Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Eva Pfostl Title: Editorial. Conditions of Sustainability & Food Systems Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:5-7 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54282&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gian Paolo Cesaretti Author-Name: Maria Carmen de Angelis Author-Name: Rosa Misso Author-Name: Aquilina Olleia Author-Name: Hanna Safwat H. Shakir Title: Towards a Universal Right to Well-being Sustainability Abstract: Sustainability is a right for all and the recognition of this requires a shift to a not more segmented approach to well-being sustainability. It is fundamental an universal approach, based on three pillars: an integrated communication strategy "Empowering Sustainability"; a new reference global system; the valorization of the "Excellence systems" of the territories. Starting from these considerations, this article looks at the role that the Food Systems of the Planet can play in determining the recognition of the right to an Overall Food System as a lever for the construction and maintenance over time and space of the well-being of our societies. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sustainability empowerment, diritto alla sostenibilit?, sistema alimentazione, diritto all?alimentazione, comunicazione integrata, sostenibilit? del benessere. Note: Pages:9-26 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54283&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Timothy Josling Title: Trade, Sustainability and the Food and Natural Resource System: Some Examples of Governance Issues Abstract: Trade in agricultural goods and raw materials provides an important challenge for rule-making at the national, regional and international level. Many of the activities undertaken in the name of efficient agriculture are unsustainable, but unsustainable agriculture does not depend just from the exports level, because it can be found everywhere: in fact, trade in agricultural and food products can both threaten and promote sustainability. At that point the question arises as to what multilateral (or regional) rules are needed specifically to tackle the issue of sustainability and trade? With regards to this question, there are several issues such as property rights to indigenous resources, trade rules governing biofuels, investment in and ownership of land and mineral rights in resource-rich countries. This short paper looks at some specific areas where the issue of global governance, through trade institutions, impinges on farming and fishing practices and related types of raw material trade, by presenting a taxonomy that shows the intersection between government trade activities, trade agreements and sustainability. Particularly, it may consider two categories of government activity in agricultural and raw material trade: taxes or other restrictions and subsidies or other forms of encouragement; these actions can be divided in the direction of sustainability and those that are inimical to that objective. Therefore, the paper will illustrate the interface between trade rules and sustainability objectives, by discussing some examples reflecting these actions/sustainability combinations, such as: the removal of tariffs on environmental goods; restrictions on imports of products produced in an unsustainable way; restrictions on exports of raw materials in the context of scarcity; subsidies to encourage environmental farming practices; subsidies for the production and use of biofuels; and subsidies for fossil fuel usage. The last section links these topics to the issue of gaps in global governance: this item has been recognized in WTO discourse for some time, especially in the Ministerial Declaration on the contribution of the WTO to achieving greater coherence in global economic policymaking. But the search for a cohesive system of governance remains in the hands of the major countries of the world that have to led the way towards the synergy between trade rules and sustainability goals. s. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Commercio, sostenibilit?, risorse, amministrazione, tasse, sussidi. Note: Pages:27-43 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54284&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jeannette M. Blackmar Author-Name: John C. Pierce Author-Name: Brent S. Steel Title: Social Capital and The Centrality of Local Food Policy to Sustainability Initiatives in U.S. Counties Abstract: The conceptualization of sustainability has evolved greatly since the Bruntland commission defined it as comprising the "three E?s." of environment, equity and economics (WCED, 1987). As a concept, sustainability has been both broadened to include such additional themes as cultural and creative dimensions, and deepened into a broad variety of specific policy domains, such as local food policy (Moldavanova, 2013). This paper examines 1) the centrality of local food policy in the system of sustainability initiatives in a sample of counties in the United States; and 2) assesses the role of social capital in variations in food policy initiatives and in the relationship of those initiatives to the major dimensions of sustainability. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Politica alimentare locale, programmi per la sostenibilita, capitale sociale, contee degli Stati Uniti, sistemi alimentari locali, farmer?s markets Note: Pages:45-62 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54285&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Francesco Marangon Author-Name: Tiziano Tempesta Author-Name: Stefania Troiano Author-Name: Daniel Vecchiato Title: Sustainable Agriculture and No-Food Production: An Empirical Investigation on Organic Cosmetics Abstract: Organic cosmetics represent an interesting case study of the links between sustainability and the agricultural system beyond food production. Organic agriculture is rapidly growing not only as a segment of the food industry but also as a producer of ecosystem services, and row materials for, among the others, the cosmetic industry. This growth is mainly due to the development of an important trend of environmental consciousness among costumers. This study presents an application of choice experiments to analyze the preferences of costumers between organic and conventional cosmetic products. Our results pointed out that environmental consciousness, especially among young people, was one of the main drivers in determining their purchase behavior toward organic cosmetics. Moreover, the results shown respondents were willing to pay a premium price also for cosmetic products that respect animal welfare. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Cosmetici biologici, agricoltura sostenibile, choice experiment, consumo, willingness to pay, random parameter model Note: Pages:63-77 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54286&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001005 Number: 5 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Aurora Cavallo Author-Name: Benedetta Di Donato Author-Name: Rossella Guadagno Author-Name: Davide Marino Title: Cities, Agriculture and Changing Landscapes in Urban Milieu: The case of Rome Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the characteristics and the dynamics that characterize urban agriculture in the case of Rome. We summarize in an evolutionary approach the stylized facts of the relationship between town and the context of agricultural production in order to propose a taxonomy of the types of urban agriculture. The effort proposed here is a preliminary analysis of urban agriculture through a system of criteria for the classification of the distribution of the functional and relational features of agricultural activities in urban phenomenon. These interpretative categories attempt to reconstruct the causal relationships that translate agricultural production models (farms? data, legal forms, use of natural resources, localization), in specific forms in the spatial and functional urban dimension - physical and social - and their role in territorial milieu. On the theoretical level this analysis is embedded in the co-evolutionary paradigm and looks to the landscape as the result of interactions between the environmental system and the action of human who lives and uses the territory. This typization ultimately still seems a goal to achieve, this is the first step towards the construction of an interpretative and vocabulary typological then be systematize with the morphological data and those of land use. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Agricoltura urbana, milieu, relazioni urban rural, paesaggio, politiche e pianificazione, Roma Note: Pages:79-97 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54287&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001006 Number: 6 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giuseppe Timpanaro Author-Name: Alessandro Scuderi Author-Name: Vera Teresa Foti Author-Name: Valeria Lo Giudice Title: The Social Relationships? Effectiveness of "Agrisocial" Farms: A Model of Sustainable Local Development Abstract: In accordance with the multifunctional farms model, social farming activities are useful instruments to maintain sustainable competitive advantages in certain areas, as these made-to-order services are able to satisfy the needs declared and/or hidden of local communities. The authors claim that social farming activities can be a model of sustainable development for local communities through the construction of an effective relationships network that is able to involve the interested actors within the complex process of social services delivery. The Social Network Analysis has been used to measure the relationships created by the agrisocial farms belonging to a periurban area. The results show effectiveness of relationships network and an good level of cross sector collaboration among local actors. This relationships network is able to contributes also to local development. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Multifunzionalit?, SNA, area rururbana, integrazione, territorio, servizi sociali Note: Pages:99-116 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54288&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001007 Number: 7 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Alberto Stanislao Atzori Author-Name: Roberto Furesi Author-Name: Fabio A. Madau Author-Name: Pietro Pulina Author-Name: Pier Giacomo Rassu Title: Sustainability of Dairy Sheep Production in Pasture Lands: A Case Study Approach to Integrate Economic and Environmental Perspectives Abstract: Sheep farming plays a large role in some specific economies, maintains strong links with natural resources, and produces multiple functions in rural areas. Its sustainability has to deal with different purposes. This study aims to assess economic and environmental sustainability of extensive dairy sheep farming in Sardinia. A case study approach was adopted in order to directly collect farm data and to integrate assessments on more dimensions of sustainability. We found that farm is not profitable without support of public financial aids. Furthermore, production of nitrogen is under the normative limit and greenhouses gas emission intensity, allocated with economic criteria, was equal to 2,3 and 16,1 kg of CO2eq emitted per kg of produced milk and meat, respectively. Empirical evidences suggest the need to better take into account environmental externalities and into the farmer?s choices. A public financial support system expressively based on minimizing environmental externalities might force farmers to incentive eco-sustainable production and guarantee them profitability. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Allevamento ovino, balance sheet analysis, analisi del ciclo di vita, risorse naturali, multifunzionalit?, politiche agricole Note: Pages:117-134 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54289&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001008 Number: 8 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Anna Irene De Luca Author-Name: Giacomo Falcone Author-Name: Nathalie Iofrida Author-Name: Teodora Stillitano Author-Name: Alfio Strano Author-Name: Giovanni Gulisano Title: Life Cycle Methodologies to Improve Agri-Food Systems Sustainability Abstract: The paper takes into account the sustainability issues linked to agri-food systems by deepening the so-called life cycle-based approaches as tools useful to characterize and quantify several impact typologies generated by all phases of a production process. To achieve the objectives of eco-compatibility, economic profitability and social well-being, the measurement of sustainability performances represents an essential requirement, as well as the need of increasingly innovative evaluation methods with holistic and all-embracing features. Even more so, in the evaluation of complex socio-environmental systems, like agricultural ones, uncertainty often arises and the quality of decision processes can be a high concern. Life Cycle Thinking (LCT), as conceptual framework, and its operative counterpart the Life Cycle Management (LCM) are characterized by a systemic approach useful to integrate sustainability priorities into all phases of production processes, by improving design, innovation and evaluation activities. LCM includes several analytical tools, more or less standardized or yet in working progress, which compose the so-called "tool box" including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), each one for the evaluation of the three different sustainability dimensions. This article aims to provide a brief overview of all life cycle methodologies by outlining the origin and evolution, the main features and potentiality of application in agri-food sector. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sostenibilit?, sistemi agro-alimentari, approcci del "ciclo di vita", Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). Note: Pages:135-150 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54290&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001009 Number: 9 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mariantonietta Fiore Author-Name: Francesco Cont? Author-Name: Giustina Pellegrini Title: Reducing Food Losses: A (Dis)-Opportunity Cost Model Abstract: A huge amount of resources used in food production is lost or wasted globally and the same for the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the production of food. A plethora of methodologies to assess economic, environmental and social impacts stands out. The aim of this paper is to analyze the social impacts of food losses along the food chain: the methodology is based on the elaboration of a disopportunity cost taking into account food waste and losses Kcals and Kcals/required per day (to cope with the energy expenditure), U.A.A. (Utilized Agricultural Area) cost. Findings are aimed at highlighting how the food looses reduction is crucial for an intra-generational equity. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Perdita alimentare, rifiuto alimentare, impatto economico-sociale, costo (dis)-opportunit?, sostenibilit?, equit? intragenerazionale Note: Pages:151-166 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54291&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001010 Number: 10 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Francesca Mandanici Author-Name: Roberta Pace Title: University Financial Sustainability: A Comparison between Italy and other EU Countries (Part I: The Drivers) Abstract: The research aims at evaluating the financial sustainability of Italian state universities in respect to the other EU countries. We define it as the ability to achieve teaching and research objectives meeting the balance between incomes and expenditures, and we evaluate it from the interaction between three factors: the financial autonomy, the leverage, and the liquidity. In the first part of the paper, we analyze the literature, and we translate these factors in a series of warning indicators. In the second part of the paper, we apply these indicators to the financial reports obtained from the Statistical Office of the Italian Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The objectives are: to calculate a synthetic sustainability indicator for each Italian state university, and to compare the risk among Italian universities and Italian and EU university sector. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Sostenibilit? finanziaria, autonomia finanziaria, indebitamento, liquidit?, universit? Note: Pages:167-180 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54292&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001011 Number: 11 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Clara Cicatiello Author-Name: Silvio Franco Author-Name: Emanuele Blasi Author-Name: Barbara Pancino Title: How Sustainable are Food Systems? One Step beyond the Concept Abstract: The sustainability of food systems is a topical issue in recent years, but the definition of this concept is still very unclear. This paper aims to face this challenge, in order to support a sustainability assessment of the food systems. Such a definition should tackle the underpinning dimensions of sustainability, i.e. the environmental, social and economic domains. Once the sustainability concept has been defined, an interpretative framework to assess food system sustainability can be proposed, and indicators to measure these issues are discussed. Many have already been tested at the operative level, but it remains unclear how to measure some social and economic issues. Suggestions on how to fill these gaps are discussed in the paper, so as to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how food systems sustainability may be measured in the practice. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Indicatori di sostenibilit?, valutazione della sostenibilit?, filiera agroalimentare, filiera sostenibile Note: Pages:181-196 Volume: 2015/1 Year: 2015 Issue:1 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54293&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:RISSRI:v:html10.3280/RISS2015-001012 Number: 12