The paper analyses productivity of the selected agricultural resources which is an indicator describing the efficiency of agricultural production processes management. Final gross production was assumed as an indicator describing the obtained effects of agricultural production. The scope of the paper covered farms according to their activity, i.e. operating individually and grouped in producer …
Short supply chain, as legally defined by Reg. 1305/13, is able to reach goals of “sustainable agriculture”, through the reduction of transportation costs and consequently of CO2 emissions. In addition, it promotes biodiversity and implements periurban agriculture. The interest for short food chain is growing in EU and in national legislations, considering its role in achieving environmenta…
A novel method was developed for the screening and detection of fucoidanase activity in bacterial colonies using fucoidan–agarose plates and staining with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (Cetavlon). Colonies with fucoidanase activity were indicated by a transparent halo. The medium containing undegraded fucoidan showed as a milk-colored background, but areas with degraded fucoidan under th…
A large body of evidence links the traditional Mediterranean diet to reduced risk of major chronic diseases, including neurodegenerative disease. However, the dietary behaviors of Mediterranean populations have been radically changing during the last decades with people westernizing their diet. Among possible causes, the increasing cost of many key-foods of the Mediterranean diet is likely to …
Indonesia has a tropical orchid species diversity is greatest in the world, but unfortunately, the conservation of orchids less attention from the government. At present the development of orchids in Indonesia is still at the level of conventional farming,while conservation is still lacking. If no one focuses on the conservation of orchids in Indonesia will become extinct due to an increase in …
The quality of feeding, understood as a nutrition founded on quality foods and on the varied and balanced contribution in the diet of an adequate level of nutrients, fibers, vitamins and minerals (low in fat and sugars), is one of the pillars on which a society should establish strategies for keeping in time and space its well-being. The focus on the quality of feeding, however, is susceptible…
Sustainability is progressively gaining importance in the winegrowing sector. Implementing this concept implies environmental soundness, social equity and economic feasibility. A proliferation of initiatives to develop the sustainable production of wine started officially in Italy since the year 2010. The objective of this paper is to illustrate the reshaping of Sicilian winegrowing according t…
Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn) is a minor crop belonging to the Polygonaceae family that can be considered as sustainable crop thanks to its low input requirements. It is a pseudo-cereal known for its high healthy value related to antioxidant compounds present in its grains. For this reason it could be employed for the production of functional foods. This paper as well as review…
To evaluate the accumulation of oil and fatty acids in coriander during fruit ripening, a field experiment was conducted under organic cultivation conditions in Auch (near Toulouse,southwestern France) during the 2009 cropping season. The percentage and composition of the fatty acids of coriander were determined by gas chromatography. Our results showed that rapid oil accumulation started in ea…
Whereas the coexistence of conventional, organic and GMO farming was originally designed to be a technical tool in order to ensure incompatible crop cohabitation, today it is a source of study of agricultural land governance, for European, national and local actors who may take part in the decision to allocate a specific process to a particular agricultural area. GMO regulations will therefore …
In the beginning of 19th century, the range (areal) of Panthera tigris altaica included the forest part of the Korean Peninsula, the northern provinces of China, and the left bank of the Amur River in Russia and approached Transbaikalia and Yakutia. By the late 1930s, the number of tigers in Russia had decreased to 20–30 individuals. Protections against hunting (1947), the entrapment of tiger…
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, with high individual, social and economic costs. Diet has been identified as a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and stroke in several large epidemiological studies. The evaluation of foods groups and dietary patterns provides a more realistic representation of actual dietary intake, and gives clues to developing guidelines aim…
With the entrance into force of Directive (EU) 2015/412 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory the legislative framework and the perspective of agricultural land use related to the use of a giv…
This paper will address to the subject relating to the employment emergency and will analyze which are the conditions that can foster a green shared orientation among all stakeholders in the food system. So they can help to identify ways to solve this dramatic emergency. The study will be divided into three phases: 1. desk analysis on review of current training professional profiles green ori…
One of the principal production alternatives in the wine sector is represented by choosing between international grape species in view of creating products with popular tastes or instead preferring autochthonous species capable of bringing out the typicalities of wines and their ties with the territory. The objective of this study is to estimate, with an experimental auction, the difference of …
Indonesian cocoa production is significantly increasing, but the resulting quality is still low and varied. The main issue in improving the quality of cocoa, primarily in Blitar, and Jembrana, lies not in the lack of capacity of the processing industry, but rather on a strong commitment to implement fermentation seriously. Research objectives were to know the management of cocoa products, the m…
The world turns quickly in the current phase of globalization, and the themes of sustainable development are part of this transformation. In this context the territory plays a fundamental role. The importance of the territory is underlined especially in cases of natural disasters that cause serious damage both material and social, thus affecting the wellbeing of entire communities. It is time t…
This paper explores the effects of international and European business law on the realization of the right to adequate food, which includes the right to freely and consciously choose a diet which is not only nutritious and healthy, but also respects consumers' civic expectations about social, cultural and ethical qualities of specific foods. It appears that current international and european tr…
With the increased globalization of the wine industry comes the need for in-depth examinations of emerging consumer segments. The current study approaches the topic of sustainability from the consumer viewpoint. Specifically, the current paper focuses on an emerging yet sizeable market of consumers - Hispanic wine consumers in the United States. Consumer data were collected via in-person interc…
This paper explores a new emerging function for Universities: that of co-creation for sustainability (Trencher et al, 2013, 2014a, 2014b). Contribution to sustainability involves an engagement in place-based, multi-stakeholder partnerships able to solve real-world issues. This theory is applied to multiple case studies which involve the University of Macerata, located in a rural area in the …
Sustainable development is an important dimension for business incubators to improve tenant-businesses in the coffee value chain. This study focuses on business incubators addressing social and economic dimensions of sustainability in developing countries. Business incubators are perceived as important mechanisms for sustainable development as they involve relevant stakeholders and activities t…
Starting from the results of a research project on Solidarity Purchase Groups (Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale - GAS) in Italy, the paper discusses how, within consumer groups, for the very reason of their horizontal organisation which encourages learning amongst peers, the conditions are created to overcome the so-called ‘attitude-behaviour gap’ in ethical consumption. The analysis shows how a…
The notions of “well-being”, on both a personal and social level, as well as that of a “welfare society” are the subject of important deliberation as part of the same economic theory. Even if their definition is tied to specific meanings in the context of more recent economic and social changes, their roots are not foreign to the historical situations that have left strong signs of iden…
Innovation can be a driver for value creation, variously understood. The emergence of Corporate Social Responsibility highlighted many potential benefits descending from innovation in industries traditionally considered “low-tech”, where the spheres of value concerning the environment and society are of particular importance in the eyes of a consumer who behaves like a “responsible citiz…
Sample preparation can be used in biology and ecology for gas chromatographic determination of organochlorine pesticides (OCP), namely, α-, β- and γ-isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) in various aquatic organisms (molluscs, fish, birds andmammals) c…
Due to the lack of a proper technique for determining the ages of brown bears, a simple and straightforward method that is based on published data and our own observations is proposed. This method is based on the simultaneous use of the following different skull parameters to more accurately determine the ages of brown bears: size and weight parameters, degree of obliteration of the joints, deg…
The aim of this research was to know the influences of 7P marketing mix variables, which consists of product, price, promotion,place, people, physical evidence and process on purchasing decision of consumers in determining appropriate marketing strategy of Malang apples at Giant MOG. The result analysis showed that the most influential marketing mix variable was price with the odd pricing as th…
The present paper aims to examine the prospects for sustainability transitions in Arab-Islamic countries. Starting from the analysis of the activities performed by the various constellations of social movements for sustainability in Egypt, it will be demonstrated that: (a) the formation of ‘eco-citizens’ occurs through a daily-based and active grassroots participation in political and socia…
Red palm oil is the richest natural source of valuable minor components such as carotene. Although a highly valued product,carotene unfortunately is destroyed in refining process. Deodorization is one of the refining steps which will thermally destroy all carotenes. This paper describes method of preserving the carotenes in neutralized red palm oil (NRPO) by the use of moderate temperatures of …
Urban agriculture has become one of the fastest growing types of agriculture in the United States. Establishing more localized food systems, with the aim of achieving social justice goals, has become an important strategy for developing sustainable urban food systems that try to alleviate food insecurity. Two main approaches address food security: the environmental approach seeks to establish a…
The mechanization of the Greek agriculture began in the early 60s as a way to overcome the lack of labor force, due to the rural exodus. The approval from the farmers was encouraged by the financial support provided via national and European programs. Nowadays, thanks to this support, the index of mechanization of the Greek agriculture exceeds country’s needs. However, there is inefficient us…
This work will analyze the female entrepreneurship phenomenon, in terms of dynamics, structural capacities and sustainability empowerment, in the specific field of the short food supply chain of fruit and vegetables products. The crisis of the prevailing agricultural model led to a reformulation of social economic development priorities: in this context,there is the experience of the short foo…
The paper presents characteristics of mixtures of soya bean extrusion process with wheat and corn and soya beans' meals with these cereals. On the Polish market, soybeans come mostly from traditional crops, for this reason its cultivation is much more expensive than soybeans derived from GM crops. Refuse soybean contains a large amount of fat that can be used as an additive enriching animal fee…
Domestication and nutrient analysis of Schizopyllum commune were studied to find out its function as an alternative source of natural food for the people in East Kalimantan. S. commune that commonly growth on surface of palm oil empty fruit bunch waste during the natural decomposition was artificial cultivated and domesticated to produce the high quality of mushroom using the simple and daily t…
The aimed to improve the activity of SOD and reduce the levels of MDA, CRP, and IL-6 of atherosclerotic-rats using cardamomrhizome ethanolic-extract (CREE). A total of 28 Sprague-Dawley rats, aged 2-3 months, 180-250 g were injected with adrenaline, and given the egg-yolks for 3 weeks. The rats were divided into 4 groups, 7 rats each, I, were given CREE; II, statin; III, CREE+statin; and IV, f…
A key component of well-being and healthy lifestyle is healthy food including functional food. Oat (Avena sativa L.) is a well known annual crop in temperate climates. It is recognised as a healthy food containing significant amounts of soluble dietetic fibre, β-glucans, fat-soluble vitamin E and polyunsaturated fatty acids in the world. There are luck investigations in the protein quality and…
Microbes, that are beneficial to plants, the group of Rhizobacteria such as Pseudomonas spp. and Bacillus sp. can serve as fertilizer, as a means of biological control of plant pathogens and can increase plant resistance. This study aimed to determine the activity of Pseudomonas spp. and Bacillus sp. in promoting germination and seedling growth of tomato plants. This is experimental study using…
Research on population structure and behavior of musk deer has been conducted on defined areas within Sikhote-Alin Reserve (Russian Far East) since 1974 using a combination of techniques (snowtracking, visual observation, and radiotracking since 2012). We have acquired previously unknown data on the structure of the overall population and sub-groups, home range size, sex and age-related differe…
The concept of human smart landscape introduces a perspective of research where the landscape identifies a complex system of relationships among the various smart dimensions (smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart people, smart living, smart governance) and different interpretative approaches, overcoming the consideration of territory as a physical–geometrical reality at the …
In the present work, the influence of natural zeolites on the parameters of defensive behaviour was analysed in experiments with white laboratory rats and a modular device. The obtained data suggested that among the experimental individuals under conditions of tool stress, 76% preferred the food that contained a mineral additive in the form of a crushed zeolite, while the indicators of behaviou…
Ecological characteristics of the basin flora in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve and its buffer zone are presented in this paper. The ecological groups, allocated according to plant and water environmental relationships, are presented as 93 species of aquatic flora and also as more numerous representatives of the near-water plant complex for a total of 153 species. Various aspects of the eco…
Farmers in East Java, Indonesia have opinions of the agricultural hand tools that they wear. In farming activities they get injured due to the use of agricultural equipments. The most injury was in hand. Farmers feel fatigue/discomfort in different levels of their body part when using agricultural tools. Majority of farmers complained to suffer fatigue in upper back (92.8%), mid back (93.6%), a…
The lengthening of the supply chain developed over the last decades – due to the multiplication of intermediaries - has produced effects from an environmental, economic, social and territorial point of view cannot pass unnoticed. As a matter of fact, the excessive amount of participants taking part in all the phases of the supply chain has created the basis for an increase of environmental im…
Interactions of metals with the biomass of plant organisms, including algae, are of interest for biology, biogeochemistry and biotechnology. This work studies the interactions of the unique thermophilic red algae Galdieria sulphuraria (Class: Rhodophyta; Family: Cyanidiaceae) with copper and lead in the aquatic environment. This extremophilic, acidophilic organism is found in such ecosystems as…
The food system "Made in Italy" represents an important element of Italian productions and exports and it is considered in the world as synonymous with quality. Sustainability of food productions is identified as a condition of the quality from new generations who are confronted with environmental, economic and social issues and the resulting certifications. Companies in the food system, operat…
East Java is one of the centers sugarcane in Indonesia. But, the development of sugarcane plantation area and sugarcane productivity in Java has fluctuated. While, the demand of sugarcane by Sugar Factory was continues to rise. To overcome these problems it is necessary to the development of sugarcane acreage in dry land. East Java is one Province developing it in dryland. In order to the avail…
This study analyzes the fertilization strategies in the perspective of the efficiency analysis. The analysis is conducted at farm level and framed into the conceptualization of the relationship between the decisional and operational systems (Sébillotte, Allain 1991). The conceptual framework emphasizes the importance of the response function approach, of the sustainability principles (Prett…
The implementation of enterprise risk management (ERM) has been widely discussed among contemporary corporate boards and executives. Within the ERM framework, an entity is expected to make a paradigm shift of managing its risk, from that of silo or partial to a more integrative approach where all employees are involved in the process. At the core of this ERM implementation is the utilization of…
Import of rice as staple food is increasing every year following the increase of Indonesian population. Therefore, staple food diversification as rice substitute is needed by promoting glutinous corn rice. Glutinous corn rice is consumable for human and can be made only from local waxy corn. The problem is that the production rate of waxy corn is still low that the availability of main ingredie…
This paper aims to give a contribution in building a brand strategy for a big cooperative company operating in the fruit and vegetable production field in the South of Italy willing to launch new sales channels, namely box-scheme and e-commerce, in order to increase the sells on local scale and partially reduce the dependence from the large scale distribution. The main expected effects of such …