Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production

Sustainability is increasingly becoming a keyword for viable agri-food systems. Alongside Agenda 2030, sustainability is acknowledged as a multidimensional issue involving three main spheres of knowledge and action: economic, social, and environmental. Agriculture and food are strongly influenced by...

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description Sustainability is increasingly becoming a keyword for viable agri-food systems. Alongside Agenda 2030, sustainability is acknowledged as a multidimensional issue involving three main spheres of knowledge and action: economic, social, and environmental. Agriculture and food are strongly influenced by climate change, increasing the scarcity of natural resources and changes in land availability and use. These affect, in turn, the economic performance of farms and the social organization in agriculture. At the same time, the agri-food system is at the center of relevant economic interests, in which the primary sector is often the weakest link of the supply chain. This calls for a new approach to primary agricultural activities and food production, and also for a different perspective in research. A sustainable approach to agriculture, in the context of global governance, can lead to the improvement of ecosystems, the reduction of waste of food and natural resources, and an equitable access to food. It also requires a new set of policies able to overcome the trade-offs among objectives and searching for win-win solutions. The articles in this Special Issue contribute to explore, discuss at a scientific level, and disseminate at an international level the possible economic strategies and policies for implementing sustainable agricultural systems and food products, and making rural areas more attractive, reducing unbalances with urban areas. The result is a combination of rich, interesting, and innovating approaches and challenging methodologies, with contributions from all over the world.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1392352024-07-04T09:30:41Z Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production Henke, Roberto Altobelli, Filiberto short supply chains producers sustainability participatory methods co-creation exercise farmers risk aversion offline technical training online technical training farmers’ water-saving irrigation technology adoption behaviour moderating effect green investment intention theory of planned behaviour religiosity green consumption commitment green investment knowledge business model irrigation advisory services sustainable agriculture irrigation water use efficiency citrus total factor productivity spatiotemporal evolution Moran’s I index spatial convergence attention, interest, desire, and action (AIDA) model digital technologies perceptive index technology acceptance model (TAM) multicriteria decision analysis AHP agricultural decision making economic sustainability regional disparity productivity disparities agriculture economy DEA meta-frontier model family farming food sovereignty agricultural diversification family labor force agroforestry subsistence commercialization community forestry technological progress spatial correlation network structure transcendental logarithmic cost function social network analysis assisted evolution technologies (AETs) consumer attitude environmental risk and food safety Italian consumer sample n/a thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming Sustainability is increasingly becoming a keyword for viable agri-food systems. Alongside Agenda 2030, sustainability is acknowledged as a multidimensional issue involving three main spheres of knowledge and action: economic, social, and environmental. Agriculture and food are strongly influenced by climate change, increasing the scarcity of natural resources and changes in land availability and use. These affect, in turn, the economic performance of farms and the social organization in agriculture. At the same time, the agri-food system is at the center of relevant economic interests, in which the primary sector is often the weakest link of the supply chain. This calls for a new approach to primary agricultural activities and food production, and also for a different perspective in research. A sustainable approach to agriculture, in the context of global governance, can lead to the improvement of ecosystems, the reduction of waste of food and natural resources, and an equitable access to food. It also requires a new set of policies able to overcome the trade-offs among objectives and searching for win-win solutions. The articles in this Special Issue contribute to explore, discuss at a scientific level, and disseminate at an international level the possible economic strategies and policies for implementing sustainable agricultural systems and food products, and making rural areas more attractive, reducing unbalances with urban areas. The result is a combination of rich, interesting, and innovating approaches and challenging methodologies, with contributions from all over the world. 2024-07-04T09:30:38Z 2024-07-04T09:30:38Z 2024 book ONIX_20240704_9783725809592_31 9783725809592 9783725809608 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/139235 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/9230 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/9230 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-0960-8 10.3390/books978-3-7258-0960-8 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725809592 9783725809608 244 open access
spellingShingle short supply chains
producers
sustainability
participatory methods
co-creation exercise
farmers
risk aversion
offline technical training
online technical training
farmers’ water-saving irrigation technology adoption behaviour
moderating effect
green investment intention
theory of planned behaviour
religiosity
green consumption commitment
green investment knowledge
business model
irrigation advisory services
sustainable agriculture
irrigation
water use efficiency
citrus
total factor productivity
spatiotemporal evolution
Moran’s I index
spatial convergence
attention, interest, desire, and action (AIDA) model
digital technologies
perceptive index
technology acceptance model (TAM)
multicriteria decision analysis
AHP
agricultural decision making
economic sustainability
regional disparity
productivity disparities
agriculture
economy
DEA
meta-frontier model
family farming
food sovereignty
agricultural
diversification
family labor force
agroforestry
subsistence
commercialization
community forestry
technological progress
spatial correlation network structure
transcendental logarithmic cost function
social network analysis
assisted evolution technologies (AETs)
consumer attitude
environmental risk and food safety
Italian consumer sample
n/a
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Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production
title Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production
title_full Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production
title_fullStr Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production
title_full_unstemmed Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production
title_short Economic Strategies and Policy Suggestions of Agricultural Sustainable Food Production
title_sort economic strategies and policy suggestions of agricultural sustainable food production
topic short supply chains
producers
sustainability
participatory methods
co-creation exercise
farmers
risk aversion
offline technical training
online technical training
farmers’ water-saving irrigation technology adoption behaviour
moderating effect
green investment intention
theory of planned behaviour
religiosity
green consumption commitment
green investment knowledge
business model
irrigation advisory services
sustainable agriculture
irrigation
water use efficiency
citrus
total factor productivity
spatiotemporal evolution
Moran’s I index
spatial convergence
attention, interest, desire, and action (AIDA) model
digital technologies
perceptive index
technology acceptance model (TAM)
multicriteria decision analysis
AHP
agricultural decision making
economic sustainability
regional disparity
productivity disparities
agriculture
economy
DEA
meta-frontier model
family farming
food sovereignty
agricultural
diversification
family labor force
agroforestry
subsistence
commercialization
community forestry
technological progress
spatial correlation network structure
transcendental logarithmic cost function
social network analysis
assisted evolution technologies (AETs)
consumer attitude
environmental risk and food safety
Italian consumer sample
n/a
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming
topic_facet short supply chains
producers
sustainability
participatory methods
co-creation exercise
farmers
risk aversion
offline technical training
online technical training
farmers’ water-saving irrigation technology adoption behaviour
moderating effect
green investment intention
theory of planned behaviour
religiosity
green consumption commitment
green investment knowledge
business model
irrigation advisory services
sustainable agriculture
irrigation
water use efficiency
citrus
total factor productivity
spatiotemporal evolution
Moran’s I index
spatial convergence
attention, interest, desire, and action (AIDA) model
digital technologies
perceptive index
technology acceptance model (TAM)
multicriteria decision analysis
AHP
agricultural decision making
economic sustainability
regional disparity
productivity disparities
agriculture
economy
DEA
meta-frontier model
family farming
food sovereignty
agricultural
diversification
family labor force
agroforestry
subsistence
commercialization
community forestry
technological progress
spatial correlation network structure
transcendental logarithmic cost function
social network analysis
assisted evolution technologies (AETs)
consumer attitude
environmental risk and food safety
Italian consumer sample
n/a
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming
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