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De Marchi, Marta, and Maria Chiara Tosi. "Healthy urban food." Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning 7, no. 1 (October 1, 2023): 45–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.24306/traesop.2023.01.005.
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Food is a territorial system closely linked to public health, social equity and land policy. Eating habits are at the root of both incidence of cardiovascular diseases and phenomena of malnutrition. Food often entails social inequity and is acquiring, directly and indirectly, ever greater relevance in the tools of territorial government.
The Cities2030 project is being developed, financed by the European Horizon 2020 programme. The methodology agreed upon by the partners envisages the involvement of all interest groups and actors of the food system arena, through the installation of urban Policy and Living Labs.
The University Iuav of Venice, is involved in the development of two Labs in the Veneto region: one in the city of Vicenza, the other in the Venice lagoon. Working in these two cases will make it possible to reflect on very different food systems, even though they are geographically close.
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Kneafsey, Moya. "Innovation in Territorial Food Systems: Collaboration is Key." Open Access Government 36, no. 1 (October 17, 2022): 372–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.56367/oag-036-10408.
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Innovation in Territorial Food Systems: Collaboration is Key Professor Moya Kneafsey at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience discusses the importance of The COACH project, which aims to facilitate collaboration between farmers, consumers, local governments and other actors to ‘scale up’ short agri-food chains which rebalance farmers’ position, create win-wins for producers and consumers and drive innovation in territorial food systems. This is becoming increasingly necessary as the crisis in food systems is being intensified by global issues such as the war in Ukraine, hot on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which are all affecting globalised food supply chains. Additionally, Europe’s energy price crisis will contribute to rising global food prices, as well as the damaging effects of climate change which are being felt by farmers all around the world. Looking at territorial food systems as an alternative to the globalised, energy-intensive food systems which have benefited from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy for many years, these systems can operate at a scale at which it is possible to coordinate multiple actors in order to improve public health, regenerate environmental resources and deliver fair incomes for farmers and food workers as well as quality food for consumers.
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Veneziano, Rosanna, and Michela Carlomagno. "evocative and taste experience in food design." Convergences - Journal of Research and Arts Education 14, no. 27 (May 31, 2021): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.53681/c1514225187514391s.27.85.
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Our research explores new perspectives of food design through a multidisciplinary and collaborative process that interprets the concept of conviviality by providing an experience of interaction with food focusing on narrative and evocative components that become tools of territorial valorization, of resources and know-how.Many designers investigated food design topic by attributing aesthetic and formal values and critical and speculative elements to the food. The work aims to explore the expressive and functional levels of food, implementing its “emotional features” and consolidating the connection between senses and behaviour. The main results obtained are the development and test of narrative and taste tools, generated by the collaboration with a starry chef and users, to create a dining experience linked with territorial identities and memories, exploring new interactions.The connection between the project and food has evolved and enriched of themes that go beyond the need to feed and therefore transforming, cooking and eating meals by attributing to the food aesthetic and formal values, but also critical and speculative. (Finessi, 2013)The paradigm change that occurred in the last two decades has led to consider food as an object (Giuxè, 2020), focused on the observation of the changes in convivial habits, has spawned new project fields and new alliances between skills, disciplines and community. The actions of the project are able to strengthen the expressive and functional levels of food, implementing its “emotional features” and consolidating the connection between senses and behaviour.
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Charters, Stephen, David Menival, Benoit Senaux, and Svetlana Serdukov. "Value in the territorial brand: the case of champagne." British Food Journal 115, no. 10 (October 21, 2013): 1505–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-07-2013-0194.
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Purpose – The aim of this study is to consider how key actors in a territorial brand view the creation of value, and how it is balanced between the territorial and individual brands – using champagne as a means of exploring this. Design/methodology/approach – The project was exploratory and a qualitative process involving interviews with key actors in the region was adopted. Findings – Members of the champagne industry adopt a range of views about the nature of value, focusing on image, reputation and perceived quality, but varying between an individualist approach (which considers that value creation lies with the proprietary brands) and a more collectivist perspective, which considers it is predominantly the result of the territorial brand. Research limitations/implications – Research into the organisation of territorial brands is just beginning; while merely exploratory this research suggests that issues around value merit further consideration. Practical implications – Actors within a territorial brand need to clearly negotiate how they view value in order to maintain coherence and a common message. They may also need to pay more attention to issues around brand co-creation. Originality/value – No research in this precise field has previously been carried out and this study highlights variations in the perceptions of key actors within a territorial brand.
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Robert-Boeuf, Camille. "Promoting Rural Regeneration and Sustainable Farming near Cities Thanks to Facilitating Operators in France? The Case of the Versailles Plain’s Association Governance Model." Sustainability 15, no. 9 (April 26, 2023): 7219. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15097219.
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Food and agricultural systems in rural areas close to cities have been the subject of much academic research, revealing difficulties due to the proximity of cities, land pressure, and complex governance between cities and rural areas. This article aims to analyze the case study of the Versailles Plain Association (VPA), which proposes an original form of facilitation that contributes to the effectiveness of territorial governance in a rural area close to Paris. It is based on a qualitative method, gathering 52 interviews and heritage audits that were carried out in the framework of the European project H2020 Ruralization. The analysis shows that the VPA is a facilitating operator that brings together stakeholders from both the agricultural and urban worlds, allowing collective projects around a territorial identity. This territorial identity promotes agriculture and rural lifestyles, which become positive embodiments of local development. This facilitating operator thus offers an alternative to urbanization and produces forms of ruralization processes.
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Rodrigues Fortes, Arlindo, Vladmir Ferreira, Elsa Barbosa Simões, Isaurinda Baptista, Stefano Grando, and Erik Sequeira. "Food Systems and Food Security: The Role of Small Farms and Small Food Businesses in Santiago Island, Cabo Verde." Agriculture 10, no. 6 (June 9, 2020): 216. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10060216.
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This study aims to analyse the role and contribution of small farms and small food businesses on the food system and food security. Drawing on a conceptual framework, methodology, and data from the EU H2020 ‘SALSA-Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food and nutrition security’ project hereafter referred as SALSA project, this issue has been analysed in relation to four staple products (tomato, chicken, maize, and banana) in Santiago Island (Cabo Verde). The study follows a regional approach based on a detailed analysis of the territorial food systems and of the production/consumption balance of those staple products. The results show that the subsystems of production, processing, distribution, and consumption are different in the different food systems map for the four staple products, with complex and diversified interrelationships between small farms and related small businesses linking with various markets and all kinds of actors. Moreover, the evidence shows that small farms, in conjunction with small food businesses, are crucial to national food security in Santiago Island. The small farm is fundamental for greater food availability produced in the region, and the small food business is a key component playing a very important role by ensuring the stability of supply, being primarily responsible for establishing relationships to population centres.
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Uribe-Sierra, Sergio Elías, Pablo Mansilla-Quiñones, and Alejandro Israel Mora-Rojas. "Latent Rural Depopulation in Latin American Open-Pit Mining Scenarios." Land 11, no. 8 (August 18, 2022): 1342. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11081342.
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The increasing expansion of open-pit mining and the drastic transformations of land use in Latin America have led to processes of rural depopulation among traditional inhabitants, causing unsustainability in rural life systems. In the context of profound, worldwide territorial and environmental transformations, it is necessary to anticipate change scenarios and identify territories prone to rural depopulation. The objective of this article is to determine rural depopulation propensities through an exploratory multivariate study of the demographic, social, economic, and environmental conditions of territories where open-pit mining projects are being installed. First, a theoretical model is created using the grounded theory method for the literature review. Subsequently, indicators are analyzed using quantitative methods and geographic information systems. The results show that latent rural depopulation tends to be generated in territories with socio-environmental vulnerability, where advanced mining extractivism makes them prone to future depopulation. Some factors possibly leading to decreased rural population include the reduction of water availability; deforestation and depeasantization, due to urban development; gentrification, due to real estate speculation in providing lodging and food services to the mining project; and drastic changes in land use.
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Fassio, Franco, Isaac Enrique Perez Borda, Elisa Talpo, Alessandra Savina, Fabiana Rovera, Ottavia Pieretto, and Davide Zarri. "Assessing Circular Economy Opportunities at the Food Supply Chain Level: The Case of Five Piedmont Product Chains." Sustainability 14, no. 17 (August 29, 2022): 10778. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141710778.
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The impact of linear agri-food supply chains is progressively leading to ever wider socio-environmental and cultural repercussions, undermining the balance of territories and communities to the point of disrupting the entire planet’s health. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a paradigm change involving the agri-food sector, the economic sector, and local public policies, in the direction of a diffused ecological transition. In this scenario, the Circular Economy, supported by the adoption of a Systemic Approach, represents a useful operational tool to respond to complex transversal challenges, to reduce and enhance waste, minimize the use of new raw materials, and strengthen the territorial identity and relations among local stakeholders. This article describes a research project conducted for the Piedmont Region (Italy), through which it was possible to apply these innovative tools and approaches to five typical local agri-food chains (wine, dairy and cheese, rice, water, and bovine beef). Currently, at the Piedmontese level, concrete proposals for public policies capable of supporting the ecological transition of the local agri-food chains have not yet been developed, especially in terms of cyclicality of outputs and territorial co-evolution. For this reason, through the use of a multi-stakeholder approach, participatory mechanisms of local actors, and the analysis of several national and international case studies, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the possible enhancement of food waste and by-products, finally developing specific proposals for good practices and public policies capable of contributing to the achievement of the Piedmontese Regional Strategy for Sustainable Development.
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López-Estébanez, Nieves, Carolina Yacamán-Ochoa, and Rafael Mata-Olmo. "The Multifunctionality and Territoriality of Peri-Urban Agri-Food Systems: The Metropolitan Region of Madrid, Spain." Land 11, no. 4 (April 18, 2022): 588. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11040588.
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This paper addresses the Multifunctional and Territorialised Agri-Food Systems (MTLAFS) in areas of direct urban influence, focusing on the metropolitan region of Madrid. MTLAFS are contextualised as alternatives to the hegemonic global model of mass production and consumption. They are created by combining two conceptual and theoretical bodies of knowledge that share many elements: the study of Local Agri-Food Systems (LAFS), a critical approach to agri-food economies and the re-territorialisation of agri-food systems. The paper analyses the factors that negatively affect the resilience of LAFS and it describes re-territorialisation strategies that enable MTLAFS to be built. By using a multi-criteria methodology to identify agri-environmental and food governance indicators, the research identifies and describes the characteristics that allow the case studies selected in the region of Madrid to be classified as MTLAFS. This has been carried out by gathering the main discussion points on the fractures and relocation strategies that accentuate the vulnerability or, on the contrary, enhance the resilience of the cases analysed. The paper concludes with some recommendations for strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of MTLAFS by using the systemic basis provided by the agro-urban project. This agro-urban project brings together different public policies, governance tools, territorial and food planning, as well as agrarian practices anchored to each specific territory. All these agrarian practices contribute to the configuration of an alternative territorial agri-food model that ensures food security and a shift towards the sustainable development of our planet.
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Volkova, E., K. Churilova, and N. Timchenko. "Cluster-cooperative project-the basis of rational use of forest food resources in the Amur region." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 937, no. 3 (December 1, 2021): 032115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/937/3/032115.
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Abstract The Amur region has a significant potential for non-wood plant resources: food, medicine, feed, and technology. The northern regions have a territorial advantage in the potential of forest production, where there is a low and average level of agricultural production against the background of a fairly high level of unemployment among the working-age population. Taking into account the cluster policy of the region in the implementation of the designed portfolio of pilot cluster projects, a cluster-cooperative project for the development of an agricultural consumer cooperative for the production, processing and marketing of berries, aimed at the production and production of a wide range of products using wild plants, the formation of a competitive level of price and quality that meets the demand and requirements of customers of export (international) markets, was developed. Through cooperation and integration of personal subsidiary farms within the framework of the project, it is planned to create a single logistics center of the cluster for managing commodity flows of products, ensuring product quality, and organizing certification of products for export. The project is fully integrated into the structure of the organizational and functional mechanism of the agro-industrial cluster of the Amur region, providing support for the project at all stages from the initial stage of project formation to the release of products for export. It is assumed that the implementation of the developed cluster-cooperative project will form the basis for the rational use of non-wood forest resources in the region and will serve not only as a source of income for the local population, the consolidation of permanent personnel in forestry, the development of small and medium-sized businesses, and will also contribute to increasing the productivity of forest plantations.
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Filippini, Rosalia, Sabine Gennai-Schott, Tiziana Sabbatini, Sylvie Lardon, and Elisa Marraccini. "Quality Labels as Drivers of Peri-Urban Livestock Systems Resilience." Land 9, no. 7 (June 30, 2020): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land9070211.
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Livestock farming systems have an important role in the territorial systems of the Mediterranean, but in the last twenty years the sector has undergone serious changes with an important decrease in the number of farms. The purpose of this study is to show the contribution of a local food certification to the resilience of peri-urban livestock farming system and of its food supply chain at territorial level. The focus is on the “Carne Bovina di Pisa” project, a private label promoted by the local livestock producers’ association, with the purpose of preserving biodiversity and provide farmers with an opportunity to strengthen their local marketing power. The case study is the peri-urban area of Pisa (Tuscany, Italy), representative of the urbanized Mediterranean coastal plains with high urban pressure on agricultural land and increasing agricultural abandonment in the peri-urban area. The analysis is based on the qualitative analysis of interviews to stakeholders and the quantitative figures about the changes in livestock system. Results show that the label has positively sustained both the resilience of farming systems and the local food supply chains.
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Fedorenko, Ye, and S. Demianenko. "Project of a 2nd level of difficulty walking tour in the Korosten urban territorial community." Constructive geography and rational use of natural resources 3, no. 1 (2023): 60–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2786-4561.2023.3.1-8/9.
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The article describes the theoretical foundations of school tourism, sports tourism, the organization and conduct of a hiking trip of the 2nd degree of difficulty with schoolchildren. The state and development of school tourism in educational institutions of Korosten is highlighted. The conditions and resources of the Korosten urban territorial community were analyzed as a basis for the development of a school tourist trip. The selection of objects and the planning of the route passing through the territory of the city of Korosten and nearby villages (Zhytomyr region) were carried out. Examples of food rations, tourist equipment, and first-aid kits have been developed. Calculated estimate of the campaign. A project track of the route with a detailed description has been compiled.
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Bianchini, Massimo, and Stefano Maffei. "Food markets as circular digital hubs: Prototyping enabling ICT solutions for urban food systems." International Journal of Food Design 8, no. 1 (April 10, 2023): 89–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ijfd_00052_1.
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The challenges posed by the environmental sustainability and circular transition of food chains increasingly see the emergence of practices that link strategies and policies to territorial pilot projects that connect physical and digital infrastructures. This aspect is particularly evident in the change of urban production–transformation–distribution–consumption models. They are the basis of a complex system that influences individual and collective behaviours, life within neighbourhoods and the intertwining of incoming and outgoing food flows as the waste flow. The article will discuss the insight emerging from REFLOW, an EU H2020-funded project. It runs from June 2019 to May 2022, aiming to build an integrated approach for developing new participatory design and co-design practices dedicated to innovative and circular urban metabolisms to promote circular solutions capable of bringing environmental, social and economic benefits. In particular, the Milan Pilot involves the municipality of Milan, local makerspaces and FabLabs, agri-food enterprises and other local stakeholders. They collectively worked on municipal food markets to upgrade them into circularity hubs. The Milan Pilot – named ‘Food Market 4.0’ – concerns the design and prototyping of three product–service systems solutions to increase the circularity of the municipal covered markets and their offer service related to agri-food products. The solutions implemented are linked to a data layer that will be the basis of a city-wide renewal process of the 22 other ones. The prototypes could represent some of the building blocks of the datafication of the food distribution metabolisms and the start of a new interactive process of selling connected with other possible service offers.
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Ferasso, Marcos, Miguel Blanco, and Lydia Bares. "Territorial Analysis of the European Rural Development Funds (ERDF) as a Driving Factor of Ecological Agricultural Production." Agriculture 11, no. 10 (October 3, 2021): 964. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11100964.
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The Europe 2030 project identified the need to create a growth model that is based on a dynamic balance between economic, social, and environmental dimensions. This involves, among other objectives, redirecting the resources that are allocated to the Common Agricultural Plan (CAP) toward more ecological agriculture and livestock. In recent decades, two packages of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) approved funds for projects related to agriculture. This study carried out a regional evaluation of the effects on production and employment that were generated in the Spanish organic farming sector. For this, a methodology that is frequently used by researchers to analyze territorial differences was used, namely, the shift-share analysis. The main results showed important differences at the regional level in the production of crops. Likewise, constant shift and constant share analyses were used to forecast the evolution of the sector from the recent data. Pending the approval of the new EAFRD 2021–2030, the results obtained in this research allowed for the identification of the regions that showed a favorable evolution to change the agricultural model and to identify the projects that generated employment and ecological production in the sector.
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Korabel'nikov, Ivan. "Production and economic features of agricultural zoning: regional aspect." Agrarian Bulletin of the 223, no. 08 (August 31, 2022): 81–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2022-223-08-81-90.
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Abstract. Purpose. The article is devoted to the study of spatial differentiation of the basic conditions for the development of agricultural production and the identification of production and economic features of agricultural zoning of the Volgograd region, the parameters of which determine the development of priority areas and tools for the territorial development of the agrarian economy of the region. Methods. The methodological basis of this article is formed by the general scientific principles of the territorial (spatial) approach; methods of analysis – computational and constructive, system analysis, expert assessments, economic and statistical; the basic research tool is agricultural zoning, the practical use of which makes it possible to identify peculiar territorial formations with their characteristic production and economic features. Scientific novelty. The presented generalization of the spatial differentiation of the basic conditions for the development of agricultural production in the region made it possible to identify the production and economic features of agricultural zoning, manifested in: pronounced natural zonality of the distribution of agricultural productive forces; changes in the nature and production and economic proportions of agricultural production when moving from north to south and from west to east; local manifestations of contrasts “center – periphery” in the countryside. Results. Within the framework of the substantiation of the production and economic specifics of the zoning of rural territories of the Volgograd region, the parameters of specialization, settlement of the population and its self-sufficiency with agricultural food, as well as the efficiency of the functioning of agricultural production were investigated. Processing of a set of socio-economic indicators made it possible to argue the priorities of territorial development of agricultural production in agricultural areas, the essence of which is: the need for regulatory influence from the state to stimulate the processes of diversification of activities and compliance with scientifically sound crop rotations on the most fertile lands of the region; comprehensive investment (concessional lending and targeted project financing, subsidies and subsidies) and infrastructure (development of land reclamation, cooperation, logistics and processing) support for livestock and feed production in the arid areas of the region.
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Gerbeau, Yoan Molinero, and Gennaro Avallone. "Producing Cheap Food and Labour: Migrations and Agriculture in the Capitalistic World-Ecology." Social Change Review 14, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 121–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0025.
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Abstract Through the perspective of world-ecology, one of the most recent approaches in international relations, we aim to analyse global capitalism as an ecological project based on the appropriation of human and extra-human nature oriented to support capital accumulation process. Agriculture and its labour force occupy a central role in maintaining the world-system in which global chains, international migrations and centre-periphery relationships interact. This paper shows how global processes occur at this intersection. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the analysis of the current world-system through this innovative approach, developed mainly by Jason W. Moore, and then show how the world-system’s structure and its crisis have articulated a highlyinternationalized production model whose most significant effect has been the generation of large migrations of cheap labour across the planet. It is also proposed to descend to the local context to highlight examples because the organization of work at this territorial scale is representative of global agricultural production.
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Pronti, Andrea. "Agroecological farmers’ movement in Brazil. A practical example of multi-stakeholder approach for rural development." Revista Movimentos Sociais e Dinâmicas Espaciais 7, no. 1 (July 31, 2018): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.51359/2238-8052.2018.237432.
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International agendas claimed that a farmer centered approach would help in coping with food insecurity and environmental challenges toward a new sustainable paradigm of food production worldwide. Both bottom-up and multi-stakeholder participation has been suggested in order to improve effectiveness and implementation of rural development policies tailoring them to local needs and peculiarities. Farmers’ movements in Brazil have been using this approach for years, introducing agroecology to improve socio-economic and environmental conditions with the aim to obtain territorial food sovereignty for a sustainable production of food. This paper explores this issue focusing on a real case of multi-stakeholder intervention based on agroecology for rural development of the East Region of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The area is peculiar for both socio-economic difficulties of smallholding farmers and for strong environmental fragility. An international cooperation project between Italy and Brazil permitted to boost local stakeholder farmers’ networks for an endogenous agroecological transition. Key elements of the intervention are underlined in the paper in order to describe better this practical successful experience.
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Borsotto, Patrizia, Roberto Cagliero, Francesca Giarè, Giorgia Giordani, Rita Iacono, Ilenia Manetti, and Roberta Sardone. "Measuring Short Food Supply Chain Sustainability: A Selection of Attributes and Indicators through a Qualitative Approach." Agriculture 13, no. 3 (March 9, 2023): 646. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030646.
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Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are one of the most direct approaches to more directly connecting consumers with producers. The scaling-up of SFSCs is often challenged by critical issues which can be overcome with identification of the most sustainable, replicable schemes. This paper presents the results of a participatory analysis conducted within the agroBRIDGES H2020 project, with the aim of defining a list of economic, social, and environmental attributes and indicators to assess the sustainability of SFSCs and set up a decision-making tool to support producers in self-assessing their sustainability level and choosing the most appropriate business model (BM) from those identified within the project. The proposed framework was based on a literature review and validated using co-creation exercises (Delphi rounds and focus groups) with relevant European stakeholders. A final set of 47 indicators was identified, and their potential for use in assessing the sustainability level of various BMs was also validated. Early results highlighted three main issues: indicator calculation feasibility, business model categorization, and the simplicity of the framework for sustainability self-assessment. Some recommendations are made, including the importance of using a participatory process in building an evaluation framework on SFSC sustainability and the necessity of its adaptation to territorial contexts and needs.
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Zanzi, Ambrogio, Valentina Vaglia, Roberto Spigarolo, and Stefano Bocchi. "Assessing Agri-Food Start-Ups Sustainability in Peri-Urban Agriculture Context." Land 10, no. 4 (April 7, 2021): 384. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10040384.
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Latest international directives indicate the need for sustainable development, linking socio-economic and environmental aspects, to reach the goals set by Agenda 2030. In this context, peri-urban agriculture can represent the opportunity to increase cities’ sustainability, improving their liveability level, fulfilling a crucial social part since it assures new sources of job opportunities and territorial requalification. This study presents a peri-urban requalification experience, conducted in Milan, Italy, where, within the European funded project OpenAgri, eight agri-food start-ups began their activities in a peri-urban area at the southern gates of the city. The study aims to assess and evaluate these start-ups’ sustainability using the Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems (SAFA), which considers four sustainability pillars: Good governance, economic resilience, environmental integrity and social well-being. The application of SAFA indicators to the eight start-ups revealed their positive aspects and some limitations, typical of some not structured enterprises. The research describes a scalable and replicable example of peri-urban agriculture’s potentiality in solving environmental, social and economic issues and tests FAO’s SAFA framework, which is still unexplored in this sustainability assessment context.
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Cuéllar-Gálvez, David, Yesid Aranda-Camacho, and Teresa Mosquera-Vásquez. "A Model to Promote Sustainable Social Change Based on the Scaling up of a High-Impact Technical Innovation." Sustainability 10, no. 12 (December 1, 2018): 4532. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10124532.
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The scaling up of the innovations concept has gained importance in recent years, underlining the importance of disseminating successful innovations on a large scale to increase their socio-economic impact, seeking to sustain broad rural development and promoting public policies that generate equal and sustainable results. However, few projects take advantage of the adoption of innovative technologies to promote social change. This paper reports on an intervention model that incorporates common elements, from the literature, of scaling up, and includes novel such as linking technological and social innovations, with an exit strategy to build sustainable processes and results. The model is based on a trans-disciplinary approach, and leadership, that involves local communities and stakeholders to establish synergies, to give coherence to the whole process, and to build an exit strategy involving territorial dynamics related to the innovation. The model includes a clear definition of the objects, and the process, that should be transformed, and the specific methodologies to involve local communities and stakeholders, to reach the final target user. The model was applied to develop the project, More Nutritious Potatoes, for scaling up new yellow potatoes varieties with improved agronomic and nutritional attributes. To implement the project, the research team, local communities, and stakeholders agreed on specific actions to improve food security and nutrition in a sustainable manner. The operational objectives were, the strengthening of capabilities for autonomy and governance in public policies, the entrepreneurship to build inclusive businesses, the valorization of agro-biodiversity, the acquisition of good food habits, and the promotion of social equity. The methodologies employed allowed building of social and scientific capabilities for Colombia.
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Gatto, Andrea. "L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele as a Case Study of Traditional Speciality Guaranteed and International Franchising." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 13, no. 1-2 (December 20, 2019): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.19041/apstract/2019/1-2/2.
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This work explores the case study of L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele as a best practice of traditional speciality guaranteed and international franchising. Besides being one of the most ancient and successful pizzerias in Naples, da Michele is renowned all over the world for the quality of its raw products, dough processing, and output. In the last years, da Michele also started pioneering the pizza production and commerce industry with an innovative franchising model and a new company appointed to managing this latter business. This work makes use of in-depth interviews and data collected on the field. For such scope, top managers and employees of both the local and the international companies were interviewed. The study finds that da Michele managed to become a benchmark for territorial food products and, more recently, for high-standard franchising, jumpstarting a successful brand-new company and food business project.
JEL Classification: O13, Q13, Q16, Q1
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Mar Delgado-Serrano, María, and José Ángel Hurtado-Martos. "Land Use Changes in Spain. Drivers and Trends in Agricultural Land Use." EU agrarian Law 7, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eual-2018-0006.
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AbstractLand is an essential resource and plays a vital role in providing food and food security, water, ecosystem services and territorial resilience. However, the past few decades have generated enormous and increasingly unsustainable pressures on land use. The objective of this research is to analyse the main land use changes in Spain between 1987 and 2011 using data provided by the Corine Land Cover (CLC) project. The general trends in land use change at CLC level 1 in this period, and more specifically the changes occurring at CLC level 3 in land destined for agricultural use are analysed. The main reasons that explain these changes, including policy influences, are then identified. The results show that the area occupied by buildings and infrastructure has doubled, agricultural land has decreased and irrigated land has increased; forested areas have also increased, but their ecological quality has been degraded. These trends question the future sustainability of that land use in the analysed period.
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Contò, Francesco, Demetris Vrontis, Mariantonietta Fiore, and Alkis Thrassou. "Strengthening regional identities and culture through wine industry cross border collaboration." British Food Journal 116, no. 11 (October 28, 2014): 1788–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-02-2014-0075.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the potentialities of cross border projects to develop and promote wine culture, and consequently tourism and hospitality; paying particular attention to the process and actions supporting the development and refinement of cultural attributes, traditional values and regional identity. Design/methodology/approach – Methodologically, it is a deductive reasoning exploratory research, based on the findings of an extensive undergoing project across ten countries, spanning from Italy to Eastern Europe, and theoretically founded on an extensive literature review. Findings – The findings identify the spectrum and nature of opportunities and constraints of cross border collaborations in developing the wine industry and reaping of its wider economic and cultural benefits. Further to the scholarly value of the findings, the paper identifies and presents the descriptive managerial/industrial implications, along with prescriptively explicit directions toward practical implementation. Research limitations/implications – The research is exploratory and therefore, by nature, in need of further empirical validation. Practical implications – The research constructs a viable framework for an integrative approach involving the improved definition of regional cultural image and identity, proper strategic industry-region and cross-border collaborations, and socio-economic development. Social implications – To promote cross border countries and cultural territorial values and identity. Originality/value – The research's value lies in its multi-perspective outlook which keeps the wine business at its focus, but investigates its development outside the strict confines of its own industry to present potentialities through strategic collaborations with the tourist industry and other regions/countries in integrative synergistic approach and with strong cultural elements.
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Vytvytska, Olga, Maria Kulaets, and Oleg Valov. "STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS OF FOOD SECURITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION." Problems of Innovation and Investment Development, no. 27 (December 21, 2021): 114–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.33813/2224-1213.27.2021.12.
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The purpose of the article is to substantiate the process of formation and implementation of strategic guidelines for food security in the face of globalization challenges. The methodological basis of the research is the use of general scientific and special scientific methods and approaches (axiological and anthropological approaches, systemic, functional methods and logical methods). The scientific novelty of the obtained results will improve the theoretical and empirical basis, on the basis of which the basic theoretical approaches to understanding the process of formation and implementation of strategic guidelines of food security strategy of territorial development in the context of modern challenges will be synthesized. Conclusions. According to the results of the study, the main stages of the strategy development process are determined, the main stages of development and formation of medium-term priority areas of development are formed. Emphasis is placed on research on key issues of the country’s future development, determined by the growing needs of people for food, energy, environmental and social goods, the production of which reduces the burden on natural resources. The article substantiates the National priorities in the transformation of food systems until 2030 in the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The scheme of formation and implementation of food security strategy in the context of globalization is proposed. The implementation of strategic guidelines is proposed to be carried out on the basis of program-targeted and project-oriented approaches. Key words: strategy, food security, globalization, strategic landmarks, priorities
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Klychova, Guzaliya, Alsou Zakirova, Ilnur Safiullin, Zufar Zakirov, Shaukat Khusainov, and Galina Zakharova. "Rational placement of grain production – the basis for ensuring food security." E3S Web of Conferences 175 (2020): 08013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017508013.
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The most important prerequisite for achieving the main goal of the country’s agro-industrial complex ensuring its food security and efficient agricultural production is the optimal location of its individual industries and production facilities by territorial units. The urgency of increasing the efficiency of agricultural production in general, and grain production in particular, has increased with Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. The purpose of the study is to develop scientifically grounded proposals and practical recommendations to improve the efficiency of grain production location in the Republic of Tatarstan. The study’s objectives: to reveal the economic essence of agricultural production location taking into account the main principles and influence of the main factors; to assess the current state of grain crop production location in the region; to develop the directions of grain production development at macroand micro-economic levels. Abstractological, statistical-economic, calculation and balance methods of research were used in the work. In the article the criteria and indexes of level and efficiency of production placement are offered; the condition and tendencies of development of grain crops placement are analyzed; methodical approaches and project decisions on perfection of grain crops placement on the regional level are grounded. The practical significance of the obtained research results lies in the fact that the developed measures contribute to the substantiation of optimal parameters of grain crop production location in the Republic of Tatarstan in the context of its natural and economic zones and municipal administrative districts.
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Vittersø, Gunnar, Hanne Torjusen, Kirsi Laitala, Barbara Tocco, Beatrice Biasini, Peter Csillag, Matthieu Duboys de Labarre, et al. "Short Food Supply Chains and Their Contributions to Sustainability: Participants’ Views and Perceptions from 12 European Cases." Sustainability 11, no. 17 (September 3, 2019): 4800. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11174800.
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The present food system faces major challenges in terms of sustainable development along social, economic and environmental dimensions. These challenges are often associated with industrialised production processes and longer and less transparent distribution chains. Thus, closer distribution systems through Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) may be considered as a sustainable alternative. This study explores the role of different types of SFSCs and their contribution to sustainability through participants’ (consumers, retailers and producers) views and perceptions. As part of the European H2020 project “Strength2Food” we conducted a cross-case analysis and examined 12 European SFSC cases from six countries: France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland and the UK. We applied a mixed method approach including primary data collection, via in-depth interviews and customer surveys, as well as desk research. The findings suggest that, irrespective of the type of SFSC, a strong agreement among the participants were found on the contribution of SFSCs to social sustainability. However, participants’ views considerably differ regarding the economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. These differences relate to the way the SFSCs were organised and to some degrees to regional differences attributed to the significance of SFSC in different parts of Europe. The article concludes that the spatial heterogeneity of SFSCs, including supply chain actor differences, different types and organisational forms of SFSCs as well as regional and territorial characteristics, must be taken into account and further emphasised in future policies aimed at strengthening European food chain sustainability.
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Croisant, Sharon A., Amber L. Anthony, John Prochaska, Chantele Singleton, and Joseph A. Kotarba. "2316 The extra-territorial translational team: Advances in multi-faceted community engagement." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2, S1 (June 2018): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2018.235.
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OBJECTIVES: We developed the concept of the extra-territorial translational team (ETTT) in 2014 as a more inclusive revision and extension of the team science concept. Translational thinking is largely marked by the perception of the team as a thing-like structure at the center of the scientific activity. Collaboration accordingly involves bringing external others (e.g., scientists, community members, and clinicians) into the team through limited or dependent participation. The ETTT is intended to frame the team as an idea: a schema for assembling and managing relationships among otherwise disparate individuals with vested interests in the problem at hand. Thus, the ETTT can be seen as a process as well as an object. Our initial focus was on the very successful SCI Café program (where Science and Communities Interact) conducted through the Institute for Translational Sciences and the Center for Translational Sciences Award at UTMB. We found that by looking beyond the taken-for-granted features of translational research teams, we are free to discover new ways of organizing research and community engagement that are innovative yet productive. The major area of growth, however, has been the Research, Education, And Community Health Coalition (REACH). The purpose of the current study is to outline strategies for inventorying and evaluating the emerging programs that are the major components of REACH and the SCI Café and to suggest implications for the extra-territorial translational team concept. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The assessment of the extraterritorial team concept in REACH and SCI Café is primary a process of qualitative content analysis. We use semi-structured interviews with project leadership, observations of the actual performance of the REACH teams, and the review of REACH and SCI Café documents, for example, Quantitatively, we have conducted a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to better understand community health and resource needs. RESULTS: Both the SCI Café program and the REACH initiative follow the principles of the ETTT concept for assembling and managing research and community outreach. The following are several key principles shared by both programs: (1) The importance of creative, applicable, and inclusive mission statements: (a) REACH seeks to facilitate communication, collaborative research, and service efforts between UTMB and Institute for Translational Sciences investigators and Galveston County community leaders; (b) The SCI Café hosts interactive dialogs that serve as a medium for priming, organizing, communicating and strategizing among the individuals involved in team science via community-based research projects. (2) Increasing scientific and health literacy: (a) REACH seeks to increase literacy through both short-term and long-term interactions; (b) The SCI Café focuses on short-term yet intensive interaction through conversations among researchers, clinicians, and the public. (3) Sharing timely scientific public health information with the community: (a) REACH seeks information from community leaders on relevant topics; (b) The SCI Café can mobilize quickly to respond to timely topics by direct communication with a wide range of stakeholders, academic as well as community based. (4) Sharing leadership with the community: (a) REACH establishes formal relationships with 23 UTMB units and 39 broad-based, high impact Galveston County organizations. (b) The SCI Café works primarily with “grass roots” community-level groups and organizations. (5) Creating resources and strategies for expansion: (a) REACH is working to expand its activities to other counties in the Gulf Coast area of Texas (e.g., Brazoria and Matagorda Counties); (b) The SCI Café is expanding its program to comfortable locations accessible to local residents (e.g., schools and libraries). (6) The value of regular and systematic scientific and evaluation: (a) REACH is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) that has already discovered major issues of relevance to community leaders including mental health, vaccination rates, food security, disaster preparedness, and caregiving. (b) The SCI Café conducts an evaluation survey at the conclusion of every event to stay current with participants interests and needs. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: (1) In order to maintain the ability to operate extra-territorially (i.e., beyond the safe organizational confines of the University), the 2 programs discussed here must maintain a fluid team structure. Different projects require different types of leadership, grass roots participation, university resources, communications/public relations, etc. (2) The strategy of accumulating and disseminating best practices appears to be one of the most valuable products of the extra-territorial team. (a) REACH’s “Offer and Ask” practice by which information of university and community resources (skills and expertise) are shared makes cooperation and shared leadership explicit. (b) The SCI Café’s interactional strategies for encouraging and enabling café participants to join the discussion/conversation are wonderful ways to convert an otherwise unidirectional lecture into a vibrant conversation. (3) Although the scope of these 2 programs is quite different, the message from both is that the principles of extra-territorial translational teams are application to all such endeavors to improve scientific and health literacy.
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Rodríguez-Entrena, Macario, Melania Salazar-Ordóñez, Rosa Cordón-Pedregosa, and Jose L. Cardenas. "Analysing granulated brown sugar – panela – market in Western Honduras." British Food Journal 118, no. 2 (February 1, 2016): 495–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-04-2015-0130.
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Purpose – Starting from a territorial development project in Western Honduras (Copán and Ocotepeque), farmers aimed to increase and add value to agricultural production by producing and commercializing granulated brown sugar (panela). The Western Honduras sugar market was studied, from the supply and demand side, in order to particularly understand consumer preference which is considered a key to increase smallholder farmers’ income in rural areas. Design/methodology/approach – The research included a qualitative study by means of six visits for observation and data compilation to stores, four face-to-face open semi-structured interviews with store owners and a focus group with local producers to acquire a global picture of the main regional sugar market characteristics from the supply side. Moreover a quantitative analysis applying a Choice Experiment to study consumer preferences was performed acquiring higher knowledge from the demand side. Findings – First, it was found that Honduras sugar market could be experiencing monopolistic practices and white sugar to 9 lempiras per pound was the most popular product according to the qualitative study. Second, for consumers who knew dulce de panela, granulated brown sugar was preferred over refined white sugar. Consumers who had a high level of education, came from rural areas, considered brown sugar to be healthier and read nutritional information were more prone to consume granulated brown sugar. On the other hand, the estimated selling price was around 16 lempiras/pound, but consumers were willing to pay at the most 11.59 lempiras/pound. Nevertheless, market share simulation showed a market niche to comercialize granulated brown sugar – panela. Originality/value – This research is of academics, farmers and policy makers value. There are no studies analyzing consumer behavior regarding granulated brown sugar in Honduras. The results provide information about the previous steps which need to be given for smallholders in order to commercialize this novelty product; and it stressed the necessity of highlighting health claims on panela which would involve political actions.
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Prabowo, B., N. Rikardi, M. A. Setiawan, P. Santoso, Yonvitner, D. Arafat, B. Subhan, and A. Afandy. "Enhancing reef fish diversity using artificial reef-building: A case study of coral reef rehabilitation on Nyamuk Island, Anambas Islands." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 944, no. 1 (December 1, 2021): 012030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/944/1/012030.
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Abstract CCMRS-IPB conducted coral reef rehabilitation at damaged coral reefs around Nyamuk Island. Those artificial reef buildings for rehabilitation gave shelter spaces for reef fish. This research aims to calculate the effect of coral reef-building, which enhances rugosity to the reef fish diversity around the rehabilitation sites. The study was conducted on Nyamuk Island in the Anambas Islands. Reef fish were sampled annually from 2014 to 2019 using the underwater visual census. The Diversity index and non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling were built to discover reef fish diversity, and reef fish species were affected the most. Yearly data shows an escalation number of reef fish abundance and richness at the end of 2019. The major reef fish group is found to have constant diversity throughout the year compared to other functional groups. The target reef fish group came to this rehabilitation ecosystem primarily attracted by nourishment availability. There is a shift in the reef fish diversity from the early year to the project end. Generally, major reef fish groups will be refuged first around the rehabilitation sites, especially territorial types. Target fish groups from herbivorous and carnivorous types will mostly come along after their food availability and location to get around.
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NIIYAMA, Yoko, Azusa OSUMI, and Haruka UEDA. "Territorial Food Projects and Territorialised Food System in France." Journal of Food System Research 28, no. 1 (2021): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5874/jfsr.28.1_29.
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Dautkanov, N. B., and D. R. Dautkanova. "Sugar industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan: current state and modernization reserves." Problems of AgriMarket, no. 3 (September 15, 2022): 107–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.46666/2022-3.2708-9991.12.
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The goal is to investigate the state and problems in the sugar industry in Kazakhstan. Methods – analysis of industry information from publicly available open sources, scientific literature, official materials of territorial administration, the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, industry experts and business entities. Results – the baseline is a conceptual model of a closed project for the northern and/or eastern regions of the country, which are characterized by significant acreage, cold autumn and winter periods, which contribute to a longer storage of sugar beets (with proper stacking of piles using forced ventilation systems). The necessity of a cluster approach to ensure sustainable d evelopment of sugar industry in the formation of a financial model is justified. Conclusions – the article presents material on world sugar production in 2019/2020, an overview of sugar product sub-complex in the republic, main beet-growing zones and their climatic conditions. Considering the problems of ensuring food security in Kazakhstan, it is noted that sugar market in Kazakhstan does not provide the industry and the population of the country with the necessary volumes. The proposed concept of the project for the northern and northeastern regions is visualized in the form of a block diagram. The authors note that there is experience in growing this crop in the North Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions with more severe climatic conditions, in comparison with usual southern regions (Almaty and Zhambyl regions), which cannot be an obstacle to obtai ning products following the example of the Canadian company LanticRogers (Taber, Canada, Alberta).
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Polishchuk, Yevheniia, Alla Ivashchenko, Igor Britchenko, Pavel Machashchik, and Serhiy Shkarlet. "European smart specialization for Ukrainian regional development: path from creation to implementation." Problems and Perspectives in Management 17, no. 2 (June 12, 2019): 376–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(2).2019.29.
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The focus of the research is to develop recommendations of smart specialization (SS) for Ukrainian policymakers using European approaches. The authors revealed that the main SS projects are presented in such sectors as agri-food, industrial modernization and energy. More than 12 EU countries were the plot for conducted analysis of SS, as a result of which the level of activity of each country was determined. The creation of consortiums, including SMEs, associations, universities and other participants, disclosed the successful way of SS realization. The structure of SME’s innovative potential in Ukraine was identified underlining their main characteristic features like types of innovations and innovative activity, differentiation according to enterprise size, their regional distribution. The authors explored lack of innovations on regional and national level and significant territorial disparities, which could be eliminated through policy implementation of regional SS. The existing legislative norms for possibility of SS implementation in Ukraine were analyzed due to correspondence with the EU ones. The analysis provides the opportunity to consider them only as general framework documents without any action plans and sectoral prioritization at all. The weak points of these law documents are emphasized. As a result of research, the authors developed recommendations presented by direct action plan for Ukrainian policymakers, which include such activities as underlining key priorities (especially ICT applicability in every SS project) and their correspondence with the EU ones; eliminating regional imbalances by focusing on innovation development and reorientation of some regions according to SS priorities; respecting regional existing capacities; providing organizational mechanism for cooperation of stakeholders and financial mechanism for SS support through the EU structural funds.
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Dzhamirzoev, G. S., R. H. Bekmansurov, M. V. Korepov, S. A. Stryukov, and H. N. Ismailov. "Wintering Eastern Imperial Eagles in Dagestan, Russia." Raptors Conservation, no. 2 (2023): 323–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.19074/1814-8654-2023-2-323-327.
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Eastern Imperial Eagle (EIE; Aquila heliaca) wintering grounds in Dagestan and adjacent areas of the Chechen Republic and Stavropol Territory were monitored in February and December of 2022 as part of the project “Study and Conservation of Eastern Imperial Eagle” implemented by the Non-governmental Environmental Central “Caucasus”, Russian Bird Conservation Union (RBCU), and Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union NABU, with the support of the NABU International Foundation and VGP Foundation. EIE wintering grounds in Eastern Transcaucasus have been known to ornithologists for a long time (Satunin, 1907; Stanchinsky, 1914). However, the nature of the species wintering and their distribution in Dagestan remained poorly studied (Dzhamirzoev et al., 2013; Dzhamirzoev, Bukreev, 2020). During the research that was carried out in February of 2022 in plains and foothills of Dagestan, it was established that a large number of territorial EIE pairs live near their breeding territories, and EIE clusters at landfills together with other large raptors were identified. Juvenile birds were also observed on wintering, both in clusters with other raptors and in typical breeding habitats. This allowed us to assume that EIE regularly winters in Dagestan throughout the entire winter period. The wintering of these birds in the Ciscaucasia was also indicated by results we received from monitoring EIE individuals tracked in the Middle Volga region – in Ulyanovsk region and Tatarstan. In July 2022 we tagged four juvenile eagles with GPS/GSM trackers in the lower reaches of the Terek River and the vicinity of the Dagestansky Nature Reserve to find EIE migration and wintering locations in Dagestan. To confirm the regularity of wintering, additional research was carried out in December 2022 in the northern and southern plains and foothills of Dagestan (Dzhamirzoev et al., 2023; Korepov, Stryukov, 2023). On December 8–17, 2022, 40 EIE individuals were registered in the northern part of the region and the adjacent areas of Chechnya and Stavropol. For the most part, EIE have been recorded in breeding areas, near them adult individuals possibly stay throughout the winter, as well as at food waste landfills near large settlements and in agricultural landscapes with dense populations of myomorphic rodents and clusters of pigeons (Columba sp.). Most lived alone or in pairs, less often – in small clusters at landfills. The share of juvenile birds was 17%. At the same time, 86 EIEs were recorded on plains and foothills of central and Southern Dagestan. Here the species distribution was closely connected to breeding territories too, most adult territorial eagles stay here throughout the year. Wintering EIE gather around food waste landfills near poultry farms as well. The share of juvenile eagles among wintering EIE was 43.02% (37 individuals), but the bulk of them (n=34) concentrated near landfills. Adult eagles and nesting pairs were predominantly found on power line supports. Wintering eagles were also not recorded in half of previously known breeding territories. This is partly because our visits to EIE breeding territories were very short. On plains in the northern part of Dagestan, the share of EIE among 12 other raptor species (n=238 individuals) in December 2022 was 17%. In terms of occurrence, EIE is second only to White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) (36%) here. Among members of the genus Aquila (n=43), the occurrence of EIE was 95% in comparison with Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) (5%). On the plains and foothills of central and southern Dagestan, the share of EIE among 15 other raptor species (n=660) was 13.03% (n=86). In terms of occurrence, EIE is inferior to White-Tailed Eagle here too (30.76%, n=203), as well as Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) (21.06%, n=139) and Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) (15,61%, n=103). Moreover, Cinereous Vulture and partly Griffon Vulture abundance is not connected to the main survey areas and are associated with registrations of migrating birds at a landfill near the village of Kakahura. Among members of the genus Aquila (n=149), the occurrence of EIE was 58% in comparison with Steppe Eagle (37%) and Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) (5%). Of the four juvenile EIE tagged with trackers in July 2022, two spent the winter primarily in Dagestan, and two EIE died near breeding territories. Results of remote monitoring show that juvenile EIE that winter in the region roam over a larger area than adults, but nevertheless show a certain conservatism, sticking to breeding habitats and similar territories in the foothills of Dagestan and the Caspian depression. Conclusions: In recent years, EIE regularly wintered in Dagestan. Adult EIE typically winter in breeding territories, where they often live in pairs. Juvenile EIE roam over a larger area than adults, but generally spend most of their time in winter in breeding habitats or similar areas. EIE that fly from northern parts of their range to winter in Dagestan generally stick to food waste landfills (mainly from poultry farms) near settlements, as well as pasture agrocenoses with an abundance of myomorphic rodents, corvids (Corvidae), and pigeons.
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Kolomiiets, L. P., I. P. Shevchenko, and I. V. Ryshko. "Management of land resources of rural areas in the context of the paradigm of sustainable development of Ukraine." Agriculture and plant sciences: theory and practice, no. 2 (March 24, 2023): 5–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.54651/agri.2023.02.01.
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Aim. To determine the main directions of the formation of innovative agricultural land use of united territorial communities through its multifunctional development in the context of improving the investment climate of rural areas based on the use of innovative levers of their integrated development. The National Security Strategy of Ukraine [1] defines that ensuring environmental and food security belongs to the priority areas of state policy. The land and resource potential of Ukraine is rightly considered the foundation of the national economy. However, the current ecological and economic situation in land use shows that society is not yet sufficiently aware of the real value of land resources. This mainly applies to agricultural lands, since the methods of their use in agricultural production quite often become the root cause of the occurrence of many negative phenomena, which leads to the growth of environmental hazards and manifestations of degradation of productive lands of agricultural landscapes. Methods. Monographic analysis, abstract-logical, comparative and analogues and comparisons, experimental, economic analyses. Results. The article presents the results of scientific research, which were aimed at substantiating priority measures regarding the rational use, protection and reproduction of the productive potential of land resources, ensuring environmental safety in agricultural landscapes. Special attention is paid to the revision of the land resource management strategy in the field of land use, to the deepening of scientific research on the formation of a multifunctional paradigm for the development of rural areas, the implementation of which will ensure rationality, efficiency and environmental friendliness, their use, which will largely determine the level of economic development of the country. Conclusions. The socio-economic trends of the development of rural areas in the context of ensuring the economic and food security of Ukraine were studied. An assessment of the existing socio-economic development potential of rural areas was carried out from the point of view of the prospects of further European integration of our state. The regional aspects of the development of rural areas in the context of increasing their competitiveness in the conditions of the development of the green economy are revealed. Elaborated directions for increasing the efficiency of agricultural land use at the regional level, taking into account the decentralization of territorial development management. A comprehensive system of measures regarding the ecological and economic regulation of the use of land and resource potential by developing a territory organization project with scientific justification of project decisions regarding changes in the structure of agricultural land on the basis of ecologically safe land use has been substantiated and proposed. The theoretical and methodological foundations of organizational and economic support for ecologically balanced agricultural use of land resources in the conditions of transformation of land relations have been analyzed, systematized and deepened. The dynamics of the state of the land fund were studied (on the example of land use in Obukhiv district, Kyiv region, Forest-Steppe zone) with the aim of developing a conceptual structural-logical model of organizational and land-ordering mechanisms for the formation of balanced land use in rural areas for the further development of an innovative ecological and economic model of the organization of the territory of rural land use.
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Larina, T. N., L. A. Dobrodomova, and L. A. Tutaeva. "ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE EXPORT POTENTIAL OF GRAIN PRODUCTION IN THE ORENBURG REGIONS." Intelligence. Innovations. Investment, no. 5 (2021): 43–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.25198/2077-7175-2021-5-43.
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One of the results of the implementation of the «Export of agricultural products» («Eksport produkcii APK») Federal Project was an increase in the supply of domestic products on the world market. During the years 2015–2020 on average, the export of Russian agricultural products was increasing 16% per year. Conditions such as the strengthening of Russia’s position in the global agri-food market, the need to ensure the achievement of the target indicators of the Federal project, impose high requirements on management information for the agro-industrial complex. The article focuses on examining the export potential of grain since it is a key product in the structure of Russian agricultural exports. The goal of the study is to quantify the export potential of grain production. The study was carried out on the materials from the Orenburg region of the years 2015–2019. The authors defined the export potential of grain production as a part of the gross grain harvest intended for export, not exceeding the value of domestic consumption. A change in such a metric should not pose a threat to the food security of the region for each particular type of agricultural product. To characterize the export potential of the industry, calculations were made based on the balance of resources and the use of grain, with the indicator of self-sufficiency in grain and other relative indicators being calculated. Research methods which were used: comparison, balance method, method of relative values, statistical methods of analysis of dynamics and structure, etc. The information which was used as a base of the study comes from the official data of Rosstat and its territorial body in the Orenburg region, as well as from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. The study concluded that the basis for strengthening and increasing the export potential of grain production with stable values of domestic consumption is to increase production by improving agricultural technologies and state policy for the development of agriculture and rural areas. The state should exercise control over the enhancement of export potential. Otherwise, there may be a threat to the food security of the region, as well as of the country as a whole. Scientific novelty of the research: the authors formulated the definition of the concept of «export potential of grain production», the authors also substantiated the system of indicators and performed a comprehensive measurement of the export potential of grain production in the Orenburg region. The significance of the research results for practice is to improve information and analytical support for the management of production and export of agricultural products.
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Duplaga, Mariusz, and Marcin Grysztar. "Nutritional Behaviors, Health Literacy, and Health Locus of Control of Secondary Schoolers in Southern Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study." Nutrients 13, no. 12 (November 29, 2021): 4323. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13124323.
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Nutritional behaviors remain an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. It seems obvious that unfavorable health behaviors adopted in adolescence are maintained late in adulthood and may have a profound effect on health status. The main aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional behaviors and health literacy (HL), health locus of control (HLC), and socioeconomic variables in secondary school pupils from a voivodship (the main unit of territorial division) in southern Poland. The analysis was based on dataTable from a paper-and-pencil survey taken by 2223 pupils from schools selected as the result of cluster sampling. The survey questionnaire encompassed a set of five items asking about dietary patterns and the consumption of fruit and vegetables as well as fast food, a European Health Literacy Project Questionnaire consisting of 47 items, the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale, and items asking about sociodemographic and economic variables. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression models have been developed to assess the predictors of indicator nutrition behaviors. The adjusted models revealed that internal HLC was not significantly associated with any of analyzed nutritional behaviors. “Powerful other HLC” and “Chance HLC” (dimension of external HLC) were significant predictors of the selected dietary patterns. Furthermore, higher HL was associated with higher consumption of fruit and vegetables [odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (OR, 95% CI)]: 1.02 (1.01–1.04) and with lower consumption of fast food (OR, 95% CI, 0.98, 0.95–0.999). There was a significant relationship between gender, the size of the household, self-assessed economic situation, expenditures on mobile phones, and weekly duration of Internet use and selected nutrition behaviors. In conclusion, developed regression models confirmed a significant relationship between HL and the types of consumed food, but not with dieting patterns. Contrary to earlier studies, internal HLC was not associated with nutrition behaviors. In our study, boys showed more favorable nutritional behaviors than girls. More intense use of the Internet was associated with less beneficial nutritional behaviors. This study brings important results that should have an impact on health promotion interventions addressed to adolescents in southern Poland.
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Colella, Giuseppe, and Maria Teresa Paola Caputi Jambrenghi. "Sustainable Supply Chain in the Agri-Food Sector in South-Italy as an Eco-Sustainability Tool for Innovation and Territorial Development." Journal of Management and Sustainability 10, no. 2 (November 2, 2020): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jms.v10n2p83.
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The agri-food logistics chains face guarantee the greatest extending of sustainability practices in the management of the entire supply chain. The use of management and marketing tools and of innovative legal and economic institutes, also in the agri-food sector, is fundamental to guaranteeing an increasingly “cleaner” agriculture, in order to introduce more and more organic and eco-sustainable food products and safe for the health and well-being of living beings on the market. However, the joint use of these tools does not yet seem to be fully exploited, particularly in South-Italy. In this sense, the territories limit of potential eco-sustainable development tools deriving from the agri-food logistics chains, also in terms of territorial and tourism development of entire areas. Drawing upon the experiences of innovative projects oriented to eco-sustainability that have implemented mechanisms of continuous improvement in the agri-food sector, through the achievement of high levels of technological, methodological and organizational innovation, some implications for how to implement territorial development policies guided by sustainability can be found. In this paper, the changes that the agri-food sector has undergone will be discussed and possible scenarios of territorial and tourism development supported by the agri-food logistics chains will be suggested, two macro areas covered by the three pillars of sustainability, environmental, economic and social.
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Teslia, Iurii, Nataliia Yehorchenkova, Oleksii Yehorchenkov, Iulia Khlevna, Yevheniia Kataieva, and Lubomir Jamecny. "Devising a multi-project approach to the formation of portfolios for restoration and development of territories within the concept of strategic investments and development packages of the STINBALEF project." Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies 6, no. 3 (126) (December 28, 2023): 36–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2023.291782.
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This work relates to devising an approach to the formation of portfolios of restoration and development projects of territories. The object of research is the processes of development and restoration of territories. The subject of the study is the process of forming portfolios of development and restoration projects. The problem being solved is to devise an approach to the formation of project portfolios focused on the processes of development and restoration of territories. The peculiarities of the organization of the processes of development and restoration of territories have been defined. It is shown that development and restoration projects are usually associated with the need to create many related products. Therefore, a multi-project approach was determined as the main one for the formation of portfolios of restoration and development projects of territories. A method to form multi-project portfolios using the cost-benefit concept has been developed. It is proposed to use the value created by the products of the sub-projects for the population of the territories as benefits. A multi-project planning model was built, taking into account the cause-and-effect relationships between individual sub-projects. A feature of the model is that the products of subprojects are the object of planning. Vector analysis was used to determine the value of individual products, which makes it possible to establish the order of their creation in accordance with the cause-and-effect relationships between them. The approach, method, and model were practically validated within the framework of actual scenarios of infrastructure development of the Košice Self-Governing Region on 4 classes of multi-projects, which were divided into sub-projects and were successfully implemented. The devised approach, method, and model could be used to solve the tasks necessary for the restoration of the territories in Ukraine
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Sebillotte, Michel, Janick Huet, and Joël Auckenthaler. "« Trois hommes dans un projet de développement territorial »." Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides 7, no. 6 (November 2000): 516–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2000.0516.
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Ivanov, Yuriy B., and Olga Yu Ivanova. "The Methodical Approach to the Selection of Directions of Spatial Development of Amalgamated Territorial Communities in the Context of Decentralization and Martial Law." Business Inform 7, no. 534 (2022): 67–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2022-7-67-73.
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The article is concerned with topical issues of spatial development of territorial communities of Ukraine in the context of decentralization, taking into account the uncertainty caused by martial law and the pandemic. The purpose of this article is to develop a methodical approach to substantiating the directions of spatial development of territorial communities based on the conception, principles, scientific methods, taking into account the criteria of their efficiency and factors of spatial development of territorial communities. To substantiate the directions of spatial development of territorial communities, a methodical approach is developed, which is based on a problem-oriented approach to substantiating the instrumentarium of spatial development of territorial communities and on a cognitive map of causal relationships of spatial development, a model of solutions to the problem of development of territorial communities, which takes into account development scenarios depending on the type of community. The criteria for the efficiency of spatial development of territorial communities can be the following: criteria for the potential of self-development of territorial communities (self-government, self-financing, self-organization); performance criteria – the results of the implementation of programs for the implementation of strategies for the development of territorial communities, development projects, etc. In order to ensure the vital functions of territorial communities under martial law and increase their ability to solve problems in the new realities, when substantiating the directions of spatial development of territories, the following should be taken into account: development of the potential of self-development of the territorial community; problem-oriented management of human resources of the community; organization of training for representatives of territorial communities on the implementation of mechanisms to support enterprises and internally displaced persons; formation of budgets of territorial communities during martial law and post-war status; preservation of the country’s intellectual potential in the post-war period; preservation of the country’s production potential, which will provide both the territorial communities with essential goods and the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – with contemporary means of security and food products; financial support for community life; improvement of regulatory policy; ensuring economic and food security of territorial communities, etc.
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Ibáñez-Jiménez, Álvaro, Yolanda Jiménez-Olivencia, Ángela Mesa-Pedrazas, Laura Porcel-Rodríguez, and Karl Zimmerer. "A Systematic Review of EU-Funded Innovative Agri-Food Projects: Potential for Transfer between Territories." Land 11, no. 4 (April 3, 2022): 519. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11040519.
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This article presents a systematic review of innovative projects funded by EU Rural Development Programs that were designed and implemented in rural areas of the European Union to facilitate the territorialized production of foodstuffs and their sale through alternative networks. On the basis of the results obtained in this review, we designed a model for the transfer of knowledge to the local community in the Alpujarra Granadina (Granada, Spain) within the framework of the LifeWatch project. This study uses two consecutive methodological approaches. We began by developing a protocol for the systematic search and analysis of successful rural development projects carried out in the European Union between 2007 and 2020. After that, we created a model for the transfer of results using a participative methodological approach. The results of our analysis of the group of projects selected for review show that the main innovations were made in different aspects of the product, process, sales and distribution. These innovative ideas were implemented by rural communities with a high degree of collective initiative and intelligence and could potentially be replicated in other areas. The sample analyzed contains a wide array of novel, alternative formulas, which are transversal to the projects, so provide significant contents that could be used to activate a space for participation and debate, which could itself become fertile ground for the creation of new projects. In conclusion, this study provides the stakeholders in rural areas, in particular farmers, with a wide, systematically organized knowledge base that proposes solutions to shared challenges.
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Farré-Ribes, Marta, Carmen Lozano-Cabedo, and Encarnación Aguilar-Criado. "The Role of Knowledge in Constructing the Quality of Olive Oil in Spain." Sustainability 11, no. 15 (July 25, 2019): 4029. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154029.
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The sustainability of a large proportion of Spanish olive oil-producing territories depends to a great extent on their capacity to fit into a specific model of food quality. The strategies used in the different territories differ with respect to their adherence to the objectifiable conception of quality, based on scientific-technical knowledge, or subjectivating conception of quality, based on tacit and practical knowledge. In this paper, we analyse the route taken by two territories with olive oil protected designation of origin (PDO) status in Spain to construct their quality model, the type of knowledge that has been applied and how knowledge processes affect the construction of sustainable quality models. This study applies a qualitative methodology based on participative observation and semi-structured interviews with key actors of the territories. The results indicate that processes of production, reproduction and dissemination of knowledge are basic pillars for the construction of sustainable quality projects. The degree of understanding of the objectifiable and subjectivating conception of quality in olive-producing territories and the interaction between them depend on the specific characteristics of the territory, the objectives set in connection to the olive oil quality method, the importance given to the different types of knowledge, and its standing on the issue of territorial sustainability.
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Seguin, Rose, Mark G. Lefsrud, Treena Delormier, Jan Adamowski, and Helen Fyles. "Interregional Differences in Agricultural Development across Circumpolar Canada." ARCTIC 75, no. 1 (March 14, 2022): 38–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic74717.
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In response to the circumpolar region’s high levels of food insecurity, many Canadian communities have identified the development of local agriculture as a means to resolve the issue. Agricultural development is varied across the circumpolar region, an area which includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik (Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador). This review explores the interregional differences in circumpolar agriculture, their historical development, and their relationship to prevailing biophysical, socioeconomic, and political conditions. Drawing upon local food strategies and literature pertaining to current agricultural initiatives, we discuss the future direction of circumpolar agriculture in Canada. Yukon and the Northwest Territories are the most agriculturally developed subregions of circumpolar Canada, and their territorial governments support the development of commercial agriculture. In Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut, relatively few agricultural initiatives are underway although local efforts have been made to establish community gardens or greenhouses and improve access to fresh commodities through subsidization of imported goods. Because of variability in biophysical, social, institutional, and political environments, strategies for food production would be most effective if tailored to each subregion. The continued development of agriculturally favorable policies and certified processing facilities in Yukon and the Northwest Territories could improve market access, both locally and out-of-territory. The eastern subregions (Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut) seem more inclined towards small, community-driven projects; these initiatives could be promoted to encourage community involvement for their long-term sustainability. Most studies on circumpolar agriculture have focused on the biophysical and social challenges; the region would benefit from additional research into the institutional and political barriers to agricultural development.
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Contò, Francesco, Felice Adinolfi, Mariantonietta Fiore, and Piermichele La Sala. "An incubator model based on the territorial value chain." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 7, no. 2-3 (September 30, 2013): 43–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.19041/apstract/2013/2-3/7.
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Policies to promote and encourage local foods may take many different shapes depending on both the specific targets and strategies. Some policies, especially at a local level, promote supply-chain vertical and horizontal integration as a comprehensive strategy which aims to help firms pursue several of the promoting policies. A business model that focuses its attention on the consumer of the product and territory can be a crucial driver in generating a ‘land fecundation’ as a response to globalization. The aim of the paper is to investigate the link between rural development and territorialisation, exploring the role of Local Action Groups Integrated Projects of Food Chain and Rural Development Programmes from 2007-2013 in a region in Southern Italy. The article makes use of a value chain approach, starting with Porter’s value chain model and five forces model of competition; it proposes a methodological framework for the development of an organisational model that includes and builds networks between the several stakeholders and local programmes, creating a shared strategy to revitalising the area and the food choices of its residents. This revitalising process takes place through the implementation of a multi-purpose incubator establishing strong partnerships that are able to foster complementarities among all rural stakeholders. Conclusions and implications for policy makers are drawn: a model of territorial organisation could link territorial capital and local stakeholders, and therefore the programming carried out under the entire RDP.
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Ratelle, Mylène, Laurie Haig, Brian D. Laird, and Kelly Skinner. "Game bird consumption in Dene communities of the Northwest Territories, Canada." Public Health Nutrition 24, no. 6 (January 11, 2021): 1229–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980021000021.
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AbstractObjective:Game bird consumption is an important part of the diet of Indigenous populations in Canada and, as part of country food consumption, is associated with improved nutritional status. The objective of this project was to document the consumption of game birds for Dene First Nations in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada.Design:Participants were invited to complete a FFQ using an iPad to document the types of country foods consumed, as well as consumption frequency and preparation methods, including thirteen types of game birds.Setting:The project was implemented in nine communities in the Dehcho and Sahtú regions of the NWT, Canada.Participants:A total of 237 children and adult participants from Dene First Nations in the Mackenzie Valley region of the NWT took part in the current study.Results:FFQ findings indicated that game birds were frequently consumed in both Dehcho and Sahtú communities. Canada goose and mallard were found to be consumed by the largest number of participants. Five different species (including Canada goose and mallard) were found to be consumed by at least 25 % of participants over the last year. When consuming game birds, most participants reported consuming the meat as well as most, if not all, other parts of the bird.Conclusions:Differences were observed since the last country food assessment in the 1990s in the same regions. These findings increase knowledge of the current Dene diet patterns and support the understanding of diet transition.
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SHISHANOVA, Elena Ivanovna, Aleksandr Sergeevich BAGDASARIAN, Anna Eduardovna SEMAK, Alexander Lvovich FROLOV, and Pavel Nikolaevich SHARONIN. "Integrated Use of Multitrophic Aquaculture Resources in the Recreational Business." Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism 11, no. 3 (June 16, 2020): 714. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505//jemt.v11.3(43).25.
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The article deals with the development of approaches to the integrated use of multitrophic aquaculture resources in the recreational business. It is revealed that multitrophic aquaculture allows successfully combining several areas in nature management. This includes obtaining high-quality food products (both of animal and plant origin), protecting and growing valuable medicinal plants, expanding the area of melliferous plants, and cultivating various industrial crops. It is proved that fish farming, often being extensive, can be considered as a kind of organic farming in the framework of recreational projects using multipurpose reservoirs. It is revealed that reservoirs used in recreational business, as well as the territories directly adjacent to them, are often characterized by an increased level of biodiversity that allows considering such territorial complexes as important stabilizing ecological zones.
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Ruíz Martínez, Irune, and Javier Esparcia Pérez. "Sinergias rural-urbanas: hacia un marco conceptual aplicado al área funcional de Valencia (España) / / / \ \ \ Rural-urban synergies: towards a conceptual framework applied to the functional area of Valencia (Spain)." TERRA: Revista de Desarrollo Local, no. 8 (July 27, 2021): 579. http://dx.doi.org/10.7203/terra.8.21347.
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Resumen: El éxito en la creación de sinergias rurales y urbanas para el desarrollo regional sostenible requiere de un enfoque integrado a nivel local y regional. Este artículo es una contribución al análisis de estas relaciones en el área funcional de Valencia, a partir del estudio de diferentes modelos de gobernanza como marco conceptual. Este enfoque deriva del proyecto H2020 ROBUST, en el que se analiza cómo avanzar en el desbloqueo de sinergias rural-urbanas a nivel local-regional, con especial atención a las capacidades de los gobiernos municipales y regionales, las administraciones relacionadas y otras partes interesadas para generar y mejorar las relaciones mutuamente beneficiosas. En el caso de estudio de la provincia de Valencia se han analizado diferentes tipos de estructuras de gobernanza, como el Consejo Alimentario de Valencia, los Pactos Territoriales por el Empleo y varios ejemplos de -en algunos casos, potenciales o teóricas- buenas prácticas, tales como el taxi rural, los cajeros automáticos o las redes culturales. Los acuerdos de gobernanza analizados enfatizan el compromiso del gobierno regional para activar mecanismos de gobernanza multinivel, así como la cooperación público-privada a nivel regional (más allá, por tanto, de los límites provinciales). La metodología aplicada puede ayudar a identificar nuevas medidas y acciones adecuadas para mejorar y crear nuevos modelos de gobernanza en las relaciones rurales y urbanas.
Palabras clave: Living Lab, sinergias rural-urbanas, gobernanza, área funcional de Valencia.
Abstract: The successful creation of rural-urban synergies for sustainable regional development requires an integrated approach at local and regional level. This article is a contribution to the analysis of these relationships in the functional area of Valencia, based on the study of different governance models as a conceptual framework. This approach derives from the H2020 ROBUST project, which analyses how to advance in unlocking rural-urban synergies at the local-regional level, with special attention to the capacities of municipal and regional governments, related administrations and other stakeholders to generate and enhance mutually beneficial relationships. In the case study of the province of Valencia, different types of governance structures have been analysed, such as the Valencia Food Council, the Territorial Pacts for Employment and several examples of - in some cases, potential or theoretical - good practices, such as rural taxis, ATMs or cultural networks. The governance arrangements analysed emphasise the commitment of the regional government to activate multilevel governance mechanisms, as well as public-private cooperation at regional level (thus beyond provincial boundaries). The applied methodology can help to identify further measures and actions suitable for improving and creating new governance models in rural-urban relations
Key words: Living Lab, rural-urban synergies, governance, functional area of Valencia.
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URASOVA, ANNA A., LYUDMILA V. GLEZMAN, and SVETLANA S. FEDOSEEVA. "CREATION OF AGROBIOTECH PARKS AS A CONDITION FOR ACHIEVING TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY AND FOOD SECURITY IN RUSSIA." Scientific Works of the Free Economic Society of Russia 242, no. 4 (2023): 138–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.38197/2072-2060-2023-242-4-138-158.
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In the article the authors justify the necessity of implementing projects on creating agrobiotechnoparks as one of the conditions for achieving technological sovereignty and food security in Russia. The speed, intensity and efficiency of achieving the designated national objectives depend on the choice of specific territories for the implementation of these projects. The authors set a goal: to substantiate the feasibility of implementing such a project on the territory of the resort city of Sochi. The methodological basis was the analysis of spatial and temporal data of the sectoral development of Sochi, logical-structural analysis and specification of arguments reflecting the advantages of the territory in the context of systematization of key opportunities from the creation of an agrobiotechnopark. As a result, the authors have proposed a system of arguments proving the feasibility and prospects of creating an agrobiotechnopark in the territory of the city-resort of Sochi.
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Chetverikova, Anna S., and Yulia A. Baronina. "Cooperation of Russia and France: Regional Level." Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law 11, no. 1 (April 4, 2018): 139–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.23932/2542-0240-2018-11-1-139-154.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of the inter-territorial cooperation of Russia and France at the present stage. It is the cooperation at the level of individual territories that become one of the forms in which countries are interested in, and France is not an exception. Russian regions also seek to develop relationships with the French side though this direction of foreign economic activity is not a priority for them. Authors’ attention is focused on those regions, which are the most involved in the investment ties between the two countries. Regional authorities play a particular role in the development of inter-territorial economic cooperation that is reflected in the analysis of activities of the regional authorities of France and Russia in the direction of development of bilateral ties in crisis conditions. Forms and dynamics of cooperation are considered; prospects of Russian-French interregional ties in the current political and economic conditions is assessed. Russian regions with comprehensive cooperation with French side are given. Investment cooperation is the most important for regional economy and only a part of French regions and of the subjects of the Russian Federation is involved. A characteristic feature of such cooperation is the concentration of investments of both countries mainly in the capital territories of France and Russia, as well as the territorial narrowness of investment activity in general that is predefined by the investment strategies of big Russian and French companies. Special attention is paid to the companies, which have the most geographically diversified structure. The experience of the Kaluga region as one of the active participants of the Russian-French inter-territorial cooperation is analyzed at regional level. Kaluga region in particular adopted French experience of regional innovation development. Nowadays Kaluga region is one of the biggest recipients of French companies’ FDI. Their projects are concentrated in the field of mechanical engineering, food and chemical industry, and the construction materials industry. The existing level of inter-territorial cooperation between France and Russia allows us to say that this form of cooperation is perspective and will develop in the future.
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Bertini, Antonio, and Tiziana Vitolo. "Historical Centres, Protected Natural Areas, Communities and Sustainable Development: A Possible Balance." Land 12, no. 2 (February 2, 2023): 403. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12020403.
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The paper illustrates how the recovery and valorisation of protected natural areas can constitute, for the local communities of small inland areas in Italy, a flywheel of sustainable development with beneficial effects for the entire ‘country system’. Through a SWOT analysis and having selected the indicators for the chosen territory, which is the Roccamonfina Volcanic Area and Garigliano Mouth Regional Natural Park in the Campania Region, the characteristics of the area were highlighted as well as all the municipalities that contribute to defining the park area. The methodology adopted was chosen to identify a sample area whose peculiarities are applied and scalable to other contexts with similar conditions. The paper aims to contribute to the debate on the valorisation of protected areas in Southern Italy to promote the enhancement of production potential in sectors such as enhancing ecological quality, agricultural supply chains and projects linked to tourism sustainability. Promoting the role of agriculture, through the valorisation of quality agricultural supply chains and projects linked to tourism sustainability, can contribute to the economic development of Italy’s inland areas. The authors believe that the sustainable development of southern Italy’s protected areas can take place in territories with a characteristic identity based on environmental quality, territorial cohesion and the recovery of food habits. In the absence of adequate solutions, the protected natural areas and the communities that inhabit them risk deterioration, with the consequent loss of identities—cultural, historical, territorial—that must instead be preserved, handed down and enhanced.