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Global Wheat Production: Dynamics, Trends, and Challenges

by Ilaria ZappitelliWheat Production 18 February 202518 February 2025Comments are Disabled

Wheat is one of the most important cereals worldwide, serving as a staple food for billions of people and a cornerstone of the global agricultural economy. Its production is influenced by numerous factors, including climate, agricultural policies, international trade, and new technologies. 1. Production and Major Growing Areas Wheat is cultivated on almost every continent, …

Wheat Policies

by Ilaria ZappitelliGreen Policies 18 February 202518 February 2025Comments are Disabled

Wheat policies are the set of strategies, regulations and economic measures adopted by governments and international organizations to manage and support grain production, trade and sustainability. These policies aim to ensure food security, market stability and the competitiveness of the agricultural sector by balancing economic needs with environmental and social needs. Agricultural policies play a …

Third Plenary Meeting ECOWHEATALY January 30, 2025

by Ilaria ZappitelliNews 12 February 2025Comments are Disabled

On January 30, 2025, the third meeting of the ECOWHEATALY (Evaluation of policies for enhancing sustainable wheat production in Italy” – PRIN 2022) project was held between researchers from the University of Chieti and Pescara’s G. D’Annunzio University, and those from the Institute for Bioeconomics in Rome (CNR IBE).The meeting was held at the Pareto …

Scaling Complexity Workshop

by Ilaria ZappitelliNews 2 December 20243 December 2024Comments are Disabled

Professor Gianfranco Giulioni participated in the prestigious workshop “Scaling Complexity: High-Performance Computing at the Intersection of Agent-Based Modeling and Complex Networks” held in Berlin on December 2-3, 2024, presenting a poster of the Ecowheataly project. The workshop is focused on the desire to bring together researchers, practitioners and experts in the computational field to delve …

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Green Policies in Agriculture: The Case of Wheat

by Ilaria ZappitelliContenuti, Green Policies 13 November 202413 November 2024Comments are Disabled

In the agricultural sector, green policies mainly concern how much environmental impact production has.In this sector, Green Policies encourage sustainability in production, increasing the use of renewable resources and reducing the use of harmful chemicals.In particular, we have these aspects:

Bibliography and useful articles

by Ilaria ZappitelliContenuti, Green Policies 30 October 2024Comments are Disabled

For an in-depth analysis, some reliable studies and sources include: These sources provide a robust scientific picture of the environmental impacts of wheat production and potential solutions proposed by green policies to make it more sustainable.

Green Policies

by Ilaria ZappitelliContenuti, Green Policies 30 October 202430 October 2024Comments are Disabled

Green policies are prescriptions, suggestions, directions and recommendations introduced to promote long-term ecological sustainability, preserve biodiversity and limit greenhouse gas emissions, with the ultimate goal of moderating the impact that human activities have on the environment. Some of the actions and exercises that could be implemented by green policies include the implementation of renewable energy, …

A Novel Computational Model of the Wheat Global Market with an Application to the 2010 Russian Federation Case

by Ilaria ZappitelliNews 29 July 202430 September 2024Comments are Disabled

The team composed of Gianfranco Giulioni, Edmondo Di Giuseppe, Piero Toscano, Francesco Miglietta and Massimiliano Pasqui, conducted a study, published in 2019, building a computational model for the analysis of the formation of the international price of wheat, its dynamics and the dynamics of the quantities traded internationally. This model was calibrated using FAOSTAT data …

Remote Sensing for Ag development: from plot towards landscape scales

by Ilaria ZappitelliNews, Webinar 19 June 202419 September 2024Comments are Disabled

In addition to the activities related to the ECOWHEATALY project, Dr. Francelino Rodrigues, PhD, will hold a webinar entitled “Remote Sensing for Ag development: from plot towards landscape scales” on 24 June, at 11:30 a.m. and will last for about half an hour. Dr. Francelino Rodrigues is a Senior Scientist, expert in Digital Agriculture, Geospatial …