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Lack of public funding and environmental deterioration are promoting the search for innovative mechanisms enabling to boost farmers’ provision of agri-environmental climate public goods. This work aims to contribute to the current debate by highlighting the role of innovative contractual solutions through a systematic review of more than 60 articles. The review analyses the potential of result-based and collective contracts as innovative solutions compared to action-based instruments, which are those currently most used. The design of innovative contracts and other mechanisms, e.g., auction and screening contracts, can reduce the policy failures due to asymmetric information. The paper emphasises the trade-off between an accurate design of agri-environmental schemes and the related administrative burden, highlighting the need for a better understanding of the role of mechanisms design into the policy cycle. Some new instruments were not analysed in the review, due to the scarcity of literature, and there is the need of more case studies providing information on the effectiveness of instruments when implemented in different contexts. We fill the gap in empirical evidence through a SWOT analysis that evaluates the effectiveness and acceptability of innovative instruments for policy purposes.
Matteo Olivieri; Maria Andreoli; Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini. Innovative Contract Solutions for the Provision of Agri-Environmental Climatic Public Goods: A Literature Review. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6936 .
AMA StyleMatteo Olivieri, Maria Andreoli, Daniele Vergamini, Fabio Bartolini. Innovative Contract Solutions for the Provision of Agri-Environmental Climatic Public Goods: A Literature Review. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6936.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMatteo Olivieri; Maria Andreoli; Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini. 2021. "Innovative Contract Solutions for the Provision of Agri-Environmental Climatic Public Goods: A Literature Review." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6936.
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.
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.
AMA StyleKelly 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKelly 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.
In contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina, rural poverty is an unresolved issue, despite farming having been a poverty coping strategy for many rural dwellers, especially after the end of the Balkan war. Eradicating poverty is among the priorities of the national government that aims at EU candidacy and accession. Being the most dynamic among agricultural sectors, berry farming is a key agricultural activity at the national level and had been the subject of rural development interventions, including the establishment of agricultural cooperatives. This article provides evidence from the largest agricultural cooperative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to inform decision making and policy planning. The article aims at describing and analyzing the status and dynamics of poverty at the farm household level while highlighting their contributing factors, as well as at proposing possible development strategies based on the voice of local actors. Given the complexity and multifaceted features of the investigated issues, the methodological approach of this study relies on a mixed-methods research design, where the quantitative findings from the analysis of poverty status and dynamics and their contributing factors are complemented by qualitative findings from participatory activities. The results of the study pinpoint the successful contribution of the cooperative to the improvement of farmers' working conditions and market access and suggest that supporting collective action among berry farmers can be an effective rural development intervention to alleviate rural poverty and prevent poverty fallouts. To date, structural characteristics of farm holdings and households and climate and market-related conditions have significantly contributed to the farmers' poverty as well as to farmers’ exposure to poverty. Furthermore, bridging the gender gap is still a challenge in Bosnia and Herzegovina which should be addressed urgently to mitigate the problem of social exclusion and to promote bottom-up innovation.
Oriana Gava; Zahra Ardakani; Adela Delalić; Nour Azzi; Fabio Bartolini. Agricultural cooperatives contributing to the alleviation of rural poverty. The case of Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Journal of Rural Studies 2021, 82, 328 -339.
AMA StyleOriana Gava, Zahra Ardakani, Adela Delalić, Nour Azzi, Fabio Bartolini. Agricultural cooperatives contributing to the alleviation of rural poverty. The case of Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Journal of Rural Studies. 2021; 82 ():328-339.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOriana Gava; Zahra Ardakani; Adela Delalić; Nour Azzi; Fabio Bartolini. 2021. "Agricultural cooperatives contributing to the alleviation of rural poverty. The case of Konjic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)." Journal of Rural Studies 82, no. : 328-339.
A call to governments to enact a strategy for a sustainable food system is high on the global agenda. A sustainable food system presupposes a need to go beyond a view of the food system as linear and narrow, to comprehend the food system as dynamic and interlinked, which involves understanding social, economic and ecological outcomes and feedbacks of the system. As such, it should be accompanied by strategic, collaborative, transparent, inclusive, and reflexive agenda-setting process. The concepts of, directionality relating to an agreed vision for a future sustainable food system, and, reflexivity which describes the capacity for critical deliberation and responsiveness, are particularly important. Based on those concepts, this paper proposes an evaluative framework to assess tools and instruments applied during the agenda-setting stage. We apply the evaluative framework to recent food policy processes in Finland and Sweden, revealing that their agenda-setting design cannot be assessed as fully addressing both directionality and reflexivity, thus possibly falling short of the policy design needed for enable more transformative policy approaches.
Susanna Kugelberg; Fabio Bartolini; David R. Kanter; Anna Birgitte Milford; Kajsa Pira; Alberto Sanz-Cobena; Adrian Leip. Implications of a food system approach for policy agenda-setting design. Global Food Security 2020, 28, 100451 .
AMA StyleSusanna Kugelberg, Fabio Bartolini, David R. Kanter, Anna Birgitte Milford, Kajsa Pira, Alberto Sanz-Cobena, Adrian Leip. Implications of a food system approach for policy agenda-setting design. Global Food Security. 2020; 28 ():100451.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSusanna Kugelberg; Fabio Bartolini; David R. Kanter; Anna Birgitte Milford; Kajsa Pira; Alberto Sanz-Cobena; Adrian Leip. 2020. "Implications of a food system approach for policy agenda-setting design." Global Food Security 28, no. : 100451.
This study is a systematic review of literature on the impact of international migration on rural areas. We examined this impact on six rural welfare indicators, including labour, livelihood activities, income, food security, land use, and rural development. We selected 44 papers from a pool of 1544 articles published from 2007 to 2018. We found that the impact of international migration on selected indicators varies and are highly context-specific. The results point to the existence of heterogeneity in impacts, capable of creating a space of losers and winners among migrants and non-migrants households. The immediate impact is the loss labour effect, which leads to a process of feminisation of agriculture and the use of child labour. In the intermediate, this trend changes the power relationship in rural areas, briefly increasing the opportunities for the non-migrants household to control land. However, remittance helps the migrant household to move up in the income ladder, improving their food security, enabling the repurchase of land and causing a transition away from agriculture. We submit that international migration from developing countries could create a dynamic process of structural and functional transformations in rural areas, which may ultimately lead to a transition away from agriculture. We provide several policy implications and identified some research gaps for future studies.
Chinedu Obi; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori; Marijke D'Haese. How does international migration impact on rural areas in developing countries? A systematic review. Journal of Rural Studies 2020, 80, 273 -290.
AMA StyleChinedu Obi, Fabio Bartolini, Gianluca Brunori, Marijke D'Haese. How does international migration impact on rural areas in developing countries? A systematic review. Journal of Rural Studies. 2020; 80 ():273-290.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChinedu Obi; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori; Marijke D'Haese. 2020. "How does international migration impact on rural areas in developing countries? A systematic review." Journal of Rural Studies 80, no. : 273-290.
This chapter opens the second part of the Volume, focusing on the small farms' role and dynamics within the evolving food system. Assessing small farmers' actual and potential contribution to the change towards a sustainable food and nutrition security requires a deep understanding of their strategic decision-making processes. These processes take place in a context highly conditioned by internal and external conditions, including the complex relations between farm and household, which are mapped and described. Building on an adaptation of Porter's model (Porter, 1990), the chapter investigates how farmers, given those conditions, define their strategies (in particular their innovation strategies) aimed at economic and financial sustainability through a multidisciplinary analysis of scientific literature. Internal conditions are identified in the light of the Agricultural Household Model (Singh & Subramanian, 1986) which emphasizes how family farming strategies aim at combining business-related objectives, and family welfare. Then, a comprehensive set of external conditions is identified and then grouped within eight categories: ‘Factors’, ‘Demand’, ‘Finance and Risk’, ‘Regulation and Policy’, ‘Technological’, ‘Ecological’, ‘Socio-institutional’ and ‘Socio-demographic’. Similarly, six types of strategies are identified: ‘Agro-industrial competitiveness’, ‘Blurring farm borders’, ‘Rural development’, ‘Risk management’, ‘Political support’ and ‘Coping with farming decline’.
Stefano Grando; Fabio Bartolini; Isabelle Bonjean; Gianluca Brunori; Erik Mathijs; Paolo Prosperi; Daniele Vergamini. Small Farms' Behaviour: Conditions, Strategies and Performances. Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation 2020, 125 -169.
AMA StyleStefano Grando, Fabio Bartolini, Isabelle Bonjean, Gianluca Brunori, Erik Mathijs, Paolo Prosperi, Daniele Vergamini. Small Farms' Behaviour: Conditions, Strategies and Performances. Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation. 2020; ():125-169.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Grando; Fabio Bartolini; Isabelle Bonjean; Gianluca Brunori; Erik Mathijs; Paolo Prosperi; Daniele Vergamini. 2020. "Small Farms' Behaviour: Conditions, Strategies and Performances." Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation , no. : 125-169.
Background: The current food system has major consequences for the environment and for human health. Alignment of the food policy areas of mitigating climate change and public health will ensure coherent and effective policy interventions for sustaining human health and the environment. This paper explores literature on demand-side policies that aim to reduce consumption of animal-based foods, increase plant-based foods, and reduce overconsumption. Methods: We searched for publications, published between January 2000 and December 2019, considering the above policy domains. Articles were distinguished for type of policy instrument, for topic via keywords and examples were given. Results: The majority of demand-side policies focus on preventing overweight and obesity, using all types of policy instruments including more forceful market-based policies. Hardly any examples of public policies explicitly aiming to lower animal-based foods consumption were found. Policies combining health and sustainability objectives are few and mainly of the information type. Discussion: Moving towards environmentally sustainable and healthy diets is challenging as the implemented demand-side policies focus largely on human health, and not yet on environmental outcomes, or on win-wins. Policies targeting foods from the health perspective can contribute to lower environmental impacts, by indicating suitable animal-based food replacers, and aiming at avoiding overconsumption of energy dense-nutrient poor foods. Preferred policies include a variety of instruments, including strong measures. Conclusions: Working solutions are available to ensure coherent and effective demand side food policies aligning public health and environmental aims. Implementation of aligned and effective policy packages is urgent and needed.
Elisabeth Temme; Reina Vellinga; Henri De Ruiter; Susanna Kugelberg; Mirjam Van De Kamp; Anna Milford; Roberta Alessandrini; Fabio Bartolini; Alberto Sanz-Cobena; Adrian Leip. Demand-Side Food Policies for Public and Planetary Health. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5924 .
AMA StyleElisabeth Temme, Reina Vellinga, Henri De Ruiter, Susanna Kugelberg, Mirjam Van De Kamp, Anna Milford, Roberta Alessandrini, Fabio Bartolini, Alberto Sanz-Cobena, Adrian Leip. Demand-Side Food Policies for Public and Planetary Health. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):5924.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElisabeth Temme; Reina Vellinga; Henri De Ruiter; Susanna Kugelberg; Mirjam Van De Kamp; Anna Milford; Roberta Alessandrini; Fabio Bartolini; Alberto Sanz-Cobena; Adrian Leip. 2020. "Demand-Side Food Policies for Public and Planetary Health." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 5924.
Promoting sustainable agricultural systems, maintaining biodiversity, and establishing measures to counteract climate change are the clear objectives of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); however, there is still uncertainty regarding its implementation. At the level of the European Union, the justification for the CAP appears increasingly linked to the translation of policy objectives into results-based measures. Accordingly, in this paper, we estimate a composite indicator to track changes at the farm level and assess the impacts of agri-environment climate schemes (AECSs) on the change in management intensity. As AECS payments are tailored to compensate for the costs and income forgone due to participation in environmentally friendly measures, we assume that any environmental benefits increase with the amount of payment received. We estimate the effects of differential payments on management intensity by applying a generalised propensity score approach to a case study comprising all AECSs implemented in the Veneto region (North-eastern Italy). We find that AECSs have a significant effect on the composite indicator of extensification, but the provision of environmental good differs among the varying levels of payments. Our results contribute in-depth reflections and a proposal for measuring the cost-effectiveness of AECSs to the ongoing debate on the post-2020 CAP regarding AECSs.
Fabio Bartolini; Daniele Vergamini; Davide Longhitano; Andrea Povellato. Do differential payments for agri-environment schemes affect the environmental benefits? A case study in the North-Eastern Italy. Land Use Policy 2020, 107, 104862 .
AMA StyleFabio Bartolini, Daniele Vergamini, Davide Longhitano, Andrea Povellato. Do differential payments for agri-environment schemes affect the environmental benefits? A case study in the North-Eastern Italy. Land Use Policy. 2020; 107 ():104862.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Bartolini; Daniele Vergamini; Davide Longhitano; Andrea Povellato. 2020. "Do differential payments for agri-environment schemes affect the environmental benefits? A case study in the North-Eastern Italy." Land Use Policy 107, no. : 104862.
We explore the farmers’ perception of how different external drivers of changes in farming activities could lead to sustainability practices among wine producers. The general assumption is that regulatory and market forces can change the production strategies of wine producers, which could eventually lead to the adoption of sustainability practices. We presented the percentage sustainability practice (PSP) as a novel way of measuring sustainability. We developed a structural equation model (SEM) with 13 hypotheses to test our assumption for the wine supply chain in Tuscany (Italy). Among the market forces, we found that wine growers perceived access to credit to have a significant positive association with sustainability practices. We also found that the perception of change in regulatory instruments such as environmental regulation and Common Agriculture Policy can lead to sustainable practice if they improve access to credit. Our research provides evidence for medium-large scale wine producers, emphasising their role as carriers of innovation in the movement towards sustainable wine production.
Chinedu Obi; Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. The Impact of Changes in Regulatory and Market Environment on Sustainability of Wine Producers: A Structural Equation Model. Wine Economics and Policy 2020, 9, 51 -61.
AMA StyleChinedu Obi, Daniele Vergamini, Fabio Bartolini, Gianluca Brunori. The Impact of Changes in Regulatory and Market Environment on Sustainability of Wine Producers: A Structural Equation Model. Wine Economics and Policy. 2020; 9 (1):51-61.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChinedu Obi; Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. 2020. "The Impact of Changes in Regulatory and Market Environment on Sustainability of Wine Producers: A Structural Equation Model." Wine Economics and Policy 9, no. 1: 51-61.
Scientific meetings should be organized in the spirit of responsible consumption and production, including the prioritization of plant-based meals for reduced nitrogen loss. The Cercedilla Manifesto indicates how.
Alberto Sanz-Cobena; Roberta Alessandrini; Benjamin Leon Bodirsky; Marco Springmann; Eduardo Aguilera; Barbara Amon; Fabio Bartolini; Markus Geupel; Bruna Grizzetti; Susanna Kugelberg; Catharina Latka; Xia Liang; Anna Birgitte Milford; Patrick Musinguzi; Ee Ling Ng; Helen Suter; Adrian Leip. Research meetings must be more sustainable. Nature Food 2020, 1, 187 -189.
AMA StyleAlberto Sanz-Cobena, Roberta Alessandrini, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Marco Springmann, Eduardo Aguilera, Barbara Amon, Fabio Bartolini, Markus Geupel, Bruna Grizzetti, Susanna Kugelberg, Catharina Latka, Xia Liang, Anna Birgitte Milford, Patrick Musinguzi, Ee Ling Ng, Helen Suter, Adrian Leip. Research meetings must be more sustainable. Nature Food. 2020; 1 (4):187-189.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlberto Sanz-Cobena; Roberta Alessandrini; Benjamin Leon Bodirsky; Marco Springmann; Eduardo Aguilera; Barbara Amon; Fabio Bartolini; Markus Geupel; Bruna Grizzetti; Susanna Kugelberg; Catharina Latka; Xia Liang; Anna Birgitte Milford; Patrick Musinguzi; Ee Ling Ng; Helen Suter; Adrian Leip. 2020. "Research meetings must be more sustainable." Nature Food 1, no. 4: 187-189.
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.
Zahra Ardakani; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security. Agriculture 2020, 10, 74 .
AMA StyleZahra Ardakani, Fabio Bartolini, Gianluca Brunori. New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security. Agriculture. 2020; 10 (3):74.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZahra Ardakani; Fabio Bartolini; Gianluca Brunori. 2020. "New Evaluation of Small Farms: Implication for an Analysis of Food Security." Agriculture 10, no. 3: 74.
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.
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 .
AMA StyleFrancesca 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFrancesca 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.
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.
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 .
AMA StyleOriana 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOriana 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.
Increasing fish consumption along with rising competition in the global seafood market has brought fisheries and aquaculture producers to adopt several differentiation and marketing strategies. Labelling schemes were thus introduced to respond to a growing demand for traceable and sustainable products. However, the proliferation of quality labels brought to general confusion, calling for collective and public fish labels to ease decision-making. In our case study region (Tuscany, Italy), a number of policy-driven efforts were deployed for establishing regional labelling schemes for fisheries products with no observable impact on the market. Meanwhile, local companies have implemented a number of successful private and regional labels. The purpose of this research is to contribute to potential options for collective regional labelling schemes of fisheries and aquaculture products, through a case study analysis, building on agro-food value-chain and management approaches. Our empirical results highlight key issues and perspectives on labelling policies for local fisheries and aquaculture products.
Paolo Prosperi; Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini. Exploring institutional arrangements for local fish product labelling in Tuscany (Italy): a convention theory perspective. Agricultural and Food Economics 2020, 8, 1 -16.
AMA StylePaolo Prosperi, Daniele Vergamini, Fabio Bartolini. Exploring institutional arrangements for local fish product labelling in Tuscany (Italy): a convention theory perspective. Agricultural and Food Economics. 2020; 8 (1):1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StylePaolo Prosperi; Daniele Vergamini; Fabio Bartolini. 2020. "Exploring institutional arrangements for local fish product labelling in Tuscany (Italy): a convention theory perspective." Agricultural and Food Economics 8, no. 1: 1-16.
Nitrogen is a crucial input to food production and yet its oversupply in many parts of the world contributes to a number of environmental problems. Most policies dedicated to reducing agricultural nitrogen pollution focus on changing farmer behaviour. However, farm-level policies are challenging to implement and farmers are just one of several actors in the agri-food chain. The activities of other actors — from fertilizer manufacturers to wastewater treatment companies — can also impact nitrogen losses at the farm level and beyond. Consequently, policymakers have a broader range of policy options than traditionally thought to address nitrogen pollution from field to fork. Inspired by the concept of full-chain nitrogen use efficiency, this Perspective introduces the major actors common in agri-food chains from a nitrogen standpoint, identifies nitrogen policies that could be targeted towards them and proposes several new criteria to guide ex-ante analysis of the feasibility and design of different policy interventions. Sustainably feeding ten billion people by 2050 will require fundamental changes in the global food system — a broad portfolio of policy options and a framework for how to select them is essential.
David R. Kanter; Fabio Bartolini; Susanna Kugelberg; Adrian Leip; Oene Oenema; Aimable Uwizeye. Nitrogen pollution policy beyond the farm. Nature Food 2019, 1, 27 -32.
AMA StyleDavid R. Kanter, Fabio Bartolini, Susanna Kugelberg, Adrian Leip, Oene Oenema, Aimable Uwizeye. Nitrogen pollution policy beyond the farm. Nature Food. 2019; 1 (1):27-32.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid R. Kanter; Fabio Bartolini; Susanna Kugelberg; Adrian Leip; Oene Oenema; Aimable Uwizeye. 2019. "Nitrogen pollution policy beyond the farm." Nature Food 1, no. 1: 27-32.
The paper argues for the need to integrate the linkages between migration, remittances and food crises in the migration-food security literature. Food crises that are exacerbated by erratic climatic changes, violence and other uncertainties are important drivers of international migration. Research on the impact of migration and remittances on food security has grown lately, but it is arguably not comprehensive in its approach. The role of remittances in improving household food security experience during food crises is a vital stream being neglected, and the impact of remittances on food security over a long-term is yet to be studied comprehensively. To fill this gap, we analysed the case study of Nigeria using a World Bank Living Standards dataset, and followed an instrumental variable approach. Our results showed that remittance is valuable in meeting both short and long-term food security, and it is a veritable instrument for meeting household food security during food crises. It is particularly crucial for female-headed households who are more vulnerable to food insecurity. Although it does not significantly improve dietary diversity, households receiving remittances are less likely to adopt unhealthy coping practices such as eating less nutritious food, and less likely to be worried about meeting household food requirements due to lack of money. We conclude that remittances do not only smoothen consumption; it also places households on higher food security equilibrium during food crises.
Chinedu Obi; Fabio Bartolini; Marijke D'Haese. International migration, remittance and food security during food crises: the case study of Nigeria. Food Security 2019, 12, 207 -220.
AMA StyleChinedu Obi, Fabio Bartolini, Marijke D'Haese. International migration, remittance and food security during food crises: the case study of Nigeria. Food Security. 2019; 12 (1):207-220.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChinedu Obi; Fabio Bartolini; Marijke D'Haese. 2019. "International migration, remittance and food security during food crises: the case study of Nigeria." Food Security 12, no. 1: 207-220.
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.
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.
AMA StyleDaniele 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.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniele 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.
The structure of global wine consumption is changing from traditional concerns with color, taste, alcohol contents, brand, etc. to low alcohol,...
Sanghyun Jeon; Sangtaek Seo; Fabio Bartolini. Wine Market Segmentation Considering New Consumption Trend: Focusing on Korea Wine Festival Participants. Korean Agricultural Economics Association 2019, 60, 153 -175.
AMA StyleSanghyun Jeon, Sangtaek Seo, Fabio Bartolini. Wine Market Segmentation Considering New Consumption Trend: Focusing on Korea Wine Festival Participants. Korean Agricultural Economics Association. 2019; 60 (3):153-175.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanghyun Jeon; Sangtaek Seo; Fabio Bartolini. 2019. "Wine Market Segmentation Considering New Consumption Trend: Focusing on Korea Wine Festival Participants." Korean Agricultural Economics Association 60, no. 3: 153-175.
Agri-environmental schemes (AESs) constitute one of the main agricultural policy instruments that address environmental objectives in the Common Agricultural Policy. However, in spite of a 20-year application window and large budgetary shares allocated by EU member states, several studies demonstrate lower-than-expected environmental impacts. The reasons for poor environmental outcomes are the lack of targeting, low participation rates, spatial heterogeneity, and information asymmetry between farmers and public administrators. This study comprehensively analyses the determinants of AES adoption while highlighting patterns of the spatial agglomeration of participation in organic and integrated production. For this, we combine the results of farm-level adoption analysis with a spatial analysis of the participation rate. The results show that both micro- and meso-level characteristics strongly impact AES participation. In fact, farm and household structure, quality of extension services, and territorial conditions all significantly affect AES adoption.
Fabio Bartolini; Daniele Vergamini. Understanding the Spatial Agglomeration of Participation in Agri-Environmental Schemes: The Case of the Tuscany Region. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2753 .
AMA StyleFabio Bartolini, Daniele Vergamini. Understanding the Spatial Agglomeration of Participation in Agri-Environmental Schemes: The Case of the Tuscany Region. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (10):2753.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFabio Bartolini; Daniele Vergamini. 2019. "Understanding the Spatial Agglomeration of Participation in Agri-Environmental Schemes: The Case of the Tuscany Region." Sustainability 11, no. 10: 2753.
The economic crisis and the pressure towards efficient and effective use of public money claim for a higher accountability of research expenditure, as well as for a greater proximity of research to the needs of community. While agricultural productivity represents a worldwide goal for agricultural research as a response to growing food, feed and energy demands, other objectives besides productivity are becoming central. The challenge is to take into account broader impacts that go beyond academic and economic ones, and to improve knowledge on the causal impact-generating mechanisms. In this paper, we adopt a causal perspective and estimate the impact of agricultural research expenditure on multiple dimensions. We develop a structural equation model relating research expenditure, research activity, productivity and multiple impact indicators within a dynamic impact pathway, accounting for existing domain knowledge on causal relationships and their lag structures. The model is applied on EU 15 countries over the period 1980–2014, making use of official statistics from several European databases.
Alessandro Magrini; Fabio Bartolini; Alessandra Coli; Barbara Pacini. A structural equation model to assess the impact of agricultural research expenditure on multiple dimensions. Quality & Quantity 2019, 53, 2063 -2080.
AMA StyleAlessandro Magrini, Fabio Bartolini, Alessandra Coli, Barbara Pacini. A structural equation model to assess the impact of agricultural research expenditure on multiple dimensions. Quality & Quantity. 2019; 53 (4):2063-2080.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Magrini; Fabio Bartolini; Alessandra Coli; Barbara Pacini. 2019. "A structural equation model to assess the impact of agricultural research expenditure on multiple dimensions." Quality & Quantity 53, no. 4: 2063-2080.