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Direct selling in Italy: a marketing strategy to promote localized agro-food systems
Describes trends in direct selling by farmers in Italy by region, product and place of sale. Proposes a model of variables that affect the probability of a farmer adopting direct sales: farmer (gender, age, off-farm income); farm (farm type, work units, standard gross margin) and location (region, altimetry, less favoured...
Italy
2010
Conference paper
Sustainable Organic School Meals In Italian Schools
Prince Mahidol Award Conference on Mainstreaming Health into Public Policies Bangkok, Thailand, 28-30 January 2009
FAO/WHO Session on Agricultural Policies, Climate Change and the Impact on Human Wellbeing and Nutrition
The Italian experience has shown that the introduction of organic food in schools meals generates a wide range of benefits for the...
Italy
2009 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Direct sale as a means for promoting the sustainable use of plant genetic resources: the case of the Tuscany Region
Similarly to other Northern countries, Italy has witnessed a growth in recent years of forms of direct sale of agri-food products. These so-called short supply chains often open new opportunities for the development and conservation of rural areas which are not merely economic in nature. The case study described here...
Italy
2009
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