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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 [...]Article
D.A. Zema ; A. Nicotra ; L. Mateos ; S.M. Zimbone |Irrigation performance assessment is particularly important in the Water Users Associations (WUAs) operating in Calabria (Southern Italy), where collective irrigation service suffers from poor performances both from an operative and economic poi[...]Article
N. Lofrida ; A.I. De Luca ; G. Gulisano ; A. Strano |Olive growing is one of the most significant sources of income for agricultural areas in the Mediterranean basin, and a characteristic element from environmental and landscape perspectives. Italy is the second largest producer of olive oil; this[...]Article
In Italy there has been after the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) a significant reduction of financial subsidies allocated towards farmers and a new reallocation of payments disbursed by the European Union. In fact, lots [...]Article
El presente trabajo constituye la segunda parte de El Sistema Alimentario Global: I - definición de un espacio (2014). Los objetivos de esta segunda parte son: (1) ilustrar y desarrollar la aplicación del modelo formulado en el trabajo anterio[...]Article
Wine is a complex and highly differentiated product of a very wide and heterogeneous compartment, where quality plays an important role in determining demand. Wine production in Italy is unique in the world and important for all of its regions a[...]Ouvrage
B. Pecqueur, dir. ; F. Nadou, dir. ; M. Storper, préf. | Paris [France] : L'Harmattan | Questions Contemporaines | 2018Depuis plus de trente ans, l'attention aux territoires et à leurs dynamiques a conduit à de nombreux travaux et à un profond renouvellement de l'analyse, porteurs d'une grande richesse pour mieux comprendre les processus de développement des soc[...]Article
C. Perrin ; B. Nougaredes ; L. Sini ; P. Branduini ; L. Salvatiuca |Many countries have implemented laws and planning instruments to preserve farmland on the urban fringe. This paper aims at a better understanding of the governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation processes in[...]E-Book
K. Mattas, ed. ; G. Baourakis, ed. ; C. Zopounidis, ed. | Dordrecht [Pays-Bas] : Springer | Cooperative Management | 2018This book brings together research on cooperative management from the agriculture and food sector. By examining issues from food-policy, trade and environmental perspectives and presenting both methodological and empirical work, it allows reader[...]Article
Cet article a pour objectif danalyser les dynamiques des exploitations agricoles spécialisées dans la réalisation de produits typiques du régime alimentaire méditerranéen. En particulier, cette étude se concentre sur les exploitations agricoles[...]Article
Employment effects of the CAP in Italian agriculture: territorial diversity and policy effectiveness
Cet article vise à donner un aperçu des impacts des mesures de la PAC sur l'emploi dans l'agriculture italienne au cours de la période 200714 et à explorer la diversité de ces impacts dans quatre types de zones. Les principaux instruments de po[...]Article
M. Forleo ; M. Tamburro ; L. Mastronardi ; V. Giacco ; G. Ripabelli |Dans ce travail, nous allons étudier les modèles de consommation alimentaire d'un groupe d'étudiants de lUniversité du Molise et effectuer une analyse de segmentation. La fréquence de consommation de vingt denrées alimentaires et des variables [...]Article
Au cours des dernières années, les agriculteurs européens ont subi de plein fouet les conséquences des fluctuations du marché en termes de flux de production et de revenu, en particulier en raison du changement climatique et de la mondialisation[...]Article
L'adoption de films de paillage contenant des substances dérivées du traitement chimique des déchets urbains et agricoles (SBO) représente une solution possible à la pollution causée par lutilisation de plastiques en agriculture. Cette recherch[...]Article
La préoccupation croissante des consommateurs à l'égard de la salubrité et de la qualité de la viande bovine qu'ils achètent est le résultat des crises alimentaires qui ont caractérisé le marché de la viande bovine ces deux dernières décennies. [...]Article
Dans cet article, nous allons parcourir le rôle de lagriculture périurbaine en Italie au moyen dune analyse comparative de sept aires métropolitaines. La dynamique structurelle des exploitations est évaluée à laide des micro-données du sixièm[...]Article
Le but de cet article est danalyser le mécanisme dinternationalisation des entreprises biologiques italiennes, en essayant de contribuer au débat sur les caractéristiques du processus et sur les stratégies des entreprises. Les principaux facte[...]Article
In the context of a special issue of the Journal of Rural Studies on more-than-economic motivations for farmers cooperation, this article aims to analyse the tensions and contending views of the cooperative movement in Italy with special attent[...]Article
The rural landscape has long been eroded by urban and infrastructural development that has altered the system of relationships between town and country. These phenomena, including agriculture intensification, have radically changed the rural lan[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Journal of rural studies, vol. 53 - July 2017 - Special section on The more-than-economic dimensions of cooperation in food production
S. Wynne-Jones, ed. ; S.B. Emery, ed. ; J. Forney, ed. | 2017Article
La diète méditerranéenne est un terme utilisé pour décrire les habitudes alimentaires traditionnelles des populations autour de la Méditerranée et qui désigne un modèle dalimentation saine, avec des bienfaits significatifs pour la nutrition et [...]Article
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Plusieurs études ont mis laccent sur la présence des effets dagglomération en agriculture biologique. Toutefois, la viticulture constitue une exception par rapport à ce constat général vu quelle bénéficie dun système daides différent. En ap[...]Article
Innovations are necessary for growth and competitiveness. Although agrifood production represents a pillar of Italian economy, it suffers a low propensity towards innovation. In line with current EU policy strategies, the creation of regional cl[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Under the initiative taken by the Palestine Trade Center PalTrade, the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), and the European Union (EU) to study the potential of Palestinian fresh fruits and vegetables and herbs in the European markets. [...]Article
During the last decade peri-urban agriculture has been deeply investigated not only from an economic perspective, but also for its important impact on land use as well as on environmental and social dynamics. Building on the recent literature, t[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
L'objectif de ce mémoire est d'illustrer la filière et la logistique des produits de la mer de la côte ionniène de la Sicile. Le contexte territorial de la zone de pêche est surtout caractérisé par des pratiques de petite pêche ou de pêche artis[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
La pêche artisanale représente un secteur générateur demploi et de culture. Contrairement au contexte mondial dindustrialisation des engins de pêche, le secteur de la pêche artisanale participe à lexploitation durable des ressources halieutiq[...]E-Book
The Mediterranean region is well known around the world for its rich culinary history. While most books tend to only focus on the nutritional, culinary, and/or health aspects of Mediterranean cuisine, this book presents a more scientific approac[...]Ouvrage
This one-of-a-kind CAP Cook Book is a printed book offering a unique perspective about the CAP. Youll learn practical information on the CAP both general and by country, explore real recipes of Slow Food chefs and portraits of (young) farmers f[...]Ouvrage
A. Balducci, ed. ; V. Fedeli, ed. ; F. Curci, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy | 2017Processes of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such processes are clearly distinguishable from those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the shifting concepts of both the city and the metropolis. Internatio[...]Ouvrage
La nouvelle vague daccaparements de terres et dexpulsions massives des paysans à léchelle planétaire fait resurgir sous des formes renouvelées danciens questionnements. Depuis lémergence du capitalisme, lhistoire des campagnes naurait-ell[...]Ouvrage
W. van Caenegem, ed. ; J. Cleary, ed. | New York [États-Unis] : Springer | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, ISSN 1534-6781 | 2017This book explores the potential benefits and disadvantages of geographical indication (GIs) registration schemes, analyzing the utility of GI registrations for the development and promotion of regional economies, both in national and internatio[...]Article
A variety of Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) has emerged to establish a direct relationship between farmers and consumers, in response to the conventional, long supply chain. This relationship defined in the literature as the connectedness of[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Norois, n. 241 - Octobre 2016 - Innovation sociale et développement des territoires dans les campagnes européennes
2016Ce dossier thématique sappuie sur la valorisation dune sélection de communications issues du colloque international de géographie rurale, « Les campagnes : espaces dinnovation dans un monde urbain », organisé en juin 2014 par lUMR CNRS 6590 [...]Article
Lamande connaît depuis une dizaine dannées un intérêt grandissant, en atteste la production mondiale qui a augmenté de plus de 50 %, portant cette dernière à un peu plus dun million de tonnes damandons produits en 2015. Cette production est [...]Article
Le but de ce travail était danalyser lhétérogénéité des importateurs italiens spécialisés au niveau des pays du Sud de la Méditerranée. Nous avons examiné un échantillon représentatif et défini un profil d'entreprises en considérant la sécurit[...]Article
G. Schifani ; G. Migliore ; F. Caracciolo ; P. Romeo ; L. Cembalo ; G. Cicia |This paper discusses contractual features to manage and coordinate a hypothetical bio-energy supply chain. The present study focuses on farmers operating in two Regions of Italy, namely Sicily and Campania, somewhat representative of areas with [...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Agroligne, n. 100 - 01/07/2016 - Figue de Barbarie, un cactus source de richesses
2016De la raquette jusqu'au fruit et ses grains, le figuier de barbarie est loin d'être un simple cactus. Il est une source d'immense richesse, pas seulement financière mais aussi pour la santé animale et surtout pour l'environnement. Plusieurs pays[...]Article
Dans ce travail, nous allons parcourir une nouvelle approche pour lévaluation du niveau de la multifonctionnalité des exploitations agricoles en adaptant l'indice de biodiversité de Shannon (indice H) (Shannon, 1963 ; Horowitz, 1970). En utili[...]Article
Cette étude vise à appréhender les préférences des consommateurs concernant cinq différentes caractéristiques extrinsèques du vin, parmi lesquelles lorigine biologique. Les préférences des consommateurs ont été évaluées à travers une expériment[...]Article
Cet article présente un panorama des débats de société sur lélevage dans quelques pays européens. Nous y confirmons lexistence dun gradient de préoccupations sociétales sur lélevage, du nord au sud de lEurope. Les controverses sont très act[...]Article
The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in part from the food system. Building sustainable food systems has become a predominating endeavor aiming to redirect our food systems and policies towards bet[...]Article
F. Bottalico ; X. Medina ; R. Capone ; H. El Bilali ; P. Debs |Global food systems are changing rapidly with profound implications for culinary systems and diets. In this scenario, the Mediterranean diet (MD), a lifestyle recognized by UNESCO in 2010 as intangible cultural heritage of humanity, is no except[...]Article
Les produits typiques sont la pierre angulaire de la diète méditerranéenne. Pour une valorisation efficace de ces produits, il est important dintégrer tradition, innovation et durabilité. Cet article a lobjectif de décrire l'approche méthodolo[...]Article
The role played by public policy in the development of Italy's human capital in the late nineteenth century and the Interwar period has long remained unexplored by quantitative economic history. This article explores whether a system of decentra[...]Article
L. Salvati ; M. Zitti ; L. Perini |The Mediterranean region has been regarded as a critical hotspot for desertification due to the impact of soil degradation, the land-use changes and the climate variations. Few large-scale studies have been devoted to analyse trends in land sens[...]Article
This paper offers a firm level perspective of global value chain participation in the food industry. We single out some stylized facts on food global value chains and the Italian food industry. Exploiting a very rich and original dataset, based [...]Ouvrage
Depuis quelques années, les pouvoirs publics sefforcent dencourager la consommation alimentaire locale, en soutenant diverses initiatives de mise en marché de proximité et en encourageant leur élargissement à des domaines nouveaux, comme la re[...]Ouvrage
This one-of-a-kind CAP Cook Book is a printed book offering a unique perspective about the CAP. Youll learn practical information on the CAP both general and by country, explore real recipes of Slow Food chefs and portraits of (young) farmers f[...]Ouvrage
D. Petruzzella, ed. ; A. Di Mambro, ed. | Bari [Italie] : CIHEAM-IAMB | Options Méditerranéennes : Série B. Etudes et Recherches, ISSN 1016-1228 | 2016Although the Mediterranean are is generally seen as the cradle of agriculture and traditional food production, the issue of innovation is now making its way to the top of the political and research agendas. This is due, firstly, to the enormous [...]