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Dr. Giacomo Falcone
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 10 May 2021 in Foods
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Anaerobic codigestion of olive mill wastewater for renewable energy production constitutes a promising process to overcome management and environmental issues due to their conventional disposal. The present study aims at assessing biogas and biomethane production from olive mill wastewater by performing biochemical methane potential tests. Hence, mixtures containing 0% (blank), 20% and 30% olive mill wastewater, in volume, were experimented on under mesophilic conditions. In addition, life cycle assessment and life cycle costing were performed for sustainability analysis. Particularly, life cycle assessment allowed assessing the potential environmental impact resulting from the tested process, while life cycle costing in conjunction with specific economic indicators allowed performing the economic feasibility analysis. The research highlighted reliable outcomes: higher amounts of biogas (80.22 ± 24.49 NL.kgSV −1) and methane (47.68 ± 17.55 NL.kgSV −1) were obtained when implementing a higher amount of olive mill wastewater (30%) (v/v) in the batch reactors. According to life cycle assessment, the biogas ecoprofile was better when using 20% (v/v) olive mill wastewater. Similarly, the economic results demonstrated the profitability of the process, with better performances when using 20% (v/v) olive mill wastewater. These findings confirm the advantages from using farm and food industry by-products for the production of renewable energy as well as organic fertilizers, which could be used in situ to enhance farm sustainability.

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Souraya Benalia; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Anna De Luca; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano; Giuseppe Zimbalatti; Bruno Bernardi. Increasing the Content of Olive Mill Wastewater in Biogas Reactors for a Sustainable Recovery: Methane Productivity and Life Cycle Analyses of the Process. Foods 2021, 10, 1029 .

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Souraya Benalia, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Anna De Luca, Alfio Strano, Giovanni Gulisano, Giuseppe Zimbalatti, Bruno Bernardi. Increasing the Content of Olive Mill Wastewater in Biogas Reactors for a Sustainable Recovery: Methane Productivity and Life Cycle Analyses of the Process. Foods. 2021; 10 (5):1029.

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Souraya Benalia; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Anna De Luca; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano; Giuseppe Zimbalatti; Bruno Bernardi. 2021. "Increasing the Content of Olive Mill Wastewater in Biogas Reactors for a Sustainable Recovery: Methane Productivity and Life Cycle Analyses of the Process." Foods 10, no. 5: 1029.

Journal article
Published: 29 April 2021 in Agronomy
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Climate change, food security, and the protection of the planet’s resources require the adoption of sustainable production models. Achieving sustainable development in the agri-food sector enables the creation of new opportunities for operators, guiding farmers towards more environmentally friendly practices and offering cost-effective results. Organic farming paradigms are promoted by the transformation of some harmful practices of conventional agriculture, such as the wide use of chemical products of synthesis, the deep workings that favor the erosive processes, the excessive use of nitrogenous fertilizers. There are still gaps in the knowledge of the real performance of some products that strongly support the local economic system of Sicily (Italy). The research aims to highlight the differences in environmental impact caused by the cultivation of organic early potatoes compared to the conventional regime and the same per kg of product obtained. To this end, the widely used methodology for comparing the environmental impacts of agricultural production systems is the Life Cycle Assessment, which allows us to highlight the phases in which environmental criticalities are most concentrated. An interesting agroecological picture of knowledge emerges, since organic farming is by definition an ecological model that supports the principles of the Green Deal, it often requires interventions to improve the yields obtained in order to achieve a positive result both in terms of cultivated surface and kg of product obtained.

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Giuseppe Timpanaro; Ferdinando Branca; Mariarita Cammarata; Giacomo Falcone; Alessandro Scuderi. Life Cycle Assessment to Highlight the Environmental Burdens of Early Potato Production. Agronomy 2021, 11, 879 .

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Giuseppe Timpanaro, Ferdinando Branca, Mariarita Cammarata, Giacomo Falcone, Alessandro Scuderi. Life Cycle Assessment to Highlight the Environmental Burdens of Early Potato Production. Agronomy. 2021; 11 (5):879.

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Giuseppe Timpanaro; Ferdinando Branca; Mariarita Cammarata; Giacomo Falcone; Alessandro Scuderi. 2021. "Life Cycle Assessment to Highlight the Environmental Burdens of Early Potato Production." Agronomy 11, no. 5: 879.

Review
Published: 25 February 2021 in Sustainability
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This study aims at providing a systematic and critical review on the state of the art of life cycle applications from the circular economy point of view. In particular, the main objective is to understand how researchers adopt life cycle approaches for the measurement of the empirical circular pathways of agri-food systems along with the overall lifespan. To perform the literature review, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol was considered to conduct a review by qualitative synthesis. Specifically, an evaluation matrix has been set up to gather and synthesize research evidence, by classifying papers according to several integrated criteria. The literature search was carried out employing scientific databases. The findings highlight that 52 case studies out of 84 (62% of the total) use stand-alone life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the benefits/impacts of circular economy (CE) strategies. In contrast, only eight studies (9.5%) deal with the life cycle costing (LCC) approach combined with other analyses while no paper deals with the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) methodology. Global warming potential, eutrophication (for marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems), human toxicity, and ecotoxicity results are the most common LCA indicators applied. Only a few articles deal with the CE assessment through specific indicators. We argue that experts in life cycle methodologies must strive to adopt some key elements to ensure that the results obtained fit perfectly with the measurements of circularity and that these can even be largely based on a common basis.

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Teodora Stillitano; Emanuele Spada; Nathalie Iofrida; Giacomo Falcone; Anna De Luca. Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Economy Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspective: State of the Art of Applicative Research. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2472 .

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Teodora Stillitano, Emanuele Spada, Nathalie Iofrida, Giacomo Falcone, Anna De Luca. Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Economy Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspective: State of the Art of Applicative Research. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2472.

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Teodora Stillitano; Emanuele Spada; Nathalie Iofrida; Giacomo Falcone; Anna De Luca. 2021. "Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Economy Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspective: State of the Art of Applicative Research." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2472.

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Published: 01 February 2021
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This study aims at providing a systematic and critical review on the state-of-the-art of life cycle applications from the circular economy point of view. In particular, the main objective is to un-derstand how researchers adapt life cycle approaches for the measurement of the empirical cir-cular pathways of agri-food systems along the overall lifespan. To perform the literature review, PRISMA protocol was considered to conduct a review by qualitative synthesis. Specifically, an evaluation matrix has been set up to gather and synthesize research evidence, by classifying pa-pers according to several integrated criteria. The literature search was carried out employing scientific databases. Findings evidence that the most common circularity topics are about closed-loop production systems, i.e. nutrient recovery for agricultural purposes, production of renewable energy, valorization of residues and wastes as fertilizers, food waste, and agro-wastes recycling for agriculture. To evaluate the benefits/impacts of CE strategies, Life Cycle Assess-ment (LCA) proved to be the most common methodology applied by authors, as it can help to meet the main CE requirements slowing and closing resource loops.

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Teodora Stillitano; Emanuele Spada; Nathalie Iofrida; Giacomo Falcone; Anna Irene De Luca. Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspectives: Where Is Applicative Research Going? 2021, 1 .

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Teodora Stillitano, Emanuele Spada, Nathalie Iofrida, Giacomo Falcone, Anna Irene De Luca. Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspectives: Where Is Applicative Research Going? . 2021; ():1.

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Teodora Stillitano; Emanuele Spada; Nathalie Iofrida; Giacomo Falcone; Anna Irene De Luca. 2021. "Sustainable Agri-Food Processes and Circular Pathways in a Life Cycle Perspectives: Where Is Applicative Research Going?" , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 04 January 2021 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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This paper aims to identify the hierarchical relationship in a consumer’s mind with respect to the three main and different quality schemes. With this purpose, we decided to analyse the role that local, organic, and traditional attributes have on consumers’ preferences. The survey on the consumption of extra-virgin olive oil was carried out in Italy, through direct face-to-face interviews. Data analysis was carried out by first conducting a conjoint experiment, followed by a clusterization through Ward’s method. In this hypothetical scale evaluating the quality of olive oil the three attributes provide consumers with different utilities in the following decreasing order: organic, local, and Protected Geographical Indication label. In addition, we observed the existence of trade-offs between these three quality signals conveying information that is selectively interpretable by consumers. Thanks to this methodological approach, four groups, differing in terms of socio-demographic characteristics and hierarchical preferences towards the certification scheme, were observed.

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Giuseppe Di Vita; Raffaele Zanchini; Giacomo Falcone; Mario D’Amico; Filippo Brun; Giovanni Gulisano. Local, organic or protected? Detecting the role of different quality signals among Italian olive oil consumers through a hierarchical cluster analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 290, 125795 .

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Giuseppe Di Vita, Raffaele Zanchini, Giacomo Falcone, Mario D’Amico, Filippo Brun, Giovanni Gulisano. Local, organic or protected? Detecting the role of different quality signals among Italian olive oil consumers through a hierarchical cluster analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 290 ():125795.

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Giuseppe Di Vita; Raffaele Zanchini; Giacomo Falcone; Mario D’Amico; Filippo Brun; Giovanni Gulisano. 2021. "Local, organic or protected? Detecting the role of different quality signals among Italian olive oil consumers through a hierarchical cluster analysis." Journal of Cleaner Production 290, no. : 125795.

Journal article
Published: 25 September 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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In the olive production sector, which is increasingly expanding beyond the borders of the Mediterranean basin, harvesting is the most demanding phase, from both an economic and organisational point of view. Traditional olive orchards are still predominant, with centuries-old and large plants, and are characterised by the gradual ripening of drupes and irregular planting patterns. Even though the structural conversion of these olive orchards into more modern cultivations may be difficult owing to their historical, monumental, and landscaping importance, as well as the existing legal restrictions, supporting a “modernisation” process aimed at mechanising the main farming operations remains a priority. Technological innovation is, therefore, a primary objective for Mediterranean olive growing, as well as for the enhancement of its strengths. The present study aimed at assessing different olive harvesting sites, considering the technical, economic, and environmental aspects, to develop a better version of the “olive harvesting database”. The applied methodology, also called the “modular approach”, represents a useful tool to apply in unitary process assessment to obtain a comprehensive database of diverse agricultural operations. Eight olive harvesting systems were compared: six highly mechanised scenarios, one based on mechanical-aided harvesting, and the final one based on fully manual harvesting. The mechanised systems obtained a better performance in terms of working capacity, as only 3.5 h ha−1 were needed to harvest 12 t using a self-propelled trunk shaker. In addition, the economic results revealed that mechanical harvesting, diversely from manual or aided harvesting, is the only way to decrease production costs. From an environmental point of view, manual and mechanical-aided harvesting showed the best performance in terms of impact per hour. However, using the mass-based unit (1 kg of harvested olives), the results were the opposite and this could be very relevant for the ecoprofile of olive oil.

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Bruno Bernardi; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Souraya Benalia; Jacopo Bacenetti; Anna Irene De Luca. Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation: Other principal cultivar. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 766, 142508 .

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Bruno Bernardi, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Souraya Benalia, Jacopo Bacenetti, Anna Irene De Luca. Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation: Other principal cultivar. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 766 ():142508.

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Bruno Bernardi; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Souraya Benalia; Jacopo Bacenetti; Anna Irene De Luca. 2020. "Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation: Other principal cultivar." Science of The Total Environment 766, no. : 142508.

Journal article
Published: 10 March 2020 in Energies
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Farming systems need to be planned to provide suitable levels of economic profitability and, at the same time, ensure an effective energy use, in order to perform environmentally friendly production strategies. The herein present work aims to assess the efficiency of energy use and economic impacts of the main farming methods (conventional, organic and integrated) of Clementine’s crops in Calabria (South Italy), through a combined use of Life Cycle Energy Assessment (LCEA) approach and economic analysis. For this purpose, data were collected from clementine producers by using face-to-face interviews. The results revealed that average energy consumption in the organic farming systems was 72,739 MJ, lower than conventional and integrated systems equal to 95,848 MJ and 94,060 MJ, respectively. This is mainly due to the ban of chemicals. Economic analysis showed that organic farms were more profitable compared with the other farming methods, because of the greater selling price and the EU economic support, reaching an average net profit of 4255 € ha−1 against 3134 € ha−1 of integrated farms and 2788 € ha−1 of conventional ones. The economic efficiency of energy from clementine production was 0.058 € MJ−1 in the organic farming, higher compared to the other two farming systems equal to 0.033 € MJ−1 on average.

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Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Anna Irene De Luca; Giuseppe Di Vita; Nathalie Iofrida; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano; Biagio Pecorino; Mario D’Amico. Energetic and Economic Analyses for Agricultural Management Models: The Calabria PGI Clementine Case Study. Energies 2020, 13, 1289 .

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Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Anna Irene De Luca, Giuseppe Di Vita, Nathalie Iofrida, Alfio Strano, Giovanni Gulisano, Biagio Pecorino, Mario D’Amico. Energetic and Economic Analyses for Agricultural Management Models: The Calabria PGI Clementine Case Study. Energies. 2020; 13 (5):1289.

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Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Anna Irene De Luca; Giuseppe Di Vita; Nathalie Iofrida; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano; Biagio Pecorino; Mario D’Amico. 2020. "Energetic and Economic Analyses for Agricultural Management Models: The Calabria PGI Clementine Case Study." Energies 13, no. 5: 1289.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2019 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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Daniela Lovarelli; Giacomo Falcone; Luigi Orsi; Jacopo Bacenetti. Agricultural small anaerobic digestion plants: Combining economic and environmental assessment. Biomass and Bioenergy 2019, 128, 1 .

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Daniela Lovarelli, Giacomo Falcone, Luigi Orsi, Jacopo Bacenetti. Agricultural small anaerobic digestion plants: Combining economic and environmental assessment. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2019; 128 ():1.

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Daniela Lovarelli; Giacomo Falcone; Luigi Orsi; Jacopo Bacenetti. 2019. "Agricultural small anaerobic digestion plants: Combining economic and environmental assessment." Biomass and Bioenergy 128, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 30 June 2019 in Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics
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Teodora Stillitano; Giacomo Falcone; Bruno Francesco Nicolò; Claudio Di Girolamo; Giovanni Gulisano; Anna Irene De Luca. Technical Efficiency Assessment of Intensive and Traditional Olive Farms in Southern Italy. Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 2019, 11, 81 -93.

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Teodora Stillitano, Giacomo Falcone, Bruno Francesco Nicolò, Claudio Di Girolamo, Giovanni Gulisano, Anna Irene De Luca. Technical Efficiency Assessment of Intensive and Traditional Olive Farms in Southern Italy. Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics. 2019; 11 (2):81-93.

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Teodora Stillitano; Giacomo Falcone; Bruno Francesco Nicolò; Claudio Di Girolamo; Giovanni Gulisano; Anna Irene De Luca. 2019. "Technical Efficiency Assessment of Intensive and Traditional Olive Farms in Southern Italy." Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 11, no. 2: 81-93.

Journal article
Published: 13 June 2019 in Foods
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Advances in the adoption of technological innovations represent a great driver to improve the competitiveness of the Italian extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) industry. This work assesses the efficiency of an innovative extraction plant (with low oxidative impact, heating of paste before malaxation and a special decanter that avoids the final vertical centrifugation) in terms of oil yield and quality, and economic and environmental impacts. Economic and environmental impacts were evaluated by using both life cycle costing and life cycle assessment methodologies. A sensitivity analysis was also performed to highlight the uncertain factors that may strongly affect the results. Findings showed that olive milling with the innovative plant resulted in olive oil with a significant increase in quality, although the extraction yield was significantly higher when using conventional technology. In terms of environmental results, an average growth of 4.5% of the impacts in all categories was reached. The economic results revealed the highest extraction cost for the innovative scenario as well as the lower profitability, although a positive return in investment feasibility can be achieved due to an increase in the olive oil selling price. These findings could be useful to highlight the main hotspots in EVOO production and to suggest improvements for more sustainable management.

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Teodora Stillitano; Giacomo Falcone; Anna Irene De Luca; Antonio Piga; Paola Conte; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano. A Life Cycle Perspective to Assess the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Innovative Technologies in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Extraction. Foods 2019, 8, 209 .

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Teodora Stillitano, Giacomo Falcone, Anna Irene De Luca, Antonio Piga, Paola Conte, Alfio Strano, Giovanni Gulisano. A Life Cycle Perspective to Assess the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Innovative Technologies in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Extraction. Foods. 2019; 8 (6):209.

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Teodora Stillitano; Giacomo Falcone; Anna Irene De Luca; Antonio Piga; Paola Conte; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano. 2019. "A Life Cycle Perspective to Assess the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Innovative Technologies in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Extraction." Foods 8, no. 6: 209.

Journal article
Published: 10 March 2019 in Journal of Environmental Management
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The paper describes the results of a specific LCA based analysis of the production of olive oil in the region of Calabria, in southern Italy. The goal of the study is to assess the energy and environmental impacts of different scenarios involving conventional and organic cultivations, plains and hills cultivations and involving different operating techniques. The study also aims at assessing the share of each life cycle step on the total of energy and environmental impacts. The functional unit chosen for the comparative analysis is a glass bottle of 0.75 L of extra virgin olive oil. A “from cradle to gate” perspective was chosen. The analysis was developed according to the LCA standards of the ISO 14040 series. The analysis is based on a field analysis developed in the last years in the province of Reggio Calabria between more than 50 enterprises and stakeholders of the field, representative of the whole Calabria region and of most southern Italy. The data used for the development of mass and energy balances are related to the years 2013–2015. The results clarify that for all indicators that the first part of the life cycle – from the production, including the growth of the olive plant to the full production stage – is the most relevant, variable between 80.6% share in the case of the particulate matter indicator to the 99.64% in the case of land use (Hill – Biological agriculture scenario). Relevant differences can be also traced for each specific indicator among all scenarios; high impacts are traced for the agricultural stages among all scenarios (70% −90% in all indicators) with high impacts caused by fertilizers. Among the transformation stages the bottle production is one of the most relevant sources of life cycle energy uses and environmental impacts (80–90%).

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Francesco Guarino; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Anna Irene De Luca; Giovanni Gulisano; Marina Mistretta; Alfio Strano. Life cycle assessment of olive oil: A case study in southern Italy. Journal of Environmental Management 2019, 238, 396 -407.

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Francesco Guarino, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Anna Irene De Luca, Giovanni Gulisano, Marina Mistretta, Alfio Strano. Life cycle assessment of olive oil: A case study in southern Italy. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019; 238 ():396-407.

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Francesco Guarino; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Anna Irene De Luca; Giovanni Gulisano; Marina Mistretta; Alfio Strano. 2019. "Life cycle assessment of olive oil: A case study in southern Italy." Journal of Environmental Management 238, no. : 396-407.

Articles
Published: 27 July 2018 in Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
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The increasing environmental awareness of the actors of agro-food supply chains has led to the implementation of new tools to analyze the impacts generated during agricultural practices. The impacts depend not only on the production system but also on the farmer’s management choices, in terms of input allocation, and on the production site, in terms of soil and climate conditions. In order to assess the environmental impact of conventional and organic farming systems on citrus growing in Italy and Spain, a life cycle assessment method has been implemented. The results show the organic system to be more sustainable than conventional and they could be useful indicators for correcting and modifying agricultural practices.

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Bruno Francesco Nicolò; Maria Cristina De Salvo; Clara Ramirez-Sanz; Vicente Estruch; Neus Sanjuan; Giacomo Falcone; Alfio Strano. Life cycle assessment applied to different citrus farming systems in Spain and Italy. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 2018, 42, 1 -14.

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Bruno Francesco Nicolò, Maria Cristina De Salvo, Clara Ramirez-Sanz, Vicente Estruch, Neus Sanjuan, Giacomo Falcone, Alfio Strano. Life cycle assessment applied to different citrus farming systems in Spain and Italy. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 2018; 42 (10):1-14.

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Bruno Francesco Nicolò; Maria Cristina De Salvo; Clara Ramirez-Sanz; Vicente Estruch; Neus Sanjuan; Giacomo Falcone; Alfio Strano. 2018. "Life cycle assessment applied to different citrus farming systems in Spain and Italy." Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 42, no. 10: 1-14.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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The mechanization of farming operation plays an important role in improving the profitability of the agricultural sector by increasing work productivity and reducing production costs. However, the new challenges of agriculture also include the environmental issues. The choice between different alternatives to perform a determined agricultural practice should be based on reliable information, considering technical, economic and environmental aspects. Olive growing represents the most important agricultural production in the Mediterranean Basin and its mechanization, particularly harvesting, could have major impacts on the sustainability of this production. This study aims at assessing various olive-harvesting scenarios, while considering technical, economic and environmental aspects in order to build a beta version of the “olive-harvesting database”. The proposed methodology called “modular approach” could represent a useful tool to apply in unitary process assessment in order to obtain a comprehensive database of the diverse agricultural operations. The methodology was based on Life Cycle Assessment and production cost analysis. Technical performance evaluation showed that the recorded work capacities varied between 5 tons of harvested olives per day when employing mechanical harvest aids and 18 tons per day when employing trunk shakers. The economic evaluation highlighted that the harvesting costs are variable as a function of the given cost type (costs per hour, costs per kg of harvested olives and costs per hectare). The LCA revealed that mechanically aided techniques were the most sustainable ones when the functional unit is considered as one harvesting hour, although this FU is not the most suitable unit for choosing the best environmental solution. The surface and production mass units are more appropriate FUs in comparative studies, although they are strictly linked to the “work capacity”. A significant variation in the environmental performances depended on the FUs and on the average yields when the FU represented one kg of harvested olives.

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Bruno Bernardi; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Souraya Benalia; Alfio Strano; Jacopo Bacenetti; Anna Irene De Luca. Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 625, 1446 -1458.

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Bruno Bernardi, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Souraya Benalia, Alfio Strano, Jacopo Bacenetti, Anna Irene De Luca. Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 625 ():1446-1458.

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Bruno Bernardi; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Souraya Benalia; Alfio Strano; Jacopo Bacenetti; Anna Irene De Luca. 2018. "Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation." Science of The Total Environment 625, no. : 1446-1458.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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Over the last years, increasing attention has been paid to environmental concerns related to food production and potential solutions to this issue. Among the different strategies being considered to reduce the impact food production has on the environment, only moderate has been paid to the extension of shelf life; a longer shelf life can reduce food losses as well as the economic and environmental impacts of the distribution logistics. The aim of this study is to assess the environmental performance of whole-wheat breadsticks with extended shelf lives and to evaluate whether the shelf-life extension is an effective mitigation solution from an environmental point of view. To this purpose, the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was applied from a “cradle-to-grave” perspective. Rosmarinic acid was used as an antioxidant to extend the shelf life. To test the robustness of the results and to investigate the influence of the choices made in the modelling phase, a sensitivity and uncertainty analysis were carried out. The achieved results highlighted how, for 10 of the 12 evaluated impact categories, the shelf-life extension is a proper mitigation solution, and its effectiveness depends on the magnitude of product loss reduction that is achieved. The shelf-life extension doesn't allow for the reduction of environmental impact in the categories of human toxicity, cancer effects and freshwater eutrophication.

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Jacopo Bacenetti; Alessia Cavaliere; Giacomo Falcone; Valentina Giovenzana; Alessandro Banterle; Riccardo Guidetti. Shelf life extension as solution for environmental impact mitigation: A case study for bakery products. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 627, 997 -1007.

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Jacopo Bacenetti, Alessia Cavaliere, Giacomo Falcone, Valentina Giovenzana, Alessandro Banterle, Riccardo Guidetti. Shelf life extension as solution for environmental impact mitigation: A case study for bakery products. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 627 ():997-1007.

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Jacopo Bacenetti; Alessia Cavaliere; Giacomo Falcone; Valentina Giovenzana; Alessandro Banterle; Riccardo Guidetti. 2018. "Shelf life extension as solution for environmental impact mitigation: A case study for bakery products." Science of The Total Environment 627, no. : 997-1007.

Societal lca
Published: 30 May 2018 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Social life cycle assessment (SLCA) was the last tool to be developed within the framework of life cycle thinking, and since the beginning, there has been a struggle to reach a consensus on a standardized methodology. In fact, many different methodological proposals have been published, diverging on many points. The main difference lies in the epistemological position underlying these proposals. The aim of this study is to propose an impact pathway for assessing the social consequences of a product’s life cycle—the psychosocial risk factor (PRF) impact pathway. The epistemological posture of this methodology is post-positivist, because it is based on an objective assessment of the possible consequences of the functioning of the life cycle, and therefore, it is in line with environmental LCA. Possible impacts on workers’ health were measured in terms of risks, i.e., using the odds ratio, a statistical measure of the intensity of the association between two variables. Odds ratios explaining the relationships between working conditions and health troubles were retrieved from previously published empirical studies. These statistical relationships were used to build an impact pathway that links the product’s life cycle to possible social impacts in a quantifiable and probabilistic way. The PRF impact pathway was applied to citriculture in the Calabria region of South Italy. The results showed that the life cycle, from cradle to farm gate, of industrial oranges exposed workers to a risk for about 43,088 h against 54,110 h for the clementine life cycle. In general, musculoskeletal disorders are the highest concern for both products, followed by osteoarthritis, disability, and cardiovascular diseases. For all impact categories, the industrial oranges’ life cycle showed the best performance, mainly due to the shorter duration of a single operation. The results are generalizable to other evaluation contexts. The PRF impact pathway was applied to the stakeholders group “workers,” but can be extended to other typologies of actor, such as consumers and local residents. Further, it allowed for an objective assessment of the impacts principally linked to the functioning of the citruses’ life cycles, by quantifying and qualifying the hours of work, and can be extended to other fields of application.

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Nathalie Iofrida; Anna Irene De Luca; Frederica Silveri; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Giovanni Gulisano; Alfio Strano. Psychosocial risk factors’ impact pathway for social life cycle assessment: an application to citrus life cycles in South Italy. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2018, 24, 767 -780.

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Nathalie Iofrida, Anna Irene De Luca, Frederica Silveri, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Giovanni Gulisano, Alfio Strano. Psychosocial risk factors’ impact pathway for social life cycle assessment: an application to citrus life cycles in South Italy. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2018; 24 (4):767-780.

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Nathalie Iofrida; Anna Irene De Luca; Frederica Silveri; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Giovanni Gulisano; Alfio Strano. 2018. "Psychosocial risk factors’ impact pathway for social life cycle assessment: an application to citrus life cycles in South Italy." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 24, no. 4: 767-780.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2018 in Acta Horticulturae
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T. Stillitano; Giacomo Falcone; A.I. De Luca; E. Spada; G. Gulisano; A. Strano. Long-term feasibility of Mediterranean olive production systems. Acta Horticulturae 2018, 203 -208.

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T. Stillitano, Giacomo Falcone, A.I. De Luca, E. Spada, G. Gulisano, A. Strano. Long-term feasibility of Mediterranean olive production systems. Acta Horticulturae. 2018; (1199):203-208.

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T. Stillitano; Giacomo Falcone; A.I. De Luca; E. Spada; G. Gulisano; A. Strano. 2018. "Long-term feasibility of Mediterranean olive production systems." Acta Horticulturae , no. 1199: 203-208.

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Published: 01 April 2018 in Acta Horticulturae
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A.I. De Luca; N. Iofrida; Giacomo Falcone; T. Stillitano; G. Gulisano. Olive growing scenarios of soil management: integrating environmental, economic and social indicators from a life-cycle perspective. Acta Horticulturae 2018, 209 -214.

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A.I. De Luca, N. Iofrida, Giacomo Falcone, T. Stillitano, G. Gulisano. Olive growing scenarios of soil management: integrating environmental, economic and social indicators from a life-cycle perspective. Acta Horticulturae. 2018; (1199):209-214.

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A.I. De Luca; N. Iofrida; Giacomo Falcone; T. Stillitano; G. Gulisano. 2018. "Olive growing scenarios of soil management: integrating environmental, economic and social indicators from a life-cycle perspective." Acta Horticulturae , no. 1199: 209-214.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry
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The topic of agro-food sustainability has been faced extensively, over the years, by researchers from different disciplines. The distinctive features of agro-food systems, in comparison with other fields, request necessarily a significant knowledge effort aimed to define new methodologies, by moving towards a holistic evaluation of problems. The life cycle conceptual framework and its operative and methodological instruments can offer useful guidelines and practical recommendations to address private and public subjects on sustainable pathways. This chapter provides an overview of life cycle tools: life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, and social life cycle assessment by highlighting their meanings and principal characteristics and tracing a brief review of applications in agro-food contexts.

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Giovanni Gulisano; Alfio Strano; Anna I. De Luca; Giacomo Falcone; Nathalie Iofrida; Teodora Stillitano. Evaluating the Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability of Agro-Food Systems Through Life Cycle Approaches. Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry 2018, 123 -152.

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Giovanni Gulisano, Alfio Strano, Anna I. De Luca, Giacomo Falcone, Nathalie Iofrida, Teodora Stillitano. Evaluating the Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability of Agro-Food Systems Through Life Cycle Approaches. Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry. 2018; ():123-152.

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Giovanni Gulisano; Alfio Strano; Anna I. De Luca; Giacomo Falcone; Nathalie Iofrida; Teodora Stillitano. 2018. "Evaluating the Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability of Agro-Food Systems Through Life Cycle Approaches." Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry , no. : 123-152.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry
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Yigal Achmon; Valeria Ancona; Michael Bantle; Pedro D. Da Silva; Luís P. De Andrade; Anna I. De Luca; Daljeet Singh Dhanjal; Giacomo Falcone; Jesús D. Fernández-Bayo; Charis M. Galanakis; Pedro D. Gaspar; Ralf Greiner; Giovanni Gulisano; Esha Gupta; Oliver Hensel; Nathalie Iofrida; Canan Kartal; Mohamed Koubaa; Louise Manning; Nooshin Nikmaram; José Nunes; Semih Ötleş; Oleksii Parniakov; Shahin Roohinejad; Marco D. Rosa; Deepansh Sharma; Oren Shelef; Yonatan Sher; Jaswinder Singh; Joginder Singh; Valentina Siracusa; Heather Slinn; Teodora Stillitano; Maricica Stoica; Alfio Strano; Barbara Sturm; Gardis J.E. Von Gersdorff; Pratibha Vyas; Renan O. Zocca. Contributors. Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry 2018, 1 .

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Yigal Achmon, Valeria Ancona, Michael Bantle, Pedro D. Da Silva, Luís P. De Andrade, Anna I. De Luca, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Giacomo Falcone, Jesús D. Fernández-Bayo, Charis M. Galanakis, Pedro D. Gaspar, Ralf Greiner, Giovanni Gulisano, Esha Gupta, Oliver Hensel, Nathalie Iofrida, Canan Kartal, Mohamed Koubaa, Louise Manning, Nooshin Nikmaram, José Nunes, Semih Ötleş, Oleksii Parniakov, Shahin Roohinejad, Marco D. Rosa, Deepansh Sharma, Oren Shelef, Yonatan Sher, Jaswinder Singh, Joginder Singh, Valentina Siracusa, Heather Slinn, Teodora Stillitano, Maricica Stoica, Alfio Strano, Barbara Sturm, Gardis J.E. Von Gersdorff, Pratibha Vyas, Renan O. Zocca. Contributors. Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry. 2018; ():1.

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Yigal Achmon; Valeria Ancona; Michael Bantle; Pedro D. Da Silva; Luís P. De Andrade; Anna I. De Luca; Daljeet Singh Dhanjal; Giacomo Falcone; Jesús D. Fernández-Bayo; Charis M. Galanakis; Pedro D. Gaspar; Ralf Greiner; Giovanni Gulisano; Esha Gupta; Oliver Hensel; Nathalie Iofrida; Canan Kartal; Mohamed Koubaa; Louise Manning; Nooshin Nikmaram; José Nunes; Semih Ötleş; Oleksii Parniakov; Shahin Roohinejad; Marco D. Rosa; Deepansh Sharma; Oren Shelef; Yonatan Sher; Jaswinder Singh; Joginder Singh; Valentina Siracusa; Heather Slinn; Teodora Stillitano; Maricica Stoica; Alfio Strano; Barbara Sturm; Gardis J.E. Von Gersdorff; Pratibha Vyas; Renan O. Zocca. 2018. "Contributors." Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry , no. : 1.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Anna Irene De Luca; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Nathalie Iofrida; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano. Evaluation of sustainable innovations in olive growing systems: A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment case study in southern Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 171, 1187 -1202.

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Anna Irene De Luca, Giacomo Falcone, Teodora Stillitano, Nathalie Iofrida, Alfio Strano, Giovanni Gulisano. Evaluation of sustainable innovations in olive growing systems: A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment case study in southern Italy. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 171 ():1187-1202.

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Anna Irene De Luca; Giacomo Falcone; Teodora Stillitano; Nathalie Iofrida; Alfio Strano; Giovanni Gulisano. 2018. "Evaluation of sustainable innovations in olive growing systems: A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment case study in southern Italy." Journal of Cleaner Production 171, no. : 1187-1202.