Special Issue: THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INDUSTRY – TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

Mariantonietta Fiore; Roberto Leonardo Rana; Le Thi Hong Anh; Ho Thanh Tri

doi:10.3280/ecag2025oa21485

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Special Issue: THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INDUSTRY – TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

Mariantonietta Fiore^▸^▾
Roberto Leonardo Rana^▸^▾
Le Thi Hong Anh^▸^▾
Ho Thanh Tri^▸^▾

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3280/ecag2025oa21485
Submitted: novembre 26, 2025
Published: 2025-12-04

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FAO (2022). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022: Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome: FAO. -- available at: https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api.pdf.
Fiore, M., Alaimo, L., & Chkhartishvil, N. (2019). The amazing bond among wine consumption, health and hedonistic well-being. British Food Journal, 122(8), 2707-2723. Doi: 10.1108/BFJ-05-2019-0344.
Fiore, M., Rana, R. L., & Spada, A. (2021). Socioeconomic assessment of diet on health and quality of life. British Food Journal, 123(8), 2617-2621. Doi: 10.1108/BFJ-08-2021-998.
Galati, A., Fiore, M., Bozat, M., Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A. (2024). Overview of Agribusiness Technological, Societal and Channel Advancements. In: Galati, A., Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A., & Fiore, M. (eds.), Agribusiness Innovation and Contextual Evolution, Volume II. Palgrave Intersections of Business and the Sciences, in association with Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45742-5_1.
Galati, A., Fiore, M., Thrassou, A., & Vrontis, D. (Eds.) (2024a). Agribusiness Innovation and Contextual Evolution, Volume I: Strategic, Managerial and Marketing Advancements. Palgrave Intersections of Business and the Sciences, in association with Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45742-5_1.
Galati, A., Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A., & Fiore, M. (2024b). Agribusiness Innovation and Contextual Evolution, Volume II: Technological, Societal and Channel Advancement, Palgrave Intersections of Business and the Sciences, in association with Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45742-5_1.
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OECD (2023). Green investment and agricultural transformation in developing economies. Paris: OECD Publishing.
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Rana, R. L., Giungato, P., Tarabella, A., & Tricase, C. (2019). Blockchain Applications and Sustainability Issues. Amfiteatru Economic, 21(13), 861-870. Doi: 10.24818/EA/2019/S13/861.
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[1] Bux, C., Rana, R. L., Lombardi, M., Giungato, P., & Tricase, C. (2025). A critical analysis of global warming potential of data centers in the digital era. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Doi: 10.1007/s11367-024-02419-2.

[2] FAO (2022). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022: Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome: FAO. -- available at: https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api.pdf.

[3] Fiore, M., Alaimo, L., & Chkhartishvil, N. (2019). The amazing bond among wine consumption, health and hedonistic well-being. British Food Journal, 122(8), 2707-2723. Doi: 10.1108/BFJ-05-2019-0344.

[4] Fiore, M., Rana, R. L., & Spada, A. (2021). Socioeconomic assessment of diet on health and quality of life. British Food Journal, 123(8), 2617-2621. Doi: 10.1108/BFJ-08-2021-998.

[5] Galati, A., Fiore, M., Bozat, M., Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A. (2024). Overview of Agribusiness Technological, Societal and Channel Advancements. In: Galati, A., Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A., & Fiore, M. (eds.), Agribusiness Innovation and Contextual Evolution, Volume II. Palgrave Intersections of Business and the Sciences, in association with Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45742-5_1.

[6] Galati, A., Fiore, M., Thrassou, A., & Vrontis, D. (Eds.) (2024a). Agribusiness Innovation and Contextual Evolution, Volume I: Strategic, Managerial and Marketing Advancements. Palgrave Intersections of Business and the Sciences, in association with Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45742-5_1.

[7] Galati, A., Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A., & Fiore, M. (2024b). Agribusiness Innovation and Contextual Evolution, Volume II: Technological, Societal and Channel Advancement, Palgrave Intersections of Business and the Sciences, in association with Gnosis Mediterranean Institute for Management Science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-45742-5_1.

[8] Giungato, P., Rana, R. L., Tarabella, A., & Tricase, C., (2017). Current Trends in Sustainability of Bitcoins and Related Blockchain Technology. Sustainability, 9(12), 2214. Doi: 10.3390/su9122214.

[9] Jayanama, K., Theou, O., Godin, J., Cahill, L., Shivappa, N., Hébert, J. R., Wirth M. D., Park Y. M., Fung T. T., Rockwood, K. (2021). Relationship between diet quality scores and the risk of frailty and mortality in adults across a wide age spectrum. BMC Medicine, 19(1), 64. Doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-01918-5.

[10] Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., & Fawehinmi, O. O. (2020). Green human resource management: A systematic literature review from 2007 to 2019. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 27(7), 2005-2027. Doi: 10.1108/BIJ-12-2018-0438.

[11] OECD (2021). Building resilient food systems after COVID-19. Paris: OECD Publishing.

[12] OECD (2023). Green investment and agricultural transformation in developing economies. Paris: OECD Publishing.

[13] Rana, R. L., Tricase, C., & De Cesare, L. (2021). Blockchain technology for a sustainable agri-food supply chain. British Food Journal, 123(11), 3471-3485. Doi: 10.1108/BFJ-09-2020-0832.

[14] Rana, R. L., Giungato, P., Tarabella, A., & Tricase, C. (2019). Blockchain Applications and Sustainability Issues. Amfiteatru Economic, 21(13), 861-870. Doi: 10.24818/EA/2019/S13/861.

[15] Sharma, S., Katoch, V., Kumar, S., & Chatterjee, S. (2021). Functional relationship of vegetable colors and bioactive compounds: Implications in human health. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 92, 108614. Doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108615.