Aims: The organic share of the Italian food market is still small, probably below 2%, but is growing steadily, with a progressive expansion of different typologies of points of sale. The Italian consumers of organic products have been studied by many authors, from different point...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/16425
This paper deals with agritourism in Italy and it is based on several recent studies, unpublished papers and statistics. Italy has a long and diversified experience in the agritourism sector, which since 1985 has been formally recognized with a national legislation, accompanied b...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3558
This review paper analyses the role and many functions of agriculture within the paradigm of sustainable development and within the scenario of climate change, which is also characterised by an increasing number of natural hazards. The fast-increasing world population, that will...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2017/37584
Aims: This paper analyses the validity of the fixed Minimum Price approach used by Fair Trade Movement (FTM). It focuses on coffee, from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, where the majority of FTM Arabica coffee is produced. Two main organizations operate worldwide: Fairtrade...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/32662
This research describes two types of smallholders’ organizations (cooperative and pyramidal contract farming) which produce for an export oriented processor. The research took place in the Departments of Chimaltenango and Sololà, Guatemala. The survey was designed in 2011, with v...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30765
Aims: The study assesses the resilience of smallholders against future climatic shocks, through the identification of different clusters of smallholders, and their awareness and behavior about climate change. Study Design: The study has used a combination of qualitative and quant...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27070