Sustainability of water use in agriculture. Southern european farmers participation and social impact.

Abstract This paper aims to open a discussion in the scientific point of view and policy making processes on sustainability of water policies. The social and environmental impact on the Agriculture sector in Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) will be investigated to analyse the adoption of measures taken by decision makers on water policies. The community assets of farmers will have an important role on the implementation of different strategies concerning agriculture water management. The paper will focus on the role of farmer’s participation as central actors of implementation in water policy. Furthermore, the social and the environmental aspects will be addressed

Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers Choices Among Short Term Efficiency and Preserving the Future

This paper focuses the attention on the biodiversity of production system of farmers and the social impact in the environment process related on the economy scale. Farmers in Italian regions are growing fast and are developing new paradigms on sustainable agriculture for the development and eco-friendly products for the future of farming. The organic agriculture is an alternative of farming for producing in sustainable way and ensuring social and local conditions and promoting high level of food quality. On behalf of CAP reform 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals, Agriculture is one of the pointed and discussed sectors concerning the preservation of environment and the welfare for the future generations. This article will focus the evaluation of the three pilasters of sustainability and the principles of organic agriculture. The methodology of this research is a quantitative model on using data from ISTAT, EUROSTAT database and statistical analysis are employed in this research. Our analysis shows the connection of new paradigms, methods and estimations on the sustainable development with the organic agriculture and discuss the farmers alternative for more sustainable agriculture development and revenue

Sustainability of water use in agriculture. Southern European farmers participation and social impact.

This paper aims to open a discussion in the scientific point of view and policy making processes on sustainability of water policies. The social and environmental impact on the Agriculture sector in Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) will be investigated to analyse the adoption of measures taken by decision makers on water policies. The community assets of farmers will have an important role on the implementation of different strategies concerning agriculture water management. The paper will focus on the role of farmer’s participation as central actors of implementation in water policy. Furthermore, the social and the environmental aspects will be addressed

Farmer’s Attitudes and Sustainable Agriculture Development in Italian Regions

This paper focuses the attention on the biodiversity of production system of farmers and the social impact in the environment process related on the economy scale. Farmers in Italian regions are growing fast and are developing new paradigms on sustainable agriculture for development and ecofriendly products for the future of farming. The organic agriculture is one of the production systems that sustain the protection of soil, ensure social and local conditions, and promote highest level of food quality. On behalf of CAP reform 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals, Agriculture is one of pointed sector and discussed for preservation of environment and the welfare for the future generations. This article will focus the evaluation of the three pilasters of sustainability and the principles of organic agriculture. The methodology of this research is a quantitative model on using data from ISTAT, EUROSTAT database and statistical analysis are employed in this research. Our analysis shows the connection of new paradigms, methods, and estimations on the sustainable development with the organic agriculture and discuss the farmers behaviours’ for more sustainable agriculture development and revenue

Sustainability of water policies, social and environmental impact in Agriculture sector

This paper aims to provide a proposal for discussion on sustainability of water policies, social and the environmental impact in Agriculture sector. These countries are reforming in continuity their water policies and adopting a good management and sustainable use of water in agriculture, including the social participation and adaptation for achieving a good ecological status. This study would like to analyse and try to understand the participation and adaptation of measures taken by international decision makers on water policies and their social impact. An important role will have the community assets of farmer’s on adaptation the strategies including the social and the environmental consequences and proposing a good management of water resource in agriculture sector

Sustainability of water policy, social and environmental impact in the agriculture sector

This paper aims to provide a proposal for discussion on sustainability of water policies, social and the environmental impact in Agriculture sector in four European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain). These countries are reforming in continuity their water policies and adopting a good management and sustainable use of water in agriculture, including the social participation and adaptation for achieving a good ecological status. This study would like to analyse and try to understand the participation and adaptation of measures taken by international decision makers on water policies and their social impact. An important role will have the community assets of farmer’s on adaptation the strategies including the social and the environmental consequences and proposing a good management of water resource in agriculture sector

Sustainable Agriculture and Farmers Choices Among Short Term Efficiency and Preserving the Future

This paper focuses the attention on the biodiversity of production system of farmers and the social impact in the environment process related on the economy scale. Farmers in Italian regions are growing fast and are developing new paradigms on sustainable agriculture for the development and eco-friendly products for the future of farming. The organic agriculture is an alternative of farming for producing in sustainable way and ensuring social and local conditions and promoting high level of food quality. On behalf of CAP reform 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals, Agriculture is one of the pointed and discussed sectors concerning the preservation of environment and the welfare for the future generations. This article will focus the evaluation of the three pilasters of sustainability and the principles of organic agriculture. The methodology of this research is a quantitative model on using data from ISTAT, EUROSTAT database and statistical analysis are employed in this research. Our analysis shows the connection of new paradigms, methods and estimations on the sustainable development with the organic agriculture and discuss the farmers alternative for more sustainable agriculture development and revenue

Environment and sustainable agricolture in italian regions

The final research work prepared for presenting the final defence of the PhD thesis analyses and brings back to unitality, as far as possible, some of the research activities carried out by me during these three years, whose common thread is the environmental impact of human activities and the promotion of sustainable development in agriculture. The research analyses and investigates the connections between factors considered as influential for the development of sustainable agriculture and sustainable economic development, by making leverage at the agriculture sector, and the preservation of the environment. Decision making processes focused on the allocation, accessibility and exploitation of primary resources, combined in an economic model of interdependence and interaction, in a win- win strategy between actors of the agriculture sector, have been investigated by making use of both primary and secondary data. This has been developed by using both deductive and inductive approach, respectively in the investigation of the legal framework that governs the EU policy and development strategies, impact they have in member countries and their sectoral structure, as well as in how the specific characteristic of the environment, sector structure and actors operating in member countries and their regions influence and must be taken in account when shaping the EU policy on strategies and their budgeting for a sustainable agriculture. Development paradigms have been investigated, considered as independent variables of different behavioural and attitudinal choices of farmers and policymakers in resources and budgets allocation, embodied in economic models, to investigate the effects they might have in sustainable agriculture and sustainable development. This by developing a descriptive research and a causal comparative approach. The trade-off between short run and long run perspective of investments in agriculture, human resources development in the sector and environment have been considered by developing a quantitative approach on this purpose. My line of research has been marked, from the point of view of economic and environment policy, on the historical analysis of the development of the agricultural sector from the beginning of Common Agriculture Policies (CAP) to the present day and the changes that have occurred in contemporary socio-economic context and national territory, referring to issues related to farmers involvement and environmental impact. Relevant impact has environmental sociology with the interaction between the society and nature considering the stakeholders as the most important actor on their natural environment with the inclusion of physical context related to social factors. From the sociological point of view the stakeholders with their direct activities on the natural resources and their intervention on policies and governance have imposed important reflections and agreements. Part of my research has been, in fact, focused on the analysis of the level of education between stakeholders, population of organic farming in Italian regions, social farming about the agri-food sector and the management of water for irrigation. Emphasis is placed both on the policies implemented at EU level with focus on Water Framework Directive (WFD) and national level on the change of consumption, about the purchase of organic products. In fact, the need to change the production paradigm by promoting sustainability is also seen from the point of view of climate change mitigation and its socio-economic impacts, particularly from the point of view of environmental disasters. This point is also analysed in terms of EU Member States and Italian level, with reference to the possible changes and global adoptions for more sustainable agriculture. It is therefore possible to hypothesize a dynamic-functional model of the prospects for improving global sustainability, in the sense that the endogenous factors that cannot be changed in the short term, i.e. the farms structure and the productive system, and the exogenous factors, i.e. the characteristics of the physical and socio-economic environment in which the farms are inserted, in relation to the current situation, into opportunities for improvement for farms that are in a position to increase their size, defined as -developing, and into threats for those that, conversely, show signs of a possible exit from the sector, called -declining. The analysis carried out, therefore, indicates the possibility, above all for policy makers, to be able to act on the factors that have proved to be statistically significant, in order to outline a framework of improvement of the overall sustainability of agriculture in Italian regions, allowing the movement of farms from the condition of - balance to that of - development, which may eventually extend to those that are in the condition of - decline. Finally, the analysis model can be defined as static, in that a change in the current situation is not considered likely, given the absence of incentives from within the farms and their inability to seize the opportunities presented by the external environment

Influence of Corruption and the Role of GDP per capita in the World on Economic Growth

Corruption is described as the use of public power for individual purposes. It is a feature of societies and countries. Recent years it is considered as a phenomenon present and a disease to developed and developing countries. It tends to grow faster than the dynamics implemented to neutralize it and systematically he has caused many problems of concern in all countries of the world. Based on report: Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index is one of the large challenges of contemporary in the world. It defines good governance leads to an inefficient allocation of resources, disrupting public and private sector and contributes frequently to the poverty. Social factors, political and institutional have a major role in economic development country and economic growth in developing countries. Corruption, is a symptom of deep institutional weaknesses is one of the factors responsible for reducing investment and spending (education and health), increases inequality income, reduces foreign direct investment and resource allocation. Corruption poses a threat to a country’s economic growth after the decrease efficiency in the private sector and the public. He is one of the most important factors that have impact on reducing economic growth in many countries. This is a phenomenon common today in many developing countries and arises as a result of their poverty. This paper analyzes the impact of corruption on economic growth, on developed and developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature enabling a specific theoretical model on the impact of corruption on economic growth

Sustainable Water Management in Agriculture: Farmers’ Participation and Environmental Impact in Southern European Countries

This paper aims to provide a proposal for discussion on sustainability of water policies. The social and environmental impact on the Agriculture sector in Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) will be investigated to analyse the adoption of measures taken by decision makers on water policies. The community assets of farmers’ will have an important role on the implementation of different strategies concerning agriculture water management. The paper will focus on the role of farmer’s participation as central actors of implementation in water policy. Furthermore, the social and the environmental aspects will be addressed