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Mowlds, Sinead. "The EU’s farm to fork strategy: missing links for transformation." Acta Innovations, no. 36 (September 30, 2020): 17–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.32933/actainnovations.36.2.
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The Farm-to-Fork strategy, launched in May 2020, is the first attempt at a European-wide approach to food systems of this scale. The strategy sets ambitious targets and aims to create a ‘fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly food system’. Yet, within the bounds of its own regulatory and legislative context (including the Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the new Biodiversity Strategy 2030), the strategy falls short of recognising key links in and between the food system. This review posits that the strategy and its targets do not adequately consider the importance of transforming agricultural practices for environmental outcomes; of agricultural practices for nutrition outcomes; nor the links between how we value nutrition along the supply chain, from farm to fork
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Giannou, Christina. "Farm to Fork: EU’s Strategy for a Sustainable Food System." HAPSc Policy Briefs Series 3, no. 1 (June 29, 2022): 189–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/hapscpbs.31008.
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The interrelationship of EU’s answer to the question of sustainable food systems is a pertinent issue when it comes to recognising the intrinsic relation amidst healthy people, societies, and a healthy planet. It is a strategy that is central in the EU Commission’s agenda, to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. It is paramount to understand the overall matrix of an agricultural and economic sustainable future, present and future goals calling out to members states for immediate need to help reshape sustainable solutions that will impact future generations. An outline of EU’s previous environmental framework will be examined comparatively to the current which pledges climate neutrality by 2050 binding this into Climate law. US President, Jo Biden in his first days in office ratified the Paris Agreement for a carbon free grid by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2050 reconvening US’s meaningful participation in the global climate network and, economic growth. Focus on key areas of study, environment, food, economy, future generations, and areas of reassessment will be viewed within the scope of shaping a perspective that the Green Deal and food sustainability is not only a call to reform previous economic models, but to address the elephant in the room; Can technologies guide us to a better future? Can they create new jobs? Provide better work opportunities? Support local farmers? Decrease food waste? Solve hunger? Save the planet? Is the Green Deal and Farm to Fork a utopia, a dream, or a sustainable reality?
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Schebesta, Hanna, and Jeroen J. L. Candel. "Game-changing potential of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy." Nature Food 1, no. 10 (October 2020): 586–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-00166-9.
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Fiore, Mariantonietta, Loïc Sauvée, and Joanna Wiśniewska-Paluszak. "Special Issue: Opportunities and challenges of EU farm-to-fork strategy." International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 25, no. 5 (December 12, 2022): 703–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.22434/ifamr2022.x001.
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In the context of the Farm-to-Fork strategy towards climate and natural resources neutralization, all players in agri-food value chain actors and stakeholders – citizens, consumers and business – cope with new challenges based on a better understanding of the complex interrelations between public health, ecosystems, value chains, consumption patterns, and planetary boundaries. From a managerial perspective, several dimensions appear crucial. The first one is circularity, i.e. the move from line to circular models which brings opportunities and threats in terms of quality management standards, procurements arrangements and skills for this circular turn. The second dimension is inclusiveness, with the renewed roles of farming systems as part of complete sustainable agri-food chains, with the core topic of social-environmental inclusivity within either existing agri-food companies or business models from scratch. The third dimension is path-dependency for conventional firms, with knowledge, technological and/or organizational lock-in, along with roles for newcomers and startups in this business model transformation, as well as the place and role of innovation ecosystems.The articles of this special issue offer constrasted view of these challenges.
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Abbasi, Iffat Abbas, Hasbullah Ashari, Ahmad Shabudin Ariffin, and Ijaz Yusuf. "Farm to Fork: Indigenous Chicken Value Chain Modelling Using System Dynamics Approach." Sustainability 15, no. 2 (January 11, 2023): 1402. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15021402.
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Farm to fork strategy, advocated by the European Commission, aims for a ‘fair, healthy, and environmentally healthy food system. It requires a renewed mindset and an in-depth analysis of the intricate agricultural-based value- chain that forms the food system. Indigenous chicken micro-farming, the focus of this study, for example, is a highly potential candidate for the Farm to Fork strategy but requires a deep analysis of its disintegrated value chain to achieve the strategy. Indigenous chicken farming provides opportunities for the poor and marginal people for a steady income while at the same time being more environmentally friendly and a source of healthy food. These have motivated this study to analyse the indigenous chicken micro-farming value chain in Malaysia, with the objectives to evaluate the present status of the indigenous chicken farm value chain and develop an initial integrated model for indigenous chicken farms. This study uses qualitative system dynamics in data collection and analysis and model development to achieve the objectives. The proposed model is simulated to understand the dynamics of interaction and behaviour among the sub-systems. The findings lead to two outcomes of the study- the first is the dynamics model of the typical indigenous chicken value chain, and the second is the potential integrated value chain model for indigenous chicken farming. These findings are imperative for future research to enhance further the integrated model to be able to realise the farm-to-fork strategy and to contribute to the sustainable development goals.
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Negruțiu, Cristian. "DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENUERSHIP IN FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN." BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AND MANAGEMENT 12, no. 5 (October 15, 2022): 46–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/beman/2022.s.i.3-04.
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Food logistics is a critical sub-category, with major implications for society, in which tech entrepreneurs can bring a significant paradigm shift. We will investigate these changes through the concept of green entrepreneurship and by briefly describing the EU strategy called Farm to Fork. In order to demonstrate that the change is already happening, we will present a case study featuring a tech start-up from Romania. The company is a successful application of sustainable entrepreneurship in the logistics and supply chain area and a practical exemplification of the Farm to Fork strategy.
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Stevenson, Peter. "Turning the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy into a far-reaching reform of EU agriculture." Derecho Animal. Forum of Animal Law Studies 11, no. 4 (November 23, 2020): 177. http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/da.521.
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Vrolijk, Hans, and Krijn Poppe. "Cost of Extending the Farm Accountancy Data Network to the Farm Sustainability Data Network: Empirical Evidence." Sustainability 13, no. 15 (July 22, 2021): 8181. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158181.
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The European Green Deal, its Farm to Fork strategy and Biodiversity strategy will set the scene for the future revisions of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The CAP will address an increasing set of objectives, including contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement. To enable evidence-based policy making and monitoring, the Farm to Fork strategy proposes to extend the current monitoring system to include a broader range of sustainability issues. The current monitoring system called Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) has a strong focus on financial and economic data. The FADN is an instrument for monitoring and evaluation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy and collects bookkeeping results from 80,000 farms. The extension to a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) should include a broader set of indicators on the sustainability performance of farms. This paper estimates the costs of collecting this broader set of sustainability indicators in the FSDN based on the experiences of a pilot in 9 member states and a survey among all member states. The results show that collecting the sustainability data from all farms included in FADN would increase the costs by about 40%. The results show large differences between countries depending on the current costs of data collection and the expected additional work to include sustainability indicators. Given the pressing need for these data, a scenario was developed where sustainability data are collected from a subsample of 15,000 farms. This can be achieved within current budget limits if the current FADN sample would be reduced from 85,000 to 75,000 farms. The discussion section addresses some concerns raised on the extension of FADN to FSDN such as: willingness of farmers, administrative burden, economic background of FADN and the quality of the data.
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Moschitz, Heidrun, Adrian Muller, Ursula Kretzschmar, Lisa Haller, Miguel Porras, Catherine Pfeifer, Bernadette Oehen, Helga Willer, and Hanna Stolz. "How can the EU Farm to Fork strategy deliver on its organic promises? Some critical reflections." EuroChoices 20, no. 1 (January 23, 2021): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1746-692x.12294.
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Krzyzanowski, Julian. "“FARM TO FORK” STRATEGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BEEF PRODUCTION SECTOR IN POLAND." Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economics 369, no. 4 (December 23, 2021): 150–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.30858/zer/142846.
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Purnhagen, Kai P., Stephan Clemens, Dennis Eriksson, Louise O. Fresco, Jale Tosun, Matin Qaim, Richard G. F. Visser, Andreas P. M. Weber, Justus H. H. Wesseler, and David Zilberman. "Europe’s Farm to Fork Strategy and Its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?" Trends in Plant Science 26, no. 6 (June 2021): 600–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.012.
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Ghisellini, Patrizia, Amos Ncube, Gloria Rotolo, Chiara Vassillo, Serena Kaiser, Renato Passaro, and Sergio Ulgiati. "Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks." Energies 16, no. 4 (February 7, 2023): 1671. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16041671.
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This study proposes a framework of environmental and energy performance indicators identified and critically evaluated within the scientific literature and the Agricultural European Database for the monitoring and evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. The identified set of performance indicators encompasses the whole life cycle of agri-food systems from primary production stage until end-of-life stage in agreement with the circular economy and EU “farm to fork strategy” frameworks. In particular, the practices/goals/targets suggested in the latter (e.g., organic farming goals, more relevance assigned to plant-based diets, support for the creation of short supply chains, and reduction in food losses and waste) have guided the search for the main topics of interest in our analysis and the associated environmental and energy indicators. The results of this study evidence a proposed set of performance indicators selected from the literature among LCA and non-LCA indicators (midpoint LCA impacts, cumulative energy use, emergy accounting, and material flow accounting, among others) that could be helpful in integrating the EU CAP indicators for monitoring and evaluating efforts and achieved results toward implementing and controlling the effectiveness of the adopted “farm to fork” policy and related legislative measures, as well as the application of the circular economy model.
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Stoicea, Paula, Irina Adriana Chiurciu, Elena Soare, Adina Magdalena Iorga, Toma Adrian Dinu, Valentina Constanta Tudor, Mihai Gîdea, and Livia David. "Impact of Reducing Fertilizers and Pesticides on Sunflower Production in Romania versus EU Countries." Sustainability 14, no. 14 (July 7, 2022): 8334. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148334.
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The Farm-to-Fork strategy was the starting point for this study. Farmers in Romania and other member states expect a decrease in agricultural production in the main crops, due to the reduction of the quantities of fertilizers and pesticides allowed to be used. The article aims to highlight these quantities currently used, as well as the correlation with the realized productions, before the application of the mentioned strategy. The sunflower farming system was the object of the analysis, for which purpose the cultivated areas and the productions obtained in Romania were studied and compared to those in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary and Poland. It was found that in Romania, in the period 2010–2019, small amounts of fertilizers and pesticides were applied. Romania occupies the last position among the countries under analysis, both in terms of fertilizers and pesticides. To obtain a ton of sunflower in Romania, the nitrogen fertilizers used were 19.2 kg N active nutrient, with a negative deviation of −45.5 kg N active nutrient compared to Germany. The P2O5 phosphorus fertilizers used in Romania represent 7.48 kg of the active phosphorus nutrient with a negative deviation of −13.09 kg/ha compared to Spain. Potassium fertilizers used in Romania comprise 2.68 kg of active potassium nutrient used to obtain a ton of sunflower and have a negative deviation of −22.66 kg/ha compared to Poland. The pesticides used in Romania for sunflower cultivation represent 0.35 kg total pesticides used per ton and have a negative deviation of −2.48 kg compared to Spain, the largest consumer. In the event that a unit reduction of 50% for pesticides and 20% for fertilizers is applied, according to the Farm to Fork Strategy, the impact will be unequal on the productions obtained, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
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Zhang, Yangjunna, John W. Schmidt, Terrance M. Arthur, Tommy L. Wheeler, Qi Zhang, and Bing Wang. "A Farm-to-Fork Quantitative Microbial Exposure Assessment of β-Lactam-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Beef Consumers." Microorganisms 10, no. 3 (March 19, 2022): 661. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10030661.
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Integrated quantitative descriptions of the transmission of β-lactam-resistant Escherichia coli (BR-EC) from commercial beef products to consumers are not available. Here, a quantitative microbial exposure assessment model was established to simulate the fate of BR-EC in a farm-to-fork continuum and provide an estimate of BR-EC exposure among beef consumers in the U.S. The model compared the per-serving exposures from the consumption of intact beef cuts, non-intact beef cuts, and ground beef. Additionally, scenario analysis was performed to evaluate the relative contribution of antibiotic use during beef cattle production to the level of human exposure to BR-EC. The model predicted mean numbers of BR-EC of 1.7 × 10−4, 8.7 × 10−4, and 6.9 × 10−1 CFU/serving for intact beef cuts, non-intact beef cuts, and ground beef, respectively, at the time of consumption. Sensitivity analyses using the baseline model suggested that factors related to sectors along the supply chain, i.e., feedlots, processing plants, retailers, and consumers, were all important for controlling human exposure to BR-EC. Interventions at the processing and post-processing stages are expected to be most effective. Simulation results showed that a decrease in antibiotic use among beef cattle might be associated with a reduction in exposure to BR-EC from beef consumption. However, the absolute reduction was moderate, indicating that the effectiveness of restricting antibiotic use as a standalone strategy for mitigating human exposure to BR-EC through beef consumption is still uncertain. Good cooking and hygiene practices at home and advanced safety management practices in the beef processing and post-processing continuum are more powerful approaches for reducing human exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in beef products.
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Cortignani, Raffaele, Rebecca Buttinelli, and Gabriele Dono. "Farm to Fork strategy and restrictions on the use of chemical inputs: Impacts on the various types of farming and territories of Italy." Science of The Total Environment 810 (March 2022): 152259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152259.
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Biagini, Luigi, and Simone Severini. "How Does the Farmer Strike a Balance between Income and Risk across Inputs? An Application in Italian Field Crop Farms." Sustainability 14, no. 23 (December 1, 2022): 16098. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142316098.
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The European Union’s Farm-to-Fork strategy, aiming at increasing the environmental sustainability of farming, is oriented to limit farm inputs that could harm the environment. This restrictive policy affects farmers’ productive choices and economic well-being. However, limited attention has been paid to how this could affect the economic risk farmers face. To do so, we examine how risk is affected by fertilisers, crop protection, irrigation water, and labour choices. This study relied on Antle’s method of moments applied to the irrigated field crop farms of the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network from 2008 to 2019. This paper fills the literature gap jointly using three aspects usually adopted separately. First, consider the three moments and the semi-variance to investigate the risks of farmers’ strategies. Second, it accounts also for government payments to consider the relationship between these and risk. Finally, it adopts an estimation strategy that relies on the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) for the first step and the Fixed Effects-Generalized Least Squared (FE-GLS) estimator for the second, considering time and individual fixed effects and considering interaction terms effects. According to our research, constraining fertilisers, crop protection, and irrigation water increases income variability, causing farming to be potentially riskier. However, restricting fertilisers and crop protection use decreases the downside risk. These results indicate that policy measures constraining input use, such as those foreseen in the EU, strongly influence the extent and type of risks farmers face. Therefore, policymakers should consider this evidence when designing environmental policies.
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Dudek, Michał, and Ruta Śpiewak. "Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Food Systems: Lessons Learned for Public Policies? The Case of Poland." Agriculture 12, no. 1 (January 4, 2022): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12010061.
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COVID-19 has affected the functioning of food systems all over the world. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the economic, legal and institutional, as well as social effects of the pandemic’s outbreak on food systems, and the implications for the EU Farm to Fork Strategy whose main purpose is to put food systems on a sustainable path. Qualitative economic and social impact analysis was used to identify the above types of effect on the food system on a macroscale, using Poland as an example. Information was sourced from existing data and qualitative studies. Studies show that the consequences of the pandemic for individual elements of the food system in Poland in 2020 were related to numerous disruptions in functioning, leading to uncertainty, financial losses, and interrupted transactions. The crisis under analysis also revealed modifications in these actors’ behaviours in food markets, noticeable in changes in consumption patterns and in the ways demand for food was met. Nevertheless, an analysis of the gathered information and data testifies to the food system’s relative resistance to the effects of the pandemic, and also to the adaptive skills of the system’s entities, especially food producers and consumers. The paper’s discussion contains recommendations for public policies shaping the food system, pointing to actions that might reduce the negative effects of other potential exogenic crises in the future and aid the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s principles.
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Yulianti, Atika, Argyo Demartoto, and LV Ratna Devi Sakuntalawati. "MULTIPLE INCOME PATTERNS AND REFLEXIVITY: THE STRATEGY OF ELDERLY WOMEN FARMERS IN FOOD SECURITY." International Journal of Education and Social Science Research 05, no. 01 (2022): 306–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/ijessr.2022.5125.
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The era of modernization marked by the emergence of technology has had its own impact on people's lives, such as the existence of technology in the agricultural sector with the emergence of agricultural machines. The agricultural machines that are present have made it easy for farmers, but for some people, especially for farm workers, it has provided its own risk. Including the existence of a planting machine in the village of Kedungharjo, it has given its own consequences for old female farm workers. The consequence they feel is the risk of reducing human labor in agriculture. Therefore, old female farm workers to overcome food insecurity, they try to do a strategy of dual income patterns with farmincome, off-farm income, and non-farm income. Then from the risks felt by old female farm workers, they reflect on the risks they experience, as a form of response to overcome the risks of agricultural technology. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The purpose of this study was to determine the strategy of multiple livelihood patterns and reflexivity carried out by old female farm workers from the risks of agricultural technology
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Pańka, Dariusz, Małgorzata Jeske, Aleksander Łukanowski, Piotr Prus, Katarzyna Szwarc, and Jean de Dieu Muhire. "Achieving the European Green “Deal” of Sustainable Grass Forage Production and Landscaping Using Fungal Endophytes." Agriculture 11, no. 5 (April 25, 2021): 390. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11050390.
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The European Green Deal is the EU’s latest growth strategy and action plan, which will meet the challenges concerning climate change and environmental degradation. The components of the Green Deal which are intended to prevent biodiversity loss, to reduce pollution level, and to improve food quality are: The Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy. Their main aims include: Reducing the application of pesticides by 50% by 2030, reducing nutrients loss by 50% while preserving soil fertility, reducing the application of mineral fertilizers by a minimum of 20% by 2030, as well as supporting the development of organic farming to reach 25% of all the arable land in the EU. These aims are very ambitious and they pose a serious challenge. Can the European Green Deal provide an opportunity for fungal grass endophytes? This paper presented different aspects in which endophytes of the Epichloë genus affect colonized plants, as well as their possible applications in biological grass protection and in improving the performance properties of different grass biotopes. Literature was reviewed to provide evidence of how fungal endophytes might be used to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal strategy, in accordance with the principles of sustainable agriculture.
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Artyszak, Arkadiusz, and Dariusz Gozdowski. "Application of Growth Activators and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as a Method of Introducing a “Farm to Fork” Strategy in Crop Management of Winter Oilseed." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (March 23, 2021): 3562. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063562.
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In the European Union, out of concern for the quality of the natural environment, agriculture aims to limit the doses of mineral nitrogen to mitigate nitrogen leaching into the groundwater and N2O emissions into the atmosphere. This requires a search for new crop management for more environmentally friendly production. The aim of the study was to evaluate crop management technologies that would allow farmers to obtain high yields without high doses of nitrogen fertilizers. The study was conducted in Poland in 2016–2017 and 2018–2019 to test the effects of growth activators without an additional product and with a product containing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in the production of winter oilseed rape, reducing the nitrogen dose by 30%. The results obtained in the study show a positive effect of the studied treatments on seed yield, which was higher by 9.8 and 7.7%, and fat yield, higher by 11.4 and 9.2%, respectively, compared to those for the control treatment in which the full nitrogen dose was applied. Taking into account the scale of oilseed rape production in Poland, this means savings of 52.8 thousand tonnes of mineral nitrogen per year. Therefore, introducing the researched solutions into agricultural practice would lead to measurable benefits for the natural environment.
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Dobrin, Cosmin, Elena Oana Croitoru, Ruxandra Dinulescu, and Irinel Marin. "The Impact of Pesticide and Fertiliser Use on Agricultural Productivity in the Context of the Farm To Fork Strategy in Romania and the European Union." www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro 24, no. 60 (May 2022): 346. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/ea/2022/60/346.
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Wrzaszcz, Wioletta. "FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT IN POLAND IN LIGHT OF EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL OBJECTIVES." Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists XXIII, no. 3 (September 14, 2021): 143–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.2696.
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The aim of the paper is to outline the problem areas of fertilizer management in Poland, taking the need to achieve European Green Deal (EGD) objectives into account. Fertilizer management is one of the key elements of future agricultural policy, to which the European Green Deal refers, and is closer to the Farm to Fork strategy. The emphasis on the need to promote rational fertilizer management in European documents stemmed from the pressures of this economic activity on the natural environment. The paper focuses on the main determinants of fertilizer management, including the costs and quantities of mineral fertilizers used and the results of the NPK fertilizer balance, using the gross balance and indicator method. The study used Statistics Poland data 2007 and 2016 from the Farm Structure Survey and agricultural accountancy FADN 2014-2019. It was found that, at the level of the agricultural sector, the results of fertilizer balances do not create surpluses and problematic issues concern a significant share of farms with an understated balance of main NPK macroelements. The expected reduction in the level of fertilization under the EGD may result in a reduction in production and economic performance from a farm and negatively affect the state of the natural environment. The fertilizer balance and nutrient efficiency level should be used as measurable indicators for setting reduction targets.
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De Rosa, Marcello, Jorgelina Di Pasquale, and Felice Adinolfi. "The Root towards More Circularized Animal Production Systems: From Animal to Territorial Metabolism." Animals 11, no. 6 (May 25, 2021): 1540. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11061540.
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This paper deals with a relevant topic in the literature on sustainable management of animal farms, concerning the transition towards circular methods of animal production. The paper aims to put forward an original analytical multilevel perspective overlapping different dimensions at either micro, meso, and macro level. Starting from the Malthusian analysis on depletion of natural resources, with risks of the fragility of the natural and economic systems, the paper points out the importance of moving away from intensive methods of production, by adopting more circularized approaches based on resources efficiency. The application of circular economy approaches to animal production is theorized through the concept of territorial metabolism involving not only internal resources (at the animal farm level) but also territorial resources. The paper underlines the critical points of the transition, which is labeled as a socio-technical transition in that it involves not only technical issues but also social aspects. Critical points are addressed through consumers’ acceptance of products drawn on circular approaches and political support to transition, through political tools which are boosted in recent documents of the European Union, like the Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy.
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Grigoras, Maria. "THE NEED TO REDESIGN THE AGRI-FOOD CHAIN IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY CONDITIONS." Economica, no. 2(120) (August 2022): 21–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.53486/econ.2022.120.021.
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Losses, including food waste, are one of mankind’s most pressing problems, with a wide spread over the last 200 years, and with an exponential increase in recent times. Although the global packaged food and beverage market was valued at about USD 3.6 trillion in 2021, the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent Russian-Ukrainian conflict affected the food supply chain. According to the research conducted by the International Food Information Council, the pandemic has affected the eating and cooking habits of 85% of consumers. Thus, the consumers have understood that food is the main factor of sanogenesis and is geared towards sustainable, healthy products, and new standards, such as the European Commission’s “Farm to Fork” strategy, call on industry and agriculture to adopt the circular economy and redesign their food systems.
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Cahyanti, Mega Mirasaputri, Widi Dewi Ruspitasari, and Pipit Rosita Andarsari. "PENERAPAN VIDEO PROMOSI MENGGUNAKAN APLIKASI FILMORA PADA PETERNAK KAMBING DI MALANG." Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat 1, no. 1 (August 7, 2020): 19–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.32815/jpm.v1i1.226.
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After Covid-19 attacked Indonesia, many business need to build e new strategy in order to face the new normal era. Including every owner of Goat Farm in Malang, which usually running the buying and selling process traditionally. The new strategy which can be done is through less contact economy, which is using internet. When every owner of goat farm selling their product by internet, they will not also get the usual income earned but also get wider potential buyer in outside Malang. That’s why, Making Promotion Video using Filmora training Activities for Goat Farm in Malang is done in the form of a tutorial delivered directly by the speaker. Where based on the results of this dedication, every owner of Goat Farm in Malang is very interested and eager to participate in similar activities for the development of business knowledge.
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D’Oronzio, Maria Assunta, and Carmela De Vivo. "Organic and conventional farms in the Basilicata region: A comparison of structural and economic variables using FADN data." Economia agro-alimentare, no. 3 (January 2022): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ecag2021oa12775.
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Organic farming in Italy is growing fast thanks to an increased focus on environmental sustainability and consumer demand thus challenging the farmers to create new working models and territorial systems.Organic land in Basilicata is more than 21% of the regional UAA , an area that has more than doubled in size since 2015. This study compares Lucanian organic farming systems with conventional farming systems and their economic benefits and is based on 2019 FADN data made up of 24% organic farms. This study could help regional policy makers to design guidelines for the 2021-2027 programming period reinforcing the green growth strategy. In fact, agricultural policy continues to focus on environmental themes (Green Deal and Farm to fork), proposing new challenges to agricultural businesses who take advantage of the competitive advantages of new models and territorial systems.
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Loughrey, Jason, and Thia Hennessy. "Farm income variability and off-farm employment in Ireland." Agricultural Finance Review 76, no. 3 (September 5, 2016): 378–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-10-2015-0043.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the potential relationship between farm income variability and off-farm employment decisions in the short and medium term for the case of Irish farm operators. Design/methodology/approach Panel probit models of off-farm labour supply are estimated using Teagasc National Farm Survey data for Irish farms. The framework is based largely on standard expected utility but includes a constraint for recent employment history. Findings The analyses identifies some evidence of a positive association between farm income variability and off-farm employment in the medium term but no significant relationship in the short term. This suggests that off-farm employment is part of a wider portfolio decision but is not a strong solution to short-term farm income shocks. Practical implications European farmers increasingly face high income variability but financial risk management tools are not sufficiently developed or widely accessible to assist farmers in managing the associated risk. This deficiency can have negative implications for household economic welfare and future farm investments and hence the future farm income. Off-farm employment can form part of a wider medium-term portfolio strategy but more effective tools are also required for risk management particularly in dealing with short-term volatility and where off-farm employment is not a realistic endeavour given time constraints and/or demographics. Originality/value The estimation of farm income variability includes a detrending method thus reducing the likelihood of overestimating farm income variability for farms in deliberate expansion or decline. While previous research has typically focused on the short-term response of farmers to historical farm income variability, this research has distinguished between the short and medium term.
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Szczepaniak, Iwona, and Piotr Szajner. "Challenges of Energy Management in the Food Industry in Poland in the Context of the Objectives of the European Green Deal and the “Farm to Fork” Strategy." Energies 15, no. 23 (November 30, 2022): 9090. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15239090.
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The Common Agricultural Policy defines the framework directions for the structural changes of the agri-food sector until 2030. The main reason for the actions is a fundamental change in the European Union’s approach to environmental protection issues and the dynamically changing conditions on the market for energy and agricultural raw materials. The European Green Deal, the key element of which is the “Farm to Fork” strategy, is the expression of the announced changes. The assumption of the documents is the long-term restructuring and modernization of the EU economy, which will be characterized, among others, by a closed cycle, low greenhouse gas emissions, and food and energy security. The challenges and the current situation in the markets of energy carriers are of significance in the activities of the food industry, which shows a high demand for energy. The aim of the article is to assess the level of consumption and energy efficiency of food industry enterprises in Poland, to identify challenges related to energy management and to formulate conclusions and recommendations in the field of changes adapting to the new conditions. The research results indicate that many positive changes took place in the energy economy of Polish food industry enterprises, among others, as a result of the implemented investments, the energy consumption of production, CO2 emissions and the amount of generated waste decreased. Due to unfavorable external conditions, it is necessary, however, to further improve the energy efficiency of enterprises, so that they can maintain cost competitiveness and meet the growing requirements in the field of environmental protection.
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Kosior, Katarzyna. "Towards a Common Agricultural Data Space in the European Union: A Sustainable Development Perspective." Wieś i Rolnictwo, no. 2 (191) (November 4, 2021): 65–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.53098/wir022021/03.
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In February 2020 the European Commission announced a new strategy for data in which an innovative proposal to create a single European data space composed of many sectoral common data spaces, including the agriculture sector, was presented. It is expected that the common agricultural data space will provide support for delivering a smart, innovative and sustainable agri-food system from farm to fork. Based on the analysis of framework conditions for pooling and sharing agricultural data in the EU and the Commission’s initiatives in this area, this article aims to discuss how and to what extent the common data space in agriculture could contribute to environmental, economic and social sustainability in the EU. It was concluded that the achievement of sustainability goals with the help of the planned common data space remains challenging, particularly in the context of rapid, but uneven pace of digital transformation in the agri-food sector in the EU. Overcoming legal, technical and other barriers to data sharing in the EU will not remove the fundamental problems of limited representativeness of current agricultural data assets in the EU. The design of the common data space in agriculture as well as the rules for data access and use should therefore be carefully considered. Also, specific and datarelated intervention measures, e.g. under the CAP, would be needed both to decrease the problem of a fragmented farm data landscape and to respond to the growing needs to collect and share private farm data that are highly relevant to achieving broader social goals and sustainability.
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Park, Sang-O. "Application strategy for sustainable livestock production with farm animal algorithms in response to climate change up to 2050: A review." Czech Journal of Animal Science 67, No. 11 (November 30, 2022): 425–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/172/2022-cjas.
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Global warming caused by climate change can increase heat stress and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, leading to food problems and livestock crises. Thus, pre-emptive responses are required to mitigate the food problems and livestock crises. The potential of a livestock crisis caused by global warming highlights the need for sustainable livestock production in response to climate change using a farm animal algorithm in order to address the population increase and avoid food problems in the future. In particular, the demand for animal-based foods has increased. Such a climate change threatens the livestock environment, production, reproductive efficiency, animal behaviour and welfare, while increasing the heat stress, livestock malodours, and GHG emissions. For these reasons, it is necessary to understand the concurrent mechanisms related to these effects of global warming, animal nutrition, animal feeding and management, animal heat stress and in ovo injection, and carbon neutral livestock. Climate-smart livestock systems are being implemented to overcome the livestock crisis caused by climate change and to maintain sustainable livestock production. This review emphasises the importance of sustainable livestock production using farm animal algorithms in response to a future livestock crisis caused by climate change in 2050.
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Mazzeo, Alessandra, Patrizio Tremonte, Silvia Jane Lombardi, Costantino Caturano, Arianna Correra, and Elena Sorrentino. "From the Intersection of Food-Borne Zoonoses and EU Green Policies to an In-Embryo One Health Financial Model." Foods 11, no. 18 (September 6, 2022): 2736. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11182736.
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The European Union (EU) adopts the One Health (OH) approach, based on the relationships between human, animal, and environmental health. OH concerns a multitude of aspects, some of which are discussed here. OH overlaps the European Green Deal plan and its relaunched Farm to Fork Strategy, which aims at spreading organic farms adopting the circular economy, in order to improve human health through both better environmental conditions and healthier food. Nevertheless, zoonoses cause sanitary cost in terms of infected farm personnel, lower productivity, and lower fertility of infected farm animals. In such scenarios, the decreased breeding yield and the lower income induce higher cost of farm products, meaning that the market price rises, becoming uncompetitive when compared to the prices of industrial products. Consequently, lower revenues can hinder the farm growth expected in the framework of the EU Green Deal. Since zoonosis control is a key element in aligning EU policies aimed at achieving the EU Green Deal goal of “ZERO environmental impact” by 2050, the authors suggest the inclusion of the parameter economic health in the OH approach, in order to individuate EU Member States (MSs) economically unable to conduct eradication programmes and to finance them. Economic health is here considered as a starting point of the new ethical and science-based One Health Financial Model that the authors suggest as an in-embryo model, in which specific rules should regulate public funds, private investments, and trading, which should exclusively concern public services and private enterprises complying with most of the OH parameters. In this way, economic losses due to collateral negative effects deriving from human activities can be progressively decreased, and the entire planet will benefit from the process. Despite the considerable efforts being carried out in the context of the OH approach, war causes tragic and devastating effects on the physical and mental health of human beings, on their lives, on pandemic and zoonotic threats, on animals, on plants and, last but not least, on the environment. War is incompatible with OH. Enormous efforts for peace are therefore urgently needed.
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Leite Pinto, Rafael. "The effects of introducing a carbon-meat tax in the EU: a literature review." UNIO – EU Law Journal 7, no. 2 (December 31, 2021): 106–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/unio.7.2.4033.
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The food industry, especially meat production, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change. Although the European Union has taken several measures to curb the effects from the agricultural sector, more recently launching the Farm to fork Strategy, livestock production seems to be left out of the proposed actions. Since 1985, the Commission has stated that the Polluter Pays principle should be applied to agriculture and in the most recent Strategy, this is also mentioned alluding to a possible carbon-tax on food products. In fact, one of the most popular measures discussed to internalise the environmental externalities of the sector and to encourage a reduction in animal products consumption is the introduction of a carbon tax, namely on meat products. Although several countries have applied climate taxes on fossil fuels and taxes on certain foods for health reasons, no country has applied a tax on food products for environmental reasons. In this article, we analyse the effects of implementing a carbon meat-tax in the EU by conducting a literature review of simulation studies. We discuss possible benefits and disadvantages with a practical, environmental, and socio-economic view.
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Pańka, Dariusz, Małgorzata Jeske, Aleksander Łukanowski, Anna Baturo-Cieśniewska, Piotr Prus, Mansoor Maitah, Kamil Maitah, et al. "Can Cold Plasma Be Used for Boosting Plant Growth and Plant Protection in Sustainable Plant Production?" Agronomy 12, no. 4 (March 29, 2022): 841. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12040841.
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Sustainable agriculture with low inputs of chemicals and fertilizers has been recently attracting more attention from producers and researchers in the EU. The main reason for such attention is The European Green Deal—the EU’s latest growth strategy concerning environmental degradation and climate change. One of its main components is the Farm to Fork strategy, which especially features the reduction in pesticide and mineral fertilizer application and also supports the development of organic farming. At the same time, food demand is rising. These ambitious challenges require extensive research, development and innovation. Therefore, new non-chemical techniques for improving plant growth and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses must be explored for their potential in this field. One of the most promising is the use of non-thermal plasma for such purposes. As this physical factor is a complex mixture of ions, atoms, electrons, radicals and molecules, its effect on plants and pathogens is also complex. This review presents different aspects of the effect of non-thermal plasma on seed germination, development of seedlings, plants and pathogens. The literature was explored to provide evidence for the possible use of non-thermal plasma for boosting plant growth and plant protection.
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Ursu, Ana, and Ionut Laurentiu Petre. "Forecasting the Optimal Sustainable Development of the Romanian Ecological Agriculture." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (October 31, 2022): 14192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142114192.
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Organic farming is an important objective of the European Commission, translated into the European Green Pact through the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy, with EU member countries having to find solutions to meet the target of at least 25% of agricultural land being used for organic cultivation by 2030. The aim for Romania can be achieved by modelling the distribution of crops in terms of cultivated areas and production yields obtained in organic and conventional systems according to the population size. Applying quantitative and qualitative analysis of EUROSTAT data for the above-mentioned indicators, the geomean function, linear programming, and the simplex method were used, depending on the set objectives. To demonstrate that organic farming can be sustainable and in line with the three pillars of sustainability, economic, social and environmental, we related the agricultural area to the population of Romania to highlight the average annual growth rate for the 2020–2030 tine horizon. The results showed an increase in agricultural area per capita of 0.708 ha (4.91%), compared to 0.69 ha as the average for the period 2012–2020, which correlated with organic production yields 32% lower than conventional agriculture. Through modelling, the reduction in organic farm yield was found to be less than or equal to the increase in area per capita, thus reaching the proposed target. The results of this study have long-term implications for supporting the transition to organic farming in the sense that the study argues that reaching the target of 25% of agricultural land that can enter organic farming is in line with the sustainability trilogy. The approach used can be followed and replicated according to national agricultural policies.
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Lailia, Nurlita, Mohammad Rondhi, and Djoko Soejono. "ANALISIS RANTAI PASOK DAN STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN SUSU KAMBING PASTEURISASI DI GOATZILLA FARM & CAFE." Forum Agribisnis 10, no. 1 (March 18, 2020): 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/fagb.10.1.11-26.
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Goatzilla Farm & Cafe is agroindustry in Lumajang which processes goat milk into various products and has several business units that related to enduro goat farms. The main product of Goatzilla Farm and Cafe is pasteurized goat milk. the scale of goat milk pasteurized production is still small category because the labour used is labour in the family, the supply of fresh goat milk is uncertain, and product marketing is still limited due to BPOM's permit constraints. Therefore, it is necessary to make efforts to develop pasteurized milk products at Goatzilla Farm & Cafe. This research aims to determine supply chain, value-added, and development strategy of goat pasteurized milk at Goatzilla Farm & Cafe. The location of the research was determined by the purposive method. The research method used descriptive and analytic methods. The result of the research showed that the links involved in the supply chain of pasteurized goat milk are Goatzilla farm units, partner farmers, collectors, the processing unit of Senduro Goatmilk Indonesia, Goatzilla Farm & Cafe, Senduro Goatmilk Indonesia outlet, and consumers. The processing of fresh goat milk into pasteurized goat milk provides positive value-added and can be classified as a medium category. The recommended strategy for the development of pasteurized goat milk based on the FKK value of the highest driving and inhibiting factors is to form a cooperative business entity engaged in agribusiness of Senduro goat milk.
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Poponi, Stefano, Gabriella Arcese, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Francesco Pacchera, Olimpia Martucci, and Grazia Chiara Elmo. "Multi-Actor Governance for a Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: Bio-Districts." Sustainability 13, no. 9 (April 23, 2021): 4718. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13094718.
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The transition of the European agri-food sector towards a sustainable production and consumption model is a key element of the Green Deal. The new European “Farm to Fork” strategy aims to make the food system fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly. The consolidation and development of the organic model are two of the main objectives. In Italy, this development can be achieved through the Bio-District model. This model, which was born in the last ten years in Italy, is characterized by innovative multi-actor governance. From an explorative perspective, this study analyses the background literature on Bio-Districts and the context of the development of the Etruscan Roman Bio-District to understand the potential and the factors that allow the application of the principles of the Circular Economy. It focuses on multiple comparative analyses by using a qualitative–quantitative approach. The analysis of the context highlights the potential for expansion linked to an integrated short supply chain through three scenarios.
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Erälinna, Leena, and Barbara Szymoniuk. "Managing a Circular Food System in Sustainable Urban Farming. Experimental Research at the Turku University Campus (Finland)." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (June 1, 2021): 6231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116231.
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People around the world pay increasingly more attention to health, social, environmental, and ethical issues. As a consequence, they seek value in food that is fresh, less processed, and sustainably sourced. The article presents an experimental project supporting the implementation of a circular food system in the city of Turku, Finland. The outcome of the project is a globally replicable concept of managing a local circular food system in sustainable urban farming. The project had two objectives: (1) to reduce food waste in restaurants in the Turku University Campus; (2) to support local recycling of nutrients by composting food waste generated in the pilot restaurant and reuse the nutrients in the process of urban farming. The presented concept is based on the results of two experimental studies. It ties in with UN and EU sustainable development strategies and policies, e.g., Sustainable Development Goals (2, 11, and 12), the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy, and the concepts of Circular Economy and Sustainable Cities.
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Mazzocchi, Chiara, Luigi Orsi, Carlotta Bergamelli, and Alberto Sturla. "Bio-districts and the territory: evidence from a regression approach." Aestimum 79 (February 5, 2022): 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/aestim-12163.
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In recent years the bio-districts have been considerably spread in Italy. The bio-district can be defined as a locally rooted multifunctional project with the involvement of farms and institutions. Our research aims at assessing potential relations between territorial, socio-economic features and the presence of bio-districts in an area, by means of a logit regression analysis at municipal scale in Italy. Data have been collected from several sources, among which ISTAT digital databases. Main results show as farms with diversification activities and the presence of Local Action Groups are factors related to the rising of bio-districts in a territory. Moreover, the study highlights the role of bio-districts in disadvantageous and mountain areas, in developing effective territorial governance. In terms of policy implication, CAP 2023-2027 can constitute the ideal bench for testing bio-districts function playing a crucial role in reaching the objective set by the Farm to Fork strategy.
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Ryan, Siobhan, David Gleeson, Kieran Jordan, Ambrose Furey, Kathleen O'Sullivan, and Bernadette O'Brien. "Strategy for the reduction of Trichloromethane residue levels in farm bulk milk." Journal of Dairy Research 80, no. 2 (March 11, 2013): 184–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022029913000113.
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High fat dairy products, such as butter and margarine can be contaminated during the milk production process with a residue called Trichloromethane (TCM), which results from the use of chlorine based detergent solutions. Although, TCM concentrations in Irish products are not at levels that are a public health issue, such contamination can cause marketing difficulties in countries to which Irish products are being exported. In an attempt to reduce such milk residues, a template procedure was developed, tried and tested on 43 farms (from 3 processing companies). This involved identifying farms with high TCM milk, applying corrective action in the form of advice and recommendations to reduce TCM and re-measuring milks from these farms. Trichloromethane in milk was measured by head-space gas chromatography with electron capture detector. The TCM reduction strategy proved successful in significantly reducing the levels in milk in the farms tested, e.g. TCM was reduced from 0·006 to the target of 0·002 mg/kg (P < 0·05). The strategy was then applied to farms who supplied milk to six Irish dairy processors with the objective of reducing TCM in those milks to a level of ⩽0·002 mg/kg. Initially, milk tankers containing milks from approximately 10–15 individual farms were sampled and analysed and tankers with high TCM (>0·002 mg/kg) identified. Individual herd milks contributing to these tankers were subsequently sampled and analysed and farms supplying high TCM identified. Guidance and advice was provided to the high TCM milk suppliers and levels of TCM of these milk supplies were monitored subsequently. A significant reduction (minimum P < 0·05) in milk TCM was observed in 5 of the 6 dairy processor milks, while a numerical reduction in TCM was observed in the remaining processor milk.
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Turchetti, Luca, Nadia Gastaldin, and Sonia Marongiu. "Enhancing the Italian FADN for sustainability assessment: The state of art and perspectives." Economia agro-alimentare, no. 3 (January 2022): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ecag2021oa12771.
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Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is one of the most important microeconomic surveys in Europe. It collects information suitable for use in performing structural and socioeconomic analysis of the agricultural sector in all the Member States. Contents and purposes have evolved over the time depending on the informative needs of the EU Commission and CAP's priorities. As a part of the Green Deal, CAP is expected to contribute to the environment, climate change and biodiversity objectives beyond 2020. In this new framework, one initiative launched inside the Farm to Fork Strategy has been the change of name from fadn to Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) including variables related to the environmental and social aspects of farming. Like in other EU countries, the information collected by the Italian FADN exceeds that required by the EU regulations, allowing to some extent consideration of special characteristics of national agriculture. However, further variables could be added or changed, gathering them directly from the farmer, by including the existing database or through targeted questionnaires on fadn sub-samples. The new survey will maintain and improve the current role of FADN, reinforcing the analytical and political relevance of the network by adding further dimensions of sustainability. The discussion is on-going at EU and National level and this paper is a contribution to this debate. It gives a description of the environmental and social data gathered by the Italian FADN together with a consideration regarding about the opportunity and the possibility to enhance the system in view of the future period under evaluation. The switch to FSDN will require an effort from the Member States in terms of IT infrastructure, economic resources, new ways of collecting data and staff involved in data collection and the verification process.
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Farhandika, Gibza Adam, Heti Mulyati, and Nisa Zahra. "Kajian Peningkatan Mutu Sayuran pada CV. Sun Farm Kabupaten Cianjur." Jurnal Manajemen dan Organisasi 10, no. 3 (January 20, 2020): 159–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jmo.v10i3.30150.
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CV. Sun Farm is a vegetable distributor company in Cianjur, West Java. Nowadays the company faces the problems in the form of vegetable damage. The purpose of this study are to assess the implementation of vegetable quality management, to identify the causes of vegetable damage, and to recommend the strategies to improve the vegetables quality. The research method used Pareto Diagram to calculate the biggest losses that occur in vegetables, Fish Bone Diagram to determine the causes of vegetable quality problems and Analytical Hierarchy Process to formulate a strategy to improve the quality of vegetables, Implementation of quality management in companies is still simple, including leadership commitment to meet customer satisfaction. The vegetables that caused the highest losses were baby beans and horinso. Vegetable damage occurs due to human factors: the lack of rigorous employee work and employees who don't arrive on time. The strategy to maintain and improve the quality of vegetables is training for old employees and new employees.
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Ciliberti, Stefano, Marcello Stanco, Angelo Frascarelli, Giuseppe Marotta, Gaetano Martino, and Concetta Nazzaro. "Sustainability Strategies and Contractual Arrangements in the Italian Pasta Supply Chain: An Analysis under the Neo Institutional Economics Lens." Sustainability 14, no. 14 (July 12, 2022): 8542. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14148542.
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Contracts represent key governance mechanisms along the supply chain to pursue collective sustainable strategies in line with new citizen-consumers’ preferences for sustainable products. Adopting an embedded multiple case study approach, this paper explores and analyzes 11 cases of contractual relationships between Italian semolina and pasta producers and farmers in order to investigate whether sustainability strategies affect the design of contracts and the related consequences. Findings reveal that different sustainability strategies correspond to different design and combinations of (both monetary and nonmonetary) contractual incentives aimed to centralize property and decision rights. What emerges is that stronger sustainability strategies entail a higher degree of buyers’ control over strategic investments (such as land and seeds) as well as wider provision of technical assistance and knowledge and innovation transfer toward farmers. Therefore, mutual gains seem at stake, even if socio-economic implications of the shift in decisional and control rights from farmers toward buyers shall be neglected, to ensure a better coherence with the farm to fork strategy and sustainable development goals.
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Ofuoku, Albert Ukaro, and Davina Okompu. "Migration among Farmers in Delta State, Nigeria: Is it a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy?" Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID) 116, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 5–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/jaeid-12076.
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Objective: The study has the purpose of evaluating the nexus between climate change and migration of farmers in Delta State, Nigeria. The influence exerted by cognitive situations and climate – driven stress on farmers’ decisions to migrate and the socioeconomic attributes of migrating and non-migrating farm families are examined. The emphasis is the function of migration in accessing climate and agricultural extension services as well as the contribution made by migration to promote farmers’ climate change coping capacity. Methodology: Survey was articulated using farming households in three agricultural zones of Delta State, Nigeria. Perceptions of farmers about alterations in climate were examined with the use of mental map technique. Binary logistic regression model was applied to assess the function of socioeconomic attributes of farm families while descriptive statistics was employed in evaluating the adaptive capacities of the migrating farming households. Findings: Climate – driven livelihood variables form part of the main propellers of migration among farmers. Migration as well as the socioeconomic attributes is influenced by perception of farmers about climate change. There appears significant difference between migrating and non-migrating farm families with respect to utilization of information, technology and knowledge emanating from agricultural and climate extension services. The gains from remittances, knowledge and social networks from host communities or zones raise migrating farm families capacity to adapt to climate change. Theoretical Implications: This paper contributes to the progressively dynamic body of knowledge by pointing out migration as an alternative climate change adaptation strategy to promote agriculture food security in any part of the world. Originality/Value: Micro – evidence is offered by this study with respect to contribution made by migration to adaptive capacity of farmers and their ability to have access to agricultural and climate extension services. This will be useful in the analysis of climate – driven migration in other nations that are agricultural economies. Insight is also offered regarding policy needs for the scaling down of farmers’ vulnerability to climate change.
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Vieira, Rui, Brendan O’Dwyer, and Roman Schneider. "Aligning Strategy and Performance Management Systems." Organization & Environment 30, no. 1 (August 1, 2016): 3–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1086026615623058.
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This article presents a case study examining the problems and possibilities of performance management in a wind-farm company. Drawing on Ferreira and Otley’s recently developed performance management systems (PMSs) framework, the study demonstrates how the framework facilitates in-depth, holistic, and critical evaluations of existing PMSs, and how these evaluations can drive the development of revised PMSs that balance economic, social, and environmental goals. This integrated focus on PMS evaluation and design is unique as earlier work seeking to develop systems to promote and measure sustainable performance tends to establish them in isolation from informed evaluations of existing systems. Drawing on the case analysis, the article proposes a form of “sustainable balanced scorecard” to enable a company to streamline its management decision making. It also offers guidance for companies on the development of PMSs that can contribute to their survival and growth in a wind energy sector characterized by increasing competition.
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Miranda, Bruno Varella, and Anna Grandori. "Structural heterogeneity in farm structures: a configurational approach." Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 10, no. 1 (December 24, 2019): 65–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jadee-12-2018-0183.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a multidimensional framework for the identification, description and comparative analysis of alternative farm structures and their properties for economic development. Design/methodology/approach Integrating previous typologies and considering a large set of examples, the authors identify six attributes that are necessary to characterize and compare farm structures: size; strategy; organizational form; legal form; who the owners are; and degree of separation of ownership and control. They also discuss potential complementarities between those organizational attributes and specific features of the institutions of developing and emerging countries, such as contract enforcement and property rights protection regime, and developed capital markets and corporate law. Findings Conceptually and empirically, effective farm structures can deviate from the templates traditionally considered – “small family-owned farm” or “large factory-like corporate farm,” combining structural attributes in diverse ways. The dimensionalization of farm structures also helps in revealing complementary institutional traits at the regional or larger system level that may foster development processes. Research limitations/implications The paper is limited to theory building and case-based evidence. Nevertheless, it provides dimensions that can be measured on a larger scale and by quantitative studies. Originality/value This paper sheds light on organizational diversity in agriculture and on a wider set of feasible development paths.
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Gałęcki, Remigiusz, Tadeusz Bakuła, and Janusz Gołaszewski. "Foodborne Diseases in the Edible Insect Industry in Europe—New Challenges and Old Problems." Foods 12, no. 4 (February 10, 2023): 770. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12040770.
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Insects play a key role in European agroecosystems. Insects provide important ecosystem services and make a significant contribution to the food chain, sustainable agriculture, the farm-to-fork (F2F) strategy, and the European Green Deal. Edible insects are regarded as a sustainable alternative to livestock, but their microbiological safety for consumers has not yet been fully clarified. The aim of this article is to describe the role of edible insects in the F2F approach, to discuss the latest veterinary guidelines concerning consumption of insect-based foods, and to analyze the biological, chemical, and physical hazards associated with edible insect farming and processing. Five groups of biological risk factors, ten groups of chemical risk factors, and thirteen groups of physical risks factors have been identified and divided into sub-groups. The presented risk maps can facilitate identification of potential threats, such as foodborne pathogens in various insect species and insect-based foods. Ensuring safety of insect-based foods, including effective control of foodborne diseases, will be a significant milestone on the path to maintaining a sustainable food chain in line with the F2F strategy and EU policies. Edible insects constitute a new category of farmed animals and a novel link in the food chain, but their production poses the same problems and challenges that are encountered in conventional livestock rearing and meat production.
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Evans, N. J., and B. W. Llbery. "The Pluriactivity, Part-Time Farming, and Farm Diversification Debate." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 25, no. 7 (July 1993): 945–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a250945.
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The current restructuring of agriculture has resulted in many farm families adjusting their business activities as part of a survival or accumulation strategy. Considerable attention has been paid to the nonconventional methods farm businesses employ to raise income, being conceptualised variously as ‘farm diversification’, ‘part-time farming’ and ‘pluriactivity’ . These terms incorporate a complex multitude of possible options, the nature of which has led to significant differences in the interpretations of such concepts. In the first part of this paper the conceptual debate which is emerging in the literature is reviewed, with some advantages and disadvantages associated with each term highlighted. It is suggested that an analytical distinction between farm-centred diversification and off-farm employment, within the broader pluriactivity of farm households, can help to provide a focus for empirical work. To provide an illustrative example, some insights from the developing political economy of agriculture are drawn upon to investigate the extent to which farm family businesses with one major form of farm-centred diversification (farm-based accommodation) have further diversified the business. The final stage is to examine whether legal operators also hold any off-farm employment, with a consideration of both the nature of that employment and the relationship with business structure and accommodation type. The limitations of this approach are recognised, particularly the gender-bias implications, but it aids an initial exploration of relations between alternative farm-centred and off-farm activities of pluriactive farm businesses. Findings show that farm-based accommodation does little to prevent operators going off the farm to find employment, with small-sized farm businesses particularly pressurised. Further research into specific options can contribute to an understanding of the dynamics of households engaged in pluriactive strategies.
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Kropyvko, Mykhailo, and Mykola Kisil. "Theoretical basis and methodological approaches to formation of a strategy for managing the efficiency of farming investments." Ekonomika APK 315, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 6–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.32317/2221-1055.202101006.
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The purpose of the article is to substantiate and highlight the theoretical provisions and methodological approaches to the formation of a strategy for managing the efficiency of investment in a farm. Research methods. During the study, the following methods were used: dialectical (in the knowledge of investment processes and phenomena); abstract-logical (in substantiating theoretical provisions on the formation of investment efficiency); SWOT-analysis (in assessing priority investment goals by efficiency criteria); strategic planning methods (in choosing strategic investment goals); project analysis (in assessing the effectiveness of investments for their strategic goals); monographic (when checking theoretical provisions and methodological approaches on the example of a particular farm). Research results. The article summarizes the theoretical provisions and methodological approaches to the formation of a strategy for managing the efficiency of investment in a farm, arising from the characteristics of this form of management. Scientific novelty. The justification was further developed that investment efficiency is formed mainly at the stage of choosing investment options and solutions, in connection with which the main tasks of a farmer in managing this efficiency are to select the best investment options in terms of efficiency and minimize risks; the development of an investment strategy and investment policy of a farm should be carried out on the principles of strategic management and methodology of project analysis in the context of each investment goal; a high level of validity of the farmer's choice of strategic investment goals is achieved based on the results of the assessment of investment projects and business plans, and in the absence of these for the farmer, based on the results of a pre-project analysis of aggregated or indicative data on effects and costs in the context of each strategic investment goal; a farm investment performance management system should encompass the assessment and selection of the most effective investment objectives and measures in the development of an investment strategy, policy, program and current plan. Practical significance. The research results can be used by all farms. For this purpose, guidelines have been developed for practical use. Tabl.: 1. Refs.: 11.
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Bartali, El Houssine, Mohamed Boutfirass, Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu, Abdoul Aziz Niane, Mohamed Boughlala, Mohammed Belmakki, and Habib Halila. "Estimates of Food Losses and Wastes at Each Node of the Wheat Value Chain in Morocco: Implications on Food and Energy Security, Natural Resources, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions." Sustainability 14, no. 24 (December 9, 2022): 16561. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142416561.
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Several research and development efforts have been made to ensure food security in developing countries. Dissemination of improved agricultural technologies was used as the main avenue through which some increases in food supply have been achieved. However, food insecurity remains a major challenge. This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that reducing food loss and waste can be an effective food and energy security, and natural resource, and environmental conservation strategy. Following the life cycle framework, the annual amount of wheat-based food lost or wasted from farm-to-fork in Morocco was estimated at 4 million tons (equivalent to 36% of total supply) valued at US$1.0 billion. Among all nodes, the magnitudes of farm management-related losses, wastage during consumption, and storage losses rank first to third accounting for about 17.4%, 7.92%, and 7.06%, respectively of total wheat supply in the country. Were these losses and wastes entirely prevented, Morocco would have been able to feed 29.3 million more people, or save 1.79 million hectares of land, 2.66 billion m3 of water, and 64.28 million GJ of energy, and prevented the emission from landfills of at least 16.61 million kg of methane annually. Besides the ongoing efforts to disseminate agricultural technologies, the Moroccan government needs to develop short- and medium-term national strategies to reduce food losses and wastage particularly targeting the storage and consumption nodes. Replacing bread subsidy with food vouchers targeting only the needy and creation of public awareness about the magnitudes and consequences of food loss and wastage alone may go long way in reducing them.
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Vidal, A. B., F. M. Colles, J. D. Rodgers, N. D. McCarthy, R. H. Davies, M. C. J. Maiden, and F. A. Clifton-Hadley. "Genetic Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Isolates from Conventional Broiler Flocks and the Impacts of Sampling Strategy and Laboratory Method." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82, no. 8 (February 12, 2016): 2347–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.03693-15.
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ABSTRACTThe genetic diversity ofCampylobacter jejuniandCampylobacter coliisolates from commercial broiler farms was examined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST), with an assessment of the impact of the sample type and laboratory method on the genotypes ofCampylobacterisolated. A total of 645C. jejuniand 106C. coliisolates were obtained from 32 flocks and 17 farms, with 47 sequence types (STs) identified. TheCampylobacter jejuniisolates obtained by different sampling approaches and laboratory methods were very similar, with the same STs identified at similar frequencies, and had no major effect on the genetic profile ofCampylobacterpopulation in broiler flocks at the farm level. ForC. coli, the results were more equivocal. While some STs were widely distributed within and among farms and flocks, analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed a high degree of genetic diversity among farms forC. jejuni, where farm effects accounted for 70.5% of variance, and among flocks from the same farm (9.9% of variance forC. jejuniand 64.1% forC. coli). These results show the complexity of the population structure ofCampylobacterin broiler production and that commercial broiler farms provide an ecological niche for a wide diversity of genotypes. The genetic diversity ofC. jejuniisolates among broiler farms should be taken into account when designing studies to understandCampylobacterpopulations in broiler production and the impact of interventions. We provide evidence that supports synthesis of studies onC. jejunipopulations even when laboratory and sampling methods are not identical.