A5061316142- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Culinary Culture and Tourism
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
2015-2024
Viterbo University
2013
Agricultural intensification negatively affects the environment through soil degradation, loss of agrobiodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and nutrient leaching. Thus, introduction crop diversification strategies alternative management practices is crucial to re-design agricultural systems. To better understand contribution more sustainable systems, an accurate evaluation synergies trade-offs needed. In this context, 5-year Horizon 2020 DIVERFARMING project aims define sustainable,...
Abstract In the Mediterranean region, despite bamboo being an alien species that can seriously alter plant and animal biocoenosis, area occupied by plantations continues to increase, especially for purpose sequester carbon (C). However, C dynamics in soil–plant system when is grown outside its native are poorly understood. Here we investigated mitigation potential of fast-growing Moso ( Phyllostachys edulis ) introduced Italy climate-change mitigation. We analyzed aboveground (AGB)...
In this paper, the problem of planning allocation crops to arable lands, taking into account crop rotations principles and diversification strategies promoted by sustainable agriculture is addressed. Optimization models for solving multi-period problems are proposed, able decide how allocate in each growing season order maximize total expected profit. The decisions made considering rotation benefits across seasons requirements stated current regulations. A complexity analysis performed,...
Abstract Crop diversification practices (CDPs) are alternative strategies aimed to achieve sustainable cropping systems and food production overcoming the agro-environmental impacts of conventional such as monoculture. Thus, this paper aims improve knowledge implementing CDPs in different European pedoclimatic regions by assessing economic performance at farm level. compared with clustered terms their gross margin (GM) results variations. Farm-level assessment shows that provide positive...
Both Glycaemic index (GI) and Load (GL) were introduced to measure the impact of a carbohydrate-containing food on blood glucose. From this perspective, high-amylose (HA) flours, with higher percentage resistant starch (RS), may represent suitable raw material improve glycaemic response. The present work aims investigate GI HA bakery products (biscuits, taralli bread) compared obtained from conventional flour. Ten healthy volunteers enrolled their capillary glucose was measured every 15 min...
The objective of the paper is to understand process designing a multi-stakeholder partnership in adoption sustainable innovations value chains. More specifically, focus on design feasible types horizontal agreements and contractual formulas be implemented agri-food supply chain order introduce agricultural practices. To this purpose, Barilla Sustainable Farming initiative, which currently first phase an MSP, used as case study.
Crop diversification can enhance farm economic sustainability while reducing the negative impact on environment and ecosystem services related. Despite market non-market benefits of crop diversification, monocropping is a widely used dominant practice in Europe. In this context, works aims to assess overall several systems across Europe compared it system. For purpose, an valuation by integrating values for eight case studies distributed three different European pedoclimatic regions...
This research is a first attempt to assess the economic, social and environmental impacts related diffusion of an eco-innovation in durum wheat sourcing supply chain. Barilla Sustainable Farming taken as case study describe process introduction innovative practice whose benefits could be transferred all chain actors. The described analysed, from its origin through development into ‘theoretical’ ‘in-field experimentations’, get final empirical analysis (via focus groups), aimed at assessing...
Retail food waste represents a minor fraction of the total amount produced along supply chain (tenfold lower than quantity disposed by consumers at home). However, role retailers is crucial in shaping both behavior upstream actors and preferences consumers. This paper studies causes retail stores discusses potential mitigating actions based on results nine focus groups held 2017 with 67 foods category managers. Participants used sticky notes to outline in-store address it. Sticky reporting...
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 Significant detrimental effects of agricultural intensification and specialization are becoming increasingly evident. Reliance on monocultures, few varieties, intensive use agrochemicals is a major factor in climate change, biodiversity decline, soil health deterioration, pollution, putting our food system at risk. This requires sustainable processes, such as crop diversification, to be more rapidly effectively tested, adopted, scaled. While these processes typically introduced...
Public attention to the impact of human activities on environment is growing over time across several sectors, particularly agri-food. In Europe, agricultural sector's focus sustainability has influenced EU policies for at least 40 years. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) years been proposing tools, commitments, and incentives mitigate over-use natural resources increase or maintain flow ecosystem services (ES) provide by agro-ecosystems. latest reform (23-27), strengthens commitments...
Innovation is a key issue in the discussion about links between agriculture, food production and sustainability. Indeed, creation, adoption exploitation of innovations can interact with all three dimensions sustainability – environment, society economy. Despite increasing support for innovation practices agrifood sector from institutions public policies, this has spread quite slowly. diffusion strongly depends on social, institutional productive system behind technological/structural...
Abstract Peri-urban agriculture is exposed to multiple pressures, which push diversification and multifunctionality. However, the urban-rural link develops in different ways according features of territories. A very interesting case that mountain areas, where proportion among urban rural domain skewed towards latter and, at same time, farms face major environmental problems most cases jeopardize their competitiveness mainstream market. Alternative food chains may play a key role these...
The generation of bread waste at suppliers and retailers is often linked to the production surplus bread. This study reports results first direct quantification economic assessment conducted in Italy, involving a panel 12 bakeries their branches located Lazio region, which compiled daily diary for 5 months. They are small-scale reflect typical structure Italian businesses bakery sector, producing fresh selling it directly consumers. measured during consists 6,694 kg total, with an average...
Introduction The European Union has recently prompted a shift toward Ecological Intensification (EI) practices, aiming to harmonize agricultural productivity and environmental conservation. Despite the benefits of EI, its implementation been limited, as farmers face challenges in business reorganization supply chain adaptation. This paper investigates role contract farming ( CF ) promoting adoption sustainable practices among Italian wheat producers. Specifically, it analyzes influence...
(1) Background: The pressure that agricultural systems’ intensive management exerts on the environment concerns society. For this reason, demand for sustainable foods is growing in market. This study investigated consumers’ Willingness To Pay (WTP) dry semolina pasta produced with raw materials from more diversified systems and which factors influence choice. (2) Methods: data, collected through a contingent valuation exercise, involved 185 Italian consumers. Through Tobit model, drivers...
Current study investigates whether a private, sustainability claim has an impact on individuals' sensory and non-sensory expectations (halo effect) quantifies such individual monetary preferences. An incentive-compatible artefactual field experiment was performed by recruiting regular buyers consumers of the investigated product (cookies). Results reveal that sustainable agriculture generates high (unrelated) statistically significant premium price compared to conventional counterpart....