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Reviews “Organic Agriculture” pag. 4- 11 Reviews “Land and Water Management” pag. 12 Reviews “Integrated Pest Management” pag. 13 Reviews “Legislation” pag. 14 Donazione del prof.

Giuseppe Carta, architetto, già docente di Urbanistica presso l'Università di Palermo pag. 15 Reviews “Essays” pag. 16

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Umili depositari della ricchezza intangibile... ...perdiamo il nostro tempo nel catalogare tesori che non sono apprezzati nel mondo volgare. Consoliamoci sapendo che li disprezzano soltanto coloro che non sono in grado di comprenderne il valore.

Fortunatamente, il lavoro apparentemente più sterile racchiude una virtù e porta con se la sua ricompensa, senza bisogno di interventi esteriori. Dopo tutto, chi sa se non sia questa la scelta migliore? Se questi sotterranei santuari dello spirito umano non suggeriscano la corretta soluzione della vita a chi la cerca sinceramente? E se, molto al di sotto della legge morale, della famiglia e della patria, che sono aspetti della sola verità esteriore, non sia certo che la cultura intellettuale sia la meno vana delle nostre illusioni?”.

Paul Groussac [prefazione al catalogo della Biblioteca Nacional de Buenos Aires]

La “città del libro”? Esiste, ed è un paesino della Bretagna…

abitanti, situato nel dipartimento dell'Ille-etVilaine, per l'appunto in Bretagna, si trovano ben 13 librerie. Ogni prima domenica del mese si tiene la fiera del libro e, nella settimana di

Pasqua, nel paese viene organizzato un vero e proprio festival.

Per combattere la crisi dell'economia tessile che colpì la regione negli anni Ottanta e risanare il paese, i piccoli librai del nord della Francia vennero invitati a vendere i loro volumi (usati e non) in bancarelle sparse per il paese; in poco tempo Bécherel divenne la prima città del libro in Francia: accanto a libri di ogni genere si situarono laboratori di rilegatori e calligrafi, e si diede inizio alle tradizionali fiere libraie, al festival pasquale e alla “Fureur de lire” (“La smania di leggere”), intere giornate di ottobre dedicate al libro…

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Libri usati, ecco 6 modi per dargli nuova vita Ogni amante della lettura riserva grande spazio dei suoi scaffali ai suoi libri, ma capita spesso che, con tutti i titoli nuovi che arrivano in casa ogni mese, si debba trovare spazio a quelli vecchi. Sebbene possiate essere affezionati ai vostri libri, vi proponiamo soluzioni diverse da quella di riporli tristemente in cantina

Responsabile: Luigi Sisto A cura di: Giuseppe Inchingolo Wanda Occhialini Progetto grafico ed impaginazione: Fabio La Notte

Quasi 800 abitanti e ben 13 librerie: Bécherel, in Bretagna, è davvero la "città del libro": http://bit.ly/1e0adaz Il sito ufficiale la definisce “La Cité du Livre”, la città del libro “en Bretagne”: a Bécherel, caratteristico borgo medievale di circa 800

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MILANO - Il sito bookriot.com vi consiglia diversi modi per diffondere la cultura e promuovere la lettura di libri che altrimenti rimarrebbero impolverati sullo scaffale, non perché non vi piacciano, ma perché li avete letti e riletti e avete bisogno di spazio per i vostri

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nuovi volumi. Cerca, ad esempio, un posto che accetta scambi di libri usati. Potrebbe essere il paradiso che stavi cercando. Se trovassi un luogo di questo tipo vicino a casa tua, potrebbe diventare il tuo nuovo punto di riferimento. Potresti portare i tuoi libri usati, prenderne altri in cambio altri o prenderne in prestito altri. Una valida opzione per i tuoi libri e una valida

Attento ai libri che decidi di dar via, tieni conto che difficilmente libri erotici e horror potranno entrare nella biblioteca di una scuola elementare o delle medie.

Apri una tua biblioteca L'ultima possibilità è quella di aprire la tua piccola biblioteca gratuita. Potrai così condividere i tuoi libri con il tuo vicinato, offrire qualcosa da bere e magari fare nuove amicizie!

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opzione per te e buone notizie anche per il tuo budget, visto che otterrai nuovi libri in modo gratuito.

Regala i libri ai tuoi amici Siamo sempre alla ricerca di cose originali da regalare ai nostri amici, ma non c'è mai nulla di sbagliato nel regalare un libro a una persona a cui vuoi bene. Anche se si tratta di un libro che magari non ti piace, potrebbe essere lo stesso libro che fa impazzire un tuo amico.

Regala i libri alle prigioni Ci sono organizzazioni che dedicano a questa iniziativa gran parte del loro tempo e puoi supportarle attraverso donazioni, volontariato o donando libri per questa causa. Cerca attorno a te organizzazioni di questo tipo o contatta direttamente le prigioni, potresti essere in grado di donare personalmente i tuoi libri seguendo il giusto protocollo.

Bambini poveri, soldati e rifugiati hanno bisogno di libri Tutte queste persone potrebbero trovare sollievo nella lettura di un buon libro. Attivati presso le organizzazioni locali che si occupano delle persone bisognose. La maggior parte di esse vi chiederanno un aiuto economico, cercate quelle che accettano qualsiasi cosa.

Cerca un sito per scambiare libri online In Italia questa attività è arrivata in ritardo, ma grazie a siti come Biblioshare questa realtà ora può essere presa in seria considerazione. Puoi scambiare libri con le persone del tuo vicinato e, dato che ogni lettore è geloso dei propri libri, per essere sicuro di prestare il proprio Titolo a una persona di sicuro affidamento, questo particolare social Network ti permette di lasciare feedback a tutti gli iscritti della community.

Regala i libri alle scuole Chiama le scuole dei tuoi dintorni e, in particolare, chi si occupa della biblioteca, saranno felici di ricevere libri per ripopolare e quindi arricchire i loro scaffali.

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Un'ultratecnologica biblioteca universitaria tedesca di 7 piani, dalla forma libera, immersa nel verde. All'interno, oltre ai libri, una particolare scala a chiocciola in magenta e verde brillanti... #luoghideilibrinelmondo Siamo a Cottbus, nel Land di Brandeburgo, in Germania. Dove ha sede una biblioteca universitaria moderna e piena di colori, dall'incredibile forma e dal grande fascino, la cui realizzazione è stata affidata al prestigioso studio d'architettura Herzog & de Meuron (i due grandi architetti di Basilea nel 2001 hanno anche vinto il Pritzker), ed è stata completata nel 2004.La forma della biblioteca, davvero particolare, si fonde con il paesaggio intorno, ma anche l'interno, ultratecnologico, lascia il segno (non solo per la scala a chiocciola in magenta e verde brillanti)…Ed ecco alcune immagini di questa biblioteca di sette piani a

forma libera (di ameba), che meglio di ogni parola descrive questo suggestivo edificio: [Fonte: pagina Fb “Il Libraio”]

Una libreria ambulante a forma di carro armato MILANO - Raul Lemesoff è un eccentrico artista argentino che ha fatto della passione per i libri e la cultura l'epicentro di un'iniziativa lodevole: Raul ha infatti “riqualificato” una Ford Falcon del 1979 - adibita in passato a usi militari - in una libreria ambulante che porta in giro per le strade di Buenos Aires, in Argentina. La sua opera si chiama Arma De Instruccion Masiva - Armi d'istruzione di massa.

PROMOZION E DELLA LETTURA L'intelaiatura del “carro armato” è coperta di mensole e scaffali adibiti al trasporto di circa 900 libri che svariano dalla poesia alla storia, passando per le biografia. L'idea dell'artista e di poter contribuire al raggiungimento della pace tramite la letteratura e la promozione della lettura e dell'istruzione, soprattutto tra i giovani. La sua “arma d'istruzione di massa” gira per le strade della sua città – soprattutto in prossimità di scuole, parchi e vie affollate – condividendo gratuitamente libri, cultura e idee con le persone, soprattutto i più giovani.

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Il bar che dice no ai video poker. Al loro posto? Una mini-biblioteca… La storia di Azzurra Sarebbero 790mila gli italiani a rischio ludopatia... E Azzurra Cerri, proprietaria di un bar a Viareggio, nei mesi scorsi ha deciso di eliminare i video poker per far spazio ai libri: "Avevo in mente da tempo l'idea di creare un angolo dedicato alla lettura. Finalmente ci sono riuscita, e i clienti hanno apprezzato”... - La storia Stando a una ricerca del 2014 di Sistema Gioco Italia, la federazione cui fanno capo gli operatori del settore gioco d'azzardo, sono 790mila gli italiani a rischio ludopatia: l'1,65% della popolazione, quindi, potrebbe finire nel tunnel della dipendenza.Nel 2013, gli

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italiani, solo con le slot machine e le video lotterie, hanno speso 47,5 miliardi di euro e il gioco è una delle dipendenze che dilaga maggiormente per la facilità con cui è presente nella vita di tutti i giorni, ad esempio con i video poker nei bar (senza dimenticare gratta e vinci e prodotti simili).A Viareggio, nel lato mare di via Aurelia Nord, la proprietaria del “Why Not? Cafè”, Azzurra Cerri, ha deciso di rinunciare alle “macchinette” nel proprio locale e di sostituirle con una mini-biblioteca, preferendo vedere i clienti scambiarsi i libri e non perdere soldi e ore davanti a una slot machine…“Quando mi rivolsi al concessionario mi fu spiegato chiaramente che se avessi chiesto la rimozione delle slot in anticipo rispetto alla scadenza del contratto, avrei dovuto pagare una penale di 1000 euro per ogni anno che mancava al termine naturale del rapporto (gli accordi vengono stipulati su base quinquennale)”, ha dichiarato Azzurra al Tirreno (Edizione Versilia). E ancora: “Era stato riscontrato che negli ultimi mesi le slot non avevano generato traffico e di conseguenza incassi. La Sisal mi disse che se avessi continuato a tenere inattive le slot sarebbero stati costretti a portarle via”.Contattata da ilLibraio.it, Azzurra Cerri (nella foto in basso, ndr) spiega come l'iniziativa è stata accolta dai clienti del bar e quali sono state le reazioni e le novità dopo 4 mesi senza “macchinette”: “I clienti hanno accolto molto bene la novità, molti di loro mi hanno regalato libri, anche con dediche, da mettere nella libreria e sugli scaffali, addirittura chi era giocatore di macchinette mi ha portato libri. Tuttora persone colpite dal mio gesto vengono a vedere il bar o a farmi i complimenti per la mia scelta, e questo mi rende molto orgogliosa; lo spazio è piccolo come si può notare dalle foto, serve più come scambio con altri libri o per prenderne qualcuno in prestito”.

Alla domanda “conosci qualche altro locale che ha deciso di imitare la tua idea, o sei stata contattata da qualche attività intenzionata a intraprendere la tua strada?”, risponde: “Non so di altri bar che hanno avuto la mia stessa idea; esistono bar letterari o comunque con libri all'interno, ma il fatto di togliere macchinette e rimpiazzarle con libri… non conosco nessuno!“.

Come coronamento del progetto del “Why Not? Cafè” Azzurra ci confida:”Quest'inverno abbiamo iniziato un corso di scrittura creativa che si tiene all'interno del bar, penso che la decisione non poteva capitare in un momento migliore”.

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Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Organic Food and Farming / edited by Bram Moeskops, Eduardo Cuoco. - Brussels : TP Organics, 2014. - 60 p. : ill. - TP Organics : European Technology Platform.

TP Organics is the European Technology Platform for organic food and farming, and for lowinput agriculture. Established in 2008, it brings together small and medium-sized enterprises, larger companies, farmers, researchers, consumers and civil society organisations involved in the organic value chain from production, input and supply, to food processing, marketing and consumption. It identifies research and innovation needs and communicates them to policymakers. The aim is to leverage the organic sector's contribution to sustainable farming and food production. Since 2013, TP Organics is officially recognised by the European Commission as one of 40 European Technology Platforms (ETPs). TP Organics published its first Strategic Research Agenda in 2009. This proved very successful, as about a third of the research questions identified gained funding through the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7) of the EU, or through transnational research programmes (ERA-Nets) and national research projects. With the end of the 7th Framework Programme and the start of the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, TP Organics decided to revise its research agenda. This new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda is the product of an intensive participatory process, which lasted for a year and a half and benefited from three consultations. First of all, an online consultation for members and stakeholder that attracted more than 300 responses. Secondly, a consultation to assess the relevance of the topics with regard to International cooperation. The third consultation aimed to get feedback from other ETPs. A detailed description of the development process of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda is given in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 of the Agenda outlines TP Organics' vision for sustainable organic food and farming systems, which provides a framework for the research and innovation questions outlined in the subsequent chapters. The vision itself is divided according to three themes: Empowerment of rural areas: organic farming and food systems support crucial empowerment in rural areas; Eco-functional intensification: this enhances the productivity, stability and resilience of agro-ecosystems; Food for health and wellbeing: high quality foods are the basis for healthy diets, wellbeing and quality of life. While most of the topics in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda simultaneously support the organic sector and contribute to more sustainable approaches in mainstream food production, some also target the specific needs of the organic sector. This reflects the fact that the organic sector operates in its own special market and has to comply with specific EU regulations. In the light of the revision process of the organic regulation these specific research needs have gained pertinence in recent months. These specific topics are dealt with together in Chapter 3. The research questions pertaining to the three themes of TP Organics' vision are described in Chapters 4 to 6. Chapter 7 outlines specific priorities for the Focus Groups of the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI). Here, the task is not so much to design new research projects, but rather to take stock of existing knowledge, promote dissemination and implementation, and identify research gaps that persist. The Agenda ends by drawing a number of conclusions in Chapter 8. These include a call for 10% of the Horizon 2020 funds allocated to “Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the bio-economy� (Societal Challenge 2) to be dedicated to organic food and farming systems. 10% reflects the share of agricultural land under organic management in the EU. Currently, 5.6% of EU agricultural land is organic, but the full potential is estimated at 15-20%. The EU Organic Action Plan recognised the importance of research and innovation for the development of the organic sector. However, it lacks clear commitments. The Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016/2017 will be the first opportunity for EU policy-makers to show ambition in promoting research and innovation for organic food and farming. Taking the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda as a basis, TP Organics will provide input to the drafting of the 2016/2017 and future Work Programmes. It will also seek cooperation with other European Technology Platforms (ETPs) in order to jointly promote those topics that are of common interest. Finally, the Agenda calls for a follow-up measure to the ERA-Net CORE Organic, which has been very successful in grouping together the smaller players of the organic research community, to deliver better research more efficiently.

The Truth behind the CAP: 13 reasons for green reform. - Brussels : IFOAM EU, 2015. - 35 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Farmland covers almost half of the EU1 and plays a key role in providing habitats for wildlife.

Biodiversity has evolved around farming for centuries, with traditional agricultural practices providing crucial breeding habitats and feeding sites. Some species, such as the barn swallow2, white stork3 and the larks4 have become virtually dependent on appropriately managed farmland5. However, the focus on increasing production in the past 50 years - partly driven by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - has caused a shift to large scale, specialised and highinput/output systems. This shift has led to the loss and degradation of many important habitats and the increasing isolation of remaining habitat fragments. This loss is responsible for widespread biodiversity decline across the EU6, with documented negative impacts on farmland birds, mammals, invertebrates and arable plants. In new EU Member States, relatively healthy populations of plants and animals still exist due to the retention of many High Nature Value

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Transitioning Towards Agroecology : Using the CAP to build new food systems / compiled and edited by Samuel FĂŠret, Oliver Moore. - Berlin : ARC2020, 2015. - 24 p. : ill.

In Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the key legislative frame work influencing the production, sale and processing of agricultural products. The CAP has driven major decisions on the direction of agriculture in Europe and the spending of considerable amounts of EU public funds - today it takes up around 40% of the total EU budget.

Responsible for our food, our rural communities, our countryside, our health, our environment and our farmers, the CAP affects everyone. It is widely acknowledged that the CAP has encouraged a model of agriculture that damages the environment - contributing to climate change, biodiversity loss, soil erosion and water pollution - and has promoted factory-style farming at the expense of viable incomes for farmers and jobs in rural areas. A strong commodity-orientated production has increased imports of cheap rawmaterials produced in socially and environmentally damagingways, and cheap exports to the global south which means that the CAP's impact is felt much further afield than in the EU alone. Yet, despite reforms over past decades, so far the CAP has not gone far enough to support or stimulate food sovereignty and agroecological approaches. This needs to change urgently and it requires better CAP implementation across the European Union. The new CAP can help transition EU agriculture towards agroecological approaches. Any push to scrap this by promoting and incentivising factory-style agriculture based on models of sustainable intensification or by simplifying the system at the expense of agroecological outcomes would be a step backwards and cannot justify CAP funding. Public money must be spent for public goods! There is a need to re-connect farmers and consumers to help build vibrant local food economies. The aim of all governments should be to support sustainable producers, processors and retailers, and build strong local and regional inks between consumers, farmers and food businesses. Rural Development Programmes need to be fully utilised to support the sustainable development of rural areas and the environment with dedicated funding allocated to these practices on a progressive basis to 2020. This means ensuring a strong and stable support environment for high quality food production based on sustainable systems and practices such as organic farming and other environmentally-friendly farming practices with strong support for agroecological knowledge transfer, advice, cooperation and innovation. Consumers should be able to purchase ecologically-produced food from local and regional producers. Therefore the creation of short, decentralised supply chains, diversified markets based on solidarity and fair prices, community led initiatives and closer links between producers and consumers locally and regionally must be prioritised. This publication aims to showcase successful examples from a diverse range of EU countries where a transition towards agroecological approaches is already happening. It gives clear indications for the priorities governments should have if they are serious about making good use of public money to support this transition. These cases are only a few from the many diverse approaches and practices already happening across the EU. Over the coming years civil society groups will continue to observe the CAP implementation and development by collecting further best practice examples, but also by highlighting failures of agroindustrial models to actively support a successful transformation.

Proposal for a new EU Common Agricultural Policy. - Brussels : IFOAM EU GROUP, 2015. - 32 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

European agriculture is at a crossroads. In 2010, the European Commission will produce a communication on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). By 2013, European governments and the European Parliament must agree a new framework for European farming and rural development. At the same time, CAP expenditure, which accounts for 40% of the current budget, will face increasing pressure as decisions are taken on the future of the EU Budget. Five farming and environmental NGOs have therefore come together with proposals for a transformation of the CAP to help farmers to rise to the challenge of sustainable farming, and to reward those who deliver the environmental benefits that society values so highly. The CAP has come a long way – but we believe it is still failing citizens, farmers and the environment, and requires radical change to justify the 53 billion Euros it distributes annually on behalf of European taxpayers and to ensure the environmental benefits society need from

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farming systems. However, this form of farming is under threat from intensification, non-agriculture development and abandonment. As the market does not reward biodiversity, public intervention is required to support farmers to farm with the needs of wildlife in mind. The CAP needs profound change to support the kinds of farming Europe needs in the 21st century. Public money must support public goods. Taxpayers must see real value for the billions they invest in the CAP. Those who farm sustainably must be effectively supported while those who harm the environment should receive no public money. If politicians are serious about saving wildlife biodiversity they must support a fundamental CAP reform now.

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farming are actually delivered. Agriculture can be a driver for both degradation and enhancement of natural resources.

Therefore, our aim is a fully legitimate CAP that supports the transition toward sustainable farming in the EU. The current system is built mainly on historic and obsolete mechanisms. Support is still directed towards those who produced more under the “old� CAP, rather than those who deliver the most environmental benefits and contribute to maintaining a sustainable resource base which is necessary for ensuring long-term food security. Consequently, most of the money still goes to a very small number of large or resource intensive farms, and all too often to those engaging in unsustainable practices. The policy does not sufficiently encourage farmers to shift towards genuinely sustainable food production or to adopt forms of land management that meet the real challenges of the future: mitigating and adapting to climate change, securing functioning ecosystems, improving water resources, recovering our lost biodiversity and guaranteeing our long term capacity for ongoing food production. Our proposals aim to ensure a coherent European policy for agriculture. This would take the form of a contract between society and farmers, with support available for those who produce environmental benefits, underpinned by a strong common framework of standards applying to everyone. Within this common policy, Member States would be able to allocate resources to farming systems and practices that benefit the environment or provide other public goods, in line with national priorities. Payments would shift from subsidy entitlements towards agreements underpinning payments for public goods in a transparent and accountable way. We propose a range of tools for supporting good practice, including a basic flat rate payment, based on robust commitments, to deliver above and beyond the mandatory baseline, and higher payments for systems delivering higher benefits. Targeted agri-environment payments would address more specific issues and protect valuable habitats and species. We also envisage a range of public investments in sustainable farming and local communities to help to build a knowledge-based, resource efficient and viable farming sector. We believe that sustainable farm businesses will help maintain vibrant rural and marginal communities, and vice versa. We hope to engage in a genuinely open debate on setting the future course of European farming and land management, and thereby determine the role of the future CAP. We therefore encourage you to comment on the proposals we set out here to help us improve them over the coming months. Equally, we hope you will adopt some of our ideas in your own thinking. We ask politicians, farmers, environmentalists and all other stakeholders to take the ecological and financial crises as an opportunity to change the CAP so it can support truly sustainable farming, which provides foods, fibre and energy as well as biodiversity and other public goods. This approach will protect the natural resources on which we all depend. Change is inevitable, both because of the environmental and production challenges facing European farmers and society, and because financial constraints will ensure that all public expenditure faces intense scrutiny. Embracing change, in a way that provides a clear direction of travel, and supports Europe's farmers and land managers as they start to prepare for the challenges of the future, lies at the heart of our proposals.

The Role of Organic in Supporting Pollinator Health / edited by Tracy Misiewicz, Jessica Shade. - Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2015. - 14 p. : ill. - Critical Issue Report : The Role of Organic in Supporting Pollinator Health.

Seventy-five percent of all crops grown for human consumption rely on pollinators, predominantly bees, for a successful harvest. However, over the last decade, both native and honey bee populations have been declining at alarming rates, raising concerns about the impact on our global food security. To complicate the situation, many of the factors linked to bee population declines are a direct result of commonly utilized agricultural practices. Fortunately, organic farming practices can provide critical solutions that not only decrease risks to pollinators, but actively support the growth and health of our pollinator populations. Some of the most wellstudied factors implicated in declining pollinator populations include: Low-level exposure to toxic agricultural pesticides including herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides; parasites and pathogens; malnutrition through reduced diversity in available food sources - often due to intensive conventional mono-cropping; habitat destruction through the conversion of land for anthropogenic use; additive effects and synergistic interactions among multiple factors. Large-scale chemically intensive agricultural production has been implicated as a major source of threats to pollinators. Increasingly, scientific research demonstrates that the use of toxic synthetic pesticides, destruction of native habitat, and a decrease in nutritious forage due to extensive use of mono-cropping are detrimental to pollinators. Fortunately, one of the simplest ways to conserve our pollinator populations in an agriculturally reliant world is through organic farming. Organic farming standards not only prohibit the use of synthetic pesticides, many of which are highly toxic to bees and can be persistent in the environment, but also require that organic producers manage their farms in a manner that fosters biodiversity and improves natural resources.

These management practices can vary from farm to farm, however one of the most common ways that organic farmers meet these requirements is by planting insectaries that provide habitat and season-long food sources for pollinators. Organic farmers also use numerous integrative pest management techniques which promote environments that support beneficial insects such as pollinators by providing them with habitat and nutritious floral food sources. A number of studies reviewed here have demonstrated that organic farming practices alleviate many threats to honey bees and that organic farms support significantly more pollinators than conventional farms. Pollinator health and, in turn, food security have major implications for all of us regardless of our role in food production. While agricultural producers must adjust their practices to incorporate farming techniques that reduce risks for pollinators, consumers can also take action by supporting sustainable organic farming. By shifting towards a more sustainable food production system, we can ensure food security and support thriving agricultural ecosystems long into the future.

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The Organic Center is pleased to present this publication, looking at lessons learned on organic methods for controlling the spread of fire blight without the use of antibiotics. Fire blight is a serious problem for apple and pear growers in the US; it is highly infectious and can kill entire trees. With growers now spending up to $20,000 per acre to establish an orchard, the risk of severe tree injury or loss from fire blight needs to be controlled. In the past, the antibiotics streptomycin and oxytetracycline have been the key fire blight controls used by most organic growers. However, the use of oxytetracycline will sunset in October 2014, and streptomycin is likely to sunset soon thereafter, so growers will need to implement non-antibiotic control programs within the next year.

This publication is aimed at a grower audience, with reviews incorporated from growers, orchard managers, researchers, extension agents, and consultants. Our goal is to provide critically needed information on how to prevent fire blight from decimating apple and pear orchards without the use of antibiotics in time for the 2014 sunset of oxytetracycline, because the lack of current information on alternatives to antibiotic use in the prevention of fire blight could cause serious repercussions in the organic apple and pear industry. Recent polls done by David Granatstein, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist at Washington State University, show that some 70% or more of organic apple and pear producers in that state (the primary producer in the country) will consider switching some or all production to conventional management if an effective and reliable alternative for fire blight control is not available by the time oxytetracycline sunsets. This couldn't come at a worse time, since organic apple and pear demand is at an all-time high.

Identifying Smart Food Choices on the Path to Healthier Diets / edited by Charles Benbrook, Donald R. Davis. - Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2011. - 45 p. : ill. Documentation and Applications of TOC-NQI, Version 1.1.

Most Americans are overfed and undernourished. Typical American diets are chipping away at our public health. The declining quality of the American diet is why the just-born generation is projected to be the first with a lifespan shorter than its parents. Despite abundance, exceptionally broad choices, and a revival of food culture and culinary skills, we are a nation deeply troubled by food. Indeed, just about everything about it - where and how it is grown; the costs, benefits, and risks of biotechnology versus organic farming; what food manufacturers do to nutrient-rich, whole foods; the impacts of added fat, salt, and sugars; the absence of unique flavors and textures, and how farm animals (and farm workers) are treated. Slowing the spread and progression of degenerative disease is now high on the agenda of millions of Americans. Almost everyone understands that smart food choices are an essential step toward healthier life. But what exactly is a “smart” food choice?

How does a person lacking a nutrition degree decide whether to consume another serving of a fruit or vegetable, or a grainbased product, or some other food? Most of us have a general sense of which foods are high in specific nutrients, but very few of us have thought through the complex tradeoffs across nutrients when one food is chosen over another. For this task, new tools are badly needed. And if a person decides to add a serving of fruit, which fruit will deliver the biggest nutrient dividend for the calories consumed? Or, for families on a tight budget or for individuals choosing foods for a school lunch program or extended care facility, which foods deliver the most nutrients per dollar spent? People have heard over and over that, in the world of nutrition, “one size does not fit all,” and so they wonder how their age, size, level of activity, and health status impacts the nutrients their bodies need, and hence their personal, “smart” food choices. There is a healthy, overdo debate underway around the world over the surest path forward in lessening the adverse impacts of farming on the environment, while also improving productivity, food safety, and food nutritional quality. Deeply worrisome public health trends driven by poor dietary patterns heighten the importance - and urgency - of this debate over the future of food. Hard data is badly needed. Particularly, on how different farming systems and technology alter the nutritional quality of food, and indirectly, the health of the people consuming it. Will genetically engineered Golde Rice or organically grown carrots and squash most cost-effectively provide the vitamin A needed by hundreds of millions of children around the world? How can farmers maximize the human-nutrition units produced per acre or hectare, as opposed to crop yields per unit of land?

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Grower Lessons and Emerging Research for Developing an Integrated Non-Antibiotic Fire Blight Control Program in Organic Fruit / edited by Harold Ostenson, David Granatstein. Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2013. - 28 p. : ill.

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Action plan for innovation and learning / edited by Bram Moeskops … [et al.]. - Brussels : TP Organics, 2014. - 48 p. : ill. - TP Organics : European Technology Platform.

The world doesn't stand still: nature is evolving, the climate is changing, populations are rising, markets are developing, consumer expectations are increasing. Thus agriculture is under pressure in all sorts of ways. All those involved have to adapt to meet and overcome these challenges if their businesses are to thrive so they can sustain their livelihoods. How do they do this, and turn these challenges into opportunities? Where should we look for successful examples out there?

What are the key components of context, of strategy, of practice that enable success? What institutional policies can facilitate and support these? Learning and innovation are increasingly recognised as being at the heart of successful adaptation and change to meet the challenges facing Europe and indeed the World. The intent is clear in the EU's wider policies. The EU's Innovation policy is geared towards “smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”. Putting ideas into practice has become the central goal of Horizon 2020, the EU's Framework Programme for Research & Innovation for 2014- 2020. In comparison with earlier EU research policy, the focus has shifted from research for its own sake to innovation with tangible impact. Innovation support has been strengthened in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The objective of the new European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIPAGRI) is to bridge the gap between agricultural researchers and practitioners. It will operate through Horizon 2020 and the Rural Development pillar of the CAP. Erasmus+ recognises the need for “education, skills and creativity in a knowledge society”. In fact, the EU's policies and instruments are becoming more closely aligned with organic and agroecological objectives, so the door is opening for these approaches. The EIP-AGRI aims to marry productivity and sustainability, contributing to a “steady supply of food, feed and biomaterials, developing itswork in harmony with the essential natural resources on which farming depends”. The new rural development regulation requires the EIP-AGRI to promote a resilient agricultural sector working towards agroecological production systems. More specifically, the European Commission's recently published Organic Action Plan recognises that “organic production has to maintain its innovative role, in influencing non-organic production with its rules and the techniques applied.” It also recognises that “organic production has become a highly specialized agricultural system, which requires specific professional education, knowledge and technologies.” Bearing the above in mind, this publication will set out a blueprint for learning and innovation in organic and agroecological farming (chapter 1). It is intended to be an exemplar for learning and innovation in farming and food systems generally. How this blueprint operates in action will be set out in 13 examples covering a wide range of innovative methodologies for learning, stakeholder participation, research and innovation (chapter 2). Indeed, organic and agroecological farming has a long history of strong collaboration between researchers and practitioners and across disciplines. The next chapter will analyse what opportunities current EU policy instruments offer for organic and agroecological innovation (chapter 3). Based on the experiences with agroecology and organics, the publication will finish with policy recommendations for better promoting innovation and learning support in Europe's food and farming sector (chapter 4).

With the Grain : a closer look at the nutrient quality of grain, grain-based products, and the role of organic agriculture / edited by Erin Smith, Charles Benbrook, Donald R. Davis. Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2012. - 26 p. : ill. - Grains: An In-depth Study Part II - With the Grain.

Organic production systems have distinct impacts on both grain quality and safety, in addition to welldocumented environmental benefits. Yet there is remarkably little information available on the nutritional and food safety advantages of organic farming and food manufacturing in the grains and grain-based food product sector. To close this knowledge gap, The Organic Center is conducting a multi-year grain study to document the nutritional differences between conventional, “natural,” and organically farmed grains and grain-based products. We are systematically seeking answers to the following critical questions: How do conventional and organic farming and manufacturing processes impact food quality? What toxins and food additives are present in raw and finished products? How do milling and cooking alter nutrient composition? The study will draw on published research and data from our own testing, and encompass the following topics: nutrients and calories per serving; protein levels and fiber content; pesticide residues and risk levels; mycotoxins; total antioxidant capacity (as measured by ORAC); mineral levels; presence/absence of additives; presence/absence of preservatives; aste and organoleptic quality. In this report-the second of a series of reports to be issued as part of the study-we explore the nutrient content of grain and grain-based products. Our goal is to provide a broad overview of the differences in nutrient content between organic and non-organic grains. We hope that a better understanding of these differences will highlight the need for agricultural scientists to focus on nutrients as much as yields and also empower consumers to make healthier choices.

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According to the World of Organic Agriculture (2014) statistics book, organic agriculture is practiced in 164 countries, and on more than 37.5 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by 1.9 million farmers. Over half of these farmers are only in India, Uganda and Mexico. The global sales of organic food and drink reached almost 64 billion US dollars in 2012. In Latin America, slightly more than 300,000 producers managed 6.8 million of hectares of agricultural land organically in 2012, representing 18% of the world's organic land and 1.1% of the region's agricultural land. Leading countries are Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Besides cultivated land, there are 31 million hectares of additional land certified according to organic standards for wild production, with management plans that conserve large areas of nature and provide, for instance, non timber forest products and aromatic or medicinal plants. This brings a grand total of near 70 million hectares certified organic for agriculture or wild production, an essential asset to approach climate change. Besides organic farmers holding third-party organic certification, there are increasingly more farmers actively participating in Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS), basically oriented for the local markets. It is estimated that there are more than 50 PGS groups in all continents and an equal number under development.

There are around 50,000 PGS certified producers. A growing sector delivering economic, environmental and social benefits, as well as providing answers to challenges that current society faces, should be part of the solution sought by policy makers in their fight against hunger, poverty, climate change and environmental degradation.

A Dairy Farm's Footprint : Evaluating the Impacts of Conventional and Organic Farming Systems / edited by Charles Benbrook ... [et al.]. - Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2010. - 37 p. : ill. - Critical Issue Report: A Dairy Farm's Footprint.

Dairy farming systems impact the environment, animal well-being, and the nutritional quality and safety of milk and dairy products in many ways. Many private companies and organizations are developing new sustainability indicators encompassing energy and chemical use in the dairy sector, as well as system impacts on net greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions. The Organic Center's initial work on the environmental impacts of dairy production focused on land use and the pounds of pesticides, animal drugs, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer not used on organic dairy farms. Over the last 18 months, the “Shades of Green” (SOG) dairy sector calculator has been signifi cantly expanded and refi ned. Concurrent with the release of this report, the Center is making available free of charge via its website SOG Version 1.1, as well as a 92-page report documenting all the equations in SOG Version 1.1 and providing step-by-step instructions for people wanting to use the SOG calculator. The Center is, to our knowledge, the fi rst organization to release a fully operational version of a dairy sector environmental footprint model, along with a comprehensive document on the structure, potential applications, and equations embedded in the model. While such full disclosure will not end debate on the structure or equations in SOG, it will help focus ongoing discussion on the science and key data inputs, rather than speculation regarding what the SOG model actually entails. The SOG calculator is a work in progress. New modules will be added in the next year encompassing other greenhouse gas emissions, total Global Warming Potential, animal drug use, and soil carbon sequestration. New applications are also planned for the near future, beginning with the modeling of typical conventional and organic dairy farms by region.

The SOG calculator off ers farmers, researchers, the food industry, and policy makers an opportunity to expand the focus and sharpen the resolution of dairy sector environmental footprint studies. SOG Version 1.1 encompasses most of the critical impacts of dairy farm management systems on milk quality and safety and on cow health, areas of impact likely to remain high on the agenda of consumers wanting to support with their food dollars constructive change down on the farm.

A Deeper Shade of Green : Lessons from Grass-based Organic Dairy Farms / edited by Charles Benbrook. - Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2012. - 28 p. : ill. - Critical Issue Report: A Deeper Shade of Green.

All published life-cycle assessments of dairy farms conclude that methane accounts for the largest share of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with milk production. This is particularly true on large-scale dairy operations using freestall barns in combination with a liquid-based manure management system. Across the dairy industry, the search is on for options to reduce methane emissions via changes in a variety of on-farm management practices. The conventional dairy industry is focusing on changes in diets and animal nutrition, rumen function, genetics, and herd structure through, among other things, the “Cow of the Future” project, with the goal of reducing methane emissions by 25% by 2020 (Knapp et al., 2011). Three factors most reliably distinguish organic from conventional dairy farms - degree of reliance on pasture, cow

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Agroecological family agriculture in Latin America in a climate change context / edited by Patricia Flores, Roberto Ugás. - Brussels : IFOAM EU GROUP, 2014. - 15 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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longevity, and average daily milk production levels. The fi rst two are generally greater on organic farms, and the third is greater on most conventional farms. Enhancing cow health and longevity and expanding reliance on pasture are not among the priority options under review by scientists working to reduce methane emissions on conventional dairy farms. In this report, we quantify the degree to which milk production and cow longevity, reliance on pasture, and manure management systems infl uence the methane emissions associated with a gallon of conventional versus organic milk. In November 2010, we released our fi rst report on the environmental footprint of dairy farm management systems, based on results from the “Shades of Green” (SOG) calculator. A Dairy Farm's Footprint: Evaluating the Impacts of Conventional and Organic Farming Systems compared and contrasted the performance of four hypothetical farms - two conventional and two organic.

The 2010 report, the SOG calculator, and a 92-page Shades of Green Users Manual: Guide and In 2011 we completed several refi nements in the SOG calculator and used it to evaluate the performance of two wellmanaged grass-based organic dairy farms compared to a typical, high-production conventional farm and a dairy farm set up and managed to minimize methane emissions per unit of milk produced. Our goal was to explore how organic dairy farms that place heavy emphasis on grazing and cow health might contribute in the quest to reduce net dairy industry GHG emissions. The results are compelling and will hopefully broaden the list of management options considered in the ongoing effort to lighten the environmental footprint of milk production.

The Organic Center's “Dietary Risk Index” : Tracking Relative Pesticide Risks in Foods and Beverages / edited by Charles Benbrook. - Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2011. - 25 p. : ill. - Documentation and Applications of TOC-Dietary Risk Index.

Over the last 20 years, hundreds of consumer surveys have shown that the desire to reduce pesticide dietary exposures has been among the top three reasons why people switch to organic foods, and usually it is reason number one. Extensive government pesticide residue testing in food has been underway for nearly 20 years and has shown, consistently, that fresh fruits and vegetables account for the lion's share of pesticide exposure and risk. This is largely why organic brands account for around 10% of fresh produce sales in the United States, according to the most recent market place survey conducted by the Organic Trade Association. New science published in the last five years has established strong linkages between prenatal pesticide exposures and developmental problems in infants and children (Bouchard et al., 2010), especially cognitive deficits (Rauh et al., 2011; Engel et al., 2011; Bouchard et al., 2011; Marks et al., 2010), smaller brains (Whyatt et al., 2004), reproductive problems (Christiansen et al., 2009), asthma (Hernandez et al., 2011) and increased risk of overweight (Adigun et al., 2010) and diabetes (Lim et al., 2009). Emerging science has both reinforced longsimmering concerns over pesticides and created new worries, especially those linking pesticides to overweight and type 2 diabetes (Patel et al., 2010). The widely accessible “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15” lists of foods issued by the Environmental Working Group have also driven home key messages: the frequency and number of pesticides in food varies dramatically across foods; some common fruits and vegetables rarely contain pesticide residues; consumers lacking access to, or the income needed to purchase organic fruits and vegetables regularly should concentrate their organic purchasing power on those foods on the “Dirty Dozen” list. New data on pesticide residues in food have also highlighted a growing concern - the shift in residues and risk to imported foods.

Research carried out by The Organic Center shows that U.S. fruit and vegetable farmers have made steady progress in reducing produce-related pesticide risk, while risks have not come down nearly as much in most imports, and have actually risen in some imported produce items (Benbrook, 2008). Pesticide residues in food, and risks posed by dietary exposures, are bound to continue driving growth and shaping the market for organic foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, juices, and fruit and vegetablebased products like tomato sauce and salsa, catsup, jams and jellies, cranberry and applesauce, and dried fruits.

Impacts on the EU 2030 climate target of including LULUCF in the climate and energy policy frame work / edited by Dr. Hannes Böttcher, Jakob Graichen, Öko-Institut e.V. Bonn : IFOAM, 2015. - 48 p. : ill.

The European Union (EU) has a target to reduce emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2030. This is an economy-wide target and therefore includes the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. The EU is currently consulting stakeholders on how to integrate LULUCF into the EU's 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. The LULUCF sector has several particularities and differs from energy, industrial processes, wasteand agriculture (non-CO2) emissions in a number of ways. Adequate rules are therefore essential to reflect the changes in LULUCF and to assess progress towards targets. The most specific particularity is that the sector includes activities that cause emissions but also can lead to carbon being taken up and stored (e.g. through biomass accumulation), referred to in this report as a 'removals', though the removal is not permanent. Currently LULUCF is a net sink in the EU, i.e. it removes more carbon than it releases, though this sink is projected to decline by 2030. Another particularity is that not all

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emissions and removals are directly human-induced. This is especially true for removals from forest management. One more general particularity is data uncertainty. Average uncertainty ranges reported by Member States that are associated with estimates of the level of emissions and removals are relatively high (32 per cent) compared to emissions from fossil fuel combustion (1 per cent) for EU-15 countries. The implications of the different options for the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework depend to a large degree on the accounting rules for different land use activities. This report assesses the implications of the three options on the level of ambition required to meet the EU's target of reducing emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2030. The focus of this study is on the period 2021-2030. Emissions in this future period are estimated by using projections which make assumptions about the development of emission drivers and describe a future trajectory of how emissions might develop. For the projection, this report uses European Commission figures, published in the Trends to 2050 Report (EC, 2014). It describes the EU Reference scenario projection 2013. This study concludes that depending on accounting rules used, including LULUCF would change the effort needed to reach the 40 per cent target by between 7.5 and 16 per cent of total emissions. This means a 2030 target of between 37 per cent and 33.6 per cent (instead of an at least 40 per cent target). If FM was calculated net-net according to a ten year base period (1990-1999), LULUCF would produce debits and the target 2030 target would increase, to 40.6 per cent. Similarly, if afforestation rules were changed to be more in line with IPCC rules, the 2030 target would be 37 per cent.

Shades of green users manual : guide and documentation for a dairy farm management system calculator. - Washington D.C. : The Organic Center, 2011. - 100 p. : ill.

The search is on for options to reduce the environmental impacts of agricultural production. Many studies have raised concerns about the greenhouse gas (GHG) and nitrogen pollution associated with livestock operations, including dairy farms. Retailers are looking for credible data on the most efficient and environmentally friendly way to produce milk, cheese, butter, and other dairy products. Policy makers and government agencies are exploring new initiatives and policies that will hopefully support innovation on the farm for the benefi t of the environment, the animals on dairy farms, and consumers. Recent studies on the environmental impacts of dairy farming have reached confl icting and sometimes confusing results. As with most studies of complex, multifaceted systems, the devil is in the details regarding which impacts are included in the scope of a study or model, how such impacts are measured, data sources, and the assumptions embedded in analytical models. In some cases, analysts publishing results in scientifi c journals have been unwilling to share their models with The Organic Center, making it impossible to replicate or fully understand model results.

Our initial work on modeling the environmental impacts of dairy production focused just on the pounds of pesticides, animal drugs, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer not used by organic dairy farms, in contrast to typical conventional dairy operations.

A Critical Issue Report released in March, 2009 presented our initial projections and was entitled Shades of Green: Quantifying the Benefi ts of Organic Dairy Production (access this report at http://www.organiccenter.org/science.environment. php?action=view&report_id=139. The Center also off ered the Excel-based calculator to anyone requesting it via email. Several tundre people from many countries requested the calculator, and many urged the Center to continue expanding its scope and functionality. Our newly released Shades of Green (SOG) calculator, Version 1.1 is the result of our eff ort to do so. The extensive development work required to create SOG Version 1.1 was funded in large part by a generous grant from the Packard Foundation. Earlier work on the original calculator was funded by Stonyfi eld Farm, Organic Valley/CROPP, Horizon, and Aurora Organic Dairy, among other supporters of The Organic Center.

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The XIX European colloquium in theoretical and quantitative geography (ECTQG2015) : pre-prints : Bari [i.e. Valenzano] (Italy), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, 3-7 September 2015. - [Bari] : Plurimondi press. [140] p. ; 22 cm.

Themes and Sessions As usual since 1978, main themes and sessions of the Colloquium will emerge from the topics of presentations. A few themes are listed below as a reminder of previous areas of interest and hot topics of the moment in geographical and spatial research: Epistemological issues and theory in geography Spatial interaction and networks Space-time processes, historical geography, geo-history, geo-archaeology Urban dynamics Economic geography, finance and globalization Environmental management and risk analysis Geographical issues in Energy and Green Economy Climate Change and geography Health geography and epidemiology Cellular automata, multi-agent systems and multi-level spatial modeling Fractals and scaling laws in complex spatial systems Network dynamics Exploratory methods for spatial big data analysis New Geovisualization tools Spatial data analysis and geostatistics in GIS Spatial decision support systems Spatially referenced heterogeneous data streams Innovative and inter-disciplinary methods for spatial data Object Tracking and RFIDs Volunteered Geographic Information Geosensor Networks Spatial cognition in environmental planning and management.

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Metodi di analisi chimica del suolo / a cura di Claudio Colombo e Teodoro Miano . - 3a vers.

- [S.l. : s.n.], 2015 (Modugno : Pubblicità e stampa). - 470 p. ; 24 cm.

ISBN 9788894067903 Questo volume ha l'obiettivo di aggiornare e rivedere i “Metodi ufficiali di analisi chimica del suolo” pubblicati con DM 13 settembre 1999 Supplemento ordinario n, 175 alla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 248 del 21 ottobre 1999. Il manuale è diretto a tecnici delle Pubbliche amministrazioni, a ricercatori della scienza del suolo e delle scienze ambientali, a professionisti ed operatori del settore agricolo e ambientale, ai laboratori di analisi pubblici e privati.

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Integrated Pest management Aujourd'hui, sur la base d'une proposition maghrébine, Bioversity International a édité les descripteurs du palmier dattier, ce qui permettra de décrire les variétés selon un standard commun. Il est évidemment possible de facilement caractériser ces « variétés » par analyse génétique, puisque ce sont des clones (donc identité génétique).

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Prontuario di meccanica agraria e meccanizzazione / Massimo Lazzari, Fabrizio Mazzetto. - Torino : Reda, 2005. - 222 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

E’un testo che consente non solo di conoscere le macchine e le loro prestazioni, ma anche di sceglierle.

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Prontuario Reda : dati tecnico-economici settore agricoltura / E. Augusti ... [et al.]. Torino : Reda, 2013. - XVII, 605 p. : ill. ; 17 x 24 cm.

La struttura del Prontuario si articola in una serie di sezioni tematiche (organizzate per tipologia di coltura, allevamento o gestione risorse) che raggruppano tutte le schede operative riguardanti i processi produttivi, i materiali, le dotazioni aziendali, rispettivamente per: l le colture erbacee di pieno campo l le colture in ambiente protetto, idroponico o comunque fuori suolo l le colture arboree, forestali e da biomassa l gli allevamenti zootecnici e ittici l le opere costruttive, le macchine agricole e relativi parametri tecnico-economici di corredo, appendici e strumenti matematico-finanziari.

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Descripteurs du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera l.) / Ipgri. - Rome : Ipgri, 2005. - 71 p. ; 24 cm.

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Studies about classi-city : identità urbane e tracciati storici / Giuseppe Carta. - Bagheria : Drago Edizioni, c2009. - 133 p., 31 tav. : ill. ; 33 cm.

Il libro, basato su ricerche archeologiche, presenta le basi, le fondamenta di alcune città della Sicilia, in particolare Agrigento, e città in Attica e Macedonia,15 in Turchia e, degna di nota, Pergamo nell'Asia Minore. Testimonianza di città che non hanno auvto protezione e dunque sono scomparse per sempre, o, al contrario, rivalutate della loro identità passata.

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Segni della contemporaneità in Sicilia : ricerche e progetti su porti, ferrovie, aeroporti, impianti eolici / Giuseppe Carta ... [et al.] ; a cura di Giuseppe Carta. - Bagheria : Drago, [2008]. - 139 p., 22 c. di tav. : ill. ; 33 cm.

La regione Sicilia dispone di un articolato sistema portuale; il comparto dei trasporti passeggeri trova in Messina e Palermo i porti ai quali fanno capo i principali servizi di collegamento con Italia e Tunisia; nel settore ferroviario è manifesta una carenza infrastrutturale sia nel trasporto passeggeri che merci. Lo sviluppo economico della regione trova quindi un sistema di trasporti marittimi appropriato e terrestri da realizzare.

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Ricerche di pianificazione, paesaggio e strategie locali : province di Siracusa, Ragusa, Agrigento, Trapani / Santo Borsellino ... [et al.] ; a cura di Giuseppe Carta. - Bagheria : Drago, [2008]. - 198 p., 28 c. di tav. : c. geogr. ; 33 cm.

Il libro affronta l'argomento dello sviluppo a livello provinciale, presentando solo alcuni aspetti: territorio fisico, infrastrutture, aree industriali, beni culturali, riserve.

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Premesse ai piani di bacino in Sicilia / Maria Gabriella Caiola...[et al.] ; a cura di Giuseppe Carta. - Alessandria della Rocca : Edizioni Piltdown, 2008. - 130 p., 21 c. di tav. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Negli ultimi venti anni circa è emersa la necessità di cambiare la gestione del territorio, non secondo politiche di settore che il più delle volte si sono mostrate inefficaci. La pluralità di interessi presenti nel territorio descritti nel libro (agricoli, agricolo-produttivi, idraulici, ecc.) porta lal richiesta di una pianificazione integrata e dunque di un coordinamento tra i vari piani ed enti responsabili.

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Essays Olivi oli olive / Umberto Mairota, Cosimo Lacirignola ; prefazione Franco Cassano. - [S.l. : s.n.] ( Bari : Chieco Sistemi), 2015. - 201 p. : ill. ; 21x21 cm.

L'analisi degli autori ci fa vedere la pervasivitĂ di questo albero, la sua capacitĂ di essere sfondo e paesaggio, rito e parola, ma anche un'inesauribile fonte di vita attraverso i suoi prodotti, come l'olio, che non rimane solo sulla tavola, ma si trasforma e ci avvolge e accompagna, diventando balsamo, profumo, sapone, illuminazione e componente decisiva di tanti prodotti industriali.

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