Life cycle tools combined with multi-criteria and participatory methods for agricultural sustainability: Insights from a systematic and critical review

AI De Luca, N Iofrida, P Leskinen, T Stillitano… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Life cycle (LC) methodologies have attracted a great interest in agricultural sustainability
assessments, even if, at the same time, they have sometimes been criticized for making …

A network analysis for environmental assessment in wine supply chain

G Maesano, M Milani, E Nicolosi, M D'Amico… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the agri-food sector, the Life Cycle Assessment method (LCA) is used to evaluate the
environmental impact of a product. Within agri-food products, wine is among the most …

Exploring environmental consciousness and consumer preferences for organic wines without sulfites

M D'amico, G Di Vita, L Monaco - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, owing to increasing interest in health in relation for food quality, consumer
preference for organic products has gradually been moving from an elitist behavior to quite …

Modern viticulture in southern Europe: Vulnerabilities and strategies for adaptation to water scarcity

JM Costa, M Vaz, J Escalona, R Egipto, C Lopes… - Agricultural Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
Water is now considered the most important but vulnerable resource in the Mediterranean
region. Nevertheless, irrigation expanded fast in the region (eg South Portugal and Spain) to …

Joint carbon footprint assessment and data envelopment analysis for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture production

R Rebolledo-Leiva, L Angulo-Meza, A Iriarte… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Operations management tools are critical in the process of evaluating and implementing
action towards a low carbon production. Currently, a sustainable production implies both an …

Towards sustainable wine: Comparison of two Portuguese wines

AA Martins, AR Araújo, A Graça, NS Caetano… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
A correct definition of the most adequate strategies and/or course of action to improve the
sustainability of the wine industry must start with an evaluation, as objective and accurate as …

Assessment of environmental and economic impacts of vine-growing combining life cycle assessment, life cycle costing and multicriterial analysis

G Falcone, AI De Luca, T Stillitano, A Strano, G Romeo… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
The wine sector is going through a significant evolution dealing with the challenges of
competition issues in international markets and with necessary commitments to …

Optimization of organic and conventional olive agricultural practices from a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing perspectives

RS Mohamad, V Verrastro, G Cardone… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Cooperatives in the wine industry: Sustainable management practices and digitalisation

B Richter, JH Hanf - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In Europe, cooperatives have a long tradition and are widespread in the agricultural sector.
Cooperatives in the wine sector of some EU countries even surpass a market share of more …

[PDF][PDF] Economic profitability assessment of Mediterranean olive growing systems.

T Stillitano, AI De Luca, G Falcone, E Spada… - Bulgarian Journal of …, 2016 - iris.unirc.it
In Italy, olive cultivation is mainly widespread in southern regions where it constitutes a key
element of rural economy. Nevertheless, in such areas olive growing is affected by several …