A Healthier and More Sustainable Global Food System: What is at Stake for the EU?
IAI Commentaries, 2022, 03.
How can we foster the role of food systems in the transition towards a decarbonised EU that thrives within planetary boundaries, while nourishing the health and wellbeing of citizens, in the context of Covid-19 and the economic downturn?
Complex drought patterns robustly explain global yield loss for major crops.
Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 5792.
The study provides a comprehensive assessment on how droughts with their complex patterns are consistently related to negative impacts on crop yield on a global scale. The crops analysed are maize, rice, soybean, and wheat, which are key in the debate concerning food, land, water and energy security and sustainability.
A multilevel carbon and water footprint dataset of food commodities.
Scientific Data, 2021, 8, 127.
The SU-EATABLE LIFE database is a multilevel database of carbon and water footprint values of food commodities, aiming to understand the impact of dietary shifts on global environmental policies.
Urban food waste: a framework to analyse policies and initiatives.
Resources, 2020, 9(9), 99.
By looking at 40 cities across 16 European countries, this study aims to present a new framework for assessing urban food waste policies and initiatives, identifying links with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Foods, 2020, 9(12), 1898.
The paper analyses existing models of food choices, providing an intact point-of-view by integrating key elements into a bigger framework.
Savings and losses of global water resources in food‐related virtual water trade
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2019, 6(1).
Water savings and losses related to food trade highlight the in- and out-flow of virtual water and differences in water productivities between food importers and exporters.
Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 653, pp. 908-919.
This study looks at the food-related environmental issues, nutritional outcomes, and rural livelihoods impacts on the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
Intra-EU agricultural trade, virtual water flows and policy implications.
Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 1, pp. 439-448.
The European Union is an increasingly water challenged area and is a major agricultural trader. This study investigates the region's water–food–trade nexus by analysing intra-regional virtual water trade.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 147, pp. 1-9.
The grey water footprint reflects the intensity of water pollution caused by water use for human activities. This study aims to provide insights to advance grey water footprint accounting with an illustration of global maize production.
Food-water security and virtual water trade in the Middle East and North African region
International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2015, 31(3), pp. 326-342.
The study analyses the political economy of food-water security in the Middle East and North Africa region, through the lens of virtual water trade to determine how the region's economies have met food security over the past three decades.
Sustainability, 2015, 7(6), 6742-6758.
This study investigates business engagement in sustainable water management, focusing on water footprint accounting as a tool to account for water use in food supply chains. An explorative analysis is conducted on the Barilla Company.
Global investments in agricultural land and the role of the EU: drivers, scope and potential impacts
Land Use Policy, 2015, 47, pp. 98-111.
Abstract: This paper investigates the wave of investments in agricultural land and the role that the European Union member states play, both collectively and individually, by providing a comprehensive overview of the drivers, scope and impacts.
Edited Books:
Food Security and Sustainability: The Role of Media in Linking Awareness, Knowledge and Action. Elsevier. UPCOMING in 2022.
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Sustainable Food Systems
Springer Nature, 2019.
This publication offers a systemic analysis of sustainability in the food system, taking as its framework the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations.
Springer International Publishing, 2015.
This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to analyse the relationship between water and food security, using the concepts of virtual water and water footprints.
Other publications:
[Primo]. Non comandare. Il Sole 24 Ore, 2021.
Europe and Food. Ensuring environmental, health and social benefits for the global transition. Barilla Foundation, 2021.
Fixing the business of food. How to align the agrifood sector with the SDGs. Barilla Foundation, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Santa Chiara Lab University of Siena, 2020.
Transforming food systems under climate change: Local to global policy as a catalyst for change.
CCAFS Working Paper, 271. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2020.
AGRIFOODMED Delphi. Trends, challenges and policy options for Water Management, Farming Systems, and Agri-food Value Chains areas. PRIMA Initiative, 2019.
Awareness and engagement of business and citizens to keep global warming below 1.5°C. A roadmap towards decarbonisation. VIU papers 2019, 13,19.
Foreign Investment in Land and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Investigation for Africa. Responsible Natural Resource Economy Programme Issue Paper 002/2015. Nairobi, Kenya: Acts Press. ISBN 9966-41-171-2.
The water footprint of Italy. WWF-Italy, 2014.