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G. Vinci ; S.A. Prencipe ; A. Abbafati ; M. Filippi |Growing awareness of environmental sustainability in the agri-food sector has enhanced the gradual shift toward less-impactful food and organic production systems. In 2021, nearly three million hectolitres of organic wine were produced which acc[...]Article
R. Moruzzo ; G. Granai ; C. De Benedictis ; M. Galardi ; V. Colosimo ; J. Sforzi ; F. Di Iacovo |Social Farming (SF) is a rising practice that offers various typologies of initiatives involving different actors. Peculiarities consist of the types of networks organized at the territorial level and in the innovation processes they implement. [...]Article
This study aims to answer the following research questions: (a) to what extent do EU rural development supports for investments address territorial differences of rural areas, especially concerning the differences between rich and intensive area[...]Article
Common property represents a particularly topical and complex issue in Italy due to the widespread (10% of) Italian territory, with millions of buildings built on it and the lack of a clear legal status regarding their alienability and eliminabi[...]Article
L. Verdi ; A. Dalla Marta ; F. Falconi ; S. Orlandini ; M. Mancini |Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture is a key factor towards reducing human impacts on the food production chain. Because of the growing consumer interest in healthy foods cultivated with low-impact approach, a study assessing the i[...]Article
Climate change is impacting on the agricultural sector in several ways, and the effects on yields are generally among the most observable ones. Open fields crops, such as cereals, are very vulnerable to climate change. We study the historical da[...]Article
G. Cecili ; P. De Fioravante ; L. Congedo ; M. Marchetti ; M. Munafò |In recent years, deep learning (DL) algorithms have been widely integrated for remote sensing image classification, but fewer studies have applied it for land consumption (LC). LC is the main factor in land transformation dynamics and it is the [...]Article
Climate variability and extremes, socio-economic conditions, crisis and market shocks are among the main factors determining risk in the agricultural sector. Drought, heat stress, flood, market volatility among the others, have caused heavy loss[...]Article
M. Ruberto ; G. Branca ; S. Troiano ; R. Zucaro |The Water Framework Directive (WFD) has introduced economic principles for water resource management, including the environmental cost recovery on the basis of the polluter pays principle (PPP). Agriculture, as a potential driver of pressures on[...]Article
A. Coppola ; M. Cozzi ; S. Romano ; M. Viccaro |New business models that integrate sustainability into corporate strategies and combine environmental, economic, and social issues with production practices are on the rise. Implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives may[...]Article
Agricultural modernization brought about a significant land use change, with the expansion both of crops that could be more easily mechanized and of woodland and natural areas. Meanwhile, to increase the cultivated area, the farmland fabric of p[...]Article
F. Boenzi ; S. Digiesi ; F. Facchini ; B. Silvestri |The agri-food supply chain is responsible for high GHG emissions. In industrial food processing, there is potential for reducing environmental impacts. In the case of apricot jam, several practices for realizing the finished product can be adopt[...]Article
S. Vanino ; C. Di Bene ; C. Piccini ; G. Fila ; B. Pennelli ; R. Zornoza ; V. Sanchez-Navarro ; J. Álvaro-Fuentes ; R. Hüppi ; J. Six ; R. Farina |The intensification of agricultural systems has caused a noticeable impact on agro-ecosystem services. Thus, the adoption of more sustainable agricultural practices such as crop diversification and reduction of external inputs represent an alter[...]Article
Geographical indications (GIs) are granted to specific product names with a link to the terroirs where they are made. However, climate change is expected to alter most of the terroirs? characteristics, reducing productivity and profitability of [...]Article
V.M. Merlino ; S. Massaglia ; S. Blanc ; F. Brun ; D. Borra |The specialty milk market in Italy has shown positive trends in recent years. Companies, from small producers to market leaders, continue to invest in differentiating their product lines, increasingly orienting their production choices towards s[...]Article
The purpose of this research is to study transaction costs and their antecedents, in relation to the willingness to buy groceries online in Italy, and to observe the effect of Covid-19 is having in those. The study used a positivist deductive ap[...]Article
M. Pergola ; A. Persiani ; D. D'Ammaro ; V. Pastore ; C. D'Adamo ; A.M. Palese ; G. Celano |This paper aimed to analyse and compare the environmental and energy sustainability of two orchards (peach versus kiwifruit) located in Southern Italy using Life Cycle Thinking. To this end, anthropogenic energy, CO2 emissions, biogenic energy a[...]Article
CONTEXT Mediterranean peri-urban regions have changed considerably in recent decades, leading to different farming system trajectories. The high level of heterogeneity and complexity of these areas are particularly challenging in terms of unders[...]Article
G. Maesano ; M. Hamam ; B. Pecorino ; G. Pappalardo ; M. D'Amico ; G. Chinnici |The fresh-cut sector has shown a positive trend in recent years, due to the ease of use and the increasing innovation in the quality and safety features of these products. However, in Italy, a negative trend was observed during the lockdown Co[...]Article
Protected areas offer unique opportunities for recreation, but the non-market nature of these benefits presents a significant challenge when trying to represent value in the decision-making processes. The most common techniques to value recreati[...]Article
A. Casson ; B. Ortuani ; V. Giovenzana ; L. Brancadoro ; S. Corsi ; O. Gharsallah ; R. Guidetti ; A. Facchi |Viticulture is gradually shifting to more sustainable production systems and a fair number of studies aim at assessing the environmental impacts of different technologies and techniques adopted in the wine production through the Life Cycle Asses[...]Article
Adaptation to climate change is an issue of growing concern for the agri-food sector, particularly for Geographic Indications (GIs). Agri-food GIs are deeply grounded on the concept of terroir, whose key aspects can be altered by climate change.[...]Article
F. Fassio ; I.E. Borda ; E. Talpo ; A. Savina ; F. Rovera ; O. Pieretto ; D. Zarri |The impact of linear agri-food supply chains is progressively leading to ever wider socio-environmental and cultural repercussions, undermining the balance of territories and communities to the point of disrupting the entire planet's health. The[...]Article
S. Franco ; B. Pancino ; A. Martella ; T. De Gregorio |The term monoculture is widely used in the scientific literature concerning the agricultural sector. However, it is very difficult to find a clear and shared definition of this term. This study investigates the concept of monoculture in agricult[...]Article
This paper assesses how efficiently Common Agricultural Policy direct payments enhance farm incomes by applying a quantile continuous treatment effect model on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network sample. Adding to previous analyses, we sho[...]Article
L. Villani ; G. Castelli ; L. Piemontese ; D. Penna ; E. Bresci |Mediterranean watersheds are expected to face increased and more severe drought events due to climate change. Urgent action is needed to shift from a reactive approach to a proactive one, for which drought risk assessment is fundamental. Neverth[...]Article
In the last programming period of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund, Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) have been in charge of meeting the objectives of Union Priority 4, aimed at boosting territorial cohesion and employment in European co[...]Article
A. Coppola ; M. Amato ; D. Vistocco ; F. Verneau |In recent literature, the issue of sustainability and its measure has been addressed with different approaches that depend on the multidimensional nature of the concept and the specific sector and context to which it applies. The present work fo[...]Article
The current food system is directly associated with food insecurity, malnutrition, food waste, and environmental impacts. The international community has been working on sustainability, and the enhancement of sustainable food consumption is a fu[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly disrupted the household behavior in all areas and also those related to eating and daily food. Research carried out shows there have been significant changes compared to pre-COVID levels in the way consumers pla[...]