The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin

Part I. Agro-Food Systems

1. Food Security in the Southern Mediterranean/North Africa
Aysen Tanyeri-Abur

2. Sustainability in Cereal Crop Production in Mediterranean Environments
Michele Perniola, Stella Lovelli, Margherita Arcieri, Mariana Amato

3. Innovative Crop Productions for Healthy Food: The Case of Chia (Salvia hispanica L.)
Rocco Bochicchio, Tim D. Philips, Stella Lovelli, Rosanna Labella, Fernanda Galgano, Antonio Marisco, Michele Perniola, Mariana Amato

4. The Hidden Costs of Livestock Environmental Sustainability: The Case of Podolian Cattle
Ada Braghieri, Corrado Pacelli, Andrea Bragaglio, Emilio Sabia, Fabio Napolitano

5. Feeding, Nutrition and Sustainability in Dairy Enterprises: The Case of Mediterranean Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Emilio Sabia, Fabio Napolitano, Salvatore Claps, Ada Braghieri, Nicoletta Piazzolla, Corrado Pacelli

6. Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Production Systems
Mariangela Caroprese, Marzia Albenzio, Agostino Sevi

7. The Role of Local Sheep and Goat Breeds and Their Products as a Tool for Sustainability and Safeguard of the Mediterranean Environment
Adriana Trana, Lucia Sepe, Paola Gregorio, Maria A. Napoli, Daniela Giorgio, Anna R. Caputo, Salvatore Claps

8. Innovative Use of Jenny Milk from Sustainable Rearing
Carlo Cosentino, Rosanna Paolino, Mauro Musto, Pierangelo Freschi

9. Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Disease Defence of Traditional Crops in Southern Italy: The Case Study of Tomato Cherry Protected by Trichoderma harzianum T-22 Against Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV)
Antonella Vitti, Adriano Sofo, Antonio Scopa, Maria Nuzzaci

10. Development of Integrated Disease Control Measures for the Valorisation of Traditional Crops in Southern Italy: The Case Study of Fagioli di Sarconi

Pietro Lo Cantore, Annalisa Giorgio, Bruno Campion, Nicola Sante Iacobellis

11. Sustainable Climate Change Adaptations in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the Turkish Cypriot Community’s Adoption of Pomegranate Farming
Clare M. Finnegan, Omer Gokcekus

12. The Role of Women in the Sustainability of the Wine Industry: Two Case Studies in Italy
Graziella Benedetto, Gian Luigi Corinto

Part II. Natural Resource Systems and Environment

13. The Effects of Climate Change on the Multifunctional Role of Basilicata’s Forests: The Effects Induced on Yield and CO2 Absorption
Severino Romano, Luigi Fanelli, Mauro Viccaro, Francesco Di Napoli, Mario Cozzi

14. Wildlife Agriculture Interactions, Spatial Analysis and Trade-Off Between Environmental Sustainability and Risk of Economic Damage
Mario Cozzi, Severino Romano, Mauro Viccaro, Carmelina Prete, Giovanni Persiani

15. The Sustainability of Non-renewable Resources Use at Regional Level: A Case Study on Allocation of Oil Royalties
Mauro Viccaro, Benedetto Rocchi, Mario Cozzi, Severino Romano

16. Land Use Sector Involvement in Mitigation Policies Across Carbon Markets
Severino Romano, Simone Targetti Ferri, Gennaro Ventura, Francesco Napoli, Mario Cozzi

17. Evaluating the Role of Soil Variability on Potential Groundwater Pollution and Recharge in a Mediterranean Agricultural Watershed
Antonio Coppola, Alessandro Comegna, G. Dragonetti, Lorenzo Simone

18. Grazing and Biodiversity Conservation: Highlights on a Natura 2000 Network Site
Pierangelo Freschi, Mauro Musto, Rosanna Paolino, Carlo Cosentino

19. Evaluation of Native Grasses for Sustainable Turfgrass in the Bioclimatic Mediterranean Region
Simonetta Fascetti, Giovanna Potenza, Vincenzo Candido, Donato Castronuovo, Leonardo Rosati, Michele Perniola, Stella Lovelli, Roberto Viggiani, Vito Marchione

20. Biodiversity of Hypogeous Fungi in Basilicata
Gian Luigi Rana, Stefania Mirela Mang, Ippolito Camele

Part III. New Technologies

21. New Technologies for the Sustainable Management and Planning of Rural Land and Environment
Pietro Picuno, Carmela Sica, Alexandra Dimitrijevic, Alfonso Tortora, Rocco Luigi Capobianco, Dina Statuto

22. Processing Plants and Technologies for a Sustainable Mediterranean Food Chain
Francesco Genovese, Giuseppe Altieri, Naouel Admane, Ivan Salamon, Giovanni Carlo Renzo

23. Geophysical Techniques for Plant, Soil, and Root Research Related to Sustainability
Giovanni Bitella, Roberta Rossi, Antonio Loperte, Antonio Satriani, Vincenzo Lapenna, Michele Perniola, Mariana Amato

24. Satellite Technologies to Support the Sustainability of Agricultural Production
P D’Antonio, C D’Antonio, V Doddato, M Mangano

25. Electrolysed Water in the Food Industry as Supporting of Environmental Sustainability
Maria Antonietta Colangelo, Marisa C. Caruso, Fabio Favati, Teresa Scarpa, Nicola Condelli, Fernanda Galgano

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