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| Longhitano, Davide; Povellato, Andrea. |
| In the ongoing debate of CAP reform, a new tool was proposed for farms that aims to create a new market for ecosystem goods and services that may be provided by agriculture. The mechanism of floor and trade (FT) assigns each holding a "minimum of environmental goods" that must be provided at farm level to ensure sustainability and justifies the subsides received from CAP. In this proposal we will analyse what might happen in a limited region (Veneto) with the application of FT mechanism, given the geographical conditions and the structural situation of farms, using FADN data. More precisely, we seek to quantify the regional supply curve of environmental services, provided by agricultural activities in case of floor and trade mechanism. We will use as a... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Floor and trade; Ecosystems service; FADN; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q-57. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100040 |
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| Mela, Giulio; Longhitano, Davide; Povellato, Andrea. |
| Interest towards farmland market has been increasing in recent years. In developing countries there is rising concern about land being purchased by foreign investors, while in the developed world the debate is centred on whether agricultural factors are still the main determinants of land values or not. This work assesses the determinants of land values in Italy using panel data techniques during the time span 1992-2010. In Italy farmland values have historically been influenced more by natural characteristics of the land than agricultural prices. However, lately non-agricultural factors have been increasing their importance. We find that agricultural prices only slightly affect average land values in Italy. Main determinants of land prices are the yield... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farmland prices; Land market; Panel data models; Farmland values determinants; Risk and Uncertainty; C23; E32; Q24.. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122479 |
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| Povellato, Andrea; Bodini, Antonella; Longhitano, Davide; Scardera, Alfonso. |
| As policy makers, taxpayers and consumers are willing to know the actual contribution of farming to natural and social environment, sustainability and sustainable development arose as key issues in public debates. Sustainability is a multifaceted concept that includes environmental, economic and social objectives and policy makers need information to take effective decisions. Analysts should rank decisional units according to sustainability criteria and should offer to policy makers more and more insights on the different points of view behind the three dimensions of sustainability. Within the current FADN database sustainability indicators have been identified. In some cases estimations have been necessary and in some other cases thanks to allocation of... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Sustainability farm index; FADN; Multi-criteria approach; Farm Management; Q51; Q56. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124381 |
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| Longhitano, Davide. |
| The main objective of this communication is to review the theoretical ecosystem and agroecosystem services assessment’s methods and to propose a thermoeconomic approach. The logic of thermoeconomic approach consists in analysing the use of natural resources during the production process, interpreting it as a thermodynamic conversion in order to assess the overall specific energy consumption of the systemic components arriving at estimates of fluxes and energy costs. This study analyses comparatively the main thermoeconomic-based approaches to verify the feasibility of the "energy value" as an appraisal criterion of agroecosystem services. In particularly among the reviewed approaches the Emergy synthesis seems the most appropriate tool to be empirically... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Thermoeconomic approach; Agroecosystem services; Exergy; Emergy; Environmental accounting; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q56; Q57. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124123 |
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