Search results for "Rifo"

Effects of continuous and rotational grazing of different forage species on ewe milk production

2012

Abstract The aim of this research was to evaluate the effects of continuous and rotational grazing of different forage species on milk production in ewes. The forage species were chicory (Cichorium intybus L.), a mixture of oat (Avena sativa L.) and berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), and sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.). Forty ewes were divided into 5 groups, and subjected to one of the following treatments: continuous grazing on chicory, continuous grazing on the mixture, continuous grazing on sulla, rotational grazing on the mixture, or rotational grazing on sulla. Among the species continuously grazed, chicory showed a lower biomass than the mixture, or sulla. Ewes grazing chicor…

The impact of COVID-19 on alternative and local food systems and the potential for the sustainability transition: Insights from 13 countries

2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major stress test for the agri-food system. While most research has analysed the impact of the pandemic on mainstream food systems, this article examines how alternative and local food systems (ALFS) in 13 countries responded in the first months of the crisis. Using primary and secondary data and combining the Multi-Level Perspective with social innovation approaches, we highlight the innovations and adaptations that emerged in ALFS, and how these changes have created or supported the sustainability transition in production and consumption systems. In particular, we show how the combination of social and technological innovation, greater citizen involvement,…

Quando il linguaggio della persuasione abbraccia la morte. La maschera funeraria di sant'Ignazio di Loyola e la "Santa Cecilia" di Stefano Maderno

2014

L'articolo si propone di indagare le modalità attraverso le quali le istanze dettate dalla Controriforma cattolica trovano espressione nel linguaggio figurativo. Tale intento viene esplicitato mediante lo studio comparativo tra la maschera funeraria di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola e la "Santa Cecilia" di Stefano Maderno, esempi emblematici di propaganda religiosa controriformata.

KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS IN AGRIFOOD FIRMS: THE CASE OF SPANISH FRUIT & VEGETABLES COOPERATIVES

2015

El tamaño es una variable contingente que puede influir en los resultados de las empresas. En este trabajo se pretende contrastar la existencia o no de una relación significativa entre tamaño y resultados empresariales de las empresas agrarias, en particular de las cooperativas hortofrutícolas españolas. Para ello, se realiza un estudio empírico en base a la información económica y financiera obtenida de los registros oficiales de las cooperativas agrarias dedicadas a la comercialización de frutas y hortalizas sobre el cual se ha aplicado un análisis de regresión. El estudio demuestra que no existe una relación significativa positiva entre los resultados empresariales y el tamaño de este ti…

Organizational Memory and Knowledge Transfer in Agri-Food Organization: the Corporate Museum Way

2021

Corporate museums represent an unexplored phenomenon under various aspects. In fact, numerous studies on corporate museum focus on marketing aspects. Although, the first corporate museums appeared in the early 1900s, few studies have addressed this phenomenon from the perspective of organizational memory and the transfer of knowledge. This study fits into this gap in the literature. From the perspective of organizational theory, the study analyzes the phenomenon of the corporate museum as a mechanism for knowledge transfer and organizational memory. To achieve this goal, this work uses a descriptive qualitative methodology, based on the analysis of a public dataset. The corporate museums in…

Corporate Museum and Organizational Memory in AgriFood Organization Sector

2021

The competitive environment is becoming more complex. For this reason, it is called VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous). Firms must identify new ways to maintain and increase their competitive advantage. Firms based their competitive advantage on the enhancement of knowledge and innovation. From this perspective, despite the vast literature on KM, corporate museums represent a little observed phenomenon. Corporate museums represent a new mechanism for the enhancement of knowledge and organizational memory. Despite this, studies on corporate museums focus only on the aspects of marketing and corporate branding. Few studies have addressed this phenomenon from the point of view o…

«CHI LASCIA LA STRADA VECCHIA PER LA NUOVA, …» PERCHÉ UNA RIFORMA DEI DELITTI DI CORRUZIONE NON DOVREBBE ABBANDONARE IL MODELLO MERCANTILE

2014

LE GLORIE AFFRESCATE DI COSTANTINO CARASI

2018

L’opera di Costantino Carasi, artista nativo di Noto, non è facile da definire in termini filologici e formali. Egli fu un artista minore che concorse, assieme ai maggiori, a esplicitare sia il tessuto artistico e culturale, sia la dimensione spirituale e religiosa di un territorio poco indagato. Lo studio esplora i fondamenti di un linguaggio tardo-barocco che si rapporta a personalità come Maratta, Sozzi, D’Anna, che determinarono, tra fine Settecento e prima metà del XVIII secolo, la decorazione pittorica nello spazio liturgico. Carasi espresse la sua visione “teologica” conforme ai dettami post-tridentini e celebrò la condizione ecclesiale della sua epoca. Costantino Carasi’s work, Noto…

La costruzione di un monumento tra Controriforma e tradizione gotica: la chiesa dei Gesuiti a Sassari

2013

Primo cantiere di costruzione impegnativo avviato dalla Compagnia di Gesù in Sardegna, la fondazione chiesa dei Gesuiti di Sassari è avviata a partire da un disegno classicista. Un cambio alla testa del cantiere è alla base di una radicale trasformazione del progetto nella fase di costruzione del sistema voltato di copertura, con cupola in pietra sulla crociera. Il saggio analizza le diverse tappe del processo costruttivo e le soluzioni, talora del tutto inedite, messe in campo nel passaggio dal progetto originario al suo adattamento a soluzioni e tecniche in uso nella Sardegna del XVI secolo.

Hydrolysis and microbial community analyses in two-stage anaerobic digestion of energy crops

2007

Aims: The roles of the diverse populations of micro-organisms responsible for biodegradation of organic matter to form methane and carbon dioxide are rudimentarily understood. To expand the knowledge on links between microbial communities and the rate limiting, hydrolytic stage of two-stage biogas production from energy crops, this study was performed. Methods and Results: The process performance. and microbial communities (as determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization) in two separate two-stage batch digestions of sugar beets and grass/clover were studied. The microbial populations developed in the hydrolytic stage of anaerobic digestion of beets and grass/clover showed very few simi…