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A Wall out of Place: a Hydrological and Sociocultural Analysis of Physical Changes to the Lakeshore of Como, Italy
Provedor de dados: 7
Autores: Laborde, Sarah; Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia; School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia; laborde@cwr.uwa.edu.au; Imberger, Jorg; Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia; jimberger@cwr.uwa.edu.au; Toussaint, Sandy; School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia; Centre for Excellence in Natural Resource Management, University of Western Australia; sandy.toussaint@uwa.edu.au.
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Cross-disciplinary science; Flood mitigation; Italy; Lake catchment governance; Place attachment; Social movement; Technocratic planning.
Ano: 2012

Detection of Type 1 Ostreid Herpes variant (OsHV-1 mu var) with no associated mortality in French-origin Pacific cupped oyster Crassostrea gigas farmed in Italy
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Dundon, William G.; Arzul, Isabelle; Omnes, Emmanuelle; Robert, Maeva; Magnabosco, Cristian; Zambon, Michela; Gennari, Lorenzo; Toffan, Anna; Terregino, Calogero; Capua, Ilaria; Arcangeli, Giuseppe.
In April 2010, the sampling of juvenile Pacific cupped oysters originating from France was undertaken from a farm located off the coast of the Marche region in Italy. Samples were sent to the national reference laboratory for mollusc diseases for bacteriological, histological, electron microscopical and molecular analysis. Classical and Real-Time PCR indicated the presence of the microvariant (OsHV-1 mu var) of Type 1 Ostreid Herpes virus (OsHV-1) despite the absence of clinical and pathological signs normally associated with the presence of this variant. Further molecular and sequencing analysis revealed the presence of OsHV-1 par and OsHV-1 DNA in one oyster indicating that simultaneous detection of both viruses is possible. This is the first report of...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Pacific cupped oyster; Ostreid Herpes virus 1 mu var; PCR; Italy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00035/14585/11968.pdf

Diversifying fishing effort in Sicilian fisheries: the case of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs)
Provedor de dados: 5
Autores: Cannizzaro, L; Bono, G; Rizzo, P; Potoshi, A; Celesti, A.
In the Sicilian fisheries, the swordfish (Xiphias gladius, Linnaeus 1758), caught from March to December with several gears which vary according to season, represents one of the most important economic resources. The size composition changes depending on the gear used, the way it is operated, the fishing area and season. The gears used for swordfish fishing (long-lines "for swordfish", drift-nets, harpoons as operated by typical boats named "feluche") mainly catch adult specimens. From August to December, a high number of very young swordfish specimens (1.5 to 4.5 kg) is also caught as by-catch during the albacore (Thunnus alalunga, Bonnaterre 1788) fishing which is carried out by a special long line and hooks only 3 cm long. It was observed that in the...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Attracting techniques Fishing effort Tuna fisheries Article Geographic Terms: MED; Italy; Sicilia.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15299/12659.pdf

Euscorpius (Scorpiones, Euscorpiidae): three cases of stings in northwestern Italy
Provedor de dados: 80
Autores: Dutto,M; Dutto,L; Scaglione,N; Bertero,M.
In the period between June 2008 and August 2009, three cases of stings of Euscorpius scorpions indigenous to Italy were treated at two different emergency departments (ED) in hospitals of the Piedmont region, northwest Italy: Santa Croce e Carle General Hospital in Cuneo, and Santissima Annunziata Hospital in Savigliano. Scorpion stings in Italy are rare and not well documented in the literature; this situation may raise doubts among medical personnel as to how such lesions are best treated. Analysis of the incidents confirms that the venom of Euscorpius do not provokes systemic poisoning in humans and in these cases even dermatological reactions were not significant.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Euscorpius; Scorpion; Sting; Scorpionism; Venom; Poisoning; Italy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000400018

Documented bites by a yellow sac spider (Cheiracanthium punctorium) in Italy: a case report
Provedor de dados: 80
Autores: Papini,R.
In Italy reports of human envenomations by yellow sac spiders have been sporadic. Since increasing clinical information would improve understanding of the danger of yellow sac spiders to humans, we report the case of a 7-year-old child and her father bitten by a documented Cheiracanthium punctorium. They developed acute persistent pain with local skin signs and numbness, and required emergency treatment. The father recovered completely within 1 to 2 hours and the child within 3 to 4 days after treatment, probably as a result of spontaneous evolution. Clinicians should be aware of the risks and immediate management of spider bites.
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Palavras-chave: Spiders; Arachnidism; Italy.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992012000300014

A case of stings in humans caused bySclerodermus sp. in Italy
Provedor de dados: 80
Autores: Papini,Roberto Amerigo.
In the last years, stings of Sclerodermus species in humans have been sporadically reported in Italy. In order to draw attention to these bethylid wasps of medical importance, we report the case of documentedSclerodermus sp. stings on the dorsum, abdomen, arms, and thighs of a 40-year-old man and his wife. The sting sites developed raised red itchy rash. The source of environmental contamination was identified in a worm-eaten sofa purchased from a used furniture dealer and placed in the living room about a month and half earlier. The lesions on the man and his wife rapidly healed within 3 to 4 days once they left the house and treatment for the lesions was instituted. Physicians, dermatologists, medical and public health entomologists, as well as specific...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Palavras-chave: Sclerodermus; Bethylid wasps; Stings; Italy.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200503

Justitia Holthuis, 1946 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridea) from the Middle Eocene of Verona and Vicenza (northern Italy)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Garassino, Alessandro; Angeli, Antonio De.
Recently, Beschin et al. (2001) have described two specimens of palinurids, discovered at Chiampo (“Albanello” quarry, Vicenza, northern Italy). Preserved three dimensionally, these were collected from limestones of Lutetian (middle Eocene) age. The peculiar ornament of the dorsal carapace surface, consisting of imbricate scales in the cephalic region and parallel grooves in the branchial and cardiac regions, has allowed these to be ascribed to Justitia Holthuis, 1946, as a new species (J. vicetina Beschin et al., 2001), in the infraorder Palinuridea Latreille, 1802. This represents the first fossil record of this genus.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Crustacea Decapoda Eocene; Italy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/534364

Taxonomy and distribution of the Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) raikhonae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Nieukerken, E.J. van; Purplesis, R.
Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) melanoptera sp. n. is described from southern Europe, where it is widespread. It is closely related to the Central Asian T. (Glaucolepis) raikhonae Puplesis, which is redescribed. Together they form the raikhonae species group. Sinopticula Yang is here synonymized with Glaucolepis Braun, its only species S. sinica Yang is tentatively regarded as closely related, if not conspecific with T. raikhonae. The distribution is mapped. On the basis of recent Chinese findings the larvae are assumed to be gall-makers on Prunus branches. Some phylogenetic and biogeographic remarks are given.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Lepidoptera; Trifurcula (Glaucolepis); Palaearctic region; Distribution &amp; systematics; Invertebrates; Arthropods; Insects; Lepidopterans; Nepticulidae; Turkmenia; Afghanistan; Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan; Kirgistan; Tadzhikistan; China; Spain; France; Italy; Sardinia; Austria; Slovakia; Hungary; Croatia; Turkey; Ukraine; Crimea; Armenia; Turkmenia; Glaucolepis melanoptera; 42.75.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/227699

Galatheids, chirostylids and porcellanids (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the Eocene and Oligocene of Vicenza (northern Italy)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Angeli, Antonio De; Garassino, Alessandro.
At Monte Magrè a series of calcarenites of Ypresian and Lutetian age is exposed. The anomuran faunas were collected from the lower strata in this succession, along the road from Monte MagrË to Monte di Malo. These levels, indurated and white in color, contain nummulitid foraminifera, nodules and fragments of coralligenous algae, and moulds of corals, molluscs and other decapod crustaceans (e.g. Cyamocarcinus angustifrons Bittner, 1883).
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Eocene; Italy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/534283

Decapod crustaceans from the Oligocene of the Ligure Piemontese Basin, northern Italy
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Angeli, Antonio De; Marangon, Sergio.
Lithologically, the decapod-bearing levels of Rupelian (Oligocene) age in the Ligure Piemontese Basin, are characterized by an alternation of greyish blue marls with nodular elements and silt-rich, occasionally sandy, marls. The fossil studied for the present note have been collected mainly from pebbles or nodules which were eroded out of the higher levels exposed of this sedimentary complex, referred to as the ‘Formazione di Molare’. These levels overli the ‘Formazioni continentali delle Brecce di Costa Cravara e Pianfolco’, studied by Charrier et al. (1964) and dated as Early Rupelian. The levels yielding brachyuran fossils were attributed by Allasinaz (1987) to the transition between the ‘Formazione di Molare’ and the overlying ‘Marne di Rigoroso’, and...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Crustacea; Decapoda; Oligocene; Italy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/534359

Notes on Grammospila Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of a new species
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Achterberg, K. van.
The species of the genus Grammospila Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) are keyed, an aberrant new species from Italy, G. martae sp. n., is described and illustrated, and G. ochrogaster (Szépligeti, 1898), stat. n. is considered to be a valid species.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Braconidae; Alysiinae; Grammospila; New species; Europe; Italy; Key.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/679610

Caenopachys hartigii (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) confirmed for Italy, with notes on the status of the genus Caenopachys Foerster
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Mancini, D.; Priore, R.; Battaglia, D.; Achterberg, C. van.
The Palaearctic species Caenopachys hartigii (Ratzeburg, 1848) has been collected in the National Park of Pollino (S Italy), which is the first exact confirmation for the Italian fauna. A brief nomenclatural history of the genus Caenopachys Foerster, 1862, is given, its status is discussed and it is elevated from synonymy. The type species is re-described and illustrated; a key to both West Palaearctic species is given, and some biological notes are added.
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Doryctinae; Caenopachys; Dendrosoter; C. hartigii; New combination; Italy; France; Bulgaria; Europe; Morocco; West Palaearctic; 42.75.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/216165

Organic food and farming research in Italy: a review by Italian Ministry of agriculture and forestry policies(MIPAF)
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Puliga, S.; Marzetti, A.M.S.; Canali, S.; Zecca, F.
In Italy, as in other countries, Organic Food and Farming (OFF) research suffers of a very high fragmentation being carried out by many public research institutes, Universities and private centres. In more recent years, due to the increasing relevance of OFF within national rural development programmes strong efforts have been addressed towards an improvement of the efficiency of the fundings distribution, the research system and its activity reorganization, and a reduction of overlapping initiatives.   A view on projects and institutions currently working on OFF research in Italy is presented, mainly focusing on the available public financial instruments and the main projects funded by MIPAF. Most of the Italian research projects investigates plant...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Italy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/5515/1/ISOFAR_PAPER_4PAG_MIPAF%2DItaly.doc

Measuring the risk of non-compliance in Italian organic farms with parametric and non parametric models
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Gambelli, Danilo; Solfanelli, Francesco; Zanoli, Raffaele.
Certification is an essential feature for organic products, and is based on controls/inspections to verify compliance with EU Reg. CE 834/07. Implementing a risk based inspection system can contribute to an effective and efficient organic control system, hence improving organic farming relative competitiveness.  This study is part of the CERCOST EU project, and analyses data from inspections on a sample of Italian organic farms, aiming at the identification of management and structural risk factors contributing to the occurrence of non-compliances. Risk analysis is based on the estimation of both parametric and non-parametric models using negative binomial panel estimators and Bayesian network modelling.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Italy; Regulation.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/27759/1/GAMBELLI%2035-38.pdf

Organic farming in Italy
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Santucci, Fabio Maria; Pignataro, Filippo.
History and situation of OF in Italy:   The recent growth of organic sector in Italy can be considered a success story that deserves to be properly known and analysed. It is the result of several circumstances: the numerous food scandals which have afflicted Europe, the search for technical and economic alternatives by farmers, who have not yet decided to give up, the abundant flow of subsidies (direct and indirect ) which have been channelled into the entire organic food chain. Nevertheless, it also represents the outcome of the first steps made by few pioneers who since the early ‘50s had started to criticize the path into which the so called technological progress and the agricultural policies were leading Italian and European farming. These pioneers...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Italy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://orgprints.org/2159/1/Santucci_Pignataro_2002_Organic_farming_in_Italy.pdf

The European Market for Organic Food
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Willer, Helga; Schaack, Diana; Arnaud, Marc; Solfanelli, Francesco.
In 2016 and 2017, the organic market in Europe continued to grow. At the European organic market sesseion session, the latest data, trends and background information for Europe and for selected European markets were presented.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: European Union; France; Italy; Europe; Germany.
Ano: 2018
URL: http://orgprints.org/32712/1/arnaud-2018-france.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2012: Global Indices of Leadership in  Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
One hundred and sixty countries now practice organic agriculture. But where are the pockets of excellence? The Organics Olympiad 2012 presents twelve indices of organics leadership with awards medals of gold, silver and bronze in each category. Twenty seven countries score medals in the Organics Olympiad 2012. Germany leads with four medals, India takes second position with one gold and one silver, and Switzerland and USA are equal third on the medal tally, each with one gold and one bronze medal .
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Africa; Asia; Australia; Austria; Brazil; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Switzerland; United States; Knowledge management; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://orgprints.org/22527/7/22527.pdf

Cost and energy evaluation of organic cauliflower in sole crop and living mulch systems
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Ortolani, Livia; Kristensen, Hanne L.; Campanelli, Gabriele; Bavec, Martina; Bavec, Franc; von Fragstein, Peter; Bergmam, Astrid; Leteo, Fabrizio; Canali, Stefano.
This paper presents the findings of an assessment aimed to evaluate, in terms of cost and energy consumption, the introduction of living mulches in different organic vegetable systems producing cauliflower. The study was carried out in three European countries (IT, SLO and DK) in the frame of the InterVeg project (Core Organic II). The achievements demonstrated that, in economic terms, farmers’ choice of a specific technique, like living mulch instead of sole cropping, can be influenced by two key elements: human labor and fossil fuel consumption. Different organic systems have a different proportion in using the two inputs depending on the specific farm strategy.
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Technology assessment; Air and water emissions; Policy environments and social economy; Weed management; Denmark; Italy; Europe.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/23713/1/23713%20Ortolani%20et%20al.%20_ISOFAR%202014_MM.pdf

Report on Italian Research in Organic Food and Farming (2000–2005)
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Puliga, Serenella; Marzetti, Annamaria; Canali, Stefano.
In Italy since the eighties, the scientific community opened a discussion on how to face many agricultural critical points, reconsidering old but renewed approaches to make agriculture more environment and consumer-friendly.    In 1988 the first coordinated project on OF&amp;F (Biological and integrated control of crop and forest pest and disease) was financed by MIPAF, involving 46 researchunits (research centres and universities).    But it was only in the last decade that interest in organic farming really took off, when production methods continued to develop, along with consumers’ keen concern to be supplied with more wholesome, environment-friendly products. There was a major increase in the number of producers, and new initiatives got on the way for...
Tipo: Book chapter
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy; Italy; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/8800/1/puliga%2Detal%2D2006%2Ditaly%2Dresearch.pdf

Biodynamic agriculture shows steady global growth
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
New figures released by Demeter-International reveal the steady global growth of biodynamic agriculture. Certified biodynamic hectares are up 2% (from 144,497 to 147,495 hectares), biodynamic processors are up 5% (from 456 to 478), and biodynamic distributors are up 3% (from 185 to 190). The number of countries with Demeter-International certified biodynamic activity increased from 48 to 52. Croatia and Peru enter the list with newly reported biodynamic farms, and Bulgaria and Ukraine enter the list with new biodynamic distributors. There is considerable volatility in the statistics, with most countries reporting changes in the statistics for 2012 compared to the previous year. The three leading countries, based on biodynamic hectares, are Germany (with...
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; France; India; Italy; Spain; World; Germany.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://orgprints.org/26246/13/26246.pdf

Australia's original Demeter Farm (1934-1954)
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Two members of Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle were the first to establish a Demeter Farm in Australia. In 1934 Ileen Macpherson (1898-1984) and Ernesto Genoni (1885-1964) founded their ‘Demeter Biological Farm’ on the Princes Highway in Dandenong, Victoria. They were guided by Steiner’s book of his Agriculture Course (1924). They managed their 40 acre farm using biodynamic (BD) practices for the next two decades. Ileen and Ernesto pioneered biodynamic and thereby organic farming in Australia. They were the first to adopt the name ‘Demeter’ for an Australian BD enterprise. This was before the terms ‘biodynamic farming’ and ‘organic farming’ had any currency (which date from 1938 and 1940 respectively). They worked their BD farm for two decades until...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/32143/1/Paull2017.Demeter.JBDT.pdf

The role of public, non governmental and private actors for the development of organic farming: the Italian successful example.
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Santucci, Fabio M.; Antonelli, Annarita.
The authors analyse the growth of organic agro-food sector in Italy and explain the relationships between private operators, NGOs and various levels of governance (municipalities, regions, central government), which have been acting (in various forms) for the development of organic agriculture and food processing / distribution.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Policy environments and social economy; Italy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://orgprints.org/18804/1/Italy_2004.pdf

Research in Organic Food and Farming. Reports on organisation and conduction of research programmes in 11 European countries
Provedor de dados: 21
This publication represents reports on the organization and conduction of research programmes in 11 European countries involved in the ERA-NET/1/CA-SSA-B No 011716 ”CORE Organic” (Coordination of European Transnational Research in Organic Food and Farming, Project no 011716). This publication evolved as a comprehensive project output but it is not a deliverable as such.   Due to the genesis of research in Organic Food &amp; Farming the present scientific resources in Europe are still scattered. A cross-border aggregation of these resources will help to reach a higher relevance of organic agriculture and a fortifi cation of the involved benefi ts for rural development, environment and consumers.   These benefits are more and more acknowledged by policy...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Netherlands; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Sweden; Finland; Germany; France; United Kingdom; Policy environments and social economy; Research communication and quality; Denmark.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/8798/1/lange%2Detal%2D2006%2Dcoreorganic%2Dreports.pdf

Current issues in organic food: Italy
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Canavari, Maurizio.
This chapter suggests some relevant topics for further analysis of organic farming and organic food markets in Italy. The discussion regards different aspects, taking into consideration farmer issues, supply chain issues, consumer issues, policy and trade issues, including farmers’ income, sustainable development and international trade. All these aspects show important implications with organic agriculture. A final section takes into consideration further emerging issues, linked to globalisation and to the need to foster further research activities in support of the diffusion of organic farming not only in Italy, but also in developing countries.
Tipo: Book chapter
Palavras-chave: Italy; Markets and trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://orgprints.org/13017/1/978%2D0%2D387%2D39581%2D4_BookPDF1_06Pirazzoli.pdf

Ernesto Genoni: Australia’s pioneer of biodynamic agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) pioneered biodynamic agriculture in Australia. In 1928 he was the first of (ultimately) twelve Australians to join Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophical Farmers and Gardeners (ECAFG) which was based at the Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland. Ernesto trained as an artist for five years at Milan’s prestigious Brera Academy. He visited his brothers in Australia, broad-acre immigrant farmers in Western Australia, in 1912 and 1914 and during these visits he worked on their, and other’s, farms. In 1916 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and served as a stretcher bearer on the battlefields of the Somme, France, before being conscripted into the Italian Army and serving jail-time in Italy as a draft...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Australia; France; Italy; Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics; Germany.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/27514/18/27514.pdf

Angels of the First Class: The Anthroposophic Art of Ernesto Genoni, Goetheanum, 1924
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) was the pioneer of biodynamics in Australia. The exhibition, Angels of the First Class, presents art that he produced under the tutelage of Rudolf Steiner at Dornach, Switzerland, in the year of Steiner's Agriculture Course. A century ago, Ernesto joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and served as a stretcher bearer on the killing fields of the Western Front in 1916, in the battles of the Somme and Pozières. In 1923, Ernesto wrote to Rudolf Steiner from Italy offering his labour for advancing the Anthroposophy project. Ernesto arrived at Dornach early in 1924 and successfully applied to Dr Steiner for acceptance into the First Class (Erste Klasse der Freien Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft). The First Class was Steiner’s...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30452/1/Paull2016.AnthroArt.A5.pdf

EFFECT OF LIVING MULCH ON PEST/BENEFICIAL INTERACTION
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Burgio, Giovanni; Kristensen, Hanne L.; Campanelli, Gabriele; Bavec, Franc; Bavec, Martina; von Fragstein und Niemsdorff, Peter; Depalo, Laura; Lanzoni, Alberto; Canali, Stefano.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cover crops on pest/beneficial dynamics and to test the potential of living mulch on enhancing biological control against insect pests. The research, carried out in the frame of the InterVeg (Core Organic II) project, involved four European countries: Germany, Slovenia, Denmark and Italy. Three crops were tested: cauliflower, leek and artichoke. The preliminary results obtained in Italy on cauliflower, indicated that the living mulch did not affect the infestation of the cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae, showing no detrimental effect of this technique on pest dynamics. A very high level of parasitization against cabbage butterfly was detected either in the living mulch crop (88%) and in the sole one...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Italy.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/23908/1/23908%20Burgio%20et-revised_MM.pdf

Increasing organic consumption by school meals – lessons learned in the iPOPY project
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Løes, Anne-Kristin; Nölting, Benjamin.
Increasingly, food consumption occurs in  out-of-home contexts, where organic food can also  have a role to play. Public food services may be  utilised to increase the sustainability of providing  nutrition. Although school meals may be well suited  to integrating organic food and sustainable nutrition  concepts, school food provision systems are very  different across Europe. This paper compares school  food provision systems and their utilisation of organic  food in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy and  Norway, discussing how various strategies and instruments  used for organic food procurement in school  meals may increase organic food consumption. Using  five analytical categories—(a) type of school food  service, (b) degree of public financing, (c)...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Social aspects; Markets and trade; Produce chain management; Denmark; Finland; Italy; Country reports; Germany.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://orgprints.org/17430/1/fulltext.pdf

Organic in Europe - Prospects and Developments
Provedor de dados: 21
This publication provides an overview of developments and future prospects from the perspective of public policy support and market growth. EU agricultural and food policies continue to have a significant impact on the development of organic farming not only in the EU-28, but also across Europe influencing market trends in EU Candidate and Potential candidate countries as well as countries within the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).  Divided into three sections the publication firstly assesses the latest developments in EU organic food and farming policy, secondly it considers case studies of organic farming policy in action both in the EU and other European countries and finally it provides a detailed overview of organic farming and market...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Baltic states; Bulgaria; Denmark; European Union; Finland; Hungary; Italy; Lithuania; Netherlands; Sweden; Europe.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/25649/1/willer-meredith-2014-organic-in-europe.pdf

Fragola: le api nostre alleate  nella lotta contro la botrite
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Bettina, Maccagnani; Roberto, Ferrari; Marco, Pozzati.
We aimed to demonstrate the applicability of the entomo-vectoring approach, using as a case study the control of strawberry grey mould Botrytis cinerea, with the biocontrol fungus Gliocladium catenulatum, delivered to strawberry flowers by honey bees. The trial targets cultivations in the open field included four treatments: untreated control, chemical fungicide, entomovectored biocontrol, and chemical + biocontrol combined. The proportion of mouldy berries, and/or the marketable yield of healthy berries was recorded from each treatment, along with other parameters of local interest, and showed the best results in the treatment biocontrol+chemical control, and in the entomovectored biocontrol with respect to untreated control.
Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Farming Systems; Systems research and participatory research; Technology transfer; Research communication and quality; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Buildings and machinery; Landscape and recreation; Italy; World.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/26993/1/Bicopoll%20api%20fragola%20Agricoltura%202014.pdf

Organic food and farming research in Italy: A review by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Policies  (MIPAF)
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Puliga, Serenella; Marzetti, Annamaria; Canali, Stefano; Zecca, Francesco.
In Italy, as in other countries, Organic Food and Farming (OFF) research suffers from a very high fragmentation as it is carried out by many public research institutes, universities and private centres. In recent years, due to the increasing relevance of OFF within national rural development programmes, strong efforts have been addressed towards an improvement of the efficiency of the distribution of funds, the research system and the reorganization of its activities, and a reduction of overlapping initiatives.   This paper presents projects and institutions currently working on OFF research in Italy,  focusing on the available public financial instruments and the main projects funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry MIPAF. Most of the Italian...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Italy; Research communication and quality.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/4423/4/Puliga_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.doc

LE PRODUZIONI BIOLOGICHE IN PROVINCIA DI TORINO
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: GAMBA, URSULA; TURCHI, ANNALISA; PINNA, MASSIMO; SPAGNOLO, SANDRA.
Nel 2003 è stata svolta un'indagine che ha coinvolto il 50% delle aziende biologiche dell a provincia di Torino. Ne è emerso che la realtà del comparto biologico provinciale rispecchia l'andamento nazionale per quanto concerne l'orientamento produttivo e la riduzione dell'entità dell'assoggettamento al controllo a partire dal 2002; essa si differenzia, invece, in merito alla destinazione di mercato dei prodotti aziendali.
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Italy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/6747/1/censimento.pdf

Organic in Europe - Prospects and Developments 2016
Provedor de dados: 21
This publication provides an overview of developments and future prospects from the perspective of public policy support and market growth. EU agricultural and food policies continue to have a significant impact on the development of organic farming not only in the EU-28, but also across Europe influencing market trends in EU Candidate and Potential candidate countries as well as countries within the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).  Divided into three sections the publication firstly assesses the latest developments in EU organic food and farming policy, secondly it considers case studies of organic farming policy in action both in the EU and other European countries and finally it provides a detailed overview of organic farming and market...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Baltic states; Bulgaria; Denmark; European Union; Finland; Hungary; Italy; Lithuania; Netherlands; Sweden; Europe.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/34109/1/ifoameu_organic_in_europe_2016.pdf

The European Market for Organic Food at BIOFACH 2019
Provedor de dados: 21
The European Market for Organic Food, 2018 Data: At the 2019 Biofach Fair, the latest (2018) data and trends for four selected European markets were presented as well as the overall trend in Europe.
Tipo: Proceedings
Palavras-chave: European Union; France; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe; Germany.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/23178/1/Willer-2019-EUROPE.pdf

Organics Olympiad 2016: Global Indices of Leadership in Organic Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Organic production (including agriculture, wild culture, forestry and aquaculture) is a worldwide phenomenon that is practiced in at least 172 countries. The Organics Olympiad presents 14 indices of global organics leadership, each at three levels (Gold, Silver and Bronze). The Organics Olympiad of 2016 yields 29 countries as global organics leaders, and confirms that organics leadership is diversely distributed across countries, large and small, rich and poor, developed and less so, and cuts across linguistic, ethnic and cultural boundaries. Australia continues to lead the world in organic agriculture hectares. Australia also leads in the increase of organic hectares over the past four years (since the Organics Olympiad 2012) and in the number of WWOOF...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Farming Systems; Food systems; Africa; Asia; Australia; China; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; India; Italy; Latin America; Lithuania; Switzerland; Tunisia; United States; World; Knowledge management; Europe; Germany; Mexico.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30369/1/Paull2016.OlympiadJSDS.pdf

The Anthroposophic Art of Ernesto Genoni, Goetheanum, 1924
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975) was a pioneer of biodynamic and organic farming in Australia. He was the first Australian member of Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophic Farmers &amp; Gardeners (joining in 1928). Others in Ernesto’s set joined the Experimental Circle, including his eldest brother, Emilio (in 1930), Ruby Macpherson (in 1935), and her niece, Ileen Macpherson (in 1936). Ernesto and Ileen founded and farmed Australia’s original ‘Demeter Farm’ (from 1935). However biodynamic and organic farming was but one aspect of Ernesto’s life.  Ernesto trained for five years in classical art at the prestigious Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan (Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera). Ernesto spent the year 1924 at Dornach, Switzerland, the...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Australia; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://orgprints.org/30695/1/Paull2016.AnthroArt.JO3%282%29.pdf

Organic and conventional public food procurement for youth in Italy
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Bocchi, Stefano; Spigarolo, Roberto; Marcomini, Natale; Sarti, Valerio.
Political organisation and policies about school catering and public organic procurement in Italy.  The report is produced within the project “innovative Public Organic food Procurement for Youth”, iPOPY, and will be updated and revised during the project period (2007-2010).
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Italy; Produce chain management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://orgprints.org/13347/1/PDF_NATIONAL_REPORT_ITALY_rev_042008.pdf

Consumer motivations in the purchase of organic food. A means-end approach
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Zanoli, Prof Raffaele; Naspetti, Dr. Simona.
The paper presents partial results from an Italian study on consumer perception and knowledge of organic food and related behaviour. The means-end chain model was used to link attributes of products to the  needs of consumers.  In order to provide insights into consumer motivation in purchasing organic products, 60 respondents were interviewed using “hard” laddering approach to the measurement of means-end chains.  The results (ladders) of these semi-qualitative interviews are coded, aggregated and presented in a set of hierarchical structured value maps. Consumer cognitive structures at different level of experience are reported and discussed.  Even if organic products are perceived as difficult to find and expensive, most of consumers judge them...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Italy; Food systems; Consumer issues.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://orgprints.org/2431/1/Zanoli%2DNASPETTI.pdf

Ileen Macpherson: Life and tragedy of a pioneer of biodynamic farming at Demeter Farm and a benefactor of Anthroposophy in Australia
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Edith Ileen Macpherson (1898-1984) was a co-founder of Australia’s original biodynamic Demeter Farm (c.1934-1954) along with her partner Ernesto Genoni (1885-1974). Ileen was a member of Rudolf Steiner’s Experimental Circle of Anthroposophic Farmers and Gardeners (from 1936). Ernesto was the first Australian member (from 1928). At their Demeter Farm in Dandenong, Victoria, they practiced biodynamic agriculture on over 40 acres (16 ha) through the years of the Great Depression, through World War II, and for the first decade of the post-war years, producing milk, fruit, and vegetables. Ileen was an early Australian Anthroposophist and follower of Rudolf Steiner. It was a blow to their Demeter Farm enterprise when she fell ill. Eventually she was no longer...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: Research communication and quality; Research methodology and philosophy; Australia; Italy; History of organics; Countries and regions.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://orgprints.org/31230/1/JO415.pdf

ORGANIC IN THE LOCAL VS GLOBAL ANTINOMY
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Colombo, Luca; Grando, Stefano; Brunori, Gianluca.
Increasing attention is paid by European citizens to food chain characteristics, power relations and impacts. Distance travelled by food, its genuinity and capacity to convey cultural and landscape identity, fairness in the value chain and information robustness on quality specifications tend to assume a growing relevance in both public perception and business organisation.  A triennial multidisciplinary and multicriteria study, funded under the EU 7th Framework Research Programme, aims to assess the performance of local and global food chains against economic, environmental, social, health and ethical dimensions.  This paper examines how organic foods and method of production fits into the local/global discourse, as the subject emerges from an Italian...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Italy.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/24038/1/24038%20Organic%20in%20the%20local%20Vs%20global%20antinomy%20Colombo%20Grando%20Brunori_MM.pdf

Dalmore Farm: Victoria’s first biodynamic farming venture (1933-1934)
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Dalmore Farm (1933-1934) was Victoria’s first biodynamic farming venture. A letter, written in Milan, Italy, in Italian in 1934 by Rosa Genoni (1867-1954) \ enables details of this venture to be finally revealed. Rosa wrote of her youngest brother, Ernesto Genoni (1885-1975): “Now Ernesto … is at Dalmore, a farm of my brother Marino (the father of the boy [Alfredo Genoni (1913-1999)] who was sent to us years ago from Australia and we sent him to Dornach where he stayed for two years, and two more to the school at Stuttgart) and in part by my brother Angelo, who asked Ernesto to go and organise the farm biologically”. “Ernesto had a small wooden house built there for his use. It has only two rooms but it must be fairly comfortable, as Ernesto invited...
Tipo: Journal paper
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Farming Systems; Italy; Switzerland; History of organics; Europe.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/36550/1/Paull2019.Dalmore.JBDT.131.pdf

Mix-Enable database
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Vanwindekens, Frederic; Moerman, Marie.
This database contains all the data gathered during surveys in 127 european farms from 7 countries
Tipo: Data set
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Farm economics; Beef cattle; Social aspects; Sheep and goats; Health and welfare; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Pigs; Poultry; Austria; Belgium; France; Italy; Sweden; Switzerland; Farm nutrient management; Germany.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://orgprints.org/36627/1/readme.pdf

Focus groups of value concepts of producers: National Report Italy
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Roviglioni, Raffaella.
The Organic Revision project was funded by the EU with the aim of supporting the further development of the EU Regulation 2092/91 on organic production. As part of the project focus groups were run in five European countries on value concepts of organic producers and other stakeholders, during 2004-2005. The project aims to provide an overview of values held among organic stakeholders, and of similarities and differences among the various national and private organic standards.  In Italy four focus groups were held, a pre-test with AIAB staff, a group of policy makers, a group of established organic producers and a group of newly converted producers.  The following conclusions were reached: The general impression is that there are three main values or...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Regulation; Systems research and participatory research; Italy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://orgprints.org/10991/1/WP23_IT_Report1.pdf

Ernesto Genoni: Artist, Pacifist, Anthroposophist
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Paull, John.
Ernesto Genoni was Australia's pioneer of biodynamic and organic farming. He was the first Australian member of Rudolf Steiner's Experimental Circle of Anthroposophical Farmers and Gardeners. In the inaugural Uriel Lecture of the Anthroposophical Society of Australia, Dr John Paull reveals Ernesto's training in art at the Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan, his enlistment in the AIF in Western Australia and WWI service as a stretcher bearer on the Somme, his conscription off the battlefields of the Western Front into the Italian Army and his imprisonment in Italy as a conscientious objector, his training with Dr Rudolf Steiner in Dornach, Switzerland, his introduction of biodynamics to Australia, his grand tour of biodynamic farms in Europe, and his...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Australia; Italy; Netherlands; Switzerland; United Kingdom; History of organics; Germany.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://orgprints.org/28433/1/Paull2015Genoni.Uriel.pdf

Hindernisse und Potentiale des Biologischen Landbaus in Südtirol. Probleme, Chancen und Handlungsbedarf aus der Sicht von Bauern, Beratern und Agrarpolitikern.
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Verdorfer, Dipl.Ing. Reinhard.
Die Entwicklung des Biologischen Landbaus zeigt große regional- und länderspezifische Unterschiede. Während der Biologische Landbau in Italien im Jahr 2005 einen Flächenanteil von 7,00% hatte, betrug der Flächenanteil des Biologischen Landbaus in Südtirol nur 1,25%. Deshalb wurden Hindernisse, Potentiale und Handlungsbedarf des Biologischen Landbaus in Südtirol untersucht. Zur Beantwortung der Forschungsfragen wurden fünfunddreißig regionale Akteure in leitfadengestützten Interviews befragt.  Hindernisse für die Entwicklung des Biologischen Landbaus in Südtirol sind eine schwache Kooperationsbereitschaft zwischen den regionalen Bioverbänden, eine schwache Unterstützung von Seiten der Agrarpolitik und eine starke Lobby der Integrierten Produktion....
Tipo: Thesis
Palavras-chave: Italy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://orgprints.org/15031/1/Hindernisse_und_Potentiale_Biolandbau_S%C3%BCdtirol_End.pdf

Ökologischer Landbau in Europa - Perspektiven und Entwicklungen
Provedor de dados: 21
Diese Veröffentlichung gibt einen Überblick über die Entwicklungen, aber auch über die Zukunftsaussichten aus der Perspektive der Politik und des Marktes. In drei Abschnitten werden zunächst die neuesten Entwicklungen der EU-Politik zur ökologischen Land- und Lebensmittelwirtschaft, anschließend Fallstudien zu aktuell umgesetzten Maßnahmen in der EU und in anderen europäischen Ländern und zuletzt eine detaillierte Übersicht über den Öko-Landbau und die Marktentwicklung in Europa – von den aktuellen Markttrends bis hin zu ausführlichen Berichten zum Sektor – dargestellt. Wir hoffen, dass diese Veröffentlichung für die Akteure des ökologischen Landbaus, für die politischen Entscheidungsträger, für Journalisten und für andere Interessierte eine wertvolle...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Baltic states; Bulgaria; Denmark; European Union; Finland; Hungary; Italy; Lithuania; Netherlands; Sweden; Europe.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/25672/1/281_IFOAM_book_full-DE-draft4.pdf

Back to the Future? Understanding Change in Food Habits of Farmers' Market Customers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pascucci,   Stefano; Cicatiello,   Clara; Franco,   Silvio; Pancino,   Barbara; Davide,   Marino.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers' markets; Food habits; Italy; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117604

Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Response to Media Coverage of Avian Influenza
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beach,   Robert H.; Zhen,   Chen.
Consumer concerns regarding food safety can have substantial impacts on their consumption patterns. Thus, understanding consumer response to food safety information is important for quantifying consumer response to food safety events, predicting market impacts, and developing appropriate risk communication strategies. Flexible demand systems have gained much popularity in analyzing effects of food safety outbreaks on consumer demand because of their ability to capture interactions between the demand for substitutable and complementary goods. Using Italian scanner data on meat sales, we show the economic importance of accounting for the impact of avian flu outbreaks on group expenditures for meats in a dynamic Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) specification...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Food safety; Italy; Meat demand; Media index; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51742

Agriculture and Income Distribution: Insights from a SAM of the Italian Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rocchi,   Benedetto; Romano,   Donato; Stefani,   Gianluca.
The paper presents the results of the first SAM analysis of the agricultural sector in Italy. A SAM of the Italian economy has been properly modified in order to focus the analysis on agriculture. Two type of analysis have been carried out: (i) a multiplier analysis, and (ii) an assessment of the distributive impacts of different agricultural policies. This paper proposes also a new method for disaggregating the institutional sectors and production factors in order to analyze income distribution within the economy, with special emphasis on the agricultural sector. Main results are: (i) "fully" decoupled income supporting schemes (transfers to agricultural households) are the most equitable interventions and determine a perfect targeting of the distributive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social accounting matrix; Agriculture; Income distribution; Italy; Labor and Human Capital; R13; R15; Q18; E25.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24919

The challenge of the international organic certification: a new opportunity for agricultural trading?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Canavari,   Maurizio; Cantore,   Nicola.
The successful literature about gravitational models stresses that bilateral trade flows among countries is influenced by GDP factors and transaction costs. In other words the mass of bilateral trade would be related to the typical demand-supply factors which explain the quantity of traded goods in perfect competition models and a wide series of variables which express transaction costs whose role is strongly highlighted by institutional economists. If compared to the previous literature our paper shows a twofold novelty. First it is the first attempt to analyse the bilateral trade of specific agricultural goods for Italy by a cross country and panel analysis and second it provides an original specification for transaction costs. In particular, we assume...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food trade; Gravitational models; Harmonisation; Organic agriculture; Italy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7902

Does Social Capital Mitigate Precariousness?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sabatini,   Fabio.
There is a surprising gap in the economic literature on social capital. First, we lack studies addressing the effects of social capital on those facets of development that can contribute in making growth more sustainable in the long run, like, for example, human development and social cohesion. Second, it is still unclear what type of networks may exert a positive effect on the different dimensions of development. In particular, the literature has not yet provided a rigorous assessment of the role of strong family ties, that are generally referred to as a form of bonding social capital causing backwardness. This paper carries out an empirical investigation into the relationship between the three types of social capital so far identified by the literature...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Human development; Labour market; Precariousness; Italy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; J24; O15; Z13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6358

CATCHING-UP TRAJECTORIES IN THE WINE SECTOR: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CHILE, ITALY AND SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cusmano,   Lucia; Morrison,   Andrea; Rabellotti,   Roberta.
From a development perspective an investigation of the changes that have occurred in the wine industry is of particular interest because it provides evidence on how emerging economies have been able to acquire significant shares of the international market in a dynamic sector. Based on novel empirical evidence as well as secondary sources, this paper shows that emerging countries with diverse institutional models and innovation strategies, have been driving the process of technological modernization and product standardization. Newcomers in the wine sector have responded particularly effectively to changes in consumption habits, and in aligning emerging scientific approaches with institutional building efforts and successful marketing strategies.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Wine; South Africa; Chile; Italy; Emerging economies; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48299

The Role of Consumer Acceptance in the Food Innovation Process: Young Consumer Perception of Functional Food in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Del Giudice,   Teresa; Pascucci,   Stefano.
This paper analysed the factors influencing the acceptance of functional foods (FFs) of three distinct groups of young Italian consumers. We implemented an ordered probit model based on data collected in a field survey carried out in southern Italy in 2008. The results showed that different sources of information and knowledge (e.g. the internet, newspapers and universities), judgements and motivations (e.g. taste and health effects credibility) are key elements in the acceptance of FFs. This implies the need to identify highly differentiated communication and marketing strategies for both public agencies and private firms in order to promote FF consumption.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Functional foods; Consumer acceptance; Ordered probit; Italy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97228

Some like to join, others to deliver. An econometric analysis of farmers' relationships with agricultural co-operatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pascucci,   Stefano; Gardebroek,   Cornelis.
In many European countries, farmers are a member of a processing or marketing co-operative, and most of these farmers also deliver their products to that co-operative. However, an extensive dataset of Italian farmers shows that not all members deliver to their co-op, and that there are also non-members that deliver. Using theoretical arguments from the New Institutional Economics literature, a bivariate probit model is estimated to explain co-op membership and delivery jointly. Results show that membership and delivering are indeed related, but also that different factors influence farmers’ decisions on membership and delivery.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Co-operatives; New Institutional Economics; Bivariate probit; Italy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61078

Direct payments, crop insurance and the volatility of farm income. Some evidence in France and in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Enjolras,   Geoffroy; Capitanio,   Fabian; Aubert,   Magali; Adinolfi,   Felice.
Volatility of farm income represents a major challenge for farm management and the design of public policies. This paper measures the extent to which risk management tools, especially direct payments and crop insurance, can significantly reduce crop income volatility in France and in Italy. We use an original dataset of 9,555 farms for the period 2003-2007 drawn up from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) and three different econometric models to explain the volatility of crop income. The results are contrasted between the specialization of the farms and the two countries: Italian farms use management tools (CAP payments and crop insurance) so as to improve their income and to reduce its volatility (crop insurance, inputs). French farms use the same...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Volatility; Direct payments; Insurance; France; Italy; FADN; Risk and Uncertainty; G22; Q14; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122478

Are Italian farming households actually poorer than other non agricultural households? An empirical analysis.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rocchi,   Benedetto; Stefani,   Gianluca; Romano,   Donato; Landi,   Chiara.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income distribution; Agricultural households; Farm Problem; Italy; Consumer/Household Economics; Q12; I32.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124128

Internal Migration Across Italian regions: Macroeconomic Determinants and Accommodating Potential for a Dualistic Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Piras,   Romano.
We provide econometric evidence that relative per capita GDP and relative unemployment rates are the main determinants of migration flows across Italian regions from 1970 to 2002. The empirical analysis is based on an accurate study of the dynamic properties of the series. In fact, we deal with the issues of non-stationarity and cointegration and estimate an error correction model in which both the short- and long-run dynamics are modelled at once. The regional unemployment rate is robustly inversely related with net regional migration rate, while per capita GDP is strongly positively linked with it. As far as the accommodating potential of internal migration to regional unbalances, we have detected very little room for such a role. Indeed, the degree of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Italy; Labour Migration; Internal Migration; Income Differences; Panel Cointegration; Labor and Human Capital; C23; J61; R23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96626

Factors Affecting Participation of Italian Farmers in Rural Development Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adinolfi,   Felice; Capitanio,   Fabian; Pascucci,   Stefano; de Magistris,   Tiziana.
In this paper a (micro)econometric approach is developed by considering the farmer likelihood to participate in different policy programs as linked to the objective of farmer to maximize their welfare. In this way we model farmers participation in policy support scheme by using a new institutional economics approach and conceptualizing the decision to entry as a contractual choice between two rural development types of policy. Different discrete choice modelling approaches are used to analyze the complementarity/ substitutability of different policy programs such as environmental-related measures and farm investment supports policy schemes and the main driving factors behind them. We use an extensive cross-sectional database related to the Italian FADN...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policy; Contract design; Discrete choice modelling; Italy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99418

Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Response to Media Coverage of Avian Influenza
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beach,   Robert H.; Zhen,   Chen.
Understanding consumer response to food safety information is important for quantifying consumer response to food safety events, predicting market impacts, and developing appropriate risk communication strategies. In this study, we present a methodology for analysis of consumer response to media coverage of avian influenza and an application using Italian data.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Food safety; Italy; Meat demand; Media index; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6750

THE VALUE OF DESIGNATIONS OF ORIGIN IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gatti,   Silvia.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Reputation; Wine; Appellation; Italy; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53887

THE FUTURE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE IN MULTIFUNCTIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF ITALY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viaggi,   Davide.
This paper addresses the issue of the role of agriculture in multifunctional rural development in Italy. Italy is characterised by high heterogeneity in terms of territorial composition, rural areas and the role of agriculture. The paper reviews the main multifunctionality concerns in Italy, by discussing rural development issues and policies and addressing the role of agriculture in such a context. The further development of agriculture and related future issues are then discussed, both in terms of dominant themes and most relevant policy design issues.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; Italy; Agriculture; Rural development; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104638

Technical Efficiency in Organic and Conventional Farming: Evidence from Italian Cereal Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Madau,   Fabio A.
A stochastic frontier production model was applied to estimate technical efficiency in a sample of Italian organic and conventional cereal farms. The main purpose was to assess which production technique revealed higher efficiency. Statistical tests on the common production function model suggested that the two cultivation methods might lie on different frontiers. Separate analyses of two sub-samples (93 and 138 observations for organic and conventional farms, respectively) found that conventional farms were significantly more efficient than organic farms, with respect to their specific technology (0.902 vs. 0.831). Analysis also estimated that efficiency plays a crucial role into the factors affecting productivity in the organic process. Some policy...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Comparison analysis; Cereal-growing; Technical efficiency; Stochastic frontier production models; Italy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42141

Preferences, trust and willingness to pay for food information: An analysis of the Italian Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nocella,   Giuseppe; Stefani,   Gianluca; Romano,   Donato.
Lack of consumer trust and communication strategies are probably the main determinants of information failure in modern food markets. This study attempts to tackle these aspects affecting the quality of food information by investigating questions related to what topics are more relevant to consumers, who should disseminate trustful food information, and how communication should be conveyed. Primary data were collected both through qualitative (in depth interviews and focus groups) and quantitative research. Quantitative research was conducted by means of a questionnaire administered in 2006-2007 to a sample of Italian respondents using both a web and a traditional mail survey. Reading preferences, willingness to pay and trust towards public and private...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food information; Trust; Preference heterogeneity; Segmentation; Italy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; D18; D89; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114606

Farm Structure and the Effects of Agri-Environmental Programs: Results from a Matching Analysis for European Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pufahl,   Andrea; Weiss,   Christoph R.
This paper extends previous research (Pufahl and Weiss, 2009) and applies a semi-parametric propensity score matching approach to evaluate the effects of agrienvironment (AE) programs on input use and farm output of individual farms in eight Member States of the European Union. We find substantial differences in treatment effects between countries. The analysis reveals significant effects of AE participation on production (Germany, France) and farm profits (France, Ireland, United Kingdom). AE participation sporadically reduces the intensity of land use as measured by the purchase of farm chemicals (fertilizer, pesticide) and grazing livestock densities. We also find differences in the treatment effect among farms with different farm size (heterogeneous...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Agri-environment programs; Propensity score matching; Germany; Italy; Spain; France; Portugal; United Kingdom; The Netherlands; EU-15; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52997

CAP Reform and the Mediterranean EU-Member States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Borresch,   Rene; Kavallari,   Aikaterini; Schmitz,   P. Michael.
In the previous years the Mediterranean Member States of the EU came across the Reform of the CAP and especially last year faced the second wave of the Reform for three typical Mediterranean products, namely cotton, olive oil and tobacco. In this paper a partial equilibrium model is used to simulate the impacts of decoupling, as a key point of the decided CAP Reform. The second wave of the Reform appears to be of crucial importance for the southern EU countries and although the producer's income is reduced, there are positive welfare effects.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decoupling; Partial equilibrium model; CAP reform; Greece; Italy; Spain; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; Q17; D59.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24607

The EU demand for imports of virgin olive oil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ben Kaabia,   Monia; Gil,   Jose Maria.
This paper has analysed the import demand for virgin olive oil in the EU and more precisely in the Italian market, as it concentrates more than 80% of EU imports, aiming to determine the relative position of Mediterranean EU and non-EU countries exports and their degree of substitutability or complementarity. The methodology used is based on the specification of a Threshold Almost Ideal Demand System in which special attention has been paid to the stochastic properties of the series involved. In an empirical context, the paper has aimed to provide a set of import demand elasticities that can be useful in trade models. Results point to Spain as the leader in the Italian virgin olive oil market. It is expected that this position will be maintained in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Olive oil; Italy; Elasticities; Imports; TAIDS; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9390

Firms’ International Status and Heterogeneity in Performance: Evidence From Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Casaburi,   Lorenzo; Gattai,   Valeria; Minerva,   G. Alfredo.
This paper revisits the empirical evidence about the link between firms’ performance and their international status, based on a large sample of Italian enterprises. To this purpose, we merged two waves of the Capitalia survey (1998-2000, and 2001-2003) retrieving firm level data for roughly 7,000 units. Three results stand out from our empirical exercise. First, firms that engage in the foreign production of final goods, in addition to export activities, are more productive than firms that only export abroad. Second, firms that engage in final goods off-shoring are more productive than firms that engage in inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters’ performance in Italy was not any better than the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Export; Heterogeneous Firms; Italy; Off-shoring; Productivity; International Relations/Trade; Productivity Analysis; F10; F20; L10; L20; L60.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6360

Perceived Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fisheries Supply Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asioli,   Daniele; Boecker,   Andreas; Canavari,   Maurizio.
The paper proposes a model in which it is hypothesized that firm characteristics influence both costs and benefits of traceability. The proposed model differentiates between aggregate measures and specific categories, as well as between expected costs and benefits on the one hand and perceived actual outcomes on the other, and is tested in a series of regression analyses based on a survey sample of 60 Italian fish processors. The findings indicate that firm characteristics are not strongly associated with any specific cost or benefit measure. However, expected overall benefits are highly significantly impacted by firm size and the number of quality management systems certified, while actual overall benefits only by firm size. Finally, the study also finds...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Traceability; Firm characteristics; Costs; Benefits; Italy; Fishery processors; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121954

Job Instability and Family Planning: Insights from the Italian Puzzle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sabatini,   Fabio.
This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of couples’ childbearing decisions in Italy. Since having children is in most cases a “couple matter”, the analysis accounts for the characteristics of both the possible parents. Our results do not support established theoretical predictions according to which the increase in the opportunity cost of motherhood connected to higher female labour participation is responsible for the fall in fertility. On the contrary, the instability of the women’s work status (i.e. their being occasional, precarious, and low-paid workers) reveals to be a significant dissuasive deterrent discouraging the decision to have children. Couples with unemployed women are less likely to plan childbearing as...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Fertility; Family Planning; Parenthood; Childbearing; Participation; Job Instability; Labour Precariousness; Social Capital; Italy; Labor and Human Capital; C25; J13; Z1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92835

Wild vegetables do not lie: Comparative gastronomic ethnobotany and ethnolinguistics on the Greek traces of the Mediterranean Diet of southeastern Italy
Provedor de dados: 39
Autores: Pieroni,Andrea; Cattero,Valentina.
ABSTRACT Bio-cultural and historical aspects of the “wild plant” portion of the Mediterranean Diet are still very much understudied despite the large number of bio-medical studies on the topic. The current gastronomic ethnobotanical and ethnolinguistic field study focused on the wild leafy vegetables used among Greek populations in SE Italy and NE Greece. A total of 52 folk taxa, corresponding to 58 wild botanical species, were recorded. The frequency of consumption of these wild ingredients was higher in NE Greece than in SE Italy, although approximately one-third of the recorded wild taxa overlapped in the two study sites. Most of these common species were designated by cognates, having in most cases a clear Greek origin, while one-third of the recorded...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Ethnobotany; Greece; Italy; Mediterranean Diet; Wild vegetables.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062019000200198