Italian Abstract: Le reti d’impresa che operano nel campo dell’efficienza energetica e dell’eco-sostenibilità del territorio possono innescare uno sviluppo sostenibile, innovativo e inclusivo e, per questa via, lo sviluppo locale. È questa l’ipotesi che ci si propone di verificare...

Coordination failures are very important in imperfect markets, because of related concept of multiple equilibria. This article attempts to explore this topic using tools to overcome the limitations of traditional analytical apparatus, which imposes stringent conditions about functions and...

Episodi di siccità sempre più frequenti e gravi minacciano il settore agricolo italiano. Si prevede che il cambiamento climatico accelererà questa tendenza, pertanto il settore deve sviluppare una resilienza nel lungo periodo. A questo fine, saranno necessarie una pianificazione e una...

The planning of a policy intervention aims at optimizing the decision-making process, resources allocation, outcomes of the intervention. The development of an integrated approach may contribute to achieve an effective and efficient planning. The article develops a protocol based on the adoption...

In Italy, the regulatory framework on Social Farming has a high level of articulation at national and regional level and requires adequate analysis in order to understand the possible implications for the agriculture. The purpose of the article is to contribute to the understanding the possible...

Italian Abstract: Le posizioni di avversione contro la globalizzazione, a partire dagli scontri di Seattle del 1999 nati durante le manifestazioni di protesta contro la conferenza ministeriale dell'Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio (OMC) fino ad arrivare al movimento “Occupy Wall...

There are different meanings of Social Farming (SF) both in the scientific, operational and administrative world, often linked to the different contexts in which the experiences have matured. The aim of the work, carried out with the Delphi method, is to reach a definition of SF as shared as...

Climate change is impacting on the agricultural sector in several ways, and the effects on yields are generally among the most observable ones. Open fields crops, such as cereals, are very vulnerable to climate change. We study the historical data on yields of main cereals, namely barley, maize,...