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...

Comprises a selection of 16 essays that provide clarification to issues pertinent to contemporary cooperatives. This book - divided into five parts: Cooperatives: between markets and hierarchies; Governance; Internal organizational issues; Conduct of cooperatives; and Cooperative performance -...

Plant Factory: An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Productionprovides information on a field that is helping to offset the threats that unusual weather and shortages of land and natural resources bring to the food supply. As alternative options are needed to ensure...