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The transfer of farm activity over time occurs through different pathways, among which the more frequent is intra-family farm succession. Thus, better information on farm succession determinants is crucial for understanding farm succession and i[...]Article
In a traditional wine region such as Tuscany (Italy), the wine production is perceived by several industry players as weak and fragmented because it is mainly managed by small and medium-sized wineries that have limited market power compared to [...]Article
Futures studies have treated the issue of place-based approach and bioregionalism planning as tool to achieve a sustainable development in areas characterized by exclusive natural peculiarities (Gray, 2007; Tonn, English, Turner, & Hemrick, 20[...]Article
C. Corrado ; M. Di Pierro ; E. Testani ; G. Roccuzzo ; M. Cutuli ; D. Ceccarelli |Industrial agriculture and its requirement for standardized approaches is driving the world towards a global food system, shrinking the role of farmers and shifting decision-making power. On the contrary, a holistic perspective towards a new foo[...]Article
B. Pancino ; E. Blasi ; A. Rappoldt ; S. Pascucci ; L. Ruini ; C. Ronchi |The objective of the paper is to understand the process of designing a multi-stakeholder partnership in the adoption of sustainable innovations in value chains. More specifically, the focus is on the design of feasible types of horizontal agreem[...]Article
Despite the advantages ensuing from preferential market access agreements, trade exchanges between Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs) and the EU are often hindered by food safety issues. These are particularly relevant for fruit and vegetab[...]Article
The 2018 European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy identifies a set of actions to reduce plastic waste in the EU in the near future. To implement this strategic view, appropriate policy tools need to be identified within Member Countr[...]Article
M.M. Giuliani ; G. Gatta ; G. Cappelli ; A. Gagliardi ; M. Donatelli ; D Fanchini ; D. De Nart ; G. Mongiano ; S. Bregaglio |The main cultivation area of the Italian processing tomato is the Southern Capitanata plain. Here, the hardest agronomic challenge is the optimization of the irrigation water use, which is often inefficiently performed by farmers, who tend to ov[...]Article
A. Bonfante ; E. Monaco ; P. Manna ; R. De Mascellis ; A. Basile ; M. Buonanno ; G. Cantilena ; A. Esposito ; A. Tedeschi ; C. De Michele ; O. Belfiore ; I. Catapano ; G. Ludeno ; K. Salinas ; A. Brook |The efficient use of water in agriculture is one of the most significant agricultural challenges that modern technologies are helping to cope with through Irrigation Advisory Services (IAS) and Decision Support Systems (DSS). These last are cons[...]Article
Depuis quelques années, on observe en Italie une prolifération de programmes de « bénévolat » réservés aux personnes demandeuses dasile. Lémergence de cette nouvelle figure de bénévole permet de saisir la manière dont le travail gratuit est pr[...]Article
The paper proposes to carry out a preliminary analysis of the Italian food value chain based on the analysis of social agriculture, in particular social farms associated with antimafia activities. The analysis is based on the assumption that s[...]Article
Italy recently reformed its food waste policy by introducing innovative measures, such as the possibility of donating food after the best-before date (BBD) and a significant simplification of the bureaucracy of donations. These measures are advo[...]Article
Increasing attention on the relationship between agriculture and the environment has led governments to place new emphasis on Agri-environmental policies and organic agriculture to support farmers in developing innovative and sustainable managem[...]Article
The use of geo-tagged photographs seems to be a promising alternative to assess Cultural Ecosystem Services CESs in respect to the traditional investigation when focusing on the study of the aesthetic appreciation of a protected area or natural [...]Article
L. Principato ; L. Ruini ; M. Guidi ; L. Secondi |Food loss and waste (FLW) is one of the most serious social, economic and environmental issues undermining our planets sustainability, and by reducing it some UN Sustainable Development Goals may be achieved. The European Commission Circular Ec[...]Article
Reconfiguration of power relations is crucial to transformations in agro-food systems. In this paper, we propose a conceptual basis for understanding this relation, building on the approaches to power of transition studies and other strands of s[...]Article
The increasing diversity of food networks and initiatives has given rise to a variety of analyses and approaches among which the literature on Alternative Food Networks (AFN) and the quality turn stand out for the role of European and more s[...]Article
The gathering and commercialisation of non-timber forest products (NTFP) in Europe has repeatedly been praised for its potential to support rural development. However, political support mechanisms explicitly targeting NTFP remain underdeveloped.[...]Article
Urban agriculture in Global North cities is strongly promoted as a sustainable solution to achieve different goals, such as food production, quality of life, and well-being. Although several attempts have been made to evaluate urban agriculture [...]Article
The importance of reducing food loss and waste (FLW) has recently been emphasized at a European level with the amendment to the European Waste Framework Directive, according to which the effective reduction of food waste can be carried out by ad[...]Article
Climate change poses a major challenge for farmers, but agricultural sustainability, mitigation, and adaptation can effectively decrease climate impacts on agricultural systems. Changes in farming practices are necessary to reduce emissions and [...]Article
R. Hijbeek ; A.A. Pronk ; M.K. van Ittersum ; A. Verhagen ; G. Ruysschaert ; J. Bijttebier ; L. Zavattaro ; L. Bechini ; N. Schlatter ; H.F.M. ten Berge |Soil organic matter (SOM) in agricultural soils builds up via - among others - the use of organic inputs such as straw, compost, farmyard manure or the cultivation of green manures or cover crops. SOM has benefits for long-term soil fertility an[...]Article
The sustainability debate in the food sector has exposed the current food system to critics, encouraging the significant growth of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs), new ways of food production, distribution and consumption that aim to shorten th[...]Article
G. Migliore ; C. Zinnanti ; E. Schimmenti ; V. Borsellino ; G. Schifani ; C.P. Di Franco ; A. Asciuto |This is the first study which explores the impact of climate change in Sicily, a small Mediterranean region of Southern Europe. According to research, Mediterranean area has shown large climate shifts in the last century and it has been identifi[...]Article
P. Prosperi ; J. Kirwan ; D. Maye ; F. Bartolini ; D. Vergamini ; G. Brunori |This paper presents an analysis of the diversification and non-productivist practices and strategies deployed by European small-scale fishers vis-à-vis contextual regulatory and market factors. Building on resilience thinking combined with a q[...]Article
Entrepreneurial turns, serendipitous events, entrepreneurial skills and values are critical to the success of rural SMEs. Likewise, Resource Orchestration is an important element of strategic, entrepreneurial activities. An analysis of a case [...]Article
This article proposes a managerial vision of the sustainability planning of a territory. The main assumption is that the sustainable development policies of a territory oriented to the agrifood sector cannot be separated from the participation i[...]Article
We derive and estimate a model of demand for Geographical Indications allowing for subjective and heterogeneous quality perceptions, and study vertical differentiation based on multi-tier quality labels within the context of the strategy adopted[...]Série
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F. Arfini ; E. Cozzi ; M.C. Mancini ; H. Ferrer-Perez ; J.M. Gil |Within the framework of multifunctional conceptualisation, the authors have investigated the level of public goods embedded in Agri-food geographical indication products. Moving from the concept of the local Agri-food system, the generation of p[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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F. Molle, ed. ; C. Sanchis-Ibor, ed. ; L. Avellà-Reus, ed. | Cham [Suisse] : Springer | Global Issues in Water Policies, ISSN 211-0631 | 2019Mediterranean irrigation is diverse due to, among other factors, the relative importance of water in the economy of each country, varied levels of aridity, heterogeneous levels economic, social and technological levels of development, and differ[...]Article
This article examines the emergence of a new generation of innovative young farmers in Italy who are making a success of running farms (often very small) while contravening the basic tenets of the modernization script. We argue that the success [...]Article
La migration italienne vers le Maroc est un phénomène peu documenté qui prend consistance depuis 1912 et, après un déclin pendant la seconde après-guerre et durant les années '70, elle voit une nouvelle augmentation à partir des premières années[...]Article
Olive oil markets, both traditional and new ones, are changing rapidly with vertical as well as horizontal differentiation that increasingly play a role in featuring demand and supply. The paper explores the role and effectiveness of different q[...]Article
We used discrete-choice experiments (DCE) to elicit farmers preferences among alternative agri-environmental schemes (AES) designed to reduce soil risk of erosion, maintain soil fertility, enhance countryside landscape, and preserve agrobiodive[...]Article
L. Camanzi ; E. Arba ; C. Rota ; C. Zanasi ; G. Malorgio |This study investigates the factors affecting the inter-organizational relationships and governance of firms in agri-food supply chains and assesses the influence that the current conditions of vertical coordination have on the economic performa[...]Article
The Common Agricultural Policy has traditionally provided support to farm incomes via direct payments under the Single Payment Scheme. This article analyzes whether the reform of the SPS will decrease the concentration of direct payments and eva[...]Article
M. Carzedda ; F. Marangon ; F. Nassivera ; S. Troiano |The emergence of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) has drawn the attention of researchers from various fields, who try to understand and explain these new phenomena. The purpose of this paper is to explore how personal attitude and product qualit[...]Article
E. Borsato ; A. Galindo ; P. Tarolli ; L. Sartori ; F. Marinello |Increasing global food demand and economic growth result in increasing competition over scarce freshwater resources, worsened by climate change and pollution. The agricultural sector has the largest share in the water footprint of humanity. Whil[...]Article
Agriculture has been an economic mainstay of countries throughout history. Recently, its importance and essential role in local and regional growth and development have also received due acknowledgment. However, agritourism entrepreneurs often l[...]Article
The overview of the most relevant literature on migration, whose main issues were human rights, work in agriculture, cultural and social inclusion, highlighted one common point: the need to foster the legal work of migrants as a driver for socia[...]Article
This paper presents the case of peri- and urban agriculture in the context of Rome municipality by highlighting, in particular, its contribution to ecosystem services provided to urban population. These different agriculture cases are participat[...]Article
In the last years, the high volatility of the dairy market has exposed farmers to a strong income risk, which is expected to increase. In this context, with the reg. (EU) 1305/2013, European Union tried to encourage the adoption of risk manageme[...]Article
Social farming (SF) emerged in the latest ten years in Italy and in the EU as an innovative practice able to link multifunctional agriculture and innovative social services for both urban and rural areas. SF mobilises unexpected resources from a[...]Article
The growing understanding of potential role of agricultural and rural resources to enhance the social, physical, mental and economic well-being draw the attention of an increasing range of stakeholders on Social Farming. The contribute discloses[...]Article
The last reforms of the CAP have promoted the diffusion of new regulatory tools to improve the coordination of decisions along the agri-food supply chain. Interbranch organizations, protection consortia, the regulation of the supply for PDO prod[...]Article
G. Pulina ; M.J. Milán ; M.P. Lavín ; A. Theodoridis ; E. Morin ; J. Capote ; D.L. Thomas ; A.H.D. Francesconi ; G. Caja |Dairy small ruminants account for approximately 21% of all sheep and goats in the world, produce around 3.5% of the world's milk, and are mainly located in subtropical-temperate areas of Asia, Europe, and Africa. Dairy sheep are concentrated aro[...]Article
Effectiveness of Agri-Environmental Schemes (AESs) as tools to enhance the rural environment can be achieved not only by increasing uptake rates, but also by avoiding participating farmers abandoning the scheme once they are in. For this reason,[...]Article
Geographical indications (GIs) are a 25 years old European policy instrument and one objective of GIs is to foster rural development. In this respect, very few studies have quantitatively investigated to what extent this policy is effective. In [...]