Italy is among the most important countries in Europe for milk production. The new European policies encourage a transition towards sustainability and are leading European dairy farms to follow new trajectories to increase their economic efficiency, reduce their environmental impact, and ensure social sustainability. Few studies have attempted to classify dairy farms by analyzing the relationships between the structural profiles of farms and the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainability. This work intends to pursue this aim through an exploratory analysis in the Italian production context. The cluster analysis technique made it possible to identify three types of dairy farms, which were characterized on the basis of indicators that represented the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic sustainability) and the emerging structural relationships based on the structural characteristics of the dairy farms. The classification made it possible to describe the state of the art of the Italian dairy sector in terms of sustainability and to understand how different types of farms can respond to the new European trajectories.

Masi, M., Vecchio, Y., Pauselli, G., Di Pasquale, J., Adinolfi, F. (2021). A Typological Classification for Assessing Farm Sustainability in the Italian Bovine Dairy Sector. SUSTAINABILITY, 13(13), 1-14 [10.3390/su13137097].

A Typological Classification for Assessing Farm Sustainability in the Italian Bovine Dairy Sector

Masi, Margherita
Primo
;
Vecchio, Yari;Pauselli, Gregorio;Adinolfi, Felice
2021

Abstract

Italy is among the most important countries in Europe for milk production. The new European policies encourage a transition towards sustainability and are leading European dairy farms to follow new trajectories to increase their economic efficiency, reduce their environmental impact, and ensure social sustainability. Few studies have attempted to classify dairy farms by analyzing the relationships between the structural profiles of farms and the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainability. This work intends to pursue this aim through an exploratory analysis in the Italian production context. The cluster analysis technique made it possible to identify three types of dairy farms, which were characterized on the basis of indicators that represented the three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic sustainability) and the emerging structural relationships based on the structural characteristics of the dairy farms. The classification made it possible to describe the state of the art of the Italian dairy sector in terms of sustainability and to understand how different types of farms can respond to the new European trajectories.
2021
Masi, M., Vecchio, Y., Pauselli, G., Di Pasquale, J., Adinolfi, F. (2021). A Typological Classification for Assessing Farm Sustainability in the Italian Bovine Dairy Sector. SUSTAINABILITY, 13(13), 1-14 [10.3390/su13137097].
Masi, Margherita; Vecchio, Yari; Pauselli, Gregorio; Di Pasquale, Jorgelina; Adinolfi, Felice
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
sustainability-13-07097.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: Pdf editoriale
Tipo: Versione (PDF) editoriale
Licenza: Licenza per Accesso Aperto. Creative Commons Attribuzione (CCBY)
Dimensione 1.4 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
1.4 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/826843
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 14
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 13
social impact