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Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 915-930, March 2022., 2022 Metabolic effect of short‐term exposures of lactic acid bacteria to environmental pressure induced by brewers' spent grain (BSG)‐derived saccharides. Summary We proposed a novel phenomic approach to track the effect of short‐term exposures of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides to environmental pressure induced by brewers'
Marta Acin‐Albiac +5 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 162-178, January 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper explores the role of contract farming arrangements in agricultural intensification in sub‐Saharan Africa, combining secondary literature and original case material from Mozambique. The paper extends the scope of “contract farming” beyond the formal contracts between large companies and small‐scale producers to include less formal ...
Gert Jan Veldwisch, Philip Woodhouse
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Economia Agro-Alimentare, 2023 This paper aims to demystify a lot of misconceptions still widely circulating today about the alleged properties of blockchain and then illustrate the real opportunities that this technology offers for “food system” and how it must be correctly ...
Francesco Rampone +3 more
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Consumer willingness to pay for food safety: the case of mycotoxins in milk
Bio-based and Applied Economics, 2014 Mycotoxins contamination in food is a serious source of health risks. This paper evaluates the Italian consumers’ perception of the mycotoxins’ risk through their willingness to pay (WTP) for a hypothetical bottle of milk obtained by cows fed with, inter
Paolo Sckokai +3 more
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Farmer’s adoption of agricultural insurance for Mediterranean crops as an innovative behavior
Economia Agro-Alimentare, 2023 Agriculture is a risky industry and is present in every management choice the farmer makes. Farms can experiment with different tools that can contain the impact of adverse events to protect production facilities, investments, and income generated by ...
Giuseppe Timpanaro +5 more
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Grasas y Aceites, 2004 This work showed some peculiarities of fatty acids profile of nine olive cultivars cultivated in a typical olive growing Calabrian area. The cultivars studied were: Cassanese, Coratina, Itrana, Leccino, Nociara, Ottobratica, Pendolino, Picholine and ...
Marco Poiana, Antonio Mincione
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Financing for sustainable food systems: The role of the vending sector
Economia Agro-Alimentare, 2023 The agribusiness sector needs substantial funding to initiate an ecological transition involving healthy diets and the creation of local circuits and linkages.
Alberto Bertossi +2 more
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Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2014 In addition to be a possible solution to the food crisis becoming a productive model to follow, the development of a process and/or a technique of food production in a developing country could create advantages from an industrial point of view due to the
Milena Lambri, Maria Daria Fumi
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Industrial perspective regarding circular economy activities in Atlántico-Colombia
Economia Agro-Alimentare, 2023 This work seeks to diagnose the business perspective of the department of Atlántico presenting general strength and weaknesses of companies to undertake circular economy policies; it seeks to know the actions for the circular economy of companies in each
María Bernarda Alvarado-Bawab +1 more
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Social farming in high mountain regions: The case of the Aosta Valley in Italy
Economia Agro-Alimentare, 2022 This paper investigates and analyses social farming in the Aosta Valley, a tiny Italian mountain region in the Alps. It aims to highlight the features of social farming in this region, focusing on the social mission and economic sustainability. The paper
Erika Fazari, Dario Musolino
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