The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin. (Record no. 306165)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9783319163574 |
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| Classification number | QH301-705 |
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| Personal name | Vastola, Antonella. |
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| Title | The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin. |
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| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cham : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Springer International Publishing AG, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015. |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | �2015. |
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| Extent | 1 online resource (412 pages) |
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| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Sustainability and Sustainable Development: The Background and the Current Perspectives -- Box 1. Sustainable Development Goals-The Future We Want -- Box 2. Sustainable Development Goals-The Road to Dignity by 2030 -- Sustainability in the Agro-Food System -- Box 3. Sustainable Diets -- References -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Agro-Food Systems -- Food Security in the Southern Mediterranean/North Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Southern Mediterranean/North Africa -- 2.1 General Characteristics -- 2.2 Agriculture and Natural Resources -- 3 Challenges and Problems Related to Food Security -- 3.1 Dependence on Food Imports -- 3.2 Insufficient Resources Allocated to Agriculture -- 4 Achieving Food Security in the Long Run -- References -- Sustainability in Cereal Crop Production in Mediterranean Environments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Soil Fertilization -- 3 Surface Water and Sediment Control Systems and Soil Tillage -- 4 Choice of Species, Varieties, Planting Date, and Weed and Pest Control -- 5 Precision Farming -- References -- Innovative Crop Productions for Healthy Food: The Case of Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Genetic Diversity and Breeding -- 3 Seed Quality -- 4 Leaf and Stem Quality -- 5 Uses -- 6 Agronomic Management -- References -- The Hidden Costs of Livestock Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Podolian Cattle -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Environmental Impact Assessment -- 2.1 Limitations of the Standard Method of Sustainability Assessment -- 3 The Multifunctional Role of Podolian Farming System -- 3.1 Land Use -- 3.2 Lower Competition with Human Nutrition -- 3.3 Animal Health and Welfare -- 3.4 Conservation of Biodiversity -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References. |
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| Formatted contents note | Feeding, Nutrition and Sustainability in Dairy Enterprises: The Case of Mediterranean Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Farming and Feeding Systems -- 2.1 Feeding Behaviour -- 3 Nutritional Requirements of Dairy Buffaloes -- 3.1 Lactating Phase -- 3.2 Dry Phase -- 3.3 Heifer Growth Phase -- 4 Sustainability of Dairy Buffalo Farming -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Production Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Environmental Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Production System -- 1.2 Livestock Sustainability: Human-Animal Relationship and Sheep and Goat Welfare -- 1.3 Economic Perspectives of Sustainable Sheep and Goat Farming -- 2 Conclusions -- References -- The Role of Local Sheep and Goat Breeds and Their Products as a Tool for Sustainability and Safeguard of the Mediterranean Env... -- 1 Sheep and Goat Breeds, a Tool for Sustainability -- 2 Sheep Breeds and Canestrato Pugliese Cheese -- 2.1 Canestrato Pugliese Cheesemaking, Sampling and Analysis of Milk and Cheese -- Canestrato Pugliese Cheese -- 2.2 Results and Discussion -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3 Goat Breeds and Caciotta Cheese -- 3.1 Caciotta Cheesemaking, Sampling and Analysis of Milk and Cheese -- Goat Caciotta Cheese -- 3.2 Results and Discussion -- 3.3 Goats and Genetic Variants of Casein Fractions -- 3.4 Goat Breeds and Oligosaccharide Fraction -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 Goat Breeds and Ricotta Cheese -- Goat Ricotta Cheese -- 4.1 Ricotta Cheesemaking, Sampling and Analysis of Milk and Cheese -- 4.2 Results and Discussion -- 4.3 Conclusion -- References -- Innovative Use of Jenny Milk from Sustainable Rearing -- 1 Why a Growing Interest Towards Donkey Rearing? -- 2 Main Characteristics of Donkey Farms in Basilicata Region -- 2.1 Donkey Population -- 2.2 Morphological and Biometrical Characteristics of Local Population. |
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| Formatted contents note | 3 Qualitative Characteristics of Jenny Milk -- 3.1 Cosmetics Made with Jenny Milk -- 3.2 Jenny Milk as Inhibitor in Cheese Making -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Disease Defence of Traditional Crops in Southern Italy: The Case Study of Tomato Cherry ... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Disease Defence -- 3 The Case Study of Tomato Cherry Protected by Trichoderma harzianumT-22 Against CMV -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Development of Integrated Disease Control Measures for the Valorisation of Traditional Crops in Southern Italy: The Case Study... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Response of Fagioli di Sarconi Varieties to CBB -- 3 Fagioli di Sarconi Seed Disinfection -- 4 Beneficial Rhizobacteria as Biocontrol Agents of CBB in Fagioli di Sarconi -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Sustainable Climate Change Adaptations in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Turkish Cypriot Community�s Adoption of Po... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Crop Switching and Sustainable Peacebuilding -- 3 Climate Considerations in Cyprus -- 4 The EU and USAID -- 5 Selecting Pomegranates -- 6 Programme Design and Implementation -- 7 Sustainable Peacebuilding -- 8 Policy Implications -- 9 Concluding Comments -- References -- The Role of Women in the Sustainability of the Wine Industry: Two Case Studies in Italy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: The Overall Situation of Farming, Winemaking, and Rural Tourism in Italy -- 3 Background Literature and Research Focus, Questions, and Method -- 4 Case Studies -- 4.1 Fattoria del Colle, Interview to Mrs. Donatella Cinelli Colombini -- 4.2 Tenute Olbios, Interview to Mrs. Daniela Pinna -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Natural Resource Systems and Environment. |
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| Formatted contents note | The Effects of Climate Change on the Multifunctional Role of Basilicata�s Forests: The Effects Induced on Yield and CO2 Absorp... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 The Concept of Plausibility According to Dempster-Shafer�s Theory -- 2.2 Estimating the Stumpage Value of Basilicata�s Forests -- 2.3 The Economic Evaluation of the Sink Function of Basilicata�s Forests -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Wildlife Agriculture Interactions, Spatial Analysis and Trade-Off Between Environmental Sustainability and Risk of Economic Da... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 ANOVA Test -- 2.2 Study Area -- 2.3 Analysis of Damages -- 2.4 Parametrisation of Damages -- 2.4.1 Principal Component Analysis -- 2.5 Aggregation of Criteria -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- The Sustainability of Non-renewable Resources Use at Regional Level: A Case Study on Allocation of Oil Royalties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Case Study: Basilicata Region -- 2.2 SAM: A Two-Region Model -- 2.2.1 The Vectors of Exogenous Shocks: Allocation of Oil Royalties -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Land Use Sector Involvement in Mitigation Policies Across Carbon Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Primary Sector in the International Negotiation -- 3 Overview of Carbon Credit Markets -- 4 Analysis of the Main International Markets and the Inclusion of the Agroforestry Sector -- 4.1 International Voluntary Markets: The Verified Carbon Standard -- 4.2 The American Carbon Registry Standard (ACR) -- 4.3 Regional Carbon Market -- 4.3.1 The European Trading Systems (EU-ETS) -- 4.3.2 The Chicago Climate Exchange -- 4.4 The National Carbon Markets -- 4.4.1 The Carbomark Project and the Carbon Monitoring Group -- 5 The Inclusion of Agroforestry in Mitigation Policies: Some Remarks -- 6 Conclusions -- References. |
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| Formatted contents note | Evaluating the Role of Soil Variability on Potential Groundwater Pollution and Recharge in a Mediterranean Agricultural Waters... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 Geo Database Implementation -- 2.2.1 Land Use -- 2.2.2 Precipitation, Temperature and Evapotranspiration -- 2.2.3 Elevation -- 2.2.4 Depth to Groundwater -- 2.3 Geoprocessing and Data Handling -- 2.4 Stochastic Development of TFtb -- 2.4.1 Texture-Based Hydraulic and Solute Travel Time Distributions -- 2.4.2 Upscaled Solute Travel Time Distribution for Textural Sequences -- 3 Results and Discussions -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Grazing and Biodiversity Conservation: Highlights on a Natura 2000 Network Site -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of Basilicata's Natura 2000 Network -- 3 Community Habitats of Basilicata's Sites -- 4 Livestock Farming within Basilicata's Sites -- 5 Grazing Impacts on Basilicata's Sites -- 6 A Focus on Grazing Impacts on a Basilicata's Site -- 6.1 Application of DPSIR Framework to Analyse Grazing Impact Within the Site -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Evaluation of Native Grasses for Sustainable Turfgrass in the Bioclimatic Mediterranean Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Method -- 2.1 Statistical Analysis -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Total Growth -- 3.2 Colour Index -- 3.3 Turf Quality -- 3.4 Green Cover Percentage -- 3.4.1 Uptake of Na+ and Cl- -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Biodiversity of Hypogeous Fungi in Basilicata -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lucanian Hypogeous and Semi-hypogeous Fungi -- 2.1 Ascomycota -- 2.1.1 Pezizomycotina, Eurotiomycetes, Eurotiomycetidae, Elaphomycetales, Elaphomycetaceae (Tul. and C. Tul.) Paol. -- 2.1.2 Pezizomycotina, Pezizomycetes, Pezizomycetidae, Pezizales, Helvellaceae Fries -- 2.1.3 Pezizomycotina, Pezizomycetes, Pezizomycetidae, Pezizales, Pezizaceae Dumortier. |
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| Formatted contents note | 2.1.4 Pezizomycotina, Pezizomycetes, Pezizomycetidae, Pezizales, Pyronemataceae Schr�oter. |
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| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| Main entry heading | Vastola, Antonella |
| Title | The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2015 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9783319163567 |
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