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Research paper thumbnail of Local Innovative Capability and Innovative Adoption in Agriculture: Computers on Italian Farms

The paper examines the role of the local environment in determining farmers' innovative behav... more The paper examines the role of the local environment in determining farmers' innovative behavior. The local environment embodies an innovative capability that helps farms to bridge the knowledge gap associated with innovation adoption. This capability is generated by the formal and informal relationships established by the economic units and institutions within the local environment, which allow the creation and circulation

Research paper thumbnail of Promoting sustainable food consumption: the case of nutrition education programs in public schools

Within the realm of public policies for a sustainable food system, the focus has gradually shifte... more Within the realm of public policies for a sustainable food system, the focus has gradually shifted from production oriented towards consumption oriented interventions. Whilst changing consumer behavior can have a long-lasting positive environmental impact, choosing effective sustainable consumption policy instruments may be a challenging task. In the case of food consumption, the choice of interventions is particularly difficult because of

Research paper thumbnail of Valorizzazione dei prodotti tipici e turismo rurale: considerazioni sulle filiere corte Typical products and tourism: some considerations on the short supply chain

For the production sector the special attention of policy makers to develop origin food and the t... more For the production sector the special attention of policy makers to develop origin food and the trend of rural tourism means new opportunities of building producer-consumer networks and a variety of short supply chain (SSC) can bring out. Among the different SSC the spatial proximity supply chain is distinguished by same special aspects: the product is produced and retailed in

Research paper thumbnail of Biotechnology, farm management and local agricultural development

Market development for genetically modified foods

Research paper thumbnail of Responsibility and Sustainability in a Food Chain: A Priority Matrix Analysis

This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a ty... more This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain, suggesting feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. The analysis was conducted with reference to the supply chain of the San Marzano tomato (SMZ), a typical local food. The product is endowed with an origin certification label (PDO), meeting

Research paper thumbnail of Consumer's attitudes, vertical differentiation, and labelling regulation in the food industry new GM-products vs. traditional regional products

ECONOMIA AGRO- …, 2002

The paper discusses results of a simulated marked research evaluating consumer's preferences towa... more The paper discusses results of a simulated marked research evaluating consumer's preferences toward GM and NGM food products in the South of Italy. Three experimental scenarios with different hypothesis of price ratio and product attributes of GM and NGM products were run. Consumers' choices were related to information and risk attitude. We find that consumers tend to prefer NGM products to GM products, without any statistical relationship with their information level and risk attitude. When the NGM product is compared with an enhanced GM product, most consumers still prefer NGM product. GM product consumption does rather depend on consumers' risk perception. The results demonstrate that there is room in the market for vertical differentiation policies based on the wholesomeness of traditional production methods.

Research paper thumbnail of Responsibility and Sustainability in a Food Chain: A Priority Matrix Analysis

International Journal on Food System Dynamics, Dec 21, 2011

This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a ty... more This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain, suggesting feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. The analysis was conducted with reference to the supply chain of the San Marzano tomato (SMZ), a typical local food. The product is endowed with an origin certification label (PDO), meeting demand within high-value market niches. The SMZ is a flagship product in the Italian region of Campania and has benefited ...

Research paper thumbnail of Supply chain e sostenibilità: il caso del pomodoro San Marzano dop

ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE, Dec 15, 2012

Presentazione: Food chain sustainability concept has significantly escaleted the scientific debat... more Presentazione: Food chain sustainability concept has significantly escaleted the scientific debate of agricultural economists. This paper attempts to evaluate the problem of governance looking at sustainability in a specific case study about San Marzano Tomato, through the procedure of assessments known as triangulation. The theoretical basis of our work is the priority and responsibility matrix: the study describes phases of the empirical reasearch conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain. San ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gli studi di economia agraria e le conoscenze necessarie per le politiche agrarie del futuro 2

Va detto innanzitutto che la relazione è il frutto di un lavoro collettivo svolto presso il Dipar... more Va detto innanzitutto che la relazione è il frutto di un lavoro collettivo svolto presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria di Portici. L'idea generale ad esso sottesa è che, per rispondere al meglio ai propri compiti nella vita sociale, gli studiosi di economia e di politica agraria (come, del resto gli studiosi di altre discipline) devono anzitutto impegnarsi a fornire conoscenze ed informazioni corrette e rilevanti a chi deve prendere decisioni ed operare e, in primo luogo, ai rappresentanti del pubblico interesse. Se si concentra l' ...

Research paper thumbnail of Local Innovative Capability and Innovative Adoption in Agriculture: Computers on Italian Farms

The paper examines the role of the local environment in determining farmers' innovative behav... more The paper examines the role of the local environment in determining farmers' innovative behavior. The local environment embodies an innovative capability that helps farms to bridge the knowledge gap associated with innovation adoption. This capability is generated by the formal and informal relationships established by the economic units and institutions within the local environment, which allow the creation and circulation

Research paper thumbnail of Promoting sustainable food consumption: the case of nutrition education programs in public schools

Within the realm of public policies for a sustainable food system, the focus has gradually shifte... more Within the realm of public policies for a sustainable food system, the focus has gradually shifted from production oriented towards consumption oriented interventions. Whilst changing consumer behavior can have a long-lasting positive environmental impact, choosing effective sustainable consumption policy instruments may be a challenging task. In the case of food consumption, the choice of interventions is particularly difficult because of

Research paper thumbnail of Valorizzazione dei prodotti tipici e turismo rurale: considerazioni sulle filiere corte Typical products and tourism: some considerations on the short supply chain

For the production sector the special attention of policy makers to develop origin food and the t... more For the production sector the special attention of policy makers to develop origin food and the trend of rural tourism means new opportunities of building producer-consumer networks and a variety of short supply chain (SSC) can bring out. Among the different SSC the spatial proximity supply chain is distinguished by same special aspects: the product is produced and retailed in

Research paper thumbnail of Biotechnology, farm management and local agricultural development

Market development for genetically modified foods

Research paper thumbnail of Responsibility and Sustainability in a Food Chain: A Priority Matrix Analysis

This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a ty... more This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain, suggesting feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. The analysis was conducted with reference to the supply chain of the San Marzano tomato (SMZ), a typical local food. The product is endowed with an origin certification label (PDO), meeting

Research paper thumbnail of Consumer's attitudes, vertical differentiation, and labelling regulation in the food industry new GM-products vs. traditional regional products

ECONOMIA AGRO- …, 2002

The paper discusses results of a simulated marked research evaluating consumer's preferences towa... more The paper discusses results of a simulated marked research evaluating consumer's preferences toward GM and NGM food products in the South of Italy. Three experimental scenarios with different hypothesis of price ratio and product attributes of GM and NGM products were run. Consumers' choices were related to information and risk attitude. We find that consumers tend to prefer NGM products to GM products, without any statistical relationship with their information level and risk attitude. When the NGM product is compared with an enhanced GM product, most consumers still prefer NGM product. GM product consumption does rather depend on consumers' risk perception. The results demonstrate that there is room in the market for vertical differentiation policies based on the wholesomeness of traditional production methods.

Research paper thumbnail of Responsibility and Sustainability in a Food Chain: A Priority Matrix Analysis

International Journal on Food System Dynamics, Dec 21, 2011

This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a ty... more This paper shows the results of empirical research conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain, suggesting feasible solutions to satisfy inter-dimensional requisites of durable development. The analysis was conducted with reference to the supply chain of the San Marzano tomato (SMZ), a typical local food. The product is endowed with an origin certification label (PDO), meeting demand within high-value market niches. The SMZ is a flagship product in the Italian region of Campania and has benefited ...

Research paper thumbnail of Supply chain e sostenibilità: il caso del pomodoro San Marzano dop

ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE, Dec 15, 2012

Presentazione: Food chain sustainability concept has significantly escaleted the scientific debat... more Presentazione: Food chain sustainability concept has significantly escaleted the scientific debate of agricultural economists. This paper attempts to evaluate the problem of governance looking at sustainability in a specific case study about San Marzano Tomato, through the procedure of assessments known as triangulation. The theoretical basis of our work is the priority and responsibility matrix: the study describes phases of the empirical reasearch conducted to assess the sustainability of a typical food supply chain. San ...

Research paper thumbnail of Gli studi di economia agraria e le conoscenze necessarie per le politiche agrarie del futuro 2

Va detto innanzitutto che la relazione è il frutto di un lavoro collettivo svolto presso il Dipar... more Va detto innanzitutto che la relazione è il frutto di un lavoro collettivo svolto presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Politica Agraria di Portici. L'idea generale ad esso sottesa è che, per rispondere al meglio ai propri compiti nella vita sociale, gli studiosi di economia e di politica agraria (come, del resto gli studiosi di altre discipline) devono anzitutto impegnarsi a fornire conoscenze ed informazioni corrette e rilevanti a chi deve prendere decisioni ed operare e, in primo luogo, ai rappresentanti del pubblico interesse. Se si concentra l' ...