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Italy is among the most important countries in Europe for milk production. The new European policies encourage a transition towards sustainability and are leading European dairy farms to follow new trajectories to increase their economic efficiency, reduce their environmental impact, and ensure social sustainability. Few studies have attempted to classify dairy farms by analyzing the relationships between the structural profiles of farms and the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainability. This work intends to pursue this aim through an exploratory analysis in the Italian production context. The cluster analysis technique made it possible to identify three types of dairy farms, which were characterized on the basis of indicators that represented the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic sustainability) and the emerging structural relationships based on the structural characteristics of the dairy farms. The classification made it possible to describe the state of the art of the Italian dairy sector in terms of sustainability and to understand how different types of farms can respond to the new European trajectories.
Margherita Masi; Yari Vecchio; Gregorio Pauselli; Jorgelina Di Pasquale; Felice Adinolfi. A Typological Classification for Assessing Farm Sustainability in the Italian Bovine Dairy Sector. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7097 .
AMA StyleMargherita Masi, Yari Vecchio, Gregorio Pauselli, Jorgelina Di Pasquale, Felice Adinolfi. A Typological Classification for Assessing Farm Sustainability in the Italian Bovine Dairy Sector. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7097.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMargherita Masi; Yari Vecchio; Gregorio Pauselli; Jorgelina Di Pasquale; Felice Adinolfi. 2021. "A Typological Classification for Assessing Farm Sustainability in the Italian Bovine Dairy Sector." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7097.
This paper deals with a relevant topic in the literature on sustainable management of animal farms, concerning the transition towards circular methods of animal production. The paper aims to put forward an original analytical multilevel perspective overlapping different dimensions at either micro, meso, and macro level. Starting from the Malthusian analysis on depletion of natural resources, with risks of the fragility of the natural and economic systems, the paper points out the importance of moving away from intensive methods of production, by adopting more circularized approaches based on resources efficiency. The application of circular economy approaches to animal production is theorized through the concept of territorial metabolism involving not only internal resources (at the animal farm level) but also territorial resources. The paper underlines the critical points of the transition, which is labeled as a socio-technical transition in that it involves not only technical issues but also social aspects. Critical points are addressed through consumers’ acceptance of products drawn on circular approaches and political support to transition, through political tools which are boosted in recent documents of the European Union, like the Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy.
Marcello De Rosa; Jorgelina Di Pasquale; Felice Adinolfi. The Root towards More Circularized Animal Production Systems: From Animal to Territorial Metabolism. Animals 2021, 11, 1540 .
AMA StyleMarcello De Rosa, Jorgelina Di Pasquale, Felice Adinolfi. The Root towards More Circularized Animal Production Systems: From Animal to Territorial Metabolism. Animals. 2021; 11 (6):1540.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarcello De Rosa; Jorgelina Di Pasquale; Felice Adinolfi. 2021. "The Root towards More Circularized Animal Production Systems: From Animal to Territorial Metabolism." Animals 11, no. 6: 1540.
This paper deals with innovation adoption, with the purpose of analyzing the uptake of sustainable innovations among young farms working in urban and periurban contexts. Our hypothesis is that innovative milieus (IM) play a fundamental role in boosting sustainable innovation. In order to analyze the uptake of sustainable innovation, we will make reference to the two logics of the IM approach: the logics of interactions and the logics of learning. The former is focused on the socio-institutional domain, more precisely on relational assets and coordination mechanisms activated by the farms. The latter makes reference to the profile of innovation adopted and on various impacts innovation have under economic, social and environmental points of view. A questionnaire has been submitted to young farms participating to the Oscar Green Coldiretti Awards. In total, three dimensions of innovation are taken into account: economic, social and environmental. Data are processed through statistical tools aiming at describing the diversified set of interaction-learning mechanisms. Results evidence different innovative milieus which pave the way to diversified paths of innovation with different degree of sustainability and impacts.
Yari Vecchio; Felice Adinolfi; Claudia Albani; Luca Bartoli; Marcello De Rosa. Boosting Sustainable Innovation in Densely Populated Areas: A Milieux Innovateurs Approach. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9131 .
AMA StyleYari Vecchio, Felice Adinolfi, Claudia Albani, Luca Bartoli, Marcello De Rosa. Boosting Sustainable Innovation in Densely Populated Areas: A Milieux Innovateurs Approach. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):9131.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYari Vecchio; Felice Adinolfi; Claudia Albani; Luca Bartoli; Marcello De Rosa. 2020. "Boosting Sustainable Innovation in Densely Populated Areas: A Milieux Innovateurs Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 9131.
Surgical castration without the use of anaesthesia and/or analgesia is considered to be detrimental for the welfare of pigs and for this reason its abandonment is advocated. Immunocastration is a more welfare-friendly alternative method; however, stakeholders in the pork sector fear consumer rejection due to perceived safety issues of immunocastrated meat. This work aimed to analyse whether Italian consumers perceive a health risk arising from the use of this technique and, if so, how the perceived risk may influence the purchase choices and the willingness to pay for products derived from immunocastrated animals. To achieve this objective, a survey was carried out on a representative sample of the Italian population. The results highlight that consumers perceive different levels of risk related to the use of immunocastration and that this influences purchasing behaviour and willingness to pay. Moreover, it should be noted that the willingness to pay is also influenced by certain demographic factors, since this is positively associated with younger respondents with lower incomes and less knowledge of farming systems, who live in rural areas and have a greater sensitivity to animal welfare. Given the concerns expressed by consumers, particular attention must be paid to the information transmitted if this technology will be widely implemented in pig husbandry.
Jorgelina Di Pasquale; Yari Vecchio; Giovanna Martelli; Luca Sardi; Felice Adinolfi; Eleonora Nannoni. Health Risk Perception, Consumption Intention, and Willingness to Pay for Pig Products Obtained by Immunocastration. Animals 2020, 10, 1548 .
AMA StyleJorgelina Di Pasquale, Yari Vecchio, Giovanna Martelli, Luca Sardi, Felice Adinolfi, Eleonora Nannoni. Health Risk Perception, Consumption Intention, and Willingness to Pay for Pig Products Obtained by Immunocastration. Animals. 2020; 10 (9):1548.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJorgelina Di Pasquale; Yari Vecchio; Giovanna Martelli; Luca Sardi; Felice Adinolfi; Eleonora Nannoni. 2020. "Health Risk Perception, Consumption Intention, and Willingness to Pay for Pig Products Obtained by Immunocastration." Animals 10, no. 9: 1548.
Many discussions following the 2007/08 food price crisis have revolved around the magnitude of the negative impacts that it may have had on food security worldwide. In South-Eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMC), food security is strongly interrelated with several key economic and political issues. Many of these countries are becoming increasingly import-dependent, particularly on cereals, which are the essential raw material for human and animal food and feed. Due to both their economic system structure and consumption, the SEMC are responsible for a third of world cereals imports, whereas they account for only 5% of the world population. Given the set of constraints and this dependence on global markets, SEMC will be probably more exposed to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices in the coming years. In this view, this study examines the dependence structure among global food grain markets and Morocco and provides flexible models for dependency and the conditional volatility GARCH. A copula-based GARCH model has been carried out to estimate the marginal distributions of Morocco and world cereals commodity price changes. The results revealed that the joint co-movement between agricultural commodity price changes around the world and in Morocco, are generally considerable and there exists asymmetric tail dependence.
Fabian Capitanio; Giorgia Rivieccio; Felice Adinolfi. Food Price Volatility and Asymmetries in Rural Areas of South Mediterranean Countries: A Copula-Based GARCH Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 5855 .
AMA StyleFabian Capitanio, Giorgia Rivieccio, Felice Adinolfi. Food Price Volatility and Asymmetries in Rural Areas of South Mediterranean Countries: A Copula-Based GARCH Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (16):5855.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabian Capitanio; Giorgia Rivieccio; Felice Adinolfi. 2020. "Food Price Volatility and Asymmetries in Rural Areas of South Mediterranean Countries: A Copula-Based GARCH Model." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16: 5855.
Opinions increasingly influence legislative processes. The case of animal welfare (AW) standards is a clear example of the role played by opinions in political decisions. The issue, to which European citizens have historically been sensitive, has been the subject of numerous consultations and investigations, aimed at considering citizens’ opinions regarding breeding conditions. However, these tools and in particular standard surveys, suffer from response biases such as the prejudices involved in the design of questions and the interpretation of the results. To mitigate these problems, we used the Q-methodology, which is an inductive but systematic methodology focused on patterns that explain the ideas of individuals. The purposive sample consisted of 36 veterinary students who were acquiring scientific knowledge about AW. The results, in addition to providing policymakers with food for thought for the further development of AW standards, contribute to testing the use of alternative methodologies to collect citizens’ views. This mapping of viewpoints helps to build a more effective form of AW policy making.
Yari Vecchio; Gregorio Pauselli; Felice Adinolfi. Exploring Attitudes toward Animal Welfare through the Lens of Subjectivity—An Application of Q-Methodology. Animals 2020, 10, 1364 .
AMA StyleYari Vecchio, Gregorio Pauselli, Felice Adinolfi. Exploring Attitudes toward Animal Welfare through the Lens of Subjectivity—An Application of Q-Methodology. Animals. 2020; 10 (8):1364.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYari Vecchio; Gregorio Pauselli; Felice Adinolfi. 2020. "Exploring Attitudes toward Animal Welfare through the Lens of Subjectivity—An Application of Q-Methodology." Animals 10, no. 8: 1364.
This paper deals with Geographical Indications (GI) as a critical strategy aimed to boost agri-food local supply chain and rural development. The main concern of this work, therefore, is to verify how the identification of these products and establishment of GI systems can propel sustainable development in local areas in Africa. Two assumptions are at the basis of our paper: viable GI systems can be established in Africa, and the establishment of a GI system can stimulate rural development. In order to clarify the process of GI setting up and valorization, we will test GI virtuous circle and the rural web, with the purpose of exploring the multiple dimensions (endogeneity, social capital, sustainability, novelty, institutional arrangements, governance of markets) interfering in the process at both the agri-food supply chain and rural context levels of analysis. The analysis is applied to the shea butter production in Ghana and will employ primary data. Questionnaires and interviews were administered in the study area (Yendi Municipality of Ghana) to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. Our analysis confirms the potentialities of the shea butter as GI, by underlying its engine for the development of local rural communities.
Yari Vecchio; Abdul-Latif Iddrisu; Felice Adinolfi; Marcello De Rosa. Geographical Indication to Build up Resilient Rural Economies: A Case Study from Ghana. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2052 .
AMA StyleYari Vecchio, Abdul-Latif Iddrisu, Felice Adinolfi, Marcello De Rosa. Geographical Indication to Build up Resilient Rural Economies: A Case Study from Ghana. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):2052.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYari Vecchio; Abdul-Latif Iddrisu; Felice Adinolfi; Marcello De Rosa. 2020. "Geographical Indication to Build up Resilient Rural Economies: A Case Study from Ghana." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 2052.
This paper deals with precision farming tools (PFTs), a way of farming which relies on specialized equipment, software and information technologies services, whose importance is underlined in recent documents of the European Union. Precision farming is an integrated and sustainable farm management system making use of modern technologies to increase farm’s profitability, by reducing environmental impact. In this paper we explore the complex mechanisms that affect PFT’s adoption by Italian farmers. More precisely, we try to analyse the context-related factors affecting adoption of PFTs in the Italian farms. Little research has been carried out in Italy on this topic, therefore our paper tries to fill a gap in literature. In order to investigate the process of technology adoption related to precision agriculture, a questionnaire was submitted to a sample of Italian farms. The questionnaire has been structured in order to apply the AKAP (Awareness, Knowledge, Adoption, Product) sequence. Our analysis underlines that context-related factors are fundamental dimensions to be explored in order to specify uptake of PFTs. Therefore, the paper has relevant policy implications, within the context of a new participatory approach to agricultural innovation characterized by bottom-up processes boosted by farmers, which has informed the recent policies of agricultural innovation at the EU level.
Yari Vecchio; Marcello De Rosa; Felice Adinolfi; Luca Bartoli; Margherita Masi. Adoption of precision farming tools: A context-related analysis. Land Use Policy 2020, 94, 104481 .
AMA StyleYari Vecchio, Marcello De Rosa, Felice Adinolfi, Luca Bartoli, Margherita Masi. Adoption of precision farming tools: A context-related analysis. Land Use Policy. 2020; 94 ():104481.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYari Vecchio; Marcello De Rosa; Felice Adinolfi; Luca Bartoli; Margherita Masi. 2020. "Adoption of precision farming tools: A context-related analysis." Land Use Policy 94, no. : 104481.
Immunocastration of pigs represents an alternative method to surgical castration, being more respectful of animal welfare. However, this new technology may not be accepted by consumers due to their perception of possible risks tied to the use of the product, thus representing a concern for the production sector. The study aimed at verifying the attitude of Italian consumers towards immunocastration and to assess whether their perception can be affected by science-based information on advantages and disadvantages of immunocastration. A total of 969 consumers (divided in three groups representative of the Italian population) were contacted and asked to complete an online questionnaire. Only technical (neutral) information on immunocastration was provided to the first group; the second and the third group received information on the advantages (+) and disadvantages (-) of the technique, shown in reverse order (+/- and -/+, respectively). The level of information did not affect consumers’ perception of immunocastration. Overall, immunocastration is perceived in a predominantly positive manner (54.5%), with a relatively low level of risk perception (34.2%), and a good willingness to pay more for meat deriving from immunocastrated pigs (+18.7%).
Jorgelina Di Pasquale; Eleonora Nannoni; Luca Sardi; Giulia Rubini; Renato Salvatore; Luca Bartoli; Felice Adinolfi; Giovanna Martelli. Towards the Abandonment of Surgical Castration in Pigs: How is Immunocastration Perceived by Italian Consumers? Animals 2019, 9, 198 .
AMA StyleJorgelina Di Pasquale, Eleonora Nannoni, Luca Sardi, Giulia Rubini, Renato Salvatore, Luca Bartoli, Felice Adinolfi, Giovanna Martelli. Towards the Abandonment of Surgical Castration in Pigs: How is Immunocastration Perceived by Italian Consumers? Animals. 2019; 9 (5):198.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJorgelina Di Pasquale; Eleonora Nannoni; Luca Sardi; Giulia Rubini; Renato Salvatore; Luca Bartoli; Felice Adinolfi; Giovanna Martelli. 2019. "Towards the Abandonment of Surgical Castration in Pigs: How is Immunocastration Perceived by Italian Consumers?" Animals 9, no. 5: 198.