville et territoire et en raison de la complexité fonctionnelle et sociale de lespace public, représente un caractère distinctif, bien que non exclusif, de la ville méditerranéenne européenne. Ce[...]Article
T. Pacetti ; G. Castelli ; B. Schröder ; E. Bresci ; E. Caporali |The appropriate implementation of the concept of Water-related Ecosystem Services (WES) in water resources planning can support the development of productive activities and, at the same time, sustain local ecosystems. However, such implementatio[...]Article
L. Arata ; F. Diluiso ; G. Guastella ; S. Pareglio ; P. Sckokai |In urban contexts land-use planning can play a central role to promote adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change. Limiting soil consumption, improving urban greening and restoring abandoned areas are three of the most important stra[...]Article
Social networks both negatively and positively affect a consumers behaviour and awareness of sustainable consumption. This research aims to interpret the multifaceted relationship between social media information and sustainable consumption in [...]Article
E. Sanyé-Mengual ; K. Specht ; J. Vavra ; M. Artmann ; F. Orsini ; G. Gianquinto |Within the scholarly debate, Urban Agriculture (UA) has been widely acknowledged to provide diverse environmental and socio-cultural ecosystem services (ESs) for cities. However, the question of whether these potential benefits are also recogniz[...]Article
V. Brombin ; E. Mistri ; M. De Feudis ; C. Forti ; G.M. Salani ; C. Natali ; G. Falsone ; L. Vittori Antisari ; G. Bianchini |Sustainable agricultural management is needed to promote carbon (C) sequestration in soil, prevent loss of soil fertility, and reduce the release of greenhouse gases. However, the influence of agronomic practices on soil C sequestration depends [...]Article
Despite the increasing interest around alternative food networks and their huge growth in the last decades, they are still considered a complementary source of provision by most customers. Alternative food shoppers are faced with a quantity dil[...]Article
C. Calzolari ; P. Tarocco ; N. Lombardo ; N. Marchi ; F. Ungaro |The current practice of urban planning does not pay proper attention to the quality of urban soils, to their multiple functions and to the supply of ecosystem services to the urban population. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to raisin[...]Article
A. Capriolo ; R.G. Boschetto ; R.A. Mascolo ; S. Balbi ; F. Villa |We present methods and results of country-based natural capital assessments for four ecosystem services (ES) in Italy. The spatial mapping and the assessment have been carried out in both physical and monetary terms for (i) crop pollination, (ii[...]