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Economic and Financial Comparison between Organic and Conventional Farming in Sicilian Lemon Orchards

Sgroi, Filippo; Candela, Matteo; Trapani, Anna Maria Di; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 1, pp. 947-961

and financial sustainability of organic farming respect to conventional farming. The higher profitability of organic … Mediterranean tree crops. In this paper we have evaluated the economic and financial sustainability of lemon production, both in … price respect to conventional prices. Moreover, greater profitability of organic farming and use of environmentally friendly …

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Competitiveness <i>vs.</i> Sustainability: An Assessment of Profitability as a Component of an Approach on “Sustainable Competitiveness” in Extensive Farming Systems of Central Spa...

Farah, Andrea Baudoin; Gómez-Ramos, Almudena - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 8029-8055

the cereal steppes of Castile, Spain. An indicator based on each production system’s profitability threshold was built …

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Member heterogeneity in agricultural cooperatives: A systems-theoretic perspective

Iliopoulos, Constantine; Valentinov, Vladislav - In: Sustainability 10 (2018) 4, pp. 1-22

All over the globe, cooperatives are plagued by pervasive member heterogeneity problems that are induced by the radical and dynamic changes in the business environment. Most current solutions to these problems emphasize strengthening member loyalty and commitment. Yet, many of these solutions...

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Introducing a multiscalar framework for biocluster research: A meta-analysis

Ayrapetyan, David; Hermans, Frans - In: Sustainability 12 (2020) 9

sustainability of these clusters is often questioned because of the negative social and environmental effects they can have both …-analysis of biocluster case studies. As a result, we constructed a framework that combines the aspects of sustainability …

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How to foster rural sustainability through farming workforce rejuvenation? Looking into involuntary newcomers’ spatial (im)mobilities

Simões, Francisco; Unay-Gailhard, Ilkay; Mujčinović, Alen - In: Sustainability 13 (2021) 15

This conceptual paper aims to expand the notion of “farming newcomers” in Europe by also including those that we label “involuntary newcomers”, who correspond to the workforce coming unwillingly to farming for reasons associated with spatial (im)mobilities. We fully develop our aim in...

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The Political Economy of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Does Performance on the SDGs Affect Re-Election?

Kroll, Christian; Zipperer, Vera - In: Sustainability 12 (2020) 16

While the economic voting hypothesis is a well-researched approach to explain behavior at the ballot box, a broader perspective of economic, social and environmental issues regarding a government’s chances to get re-elected is still missing in the literature. In this context, this paper makes...

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