Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Eva Pfostl Title: Editorial. Food for Sustainability and Not Just Food Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:5-9 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52635&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alberto Manelli Title: New Paradigms for a Sustainable Well-Being Abstract: The achievement of the "food safety" is strictly linked to the enterprises and their production capacity. But it is equally important for the achievement of a new sustainability the role played by the markets - financials and commodities ones -, as well as by their operators, particularly to commercial, financial and credit intermediaries. The "farm crisis" is based , therefore, on effectively agricultural and environmental, but also economic and markets questions. The present work aims to represent an attempt to extend the scientific research on new paradigms of sustainable well-being to variables since here, at least in part, neglected, or still considered prejudicially harmful, with respect to environmental issues. Thus, it seeks to investigate especially the economic dimension of sustainable well-being, with reference to the financial market and its rules, as well as to the foodstuffs market and the rules for the formation of the price of the latter. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Paradigma, sicurezza alimentare, sostenibilit? del benessere, politica agricola comunitaria, finanza sostenibile, sviluppo sostenibile Note: Pages:11-30 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52636&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gian Paolo Cesaretti Author-Name: Rosa Misso Author-Name: Francesca D'Alessandro Author-Name: H. Shakir Hanna Safwat Author-Name: Brent S. Steel Author-Name: Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou Title: Sustainable Governance for a New "Proximity Market"of our Agriculture Abstract: The review of institutional organization of the municipalities in metropolitan cities leads us to reflect on the new role that agriculture and its stakeholders have to play in the pursuit of sustainability of well-being. In this context, this paper aims to highlight new models of governance for agriculture in the future, more appropriate to the emergence of a new proximity market, but especially more embedded in a feedback system that it will be able to offer in terms of lifestyles, mobility, work, health, leisure, social relationships and milieu. More precisely, agriculture can find a proximity market, whether it will be able to ensure the replicability of the stock of social, human, natural and economic capital, to respond to new lifestyles and to maintain and protect the identity of the territory. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Mercato di prossimit?, sostenibilit? del benessere, agricoltura sostenibile, citt? metropolitana, agricoltura di prossimit? Note: Pages:31-42 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52637&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jeannette M. Blackmar Title: Deliberative Democracy, Civic Engagement and Food Policy Councils Abstract: This paper explores county/city food policy councils in the United States through the lens of deliberative democracy. Food policy councils are emergent institutions operating in an advisory capacity to city/county government. Scholars claim that food policy councils are a primary means by which to allow input from citizens who have been marginalized by our current global industrial food system. The question remains as to whether or not food policy councils do in fact democratize the food system. The question of who participates on food policy councils is examined through case studies of five food policy councils in the United States. Findings indicate that a small number of lay stakeholders are represented on food policy councils but they are not inclusive of the diversity of people who are affected daily by the food system. The paper concludes with a preliminary framework for food policy councils. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Impegno cittadino, governance collaborativa, democrazia deliberativa, comitati di politica alimentare Note: Pages:43-57 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52638&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giovanni Quaranta Author-Name: Rosanna Salvia Title: Sustainability Patterns and Policy Fit: Evidences from a Mixed Approach Applied in a Euro-Mediterranean Area (Alento Basin, Campania Region, Italy) Abstract: Rural areas are characterized by highly heterogeneous landscapes; rural mosaics, which are home to varying intensities of land-use and processes of deactivation and abandonment. The study discussed in this paper proposes a method for the integrated analysis of these rural areas which combines the analysis of land cover dynamics, using GIS, with an assessment of socio-economic dynamics, reconstructed through the combined use of indicators and local history. The method, applied to a socio-ecological system which is representative of the Mediterranean basin, is proposed as a tool to support sustainability processes and the territorialisation of rural polices. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Dinamiche del paesaggio, variazioni della destinazione d?uso del terreno, sviluppo rurale, sistemi socio-ecologici rurali, politiche rurali, resilienza rurale, deterioramento del suolo, aumento della boscaglia Note: Pages:59-81 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52639&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002005 Number: 5 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Stephen Sherwood Author-Name: Myriam Paredes Author-Name: Joan Gross Author-Name: Micaela Hammer Title: The Future of Sustainability as a Product of the Present: Lessons from Modern Food in Ecuador Abstract: Drawing on historical research in the northern highlands of Ecuador, the authors summarize how 75 years of state-supported agricultural modernization and subsequent food policies have led to diverse, wide-scale socio-environmental decline. Despite this global trend, they find considerable heterogeneity in familylevel farming and food practices, with highly diverse and important implications for human health, economy and the environment. Following a study of ?positive deviance?, they argue that certain production-consumption patterns are more sustainable than others, representing a time-proven, yet largely neglected resource for policy reform. Nevertheless, Ecuador?s investment in modern food poses formidable institutional challenges to change, while sparking increasingly influential social counter-movements. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Pratiche agricole e alimentari, eterogeneit?, sostenibilit?, Ecuador Note: Pages:83-103 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52640&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002006 Number: 6 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Madhurilata Basu Title: Living with the River: Glimpses from Murshidabad Abstract: In a district affected by poverty, flood, riverbank erosion, the life of people in the ?borderlands?, in Murshidabad, is a story of everyday struggle and endless negotiations. Being a border district, Murshidabad, is under constant supervision of the security personnel. But the process of ?othering? becomes complete when one reaches river chars or charlands that also coincide with the Indo-Bangladesh border. Whims of the river, affecting the life and livelihood of the people, clubbed with various sorts of restrictions on movements, indifference of the local administration, difficulties in accessing various kinds of amenities like hospitals, schools or food items at subsidized rates, make them near-citizens. This paper explores the realities in two charlands in Jalangi- char Parashpur and char Bhadra. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Alluvioni, erosione della sponda del fiume, chars/charlands, confini, sicurezza alimentare, traffico illegale Note: Pages:105-124 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52641&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002007 Number: 7 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Immacolata Viola Title: The Made in Italy "Beyond the Growth": The Food System Green Oriented Abstract: The Made in..Italy is considered as a driving force for growth and employment. It is defined as the combination of art, style, innovation, culture, landscape, traditions and ancient crafts. However, we believe that the Made in.. Italy, should take a further responsibilities to go ?beyond the growth". Does this mean we relate to all of the determinants of well-being; consider the areas of well-being and finally adopt a holistic approach of well-being. In this work, we take care of the Italian Food System and in particular that its component that can be included within the Made in Italy and as one of its orientation green can actually allow the Food System Made in Italy to help give answers in terms of "Sustainability Empowerment". Classification-JEL: Keywords: Made in.., Made in Italy, benessere, sustainability empowerment, orientamento green, stile italiano Note: Pages:125-168 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52642&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002008 Number: 8 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Massimiliano Agovino Author-Name: Antonio Garofalo Author-Name: Angela Mariani Title: Urban Environmental Quality and Sustainable Food Sourcing: A Spatial Approach Using Italian Provincial Data Abstract: Environmental pollution affects human health and well-being, not only directly, but also indirectly due to its effects on food safety and urban and peri-urban agriculture. Proper indicators of urban environmental quality could improve the measurement of the health and well-being component of the Human Development Index. In this paper, by using the Legambiente Index and the Local Moran Transition Probability Matrix, we assess and compare the performance of Italian provinces? in providing urban environmental quality. Results show a persistent dualism between Northern and Southern Italy and the absence of positive environmental spillover among neighboring provinces. In Southern Italy, policymakers should focus more on improving sustainable food sourcing for a more sustainable and resilient urban development. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Qualit? ambientale; matrice delle probabilit? di transizione locali di moran; statistica spaziale; indice di Legambiente; diffusione spaziale; analisi esplorativa dei dati spaziali (AEDS) Note: Pages:139-157 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52643&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002009 Number: 9 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Carlo Alberto Campiotti Author-Name: Arianna Latini Author-Name: Matteo Scoccianti Author-Name: Damiano Biagiotti Author-Name: Germina Giagnacovo Author-Name: Corinna Viola Title: Energy Efficiency in Italian Fruit and Vegetables Processing Industries in the EU Agro-Food Sector Context Abstract: The food and beverages industry is a leading manufacturing sector in Europe. In 2012, the Italian agro-food industry, including farming, food industry, retail, services, and other related components, has reached the 17% of GDP. In terms of energy consumption, the whole agro-food system consumes large amounts of fossil fuels for the production of vegetable and animal food. This paper draws attention to the agro-food industry in Italy and in the European context, exploring more in details the fruit and vegetables industrial sector. Main measures, policies and technologies determining energy consumption in the agro-food industry are focused. Furthermore, available energy efficiency improvement tools and feasible ways to efficiently manage most of energy consumptions are discussed. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Industria agroalimentare, efficienza energetica, agricoltura, consumo energetico, energie rinnovabili Note: Pages:159-174 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52644&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002010 Number: 10 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Florinda Bran Author-Name: Carmen Valentina Radulescu Author-Name: Ildiko Ioan Title: The Paradigm of Sustainability and the Entropic Approach of Economic Systems in the View of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Abstract: Sustainability will bring changes in all aspects of the everyday life by overposing ecology over economy. Departing from this prediction made more than a decade ago we are analysing at what extent the entropy based economic theory of value could contribute to the paradigm shift needed for a faster change toward sustainability. Concepts and rational of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen developed several decades ago are revisited and interpreted through the lence of sustainability. Finally it is discussed how entropy management tools could be used for minimizing high entropy generation and creating incentives to support negentropy sources such as education, research, but also traditional ecological knowledge. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Entropia, valore economico, sostenibilita, bio economia, informazioni Note: Pages:175-188 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52645&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002011 Number: 11 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sara Fabbrizzi Author-Name: Silvio Menghini Author-Name: Nicola Marinelli Title: The Short Food Supply Chain: A Concrete Example of Sustainability. A Literature Review Abstract: The present work is a literature review on the short food supply chain, interpreted as a concrete example of sustainability, in which various economic, social and environmental topics are linked in a way that interprets the short food supply chain as a new form of dynamism in the market for agricultural goods. This work presents the expected benefits of the alternative agri-food networks for the producer, the consumer and the community, the various interpretative approaches and the criteria for the classification of different forms of short food supply chain. In particular, the paper shows how the short food supply chain offers to the manufacturer and the consumer elements of response to the crisis of modernization, which led to the promotion of "relocalization" processes of production-consumption systems, according to the principles of sustainability. In fact, the consumer, by selecting the short food supply chain, not only searches for certain characteristics of the product, but also wants to participate in a "social event" which includes environmental, fairness and food and economic democracy principles. The producer, through the direct sale, expresses his will to retain a greater final value added, but also enhances the quality of the products and, improving the network of relations, re-evaluates its social role, with positive effects for the community. The short food supply chain, thus, becomes a concrete place where several players - not only the producer and the consumer - interact in the spirit of agri-food governance, where the act of buying is transformed in an act with an economic, social and ecological positive valence. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Filiera corta, sostenibilit?, produttore, consumatore, collettivit?, network, governance agroalimentare Note: Pages:189-206 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52646&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002012 Number: 12 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tsekouropoulos Georgios Author-Name: Vatis Stilianos-Eustratios Author-Name: Andreopoulou Zacharoula Author-Name: Katsonis Nikolaos Author-Name: Eugenia Papaioannou Title: The aspects of internet-based management, marketing, consumer?s purchasing behavior and social media towards food sustainability Abstract: In the present electronic era, all companies tend to adopt in some extend internet- based features aiming to be compatible and viable and support food sustainability. In this paper, SMEs in the Food and Beverage sector were surveyed aiming to study the employ in their websites of contemporary managerial and marketing functions and social media. There was used a sample of 80 Greek SMEs in Macedonia, in Northern Greece. Findings of the research show that strategic planning and the quality control features appear in almost half of the surveyed SMEs, while organizing planning features appear in lower percentages. Concerning marketing, there is not a standard IT adoption rate, which varies from a simple informational, promotional and advertisement SME presence, to the total accomplishment of electronic orders and epayments. Moreover, most of the SMEs appear to adopt a responsible attitude, as far as social responsibility or green marketing is concerned. Furhter, almost half of the SMEs are connected to the Social Media, so as to boost their productivity, innovation and fame. Results of the study aim to contribute to the construction of a new model of organization of SMEs in food and beverage sector and in food chain in general, more respondent to the claims of well being of the consumer using internet- based features towards the food sustainability goal. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sostenibilita alimentare, marketing, pubblicita, e-commerce, PMI, comportamento d?acquisto dei consumatori, pianificazione organizzativa, controllo di qualita, social media, internet. Note: Pages:207-222 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52647&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002013 Number: 13 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Chiara Mazzocchi Author-Name: Giudo Sali Title: Farm Sustainability in Lebanon: The Marjayoun Plain Case Study Abstract: Agricultural system sustainability is influenced by different factors related to local agricultural structure. The impact of these factors on the farm functionality may provide an estimate, albeit crude, of the agricultural system dynamism and weaknesses. The paper proposes a tool useful for territory planning and agricultural policies programs to assess the viability of an agricultural system in Developing Countries, focused on a farm scale. The methodology is based on some agricultural variables affecting farm functionality and stability. The analysis was applied to the Marjayoun Plain, a Lebanese agricultural enclave. The results clearly disclose the existence of some vulnerability areas in the Plain but also some positive elements in terms of sustainability. The results are mapped by Geographical Information Systems tools. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sostenibilita, resilienza delle aziende agricole, sicurezza alimentare, Geographical Information System, PCA, Libano Note: Pages:223-236 Volume: 2014/2 Year: 2014 Issue:2 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=52648&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2014-002014 Number: 14