The Summer School is organised around the understanding and acknowledgment of the capital factors that contribute to building local development strategies. Such a specific mission is strongly based on the theoretical concept of “territorial capital” and its dimensions. - Cognitive capital. -...

The 2013 Summer School is organised around the understanding and acknowledgment of the factors which contribute to build local development strategies, stating from the concept of “territorial capital” and its dimensions: - Cognitive capital. - Social capital. - Eco-systemic capital. -...

The different topics take into account the main factors (economic, geographic, social, political, technical, cultural etc.) influencing the localization and globalization of food production and the consequences in terms of sustainability and consumer welfare. The first topic analyses what is...

The purpose of this workshop is to promote the development and application of spatial, temporal, and mainly spatio-temporal statistical methods to different fields related to the environment.This international workshop is the forth on the topic of Spatio-Temporal Modelling which is being held...

The goal of this conference is to bring together economists, social scientists working in the area of agricultural policy, policy makers and representatives of farms and food industries in order to discuss and assess the economic and policy implications of the design of pubblic support for...

The overall purpose of the High-Level Conference is to address food security issues in the face of soaring food prices and the new challenges of climate change and energy security. The objective is to assist countries and the international community in devising sustainable solutions to the food...

The first World Congress on Communication for Development will focus on demonstrating that communication for development is an essential ingredient for meeting today’s most pressing development challenges and, as such, should be more fully integrated in development policy and practice.