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Quality - Access to Success
Quality Access to Success, Mar 7, 2014
New Medit Mediterranean Journal of Economics Agriculture and Environment Revue Mediterraneenne D Economie Agriculture Et Environment, Dec 31, 2013
ABSTRACT The recognition of agricultural and territorial systems is essential to define regional ... more ABSTRACT The recognition of agricultural and territorial systems is essential to define regional development programs. The analysis of their characteristics is particularly relevant in a period when the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is going to be designed and planned. Present research tries to identify and analyse the main structural agricultural models within the European Union, whose classification could be useful to define policies and tools of intervention, in view of the new programming period (2014-2020). The research is focused on the analysis of agricultural features in 247 regional areas (NUTS 2) of all European countries; it has been carried out adopting a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to identify the main factors that differentiate agricultural systems in EU countries, taking into account a specific set of social and economic indicators. Afterward, by applying cluster analysis on the results of PCA, we classified the different regional areas into homogenous groups. The results allow a general classification of “homogeneous agricultural areas”, whose categorization may be useful to better understand the characteristics of the European Union countryside and better orientate the planning of the new CAP.
ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE, 2000
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013
The island of Sicily has a long standing tradition in citrus growing. We evaluated the sustainabi... more The island of Sicily has a long standing tradition in citrus growing. We evaluated the sustainability of orange and lemon orchards, under organic and conventional farming, using an energy, environmental and economic analysis of the whole production cycle by using a life cycle assessment approach. These orchard systems differ only in terms of a few of the inputs used and the duration of the various agricultural operations. The quantity of energy consumption in the production cycle was calculated by multiplying the quantity of inputs used by the energy conversion factors drawn from the literature. The production costs were calculated considering all internal costs, including equipment, materials, wages, and costs of working capital. The performance of the two systems (organic and conventional), was compared over a period of fifty years. The results, based on unit surface area (ha) production, prove the stronger sustainability of the organic over the conventional system, both in terms of energy consumption and environmental impact, especially for lemons. The sustainability of organic systems is mainly due to the use of environmentally friendly crop inputs (fertilizers, not use of synthetic products, etc.). In terms of production costs, the conventional management systems were more expensive, and both systems were heavily influenced by wages. In terms of kg of final product, the organic production system showed better environmental and energy performances.
In recent years EU agricultural system have been characterized by several development patterns an... more In recent years EU agricultural system have been characterized by several development patterns and different policies tools have been adopted by each country as a means to reach economic development in rural regions, above all in advanced countries. The recognition of agricultural and territorial systems is essential to define regional development programs, especially in a period when the new rural development policies are going to be designed and planned. Present research tries to identify and analyse main structural models of "agricultures" within European Union, whose classification could be useful as decision tool to define policies of intervention, in view of new programming period (CAP 2014(CAP -2020. The research is focused on the analysis of agricultural features in 247 regional areas (NUTS 2) of all European countries and has been carried out adopting a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to identify main factors that differentiate agricultural systems in EU countries, taking into account a specific group-set of social and economic indicators. Afterward, by applying cluster analysis on the results of PCA, we classified the different regional areas into homogenous groups. The results allow a general classification of "homogeneous agricultural areas",, whose categorization may be useful for better understanding characteristics of the European Union countryside and better orientate ongoing planning of new CAP.
L"Italia è uno dei Paesi tra i più ricchi al mondo per patrimonio di agrobiodiversità, sintesi mi... more L"Italia è uno dei Paesi tra i più ricchi al mondo per patrimonio di agrobiodiversità, sintesi mirabile di un territorio contraddistinto da consolidate tradizioni agricole ed alimentari. In tale contesto la Sicilia recita un ruolo da protagonista, con un"ampia offerta di prodotti agroalimentari di eccellenza fortemente legati al territorio e contraddistinti da un elevato potenziale di specificità. Pur essendo da più parti riconosciuta la valenza socio-economicoambientale di tali produzioni, queste soffrono spesso di un basso livello di tutela e di sostegno che ne limitano fortemente le possibilità di sviluppo ed, in alcuni casi, di sopravvivenza. Il lavoro, che parte da una rassegna delle produzioni orticole tradizionali siciliane, si pone l"obiettivo di definire e caratterizzare i sistemi produttivi locali basati sulla coltivazione di alcuni ecotipi di specie ortive della Sicilia centrale ed orientale (Cavolfiore violetto Natalino, Cavolo Rapa di Acireale, Fava di Leonforte e Cipolla di Giarratana) scelti sulla base di criteri legati alla riconoscibilità del prodotto ed alla specificità genetica. Il lavoro mira, inoltre, a verificare la presenza di sistemi di relazioni definite fra gli attori coinvolti (governance locali) ed il loro grado di interrelazione.
Quality - Access to Success
Quality Access to Success, Mar 7, 2014
New Medit Mediterranean Journal of Economics Agriculture and Environment Revue Mediterraneenne D Economie Agriculture Et Environment, Dec 31, 2013
ABSTRACT The recognition of agricultural and territorial systems is essential to define regional ... more ABSTRACT The recognition of agricultural and territorial systems is essential to define regional development programs. The analysis of their characteristics is particularly relevant in a period when the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is going to be designed and planned. Present research tries to identify and analyse the main structural agricultural models within the European Union, whose classification could be useful to define policies and tools of intervention, in view of the new programming period (2014-2020). The research is focused on the analysis of agricultural features in 247 regional areas (NUTS 2) of all European countries; it has been carried out adopting a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to identify the main factors that differentiate agricultural systems in EU countries, taking into account a specific set of social and economic indicators. Afterward, by applying cluster analysis on the results of PCA, we classified the different regional areas into homogenous groups. The results allow a general classification of “homogeneous agricultural areas”, whose categorization may be useful to better understand the characteristics of the European Union countryside and better orientate the planning of the new CAP.
ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE, 2000
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013
The island of Sicily has a long standing tradition in citrus growing. We evaluated the sustainabi... more The island of Sicily has a long standing tradition in citrus growing. We evaluated the sustainability of orange and lemon orchards, under organic and conventional farming, using an energy, environmental and economic analysis of the whole production cycle by using a life cycle assessment approach. These orchard systems differ only in terms of a few of the inputs used and the duration of the various agricultural operations. The quantity of energy consumption in the production cycle was calculated by multiplying the quantity of inputs used by the energy conversion factors drawn from the literature. The production costs were calculated considering all internal costs, including equipment, materials, wages, and costs of working capital. The performance of the two systems (organic and conventional), was compared over a period of fifty years. The results, based on unit surface area (ha) production, prove the stronger sustainability of the organic over the conventional system, both in terms of energy consumption and environmental impact, especially for lemons. The sustainability of organic systems is mainly due to the use of environmentally friendly crop inputs (fertilizers, not use of synthetic products, etc.). In terms of production costs, the conventional management systems were more expensive, and both systems were heavily influenced by wages. In terms of kg of final product, the organic production system showed better environmental and energy performances.
In recent years EU agricultural system have been characterized by several development patterns an... more In recent years EU agricultural system have been characterized by several development patterns and different policies tools have been adopted by each country as a means to reach economic development in rural regions, above all in advanced countries. The recognition of agricultural and territorial systems is essential to define regional development programs, especially in a period when the new rural development policies are going to be designed and planned. Present research tries to identify and analyse main structural models of "agricultures" within European Union, whose classification could be useful as decision tool to define policies of intervention, in view of new programming period (CAP 2014(CAP -2020. The research is focused on the analysis of agricultural features in 247 regional areas (NUTS 2) of all European countries and has been carried out adopting a Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to identify main factors that differentiate agricultural systems in EU countries, taking into account a specific group-set of social and economic indicators. Afterward, by applying cluster analysis on the results of PCA, we classified the different regional areas into homogenous groups. The results allow a general classification of "homogeneous agricultural areas",, whose categorization may be useful for better understanding characteristics of the European Union countryside and better orientate ongoing planning of new CAP.
L"Italia è uno dei Paesi tra i più ricchi al mondo per patrimonio di agrobiodiversità, sintesi mi... more L"Italia è uno dei Paesi tra i più ricchi al mondo per patrimonio di agrobiodiversità, sintesi mirabile di un territorio contraddistinto da consolidate tradizioni agricole ed alimentari. In tale contesto la Sicilia recita un ruolo da protagonista, con un"ampia offerta di prodotti agroalimentari di eccellenza fortemente legati al territorio e contraddistinti da un elevato potenziale di specificità. Pur essendo da più parti riconosciuta la valenza socio-economicoambientale di tali produzioni, queste soffrono spesso di un basso livello di tutela e di sostegno che ne limitano fortemente le possibilità di sviluppo ed, in alcuni casi, di sopravvivenza. Il lavoro, che parte da una rassegna delle produzioni orticole tradizionali siciliane, si pone l"obiettivo di definire e caratterizzare i sistemi produttivi locali basati sulla coltivazione di alcuni ecotipi di specie ortive della Sicilia centrale ed orientale (Cavolfiore violetto Natalino, Cavolo Rapa di Acireale, Fava di Leonforte e Cipolla di Giarratana) scelti sulla base di criteri legati alla riconoscibilità del prodotto ed alla specificità genetica. Il lavoro mira, inoltre, a verificare la presenza di sistemi di relazioni definite fra gli attori coinvolti (governance locali) ed il loro grado di interrelazione.