A5071351232- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Water resources management and optimization
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
2015-2024
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2009-2015
National Nuclear Energy Commission
1975
Women face severe gender-specific constraints and have minimal part in the farm decision-making systems sub-Saharan Africa. This leads to additional barriers adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies. paper contributes gender debate by focusing on intra-household dynamics that influence adaptive capacities small-holder farmers. Using a multi-country approach, considering Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania as case studies, an endogenous-switching poisson regression model...
A shift towards sustainable agricultural systems would enhance food security without further depleting natural resources. Considering small-scale farming in the cereal-legume of Eastern and Southern Africa, we introduce a conceptual framework apply an econometric model using data from sample 2208 households to assess factors limiting technology diffusion. Results show that investment-ready food-secure small producers are more willing adopt options, increased access financial services is...
Agriculture affects both quantity and quality of water available for other uses under current production systems, the impact is often negative. Adopting sustainable land management (SLM) practices can foster more efficient use increase agricultural productivity, while reducing environmental risks from pollution regulating flows serving downstream communities. However, farmers face barriers to adoption such practices, especially lack technical capacity high upfront costs associated with SLM...
EX-ACT (EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool) is a tool developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO). It provides ex-ante measurements mitigation impact agriculture forestry development projects, estimating net C balance from GHG emissions Carbon (C) sequestration. land-based accounting system, measuring stocks, stock changes per unit land, CH4 N2O expressed in t CO2-eq hectare year. The main output an estimation C-balance associated with adoption improved land...
African smallholders should adopt climate-smart agriculture to make a sustainable transition towards cleaner, circular and more productive food systems. Farmers must play key role in that process. However, the adoption diffusion of technologies have been slow. Here, cross-sectional econometric analysis using primary data on farming practices cereal-legume systems Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa Tanzania is applied analyse drivers intensity innovation adoption. Socio-economic barriers reduce...
Water scarcity is a growing social, economic, and political issue, especially in Southern European countries that are becoming even more arid where different crops can be cultivated only if irrigation possible. In this context, strategies to enhance water use efficiency regarded as critical from both an economic environmental standpoint. The present work aims analyse productivity of processing tomato Apulia region Italy. Specifically, the study examines potential enhancements physical...
Abstract In developing countries, the adoption of effective climate change adaptation strategies can safeguard rural communities’ livelihoods. Using survey data collected in Guinea 2012, paper investigates factors affecting households’ to face adverse impacts. A three‐step methodology is applied: (1) assessment magnitude real climatic trends study area together with farmers’ perception change; (2) identification physical and socioeconomic variables influencing propensity; (3) analysis...
Abstract This paper jointly evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania. Sequentially-linked models capture natural resource constraints; land use change; economywide growth linkages; household poverty. Results indicate that there are incentives to convert unused lands sugarcane-ethanol production, but only grasslands (not forests) have a reasonable carbon payback period. There also strong socioeconomic reasons involve smallholders...