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    The analysis of national food control system of Italy

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    During the past two decades the EC faced with such commercial challenges as how to ensure food safety, to increase competitiveness of domestic foodstuffs and provide mutual access for business operators to markets of the EC and third countries. In this case Member States try to achieve national strategical goals in accordance with the EC strategies. That is why National Strategy, Multi-annual control plan and national food control system are main elements of sustainable development. The analysis of them will allow to find perspective measures to strengthen food safety and increase the effectiveness of national food control system

    Aree agricole e distretti rurali della provincia di Chieti

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    Il volume nasce dallo studio sviluppato con la Provincia di Chieti sui caratteri strutturali dei territori rurali provinciali. Il libro da conto delle possibili azioni per la salvaguardia dei territori agricoli ritenuti meritevoli di protezione partendo da una classificazione dei paesaggi rurali che comprende sia caratteri paesaggistici che agronomici. Il contenuto presentato descrive gli esiti della prima parte di un più ampio progetto volto a definire uno schema strategico per il territorio della provincia di Chieti e a porre le basi per un Osservatorio provinciale sulle trasformazioni teerritoriali in area agricola

    Technical and economic evaluation concerning the different employment of marc

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    Marc can represent about 20-30% of the mass of grapes destined to the wine making; marc waste is obtained after the distillation phase of marc, and in Abruzzo, which is the fifth Italian producer, its quantity can reach 60-65 kilotons. In consideration of the availability of this kind of biomass, we have supposed the installation in the province of Chieti of a 12 MW electric power station needing about 130 ton/year of biomass, 75% of the total amount deriving from the distillation process. This work carried out a technical and economic evaluation concerning the investment required to realize such a biomass power plant. The Distilleria D’Auria, the only distillery in Abruzzo, can treat about 60 tons of marc, that is, less than that needed amount. We have found that the integration is necessary with further quantity of forestry or agro-industrial biomass coming from the neighbouring regions. If we consider the future interruption of incentives regarding the alcohol production, and the ongoing support given to encourage the production of energy from renewable resources, we can observe that the integration of the two plants (distillery and power station) is the most advantageous choice in order to minimize the effects of change introduced by the distillation support policies

    Carbon footprint of extra virgin olive oil: A comparative and driver analysis of different production processes in Centre Italy

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    In this research, five case studies located in Abruzzo (Italy) were analysed using the Carbon Footprint method aiming primarily to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions related to the cultivation of olives and the production of olive oil (respectively farm phase and mill phase) and to identify the drivers behind these emissions (excluding olive tree planting and distribution phase). In respect to the existing literature, the research presented here developed more detailed collection of data on farms and selected the case studies in order to represent the current production situation at the international level (Spain excluded) as regards technology and size. Furthermore, an uncertainty and sensitivity analysis was performed in order to assess the robustness of results. Five litres of extra virgin olive oil, with primary and secondary packaging, were chosen as a functional unit. Results showed that agriculture accounts for emissions of CO2eq ranging from 3.34 to 7.74 kg (mainly due to fertilizer and pesticide treatments), followed by the packaging process in the industrial phase for which CO2eq emissions range from 1.13 kg to 3.20 kg (for which glass bottles represent the largest load). The study revealed that a realistic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions should be based on an efficient use of pesticides and fertilizers. Drivers are mainly located in the farm factory phase, which is the one with the highest impact, but also the phase that proves most difficult as regards retrieving detailed data
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