IRIS

The increase in world population, the risk of depletion of natural resources needed for production, the intensification of climate change caused by excessive anthropogenic pressure on the environment, ask for urgent changes in the choice of energy sources, the management of natural resource, production technologies, consumption patterns and, more generally, local development patterns. A sustainable development based on bio-economic strategies is closely related to agribusiness and its diversification, rural and local development and the limitations and opportunities inherent in the environmental and social pillars of sustainability. The aim of this paper is to provide a picture of the main opportunities through which the Italian agro-food sector may contribute to the sustainability of local development patterns. After a brief overview of the Italian agro-food system, the paper discusses how to reconcile it with sustainable development, and considers aspects such as the environment, social development and multifunctional agriculture.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ITALY

PALMIERI, Nadia;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The increase in world population, the risk of depletion of natural resources needed for production, the intensification of climate change caused by excessive anthropogenic pressure on the environment, ask for urgent changes in the choice of energy sources, the management of natural resource, production technologies, consumption patterns and, more generally, local development patterns. A sustainable development based on bio-economic strategies is closely related to agribusiness and its diversification, rural and local development and the limitations and opportunities inherent in the environmental and social pillars of sustainability. The aim of this paper is to provide a picture of the main opportunities through which the Italian agro-food sector may contribute to the sustainability of local development patterns. After a brief overview of the Italian agro-food system, the paper discusses how to reconcile it with sustainable development, and considers aspects such as the environment, social development and multifunctional agriculture.
2015
O aumento da população mundial, o risco de esgotamento dos recursos naturais necessários para a produção, a intensificação da mudança climática causada pela excessiva pressão antrópica no meio ambiente, exigem mudanças urgentes que atuem na escolha das fontes energéticas, na gestão dos recursos naturais, nas tecnologias de produção, nos estilos de consumo e, mais em geral, nos modelos de desenvolvimento local. Um desenvolvimento sustentável baseado em estratégias bioeconómicas está intimamente associado ao agrobusiness e à sua diversificação, ao desenvolvimento rural e local, aos limites e às oportunidades provenientes dos pilares ambientais e sociais da sustentabilidade. O objetivo deste estudo é o de fornecer um quadro das principais oportunidades através das quais o setor agroalimentar pode contribuir para a sustentabilidade dos modelos de desenvolvimento local em Itália. Após uma breve panorâmica do sistema agroalimentar italiano, o estudo analisa as oportunidades para conciliar o setor agroalimentar e o desenvolvimento sustentável, enfrentando as questões ambientais, o desenvolvimento social, a multifuncionalidade da agricultura
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11367/128222
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact