Social capital creates a synergy that benefits all members of a community. This review
examines how social capital contributes to the food security of communities. A systematic …

The definition and understanding of the social farming (social agriculture) concept varies
from country to country, depending on the specific conditions for its development. The …

The future of inner peripheries, suffering a demographic decline (ESPON, 2017) that
threatens the survival of their relevant environmental and cultural heritage, represents an …

The focus of this study is to present an overview of the literature related to the Theory of
Community-Based Enterprise (TCBE) using bibliometric analysis. We analysed 477 articles …

Italy is one of the countries in Europe with the highest probability of suffering economic
losses due to extreme weather and climate events and the fourth country for seismic risk …

Purpose The agribusiness in Extremadura (Spain) is one of the main economic activities in
the region. Within this industry, cooperativism stands out as a strategic component that …

Abstract Italian Inner Areas are fragile territories often lacking in essential services and thus
characterized by depopulation and degrade. In recent years, an innovative national policy …

Purpose Starting from a critical analysis of the main criteria currently used to identify
marginal areas, this paper aims to propose a new classification model of such territories by …

Local development strategies, policies and initiatives that contribute to sustainable
development are gaining increasing prominence. Cooperative societies—the most relevant …

Fungi of the genus Tuber, also defined as “true truffles,” are ascomycetes belonging to the
Pezizales order, which grow in symbiosis with the roots of several trees and shrubs (Mello et …