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Alternative food chains as a way to embed mountain agriculture in the urban market : the case of Trentino

Blasi, Emanuele; Cicatiello, Clara; Pancino, Barbara; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-13

Peri-urban agriculture is exposed to multiple pressures, which push to diversification and multifunctionality. However, the urban-rural link develops in different ways according to the features of the territories. A very interesting case is that of mountain areas, where the proportion among...

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Agricultural districts in the Italian regions : looking toward 2020

Toccaceli, Daniela - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-33

Agricultural, quality agro-food, supply-chain and rural districts were introduced by Italian law in 2001. With reference to European structural policies, especially rural development policy, and to the districts' originality and relationship to the LEADER method and programmes, we wonder whether...

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Efficiency and coordination in the EU agri-food systems

Severini, Simone; Sorrentino, Alessandro - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 5 (2017) 15, pp. 1-5

During the 52nd Conference of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economists (SIDEA), Italian agricultural economists have been given the opportunity to debate regarding internationalization, competition, and local development in agri-food systems. This special issue of the journal AFE contains...

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Is it possible to quantify the current resilience level of an agri-food system? : a review of the literature

Tebaldi, Letizia; Vignali, Giuseppe - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-22

Nowadays being resilient is a requirement of all companies and more in general supply chains, as a consequence of the frequent disruptions which repeatedly affect systems and challenge markets from different sides. But how to state whether a company and its related supply chain are resilient or...

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Dynamic and Long-term Linkages among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2014

and long-term linkages among growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, inequality and poverty. Agricultural … growth is found to be the most important factor in reducing inequality and poverty. The role of agricultural growth in … extreme poverty, and towards revival of agriculture in the post-2015 policy discourse. …

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Microfinance and Poverty -A Macro Perspective

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh; Annim, … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2010

Building on the recent literature on finance, growth and hunger, we have examined the experience of Asian countries over the last five decades, using dynamic panel models. Although the results are mixed, depending on the specification and variables used, there is some evidence favouring a...

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Role of Agriculture in Achieving MDG 1 in Asia and the Pacific Region

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2011

significantly the prospects of achieving MDG 1 of halving poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region. As more than a few countries in … poverty threshold of US$1.25 per day (at 2005 PPP) for assessing progress towards MDG1 is not so compelling now. Accordingly …, the present assessment uses two poverty thresholds: US$2 per day and US$1.25 per day (both at 2005 PPP). Our analysis …

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Financial Crisis in Asia: Its Genesis, Severity and Impact on Poverty and Hunger

Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh; Annim, … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2013

appear to have a negative impact on poverty. Our empirical evidence shows that growth performance was significantly lower …

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