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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota +2 more
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Cahiers d’Études Italiennes, 2021 The paper investigates the Italian literary system from a gender perspective, through interviews with five contemporary Italian writers: Antonella Cilento, Helena Janeczek, Laura Pugno, Caterina Serra and Nadia Terranova.
Alberica Bazzoni
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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Periferie sociali e comportamenti di voti nella città di Bologna [PDF]
, 2017 The weakening of traditional parties and of their territorial rooting which has occurred over the last decades has brought back the scholarly interest on the local dynamics, namely, on the social and political transformations involving local areas.
VALBRUZZI M., COLLOCA P., TUORTO D.
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Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s [PDF]
, 1997 The Italian political system is both dynamic and sclerotic, adaptable and blocked, and with a surprising degree of institutional inertia. While some aspects of the system are adjusting to the new challenges of the decade, other areas are adapting much ...
Rhodes, M, Bull, MJ
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Politics in Central Europe, 2016 This comparative paper examines the reasons and the features of the rising Euroscepticism in Italy and in Hungary in the light of economic, financial, and political crisis.
Molnár Anna
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci +4 more
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Searching for a national model. Early paths in Italian industrial and artistic-industrial education
Rivista di Storia dell'Educazione, 2018 The paper analyzes in a transnational perspective how industrial and artistic-industrial education was developed by Italian governments and Italian local administrations between 1861 and 1900.
Chiara Martinelli
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