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| Schifani, Giorgio; Inglese, Paolo; Noto, Francesca; Migliore, Giuseppina. |
| Despite the modest regional consumption of organic products, Sicily is one of the most important European regions in surface area per number of companies active in organic farming. The University of Palermo, as early as 2000, to promote the development and success in this industry, the Faculty of Agriculture, introduced two major degree programs in "Organic Farming". The objective of these courses is to train graduates who are technically capable of supporting the organic farmers market, to promote and facilitate the expansion of the consumption of organic products, and to create employment opportunities for young graduates. At the end of 2009, in the area of these activities, a training and research program involved numerous students in the creation of an... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Critical consumption; Solidarity Purchase Groups; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121949 |
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| Cembalo, Luigi; Migliore, Giuseppina; Schifani, Giorgio. |
| European society, with its steadily increased welfare levels, is not only concerned about food (safety, prices), but also on other aspects such as biodiversity loss, landscape degradation, pollution of water, soil and atmosphere. To a large extent these concerns can be translated into a wider concept named sustainable development defined as a normative concept by Morgan and Sonnino (2008). Sustainability in the food chain means approaching a new emerging vision of a sustainable agro-food system introducing an institutional dimension to take into account. Among different attempts to conjugate such concepts, there is one that is taking place in many Regions of Italy. In the last years spontaneous aggregations of consumers are developing. They are named... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; New Models of Consumption; Solidarity Purchase Groups; Institutions and Economics; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122004 |
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