Economia agro-alimentare/Food Economy is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal published by FrancoAngeli Edizioni on behalf of the Italian Society of Agri-food Economics (SIEA), founded in 1996 by the then President of SIEA Fausto Cantarelli. It offers an international forum for the discussion and analysis of mono and interdisciplinary socioeconomic, political, legal and technical issues, related to agricultural and food systems. It welcomes submissions of original papers focusing on agriculture, agribusiness, food, safety, nutrition and health, including all processes and infrastructure involved in providing food to populations; as well as the processes, inputs and outputs involved in consumption and disposal of food and food-related items. Analyses also include social, political, economic and environmental contexts and human resource challenges. Submissions should be addressed to an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and they may consider local, national, and global scale. The decision to publish the article, at the end of the process of evaluation and review, is the prerogative and responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief. The articles published are under the total responsibility of Authors

Editor-in-chief: Maurizio Canavari, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, ItalyAssociate editors: Maurizio Canavari, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Italy, Valeria Borsellino, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy; Martin K. Hingley, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom; Christine Mauracher, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy; Simona Naspetti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; John L. Stanton, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, USA; Stefanella Stranieri, Università degli Studi di Milano, ItalyScientific Advisory Board:Themistoklis Altintzoglou (Nofima, Norway), Gervasio Antonelli (Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Italy), Leila Baghdadi (Tunis Business School, Tunisia), Dominique Barjolle (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland), Nicola Cantore (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, International), Alessio Cavicchi (Università degli Studi di Macerata, Italy), Catherine Chan-Halbrendt (University of Hawaii, USA), Marco Costanigro (Colorado State University, USA), Hartwig De Haen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany), Hans De Steur (Universiteit Gent, Belgium), Francesco Di Iacovo (Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy), Mariantonietta Fiore (Università degli Studi di Foggia , Italy), Christopher J. Griffith (Broadmayne Hygiene Consultancy, UK), Elisabetta Gotor (Bioversity International, International), Francesca Valeria Hansstein (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China), Wuyang Hu (University of Kentucky, USA), Drini Imami (Universiteti Bujqësor i Tiranës, Albania), Alessio Ishizaka (University of Portsmouth, UK), Kostas Karantininis (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet & University of Saskatchewan, Sweden & Canada), Athanasios Krystallis (Hellenic Research House, Greece), Song Soo Lim (Korea University, Republic of Korea), Tomás López-Guzmán (Universidad de Cordoba, Spain), Livia Madureira (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal), Andrea Marchini (Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy), Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen & Universitat Jaume I de Castellon, Germany & Spain), Aristides Matopoulos (Aston University, UK), Oliver Meixner (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria), Rodolfo M. Nayga (University of Arkansas, USA), Concetta Nazzaro (Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy), Fabio Parasecoli (New York University, USA), Søren Marcus Pedersen (Københavns Universitet, Denmark), Giovanni Quaranta (Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy), Robert B. Richardson (Michigan State University, USA), Carlo Russo (Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy), Riccardo Scarpa (Durham University & Università degli Studi di Verona, UK & Italy), Ramona Teuber (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany), Mara Thiene (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy), Stefania Troiano (Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy), Maro Vlachopoulou (Panepistimio Makedoniae, Greece), John Wilkinson (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Editorial secretariat: Alessandro Palmieri, Dipartimento di Scienze agrarie - Area Economia agraria ed Estimo, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna - viale Giuseppe Fanin, 50 - 40127 Bologna (BO), Italy Tel. +39 0512096126; Fax +39 0512096105; https://economiaagroalimentare.it e-mail: economiaagroalimentare@siea.it

The writings submitted for publication in the section "Articles" are subject to a revision procedure which complies with the standards in use for scientific publications at international level and which are accepted by major citation databases. The Director assigns the job to one member of the Editorial Board, who then takes responsibility and, with the Director, makes a preliminary assessment of the manuscript’s potential for publication. The work passed through for assessment is sent anonymously to two scientific reviewers with recognized expertise in the topic, selected by the Editorial Board, and they will express their overall assessment and an analytical opinion, both of which will be communicated to the author confidentially, to be revealed only to the Editorial Board of the Journal. The author will also receive suggestions as to the piece’s suitability for publication in line with one of the following four designations: a) acceptable for publication in its current version. b) acceptable with minor revisions. c) potentially acceptable after substantial revision. d) not acceptable for publication in the journal. The editorial board’s decision regarding the manuscript’s suitability for publication is sent to the author along with the comments of the reviewers

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