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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Strategic Role of Sustainability Certifications: A Multi‐Theoretical Framework and Comparative Analysis in the Global Wine Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability certifications are increasingly embedded in the governance and competitiveness of the wine sector, yet their strategic role remains under‐theorised. This study conceptualises certifications as multidimensional strategic mechanisms and conducts a comparative analysis of 50 schemes used in the global wine industry.
Alexy Apolo‐Romero, Nieves García‐Casarejos, Pilar Gargallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causal attributions of vineyard executives – A mental model study of vineyard management ☆

Wine Economics and Policy, 2017
This article contributes a reference of causal attributions made by vineyard executives in Chile, where increasing costs and stagnating prices challenge the vineyardsâ profits. The investigation was motivated by the question how executives interpret the industry's mid term future and how they reflect on steering their companies.
openaire   +5 more sources

Managing with CARE: Family‐Level Outcomes of Environmental, Social, and Governance Practices in Family Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ESG practices offer various benefits for family firms; however, there has been limited focus on how these practices can specifically advantage the owning family. To address this gap, we conduct a multiple‐case study of six Italian family firms.
Rafaela Gjergji, Sofia Brunelli, Andrea Sanseverino, Salvatore Sciascia, Valentina Lazzarotti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grape and Wine Metabolomics to Develop New Insights Using Untargeted and Targeted Approaches

Fermentation, 2018
Chemical analysis of grape juice and wine has been performed for over 50 years in a targeted manner to determine a limited number of compounds using Gas Chromatography, Mass-Spectrometry (GC-MS) and High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).
Farhana R Pinu
doaj   +1 more source

When Policy Is the Hazard: Institutional Legitimacy and Climate Risk Attribution Among Farmers in Water Stressed California

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how farmers perceive and respond to climate policy risk in the context of drought and argues that understanding such responses is as important as understanding farmer reactions to the biophysical impacts of climate change.
M. Anne Visser, Jordan Pantano, Grace Kumetat, Julia Marhenke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biomass‐derived hydrochars as eco‐friendly adsorbents for wastewater treatment applications

Environmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract Emerging organic pollutants (EOPs), such as diethyl phthalate (DEP), bisphenol A (BPA), and methylene blue (MB), are only partially removed in conventional wastewater treatment plants. This study assesses hydrochars produced by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of spruce bark (SB), vine shoots (VSs), and wheat straw (WSs) for removing three ...
Emanuel Gheorghita Armanu, Sara Ribeirinho‐Soares, Christian Eberlein, Hermann J. Heipieper, Irina Volf, Olga C. Nunes, Olívia Salomé G. P. Soares   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crossing Old Concepts: The Ecological Advantages of New Vineyard Types

Diversity
In times of global insect decline, agricultural ecosystems need to be designed in an as insect-friendly manner as possible to halt the progressive loss of biodiversity. This is particularly important for steep-slope viticulture being established on sites
Lea Böhm, André Krahner, Matthias Porten, Michael Maixner, Juliane Schäffer, Thomas Schmitt   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life Cycle Assessment of viticultural technical management routes (TMRs): comparison between an organic and an integrated management route

OENO One, 2016
Aims: Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), this study aims to compare the environmental impacts of two different viticultural technical management routes (TMRs); integrated and organic) and to identify the operations that contribute the most to the impacts.
Anthony Rouault, Sandra Beauchet, Christel Renaud-Gentie, Frédérique Jourjon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Turning Water to Wine: An Analysis of Texas Wine Industry Water Management

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Texas wine industry is expanding in scale and reputation during a period when sustainability concerns are increasingly visible and valuable to grape growers and wine producers in Texas. Most vineyard hectarage in Texas is in the High Plains and Hill Country American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), which rely on regional aquifers for water. With
Brock Burford, Colleen C. Myles, Justin Scheiner, Michael Cook   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source