The objective of this volume is to provide a comprehensive framework on the main aspects of agricultural mechanization in Italy, using a multidisciplinary approach. In particular, based on a detailed analysis of the evolution and the current allocation of agricultural machine park ...

This publication contains the documentation of a seminar that concludes the project carried out by INEA on the social responsibility of the Italian wine industry; it examines the close connection between wine and territory...

Custodi di identità is the result of an editorial collaboration between INEA and Consorzio Viniveri. The book is complementary to the study on sustainability of the Italian wine industry started in January 2012 . The activity falls under the umbrella of the INEA studies on social responsibility in the agri-food system,moving away from the mere economic analysis of the sector, and focusing instead on 17 "natural" winegrowers, their motivations and their philosophies of life.

In recent decades the role of agriculture has undergone a profound review: besides providing produce for the whole community, agriculture is asked to offer social and environmental services; moreover, the agri-food company is every day more oriented towards the research of product quality, i.e. the intrinsic healthiness and the ability to represent the interests and needs of the stakeholders involved. In such a fragmented sector, where companies are often family-run (and therefore too small to deal with market constraints), the degree to which they are involved in the supply chain is therefore key to implement the principles of social responsibility. To this extent, the Italian zoo-technical, fruit and vegetable sectors described in the publication offer an example of CSR at the supply chain level.

In recent decades the role of agriculture has undergone a profound review: besides providing produce for the whole community, agriculture is asked to offer social and environmental services; moreover, the agri-food company is every day more oriented towards the research of product quality, i.e. the intrinsic healthiness and the ability to represent the interests and needs of the stakeholders involved. In such a fragmented sector, where companies are often family-run (and therefore too small to deal with market constraints), the degree to which they are involved in the supply chain is therefore key to implement the principles of social responsibility. To this extent, the Italian zoo-technical, fruit and vegetable sectors described in the publication offer an example of CSR at the supply chain level.

In the last few years, responsible consumption has played a key role to highlight consumers' concern as far as the four macro-areas are regarded. To this extent, the work of INEA has a double goal: on one hand, understanding the main features of the ethical consumers and the purchase drivers likewise; upon the other hand, identifying the communication strategies implemented by those companies that undertook a CSR path in the agribusiness sector.

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An agricultural system is sustainable if the overall impacts produced do not hamper the ecosystem to regenerate. The INEA work group on sustainable production methods reviews numerous examples of social responsibility applied to the agro-food system divided per macro-areas....