Land-use intensity and the effects of organic farming on biodiversity: a hierarchical meta-analysis
Published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. 1. The benefits of organic farming to biodiversity in agricultural landscapes continue to behotly debated, emphasizing the importance of precisely quantifying the effect of organic vs. conventional farming. 2. We conducted an updated hierarchical meta-analysis of studies that compared biodiversity under organic and conventional farming methods, measured as […]
presentazioni SANA 2015
Bio in Cifre 2015
Presentazioni SANA 2015: Presentazione ISMEA SANA 2015 Consumi e dimensioni del bio in Italia Bio in cifre 2015 – Presentazione SINAB RAPPORTO BIO RETAIL – ISMEA
Transforming olive grove conventional farming system into organic in Crete, using Integrated Natural Resources Management practices – Policy recommendation for sustainable use of natural resources in olive grove farming
The olive farming is an important agricultural sector in the European Union, particularly in the southern Mediterranean coastline countries. More than 95 % of the olive production in the EU-28 is concentrated in the Member States, Spain, Italy and Greece. The EU is the global leader in olive production, accounting for almost 70% of total […]
Optimization of organic and conventional olive agricultural practices from a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing perspectives
Olive growing is an important cultural and traditional system in the Mediterranean region that has considerable environmental impacts. Italy is ranked second in the world in terms of olive production and olive-cultivated area. Apulia is Italy’s largest olive growing region and accounts for 33% of the total Italian surface area planted to olive trees. Organic […]
