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Prof. Gianluca Brunori
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80–56124 Pisa, Italy

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Short review
Published: 28 June 2021 in Global Food Security
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The 4th Global Food Security conference highlighted four major developments: the shift from food security to food systems; a focus on diets and consumption patterns; the importance of unknown futures and inherent uncertainties and risks; and the central role of multi-level connections between local- and global-oriented research. These shifts highlight the importance for research to contribute to dialogue and collective intelligence through evidence-based brokerage, and to move beyond polarization of debates. These shifts also call for the involvement of scientists in multi-stakeholder arrangements to strengthen innovation and learning at different levels, and for their participation in foresight studies to help navigate plausible futures. Delegates discussed five scientific challenges to be addressed through both research investments and by improving science-policy interfaces.

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Patrick Caron; Martin van Ittersum; Tessa Avermaete; Gianluca Brunori; Jessica Fanzo; Ken Giller; Etienne Hainzelin; John Ingram; Lise Korsten; Yves Martin-Prével; Moses Osiru; Cheryl Palm; Marta Rivera Ferre; Mariana Rufino; Sergio Schneider; Alban Thomas; Daniel Walker. Statement based on the 4 TH international conference on global food security – December 2020: Challenges for a disruptive research Agenda. Global Food Security 2021, 30, 100554 .

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Patrick Caron, Martin van Ittersum, Tessa Avermaete, Gianluca Brunori, Jessica Fanzo, Ken Giller, Etienne Hainzelin, John Ingram, Lise Korsten, Yves Martin-Prével, Moses Osiru, Cheryl Palm, Marta Rivera Ferre, Mariana Rufino, Sergio Schneider, Alban Thomas, Daniel Walker. Statement based on the 4 TH international conference on global food security – December 2020: Challenges for a disruptive research Agenda. Global Food Security. 2021; 30 ():100554.

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Patrick Caron; Martin van Ittersum; Tessa Avermaete; Gianluca Brunori; Jessica Fanzo; Ken Giller; Etienne Hainzelin; John Ingram; Lise Korsten; Yves Martin-Prével; Moses Osiru; Cheryl Palm; Marta Rivera Ferre; Mariana Rufino; Sergio Schneider; Alban Thomas; Daniel Walker. 2021. "Statement based on the 4 TH international conference on global food security – December 2020: Challenges for a disruptive research Agenda." Global Food Security 30, no. : 100554.

Journal article
Published: 21 May 2021 in Journal of Rural Studies
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Digital technologies are often seen as an opportunity to enable sustainable futures in agriculture and rural areas. However, this digital transformation process is not inherently good as it impacts on many aspects (e.g. economic, environmental, social, technological, institutional) and their relations. The responsible research and innovation approach calls for a better understanding and anticipation of the often unknown impacts. To meet this aim we have developed a framework that allows to gain insight on the relations between the social, the cyber and the physical, i.e. a socio-cyber-physical system and have described conditions for a successful digital transformation of such a system. These are design of, and creating access to digital technologies, and navigating system complexity. This framework allows for a better problematisation of digital transformation and has been illustrated through an example of digital dairy farming. It supports an enhanced understanding of moral responsibilities regarding digital transformation, fitting within the responsible research and innovation approach, as well as a better understanding who is responsible or accountable for the identified (positive or negative) impacts, i.e. responsibilisation.

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Kelly Rijswijk; Laurens Klerkx; Manlio Bacco; Fabio Bartolini; Ellen Bulten; Lies Debruyne; Joost Dessein; Ivano Scotti; Gianluca Brunori. Digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas: A socio-cyber-physical system framework to support responsibilisation. Journal of Rural Studies 2021, 85, 79 -90.

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Kelly Rijswijk, Laurens Klerkx, Manlio Bacco, Fabio Bartolini, Ellen Bulten, Lies Debruyne, Joost Dessein, Ivano Scotti, Gianluca Brunori. Digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas: A socio-cyber-physical system framework to support responsibilisation. Journal of Rural Studies. 2021; 85 ():79-90.

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Kelly Rijswijk; Laurens Klerkx; Manlio Bacco; Fabio Bartolini; Ellen Bulten; Lies Debruyne; Joost Dessein; Ivano Scotti; Gianluca Brunori. 2021. "Digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas: A socio-cyber-physical system framework to support responsibilisation." Journal of Rural Studies 85, no. : 79-90.

Journal article
Published: 17 May 2021 in Sustainability
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Recently, the interpretation of the innovation process has changed significantly. Its linear model has evolved to a dynamic and ongoing participatory approach where cooperation, oriented to generate co-ownership, is the essence to co-produce knowledge among multiple actors. Farmers’ direct participation in the process is widely accepted since they contribute with first-hand information, perceptions, field experiences, and feedback that are essential for the design and implementation of a project. The European Union encourages their participation through the European Rural Development Policy that promotes competitiveness and sustainability in the agriculture and forestry sectors, building bridges among heterogeneous stakeholders that complement each other to find an innovative solution to a given problem. Thus far, despite participation importance, few details have been provided about producer’s contributions within the process. Consequently, this paper attempts to explore the modus operandi of an Italian Operational Group to get insights about the farmers’ participation and identify the factors that could influence and foster the interactive innovation process. The results, based on a participatory observation, key informants’ interviews, and theory reflection, revealed that farmers are active players in the design and implementation phases. Yet, their participation is not constant throughout the entire process. Empower them to find solutions with different players is a complex challenge as it requires motivation, commitment, trust, and an open communication among different actors.

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Natalia Molina; Gianluca Brunori; Elena Favilli; Stefano Grando; Patrizia Proietti. Farmers’ Participation in Operational Groups to Foster Innovation in the Agricultural Sector: An Italian Case Study. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5605 .

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Natalia Molina, Gianluca Brunori, Elena Favilli, Stefano Grando, Patrizia Proietti. Farmers’ Participation in Operational Groups to Foster Innovation in the Agricultural Sector: An Italian Case Study. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (10):5605.

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Natalia Molina; Gianluca Brunori; Elena Favilli; Stefano Grando; Patrizia Proietti. 2021. "Farmers’ Participation in Operational Groups to Foster Innovation in the Agricultural Sector: An Italian Case Study." Sustainability 13, no. 10: 5605.

Journal article
Published: 06 May 2021 in Sustainability
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The literature about digitalization in agriculture and rural areas is vast and sectorial at the same time. Both international political institutions and practitioners are interested in promoting digital technology, indicating and describing potential benefits and risks. Meanwhile, academics analyze the actual and possible impacts of digital technologies by using case studies. However, the extensive literature makes it challenging to derive a comprehensive synthesis of the possible impacts that digital technologies are and might generate in the rural domains. In the given context, the present work aims at contributing to the construction of a framework providing a first classification of the digital technologies’ impacts to use in both research and a political agenda.

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Silvia Rolandi; Gianluca Brunori; Manlio Bacco; Ivano Scotti. The Digitalization of Agriculture and Rural Areas: Towards a Taxonomy of the Impacts. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5172 .

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Silvia Rolandi, Gianluca Brunori, Manlio Bacco, Ivano Scotti. The Digitalization of Agriculture and Rural Areas: Towards a Taxonomy of the Impacts. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5172.

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Silvia Rolandi; Gianluca Brunori; Manlio Bacco; Ivano Scotti. 2021. "The Digitalization of Agriculture and Rural Areas: Towards a Taxonomy of the Impacts." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5172.

Journal article
Published: 27 April 2021 in Sustainability
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Existing research suggests that regions can develop their long-term competitive advantage through well-functioning interregional innovation cooperation. In this article, we use the example of innovation in small and medium-sized agri-food enterprises (SMEs) to scrutinise and compare regional innovation approaches on each side of the Dutch-German border and explore how they can converge into a cross-border innovation space. Particular attention is paid to the role of academic institutions and innovation brokers in creating a common innovation space. We explore how differences between two cross-border regions can be harnessed to enhance the impact of innovation, and how this may lead to what we describe as hybridisation effects. In the empirical analysis, we apply the concept of hybridisation to a cross-border innovation space, something that, as far as we are aware, has not been done before. We empirically ground the concepts of a cross-border innovation space and hybridisation and illustrate how relative regional strengths can lead to hybridisation effects. We conclude that differences in economic structures, institutional set-ups, visions and identities inherent in cross-border spaces are not only hindrances, but also opportunities, and we highlight the importance of these complementary strengths and the potential for their strategic use by regional innovation actors. Our findings are highly relevant for the further development of the Interreg Europe programme and the implementation of the EU’s Territorial Agenda 2030.

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Marina Knickel; Sabine Neuberger; Laurens Klerkx; Karlheinz Knickel; Gianluca Brunori; Helmut Saatkamp. Strengthening the Role of Academic Institutions and Innovation Brokers in Agri-Food Innovation: Towards Hybridisation in Cross-Border Cooperation. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4899 .

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Marina Knickel, Sabine Neuberger, Laurens Klerkx, Karlheinz Knickel, Gianluca Brunori, Helmut Saatkamp. Strengthening the Role of Academic Institutions and Innovation Brokers in Agri-Food Innovation: Towards Hybridisation in Cross-Border Cooperation. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):4899.

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Marina Knickel; Sabine Neuberger; Laurens Klerkx; Karlheinz Knickel; Gianluca Brunori; Helmut Saatkamp. 2021. "Strengthening the Role of Academic Institutions and Innovation Brokers in Agri-Food Innovation: Towards Hybridisation in Cross-Border Cooperation." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4899.

Review article
Published: 08 March 2021 in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Three key transitions leading to a “safe and just” operating space, with a focus on food systems, emerged during the development of a Foresight study promoted by SCAR (Standing Committee on Agricultural Research 1 ): (a) sustainable and healthy diets for all; (b) full circularity in the use of resources; (c) diversity as a key component of stable systems. As consequence of COVID-19, food emerged again as a central element of life, along with health, after decades in which food security was taken for granted, at least in most developed countries. The COVID-19 outbreak offered the opportunity for a reflection on the importance of resilience in emergencies. Sustainable and healthy diets for all, was shown, during the pandemic, to depend much more on social and economic conditions than on technical aspects of food production and processing. Agriculture and the agro-industry have now a potential to absorb, at least temporarily, workers laid out in other sectors; the pandemic could be an opportunity to re-think and re-value labor relationships in the sector as well as local productions and supply chains. A full circularity in food systems also would benefit from stronger links established at the territorial level and increase the attention on the quality of the environment, leading to the adoption of benign practices, regenerating rather than impoverishing natural resources. Diversity is a key component of a resilient system, both in the biophysical sphere and in the social sphere: new business models, new knowledge-sharing networks, new markets. The three transitions would operate in synergy and contribute to the resilience of the whole food system and its preparation for a possible next emergency. Science can support policy making; however, science needs to be better embedded in society, to have a clear direction toward the grand challenges, to address the social, economic, behavioral spheres, to aim clearly at the common good. We need to re-think the conundrum between competition and cooperation in research, devising ways to boost the latter without sacrificing excellence. We need to improve the way knowledge is generated and shared and we need to ensure that information is accessible and unbiased by vested interests.

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Stefano Bisoffi; Lilia Ahrné; Jessica Aschemann-Witzel; András Báldi; Kerstin Cuhls; Fabrice DeClerck; Jessica Duncan; Henning Otte Hansen; Richard L. Hudson; Johanna Kohl; Begoña Ruiz; Grzegorz Siebielec; Sébastien Treyer; Gianluca Brunori. COVID-19 and Sustainable Food Systems: What Should We Learn Before the Next Emergency. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 2021, 5, 1 .

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Stefano Bisoffi, Lilia Ahrné, Jessica Aschemann-Witzel, András Báldi, Kerstin Cuhls, Fabrice DeClerck, Jessica Duncan, Henning Otte Hansen, Richard L. Hudson, Johanna Kohl, Begoña Ruiz, Grzegorz Siebielec, Sébastien Treyer, Gianluca Brunori. COVID-19 and Sustainable Food Systems: What Should We Learn Before the Next Emergency. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2021; 5 ():1.

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Stefano Bisoffi; Lilia Ahrné; Jessica Aschemann-Witzel; András Báldi; Kerstin Cuhls; Fabrice DeClerck; Jessica Duncan; Henning Otte Hansen; Richard L. Hudson; Johanna Kohl; Begoña Ruiz; Grzegorz Siebielec; Sébastien Treyer; Gianluca Brunori. 2021. "COVID-19 and Sustainable Food Systems: What Should We Learn Before the Next Emergency." Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5, no. : 1.

Research article
Published: 17 January 2021 in Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
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Social innovation and high-quality agricultural systems are important for rural development. However, there is little information on methods for measuring the process and outcome of social innovation, particularly at the regional level. This study aimed to answer the research question: Which social innovation metrics can be applied to analyze rural development at the regional level? We carried out a systematic review of the literature on factors and indicators of social innovation, assessed the characteristics of social innovation in value-added agricultural production systems in developed countries, and proposed social innovation indicators for evaluating value-added agricultural systems in developing countries. Key elements of the process and outcome dimensions of social innovation were identified and used to generate factors, subfactors, indicators, and subindicators. The literature review showed that more research is needed on the outcomes of social innovation. Future studies should investigate the social transformations promoted by rural tourism and biodiversity valorization.

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Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto; Gianluca Brunori. Social innovation in high-quality agricultural systems: metrics for assessing processes and outcomes. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 2021, 34, 222 -250.

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Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto, Gianluca Brunori. Social innovation in high-quality agricultural systems: metrics for assessing processes and outcomes. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research. 2021; 34 (2):222-250.

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Giuliana Aparecida Santini Pigatto; Gianluca Brunori. 2021. "Social innovation in high-quality agricultural systems: metrics for assessing processes and outcomes." Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 34, no. 2: 222-250.

Chapter
Published: 21 July 2020 in Bioregional Planning and Design: Volume I
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In view of climate change, mass migration and resource scarcity, cities have started to interrogate themselves about the capacity to cope with future catastrophes. It is now clear that the way to cope with them cannot be found without a careful study of urban–rural links. An improved understanding of those interconnections would also contribute to build the pathway towards sustainability. Urban administrations are increasingly aware that life of cities depends strongly on the countryside as well as life of rural areas depends on cities. This new awareness implies a deep revision of the paradigms that so far have guided city administrations. Strategies to build resilient cities will have to envisage a transition to new and more sustainable lifestyles, production models, regulatory patterns and governance arrangements, considering explicitly rural areas as components of the urban life. The present paper develops a reflection on the governance principles, regulating the urban–rural links, that are necessary to address new sustainability challenges. It proposes, focusing especially on the issue concerning the construction of sustainable urban-bioregional food systems, three metaphors that should contribute to a new paradigm: metabolism, circular economy and assemblage.

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Gianluca Brunori; Paolo Prosperi. Urban–Rural Relations as Assemblages: A Conceptual Framework for Urban Food Policies. Bioregional Planning and Design: Volume I 2020, 171 -181.

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Gianluca Brunori, Paolo Prosperi. Urban–Rural Relations as Assemblages: A Conceptual Framework for Urban Food Policies. Bioregional Planning and Design: Volume I. 2020; ():171-181.

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Gianluca Brunori; Paolo Prosperi. 2020. "Urban–Rural Relations as Assemblages: A Conceptual Framework for Urban Food Policies." Bioregional Planning and Design: Volume I , no. : 171-181.

Editorial
Published: 24 April 2020 in Agricultural and Food Economics
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Gianluca Brunori; Giacomo Branca; Luigi Cembalo; Marijke D’Haese; Liesbeth Dries. Agricultural and Food Economics: the challenge of sustainability. Agricultural and Food Economics 2020, 8, 1 -2.

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Gianluca Brunori, Giacomo Branca, Luigi Cembalo, Marijke D’Haese, Liesbeth Dries. Agricultural and Food Economics: the challenge of sustainability. Agricultural and Food Economics. 2020; 8 (1):1-2.

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Gianluca Brunori; Giacomo Branca; Luigi Cembalo; Marijke D’Haese; Liesbeth Dries. 2020. "Agricultural and Food Economics: the challenge of sustainability." Agricultural and Food Economics 8, no. 1: 1-2.

Journal article
Published: 13 March 2020 in Agriculture
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Farm structure is a multi-dimensional concept that can be measured through different criteria. Meanwhile, farm structure has been identified to discern small farms or well-endowed farms from the other farms. Distinguishing and identifying these two groups have practical implications for understanding the dynamics in rural areas and the effectiveness of target measures in these categories. The existing literature lacks a better definition of small farms based on the different criteria used. In this paper, we have developed composite indicators to apply to the concept of farm structure to re-define small farms and discover their role in achieving food security in Europe. By clustering countries using the composite indicator of farm structure, we estimate that more than 80 percent of food across Europe is produced by multi-criteria small and medium farms, but the partial productivities of agricultural land and labor in these countries that have the majority of multi-criteria small and medium farms are much lower than the large ones. Then, an estimate of a spatial econometric regression model was done to recognize how farm structure, a representative of farm size, can affect food availability, which is representative of food security. The results show that improving the structure of farms in a country not only improves its food security but also improves its neighbors’ food security. Hence, improving the structure of multi-criteria small farms is a major part of the solution to improve and achieve food security. Recognizing and understanding the diversity of multi-criteria small farms by considering the specific products and countries is necessary for designing appropriate innovations and policies for supporting more productive multi-criteria small farms.

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Zahra Ardakani; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security. Agriculture 2020, 10, 74 .

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Zahra Ardakani, Fabio Bartolini, Gianluca Brunori. New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security. Agriculture. 2020; 10 (3):74.

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Zahra Ardakani; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. 2020. "New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security." Agriculture 10, no. 3: 74.

Journal article
Published: 03 March 2020 in Food Policy
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A new food policy coherent with the goal of achieving sustainable food systems implies changing visions and radically revising the understanding of the system on which agricultural and food-related policies act. This paper identifies and discusses policy processes that contribute to sustainable food systems in Europe. Based on a conceptual framework that links the policy cycle approach to transition theories, we (i) assess the evolution of policy cycles of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to highlight how the food and nutrition concepts have evolved and been reframed throughout the five phases of the CAP, (ii) map and classify available policy instruments to assess potential synergies and gaps in view of their reorganization and (iii) indicate and discuss strategic tools for sustainable food policies. This contribution goes beyond the current literature highlighting the obstacles which hinder the transition to a policy regime that embodies the nexus among food and nutrition security, natural capital preservation and climatic and social justice, and proposing new avenues for food policy studies.

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Francesca Galli; Paolo Prosperi; Elena Favilli; Simona D'Amico; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. How can policy processes remove barriers to sustainable food systems in Europe? Contributing to a policy framework for agri-food transitions. Food Policy 2020, 96, 101871 .

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Francesca Galli, Paolo Prosperi, Elena Favilli, Simona D'Amico, Fabio Bartolini, Gianluca Brunori. How can policy processes remove barriers to sustainable food systems in Europe? Contributing to a policy framework for agri-food transitions. Food Policy. 2020; 96 ():101871.

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Francesca Galli; Paolo Prosperi; Elena Favilli; Simona D'Amico; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. 2020. "How can policy processes remove barriers to sustainable food systems in Europe? Contributing to a policy framework for agri-food transitions." Food Policy 96, no. : 101871.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2020 in Sustainability
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Life cycle assessment is a widespread method for measuring and monitoring the environmental impacts of production processes, thereby allowing the comparison of business-as-usual with more ecological scenarios. Life cycle assessment research can support evidence-based policy making by comparing and communicating the environmental impacts of agricultural and food systems, informing about the impact of mitigating interventions and monitoring sectoral progress towards sustainable development goals. This article aims at improving the contribution of science to evidence-based policies for agricultural sustainability and food security, while facilitating further research, by delivering a content-analysis based literature review of life cycle assessment research in agricultural and food economics. Results highlight that demand-side and system-level approaches need further development, as policies need to support redesigned agricultural systems and newly conceived dietary guidelines, which combine environmental protection and health benefits, without reducing productivity. Similarly, more research effort towards consequential life cycle assessment and multidimensional assessment may benefit policy makers by considering the rebound effects associated with the large-scale implementation of impact-mitigating interventions. Promising interventions involve the promotion of waste circularization strategies, which could also improve the profitability of agriculture. For effective policy making towards agricultural sustainability and food security worldwide, countries with the greatest expected population growth and raise of urbanization rates need more attention by researchers.

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Oriana Gava; Fabio Bartolini; Francesca Venturi; Gianluca Brunori; Alberto Pardossi. Improving Policy Evidence Base for Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security: A Content Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment Research. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1033 .

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Oriana Gava, Fabio Bartolini, Francesca Venturi, Gianluca Brunori, Alberto Pardossi. Improving Policy Evidence Base for Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security: A Content Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment Research. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):1033.

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Oriana Gava; Fabio Bartolini; Francesca Venturi; Gianluca Brunori; Alberto Pardossi. 2020. "Improving Policy Evidence Base for Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security: A Content Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment Research." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 1033.

Journal article
Published: 17 October 2019 in Journal of Rural Studies
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In a traditional wine region such as Tuscany (Italy), the wine production is perceived by several industry players as weak and fragmented because it is mainly managed by small and medium-sized wineries that have limited market power compared to large companies and distributors. In this paper, we hypothesise that this problem was influenced - in a period of strong market growth - by producers' choices that underestimated the impact of several external forces (e.g. competition, changes in demand and regulation) and promoted strategies without considering their combination with key context-specific physical, structural and socio-cultural factors. The study investigates the origin of these marketing strategies confronted with the contested fragmentation, exploring both current and future trends of the wine market in Tuscany. The objective is to provide a better understanding on how the combinations between these factors and firm's activities define regional settings in which the different strategies are developed and how these settings can be used to promote more effective and calibrated strategies towards greater economic sustainability of the sector. The focus is to understand the nature and the dynamics of interlinkages between the adoption of quality-based differentiation strategies, the diversification of marketing channels, and their regional and local determinants. We adopt a mixed quantitative and qualitative research approach composed of an analytical framework, an econometric analysis, and interviews with wine producers. First, the method provides a conceptual framework to understand the interlinkages between producers' strategies and local and regional determinants. Then, the winery decision-making process is modelled through a two-by-two differentiation strategy model that represents the wineries' decision towards the adoption of PDO/PGI appellation or organic certification in relation with the choice of distribution channels. Through the reciprocal of the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI−1) - calculated on alternative marketing strategies – we verified the extent of diversification of sale channels under the different quality choices (i.e. PDO/PGI and organic or without them). Then, the determinants of the choice of distribution channels were quantified by applying a censored regression model and the results were elaborated and discussed in the light of 32 producers' interviews. The main trend highlights the fragmentation of wine production that has been determined by the differentiation model adopted by the regional producers. The results confirm a great divide in strategies between those producing quality wines and those who do not: on the one hand being mainly involved in PDO/PGI or organic certification positively affects the choice of multiple distribution channels; on the other hand, those who are not involved in quality labels have concentrated their production in a restricted number of marketing channels. The analysis shows that different producers' strategies have been influenced by the interaction between structural factors, farm characteristics and terroir in response to external changes. It also reveals a transformation process in progress that involves the concentration of the supply chain. Producers are promoting greater consolidation and reassembling of the production through new producer networks and associations that aim to reduce the fragmentation and related weakness with new common strategies.

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Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini; Paolo Prosperi; Gianluca Brunori. Explaining regional dynamics of marketing strategies: The experience of the Tuscan wine producers. Journal of Rural Studies 2019, 72, 136 -152.

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Daniele Vergamini, Fabio Bartolini, Paolo Prosperi, Gianluca Brunori. Explaining regional dynamics of marketing strategies: The experience of the Tuscan wine producers. Journal of Rural Studies. 2019; 72 ():136-152.

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Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini; Paolo Prosperi; Gianluca Brunori. 2019. "Explaining regional dynamics of marketing strategies: The experience of the Tuscan wine producers." Journal of Rural Studies 72, no. : 136-152.

Journal article
Published: 04 March 2019 in Agriculture and Human Values
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Gianluca Brunori; Damian Maye; Francesca Galli; David Barling. Symposium introduction—ethics and sustainable agri-food governance: appraisal and new directions. Agriculture and Human Values 2019, 36, 257 -261.

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Gianluca Brunori, Damian Maye, Francesca Galli, David Barling. Symposium introduction—ethics and sustainable agri-food governance: appraisal and new directions. Agriculture and Human Values. 2019; 36 (2):257-261.

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Gianluca Brunori; Damian Maye; Francesca Galli; David Barling. 2019. "Symposium introduction—ethics and sustainable agri-food governance: appraisal and new directions." Agriculture and Human Values 36, no. 2: 257-261.

Journal article
Published: 12 February 2019 in Agriculture and Human Values
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This paper extends arguments about the potential for reflexive governance in agri-food sustainability by linking food ethics to the notion of ‘unintended consequences’ and ‘responsibilisation’. Analysis of sustainable consumption governance shows the way authorities and intermediaries use food waste reduction projects to ‘responsibilise’ the consumer, including recent examples of shared responsibility. This paper takes this argument further by developing a ‘strategies of responsibilisation’ framework that connects relations between food system outcomes, problematisation in public discourse and strategies of responsibilisation in agri-food governance. A food and drink waste case study of strategies to introduce reusable coffee cups in UK coffee shops and food retail chains is examined to exemplify relations between problematisation and responsibilisation. We examine problematisation and responsibilisation discourses that have emerged in relation to the issue, particularly in relation to single-use plastics, together with emerging governance arrangements and their underlying rationalities. The case study shows two key things: firstly, how ethical questions about food in public discourses connect to wider environmental planetary concerns (in this case packaging in relation to the environment); and secondly, how responsibility has emergent and dynamic properties, which we term ‘cycles of responsibilisation’. The paper concludes by assessing the wider value of applying a responsibility framework to examine governance responses to increasingly complex agri-food system sustainability challenges.

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Damian Maye; James Kirwan; Gianluca Brunori. Ethics and responsibilisation in agri-food governance: the single-use plastics debate and strategies to introduce reusable coffee cups in UK retail chains. Agriculture and Human Values 2019, 36, 301 -312.

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Damian Maye, James Kirwan, Gianluca Brunori. Ethics and responsibilisation in agri-food governance: the single-use plastics debate and strategies to introduce reusable coffee cups in UK retail chains. Agriculture and Human Values. 2019; 36 (2):301-312.

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Damian Maye; James Kirwan; Gianluca Brunori. 2019. "Ethics and responsibilisation in agri-food governance: the single-use plastics debate and strategies to introduce reusable coffee cups in UK retail chains." Agriculture and Human Values 36, no. 2: 301-312.

Journal article
Published: 09 February 2019 in Agriculture and Human Values
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The contradictions between food poverty affecting a large section of the global population and the everyday wastage of food, particularly in high income countries, have raised significant academic and public attention. All actors in the food chain have a role to play in food waste prevention and reduction, including farmers, food manufacturers and processors, caterers and retailers and ultimately consumers. Food surplus redistribution is considered by many as a partial solution to food waste reduction and food poverty mitigation, while others criticize charitable initiatives as inadequate responses, that inhibit governments from responsibly protecting the citizens right to food. This paper frames food assistance as “hybrid systems”, situating at the intersection of territorial food, public welfare and third sector voluntary systems. Based on available literature and reflections on previous research examining food banks in Italy, we develop a system dynamics conceptual mapping. The aim is to model a set of relations and dynamic mechanisms associated with variables relevant to food waste generation, food recovery for social purposes and food poverty alleviation. The analysis of feedback interactions highlights the (actual and potential) vulnerabilities of food assistance systems that occur when addressing food poverty by reducing food surplus. In summary, as the awareness on food poverty and food surplus arises, incentives to food recovery and redistribution strengthen the role of (voluntary) food assistance actors, increasing their exposure to drivers of change, such as retailers’ standards for food surplus prevention. This paper contributes to the current academic debate on charitable food assistance, with insights for policy makers and other systems’ actors.

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Francesca Galli; Alessio Cavicchi; Gianluca Brunori. Food waste reduction and food poverty alleviation: a system dynamics conceptual model. Agriculture and Human Values 2019, 36, 289 -300.

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Francesca Galli, Alessio Cavicchi, Gianluca Brunori. Food waste reduction and food poverty alleviation: a system dynamics conceptual model. Agriculture and Human Values. 2019; 36 (2):289-300.

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Francesca Galli; Alessio Cavicchi; Gianluca Brunori. 2019. "Food waste reduction and food poverty alleviation: a system dynamics conceptual model." Agriculture and Human Values 36, no. 2: 289-300.

Journal article
Published: 24 December 2018 in Journal of Rural Studies
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The increasing diversity of food networks and initiatives has given rise to a variety of analyses and approaches among which the literature on “Alternative Food Networks” (AFN) and the “quality turn” stand out for the role of European and more specifically French and Italian contributions and the richness of the debates between authors from different horizons. These debates focus especially on the transformative power of alternative and/or quality food networks at the scale of larger agrifood systems and the risks of territorial and social inequity that they may embody, thus raising social justice issues. However, in the AFN literature, the central focus on specific networks (mostly emanating from the civil society) often leads to overlook the effects of possible interactions between different networks and stakeholders, while in the “quality” literature, the central focus on specialty products often leads to a lack of consideration of entire food diets and agrifood systems as well as social justice issues. Based on a focused critical review of these literature, we thus argue for an intertwined approach that aims at assessing food systems as territorial constructions. In this purpose, our approach defines the research object by starting from a hypothesis of territorial assemblage instead of from specific initiatives considered in isolation. This allows taking into account various initiatives, different ambitions and their combined effects in facilitating – or not – just sustainable transitions. We do not base our argument on an optimistic vision of the potentials of hybridisations and combinations, but rather on a critical perspective focused on the effects of the alternative/conventional confrontations (and controversies) in terms of “re-differentiation” processes. Based on two case studies in Southern France and Northern Italy, we demonstrate how this approach can be applied and contribute to wider debates over the key questions related to the AFNs’ transformative power and social justice.

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Claire Lamine; Lucile Garçon; Gianluca Brunori. Territorial agrifood systems: A Franco-Italian contribution to the debates over alternative food networks in rural areas. Journal of Rural Studies 2018, 68, 159 -170.

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Claire Lamine, Lucile Garçon, Gianluca Brunori. Territorial agrifood systems: A Franco-Italian contribution to the debates over alternative food networks in rural areas. Journal of Rural Studies. 2018; 68 ():159-170.

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Claire Lamine; Lucile Garçon; Gianluca Brunori. 2018. "Territorial agrifood systems: A Franco-Italian contribution to the debates over alternative food networks in rural areas." Journal of Rural Studies 68, no. : 159-170.

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Published: 23 December 2018 in Sustainability
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In pursuit of agricultural sustainability and food security, research should contribute to policy-making by providing scientifically robust evidence. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an excellent candidate for generating that evidence, thereby helping the selection of interventions towards more sustainable agri-food. The purpose of this article is proposing a basis for discussion on the use of the LCA tool for targeting and monitoring of environmental policy interventions in agri-food. The problem of reducing the environmental burden in agri-food can be tackled by acting on the supply and/or demand sides and may benefit from the collaboration of supply chain stakeholders. Agri-food policies that most benefit from LCA-based data concern cross-border pollution, transaction costs following the adoption of environmental standards, adoption of less polluting practices and/or technologies, and business-to-consumer information asymmetry. The choice between the methodological options available for LCA studies (attributional, consequential, or hybrid models) depends on the purpose and scope of the study. The possibility of integrating the LCA with economic and social impact assessments—e.g., under the life cycle sustainability assessment framework—makes LCA an excellent tool for monitoring business or sectoral-level achievements with respect to UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Oriana Gava; Fabio Bartolini; Francesca Venturi; Gianluca Brunori; Angela Zinnai; Alberto Pardossi. A Reflection of the Use of the Life Cycle Assessment Tool for Agri-Food Sustainability. Sustainability 2018, 11, 71 .

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Oriana Gava, Fabio Bartolini, Francesca Venturi, Gianluca Brunori, Angela Zinnai, Alberto Pardossi. A Reflection of the Use of the Life Cycle Assessment Tool for Agri-Food Sustainability. Sustainability. 2018; 11 (1):71.

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Oriana Gava; Fabio Bartolini; Francesca Venturi; Gianluca Brunori; Angela Zinnai; Alberto Pardossi. 2018. "A Reflection of the Use of the Life Cycle Assessment Tool for Agri-Food Sustainability." Sustainability 11, no. 1: 71.

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Published: 14 December 2018 in Marine Policy
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This paper presents an analysis of the diversification and non-productivist practices and strategies deployed by European small-scale fishers vis-à-vis contextual regulatory and market factors. Building on resilience thinking – combined with a qualitative case study approach involving primary producers and associated stakeholders – the strategies of primary producers in two specific contexts are examined: inshore fisheries in Cornwall (UK) and coastal fisheries in Tuscany (Italy). In so doing, the analysis identifies possible adaptation strategies that can help support the sustainability of the fisheries involved. The strategies adopted by fishers include, for example, investing in innovation, reorganising the supply chain, multifunctionality and diversification, and implementing environmentally friendly activities.

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Paolo Prosperi; James Kirwan; Damian Maye; Fabio Bartolini; Daniele Vergamini; Gianluca Brunori. Adaptation strategies of small-scale fisheries within changing market and regulatory conditions in the EU. Marine Policy 2018, 100, 316 -323.

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Paolo Prosperi, James Kirwan, Damian Maye, Fabio Bartolini, Daniele Vergamini, Gianluca Brunori. Adaptation strategies of small-scale fisheries within changing market and regulatory conditions in the EU. Marine Policy. 2018; 100 ():316-323.

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Paolo Prosperi; James Kirwan; Damian Maye; Fabio Bartolini; Daniele Vergamini; Gianluca Brunori. 2018. "Adaptation strategies of small-scale fisheries within changing market and regulatory conditions in the EU." Marine Policy 100, no. : 316-323.

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Published: 26 October 2018 in Agroecosystem Diversity
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David J. Abson; Eduardo Aguilera; Bagoré Bathily; Philippe Baveye; Nicolas Befort; Tim G. Benton; Isabelle Bertrand; Gilles Billen; Juliette Bloor; Timothy M. Bowles; Vincent Bretagnolle; Toby J.A. Bruce; Gianluca Brunori; Mauroni Alves Cangussú; Paulo César De F. Carvalho; Abad Chabbi; Julian Chará; Juan Cruz Colazo; Christian Corniaux; Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol; Simona D'amico; William Deen; Leonardo Deiss; Luc Delaby; Christian Dupraz; Michel Duru; Martha Xochitl Flores Estrada; Alan J. Franzluebbers; Doreen Gabriel; Josette Garnier; Francois Gastal; Amélie C.M. Gaudin; Bernard Giroud; John Gowdy; Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen; Laura Henckel; John Hendrickson; Olivier Huguenin-Elie; Christian Huyghe; Erik Steen Jensen; Eric Justes; David Kleijn; Katia Klumpp; Hein Korevaar; Scott L. Kronberg; Pierre Labarthe; Claudete Reisdorfer Lang; Gwenaëlle Lashermes; Luis Lassaletta; Gerry Lawson; Philippe LeComte; Gilles Lemaire; Julia Le Noë; Philippe Leterme; Isabelle Litrico; Marie-Benoit Magrini; Marty D. Matlock; Rogerio Martins Mauricio; Vanessa E. McMillan; Zia Mehrabi; Paul Miguet; Anibal De Moraes; Enrique Murgueitio; Thomas Nesme; Paul Neve; Martino Nieddu; Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo; Cristiano Magalhães Pariz; Sylvain Pellerin; Mark B. Peoples; L.D.A.S. Pontes; Sylvie Recous; John Regan; Leah L.R. Renwick; Rafael Sandin Ribeiro; Aude Ridier; Adanella Rossi; Cornelia Rumpel; Julie Ryschawy; Alberto Sanz-Cobeña; J. Schellberg; Verena Seufert; Gavin Siriwardena; Jonathan Storkey; R. Mark Sulc; J.P. Theau; O. Therond; Clement A. Tisdell; Cairistiona F.E. Topp; Françoise Vertès; Christine A. Watson; Jeroen Watté; Michael Williams; Clevo Wilson. Contributors. Agroecosystem Diversity 2018, 1 .

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David J. Abson, Eduardo Aguilera, Bagoré Bathily, Philippe Baveye, Nicolas Befort, Tim G. Benton, Isabelle Bertrand, Gilles Billen, Juliette Bloor, Timothy M. Bowles, Vincent Bretagnolle, Toby J.A. Bruce, Gianluca Brunori, Mauroni Alves Cangussú, Paulo César De F. Carvalho, Abad Chabbi, Julian Chará, Juan Cruz Colazo, Christian Corniaux, Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol, Simona D'amico, William Deen, Leonardo Deiss, Luc Delaby, Christian Dupraz, Michel Duru, Martha Xochitl Flores Estrada, Alan J. Franzluebbers, Doreen Gabriel, Josette Garnier, Francois Gastal, Amélie C.M. Gaudin, Bernard Giroud, John Gowdy, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Laura Henckel, John Hendrickson, Olivier Huguenin-Elie, Christian Huyghe, Erik Steen Jensen, Eric Justes, David Kleijn, Katia Klumpp, Hein Korevaar, Scott L. Kronberg, Pierre Labarthe, Claudete Reisdorfer Lang, Gwenaëlle Lashermes, Luis Lassaletta, Gerry Lawson, Philippe LeComte, Gilles Lemaire, Julia Le Noë, Philippe Leterme, Isabelle Litrico, Marie-Benoit Magrini, Marty D. Matlock, Rogerio Martins Mauricio, Vanessa E. McMillan, Zia Mehrabi, Paul Miguet, Anibal De Moraes, Enrique Murgueitio, Thomas Nesme, Paul Neve, Martino Nieddu, Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo, Cristiano Magalhães Pariz, Sylvain Pellerin, Mark B. Peoples, L.D.A.S. Pontes, Sylvie Recous, John Regan, Leah L.R. Renwick, Rafael Sandin Ribeiro, Aude Ridier, Adanella Rossi, Cornelia Rumpel, Julie Ryschawy, Alberto Sanz-Cobeña, J. Schellberg, Verena Seufert, Gavin Siriwardena, Jonathan Storkey, R. Mark Sulc, J.P. Theau, O. Therond, Clement A. Tisdell, Cairistiona F.E. Topp, Françoise Vertès, Christine A. Watson, Jeroen Watté, Michael Williams, Clevo Wilson. Contributors. Agroecosystem Diversity. 2018; ():1.

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David J. Abson; Eduardo Aguilera; Bagoré Bathily; Philippe Baveye; Nicolas Befort; Tim G. Benton; Isabelle Bertrand; Gilles Billen; Juliette Bloor; Timothy M. Bowles; Vincent Bretagnolle; Toby J.A. Bruce; Gianluca Brunori; Mauroni Alves Cangussú; Paulo César De F. Carvalho; Abad Chabbi; Julian Chará; Juan Cruz Colazo; Christian Corniaux; Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol; Simona D'amico; William Deen; Leonardo Deiss; Luc Delaby; Christian Dupraz; Michel Duru; Martha Xochitl Flores Estrada; Alan J. Franzluebbers; Doreen Gabriel; Josette Garnier; Francois Gastal; Amélie C.M. Gaudin; Bernard Giroud; John Gowdy; Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen; Laura Henckel; John Hendrickson; Olivier Huguenin-Elie; Christian Huyghe; Erik Steen Jensen; Eric Justes; David Kleijn; Katia Klumpp; Hein Korevaar; Scott L. Kronberg; Pierre Labarthe; Claudete Reisdorfer Lang; Gwenaëlle Lashermes; Luis Lassaletta; Gerry Lawson; Philippe LeComte; Gilles Lemaire; Julia Le Noë; Philippe Leterme; Isabelle Litrico; Marie-Benoit Magrini; Marty D. Matlock; Rogerio Martins Mauricio; Vanessa E. McMillan; Zia Mehrabi; Paul Miguet; Anibal De Moraes; Enrique Murgueitio; Thomas Nesme; Paul Neve; Martino Nieddu; Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo; Cristiano Magalhães Pariz; Sylvain Pellerin; Mark B. Peoples; L.D.A.S. Pontes; Sylvie Recous; John Regan; Leah L.R. Renwick; Rafael Sandin Ribeiro; Aude Ridier; Adanella Rossi; Cornelia Rumpel; Julie Ryschawy; Alberto Sanz-Cobeña; J. Schellberg; Verena Seufert; Gavin Siriwardena; Jonathan Storkey; R. Mark Sulc; J.P. Theau; O. Therond; Clement A. Tisdell; Cairistiona F.E. Topp; Françoise Vertès; Christine A. Watson; Jeroen Watté; Michael Williams; Clevo Wilson. 2018. "Contributors." Agroecosystem Diversity , no. : 1.