Conference Abstracts
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Organizing Committee
FIRST PANEL: THE GOVERNANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRIFOOD CHAIN
Théodore Georgopoulos - University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Sustainability in the wine sector: a claim like no other?
Valeria Paganizza - University of Parma
Where competitiveness meets sustainability: law, policy, implementation and the environmental challenge of vineyards
Giovanna Sangiuolo - Universitas Mercatorum
Partnership applied to distribution networks as a legal tool for sustainable agri-food supply chains
Giulia Torre – University of Florence
Benefit corporations and circular economy in the agrifood chain: balancing on the tightrope between profitability
and common good
Fabrizio Cesareo – University of Teramo
The new directive (EU) 2024/825 “anti-greenwashing” and the italian case “fileni sustainability”
Laura Carrara – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Italian and European regulatory profiles for sustainability communication
SECOND PANEL: COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY: SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS
Andrea Saba – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Ecosystem Services and Results-based Agri-environmental climate Schemes in the New Delivery Model of the EU
CAP 2023-2027
Nicola Bergamaschi - University of Parma
Pursuing Sustainability through agricultural funds’ conditionality: an EU law contextualization of a controversial instrument
Margherita Brunori - University of Brescia
Exploring new farmers’ legal qualifications for a just transition in agriculture
Annachiara Isidori – University of Macerata and University of Camerino
Geographical Indications at the crossroads of sustainability and technological innovation
Cecilia Rasetto – University of Pisa
Blockchain technology at the service of the sustainability of food supply chains: the case of wheat.
Federica Raffone – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Toward a sustainable agribusiness system through sanction mechanisms
Maria Paola Francesca Bottoni – University of Camerino
Contractual aspects of Community Supported Agriculture case study: Chagfood market garden
THIRD PANEL: LABOUR ISSUES IN AGRIFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
Carla Spinelli – University of Bari
Sustainability policies and the European pillar of social rights
Rezarta Tahiraj, Richard Topi – University of Elbasan and University of Bari
Navigating the Future: Assessing the Impact of Due Diligence Rules in the European Union on Business, Environment and Workers
Irene Canfora, Vito S. Leccese – University of Bari
The social conditionality: its implementation and effects on supply chain sustainability
Maria Teresa Ambrosio – University of Milan
The effects of the agricultural supply chain on working conditions
Sara María Martínez Novillo - University of Castilla-La Mancha
Forced labour within the EU; sustainability due diligence and the agri-food supply chain
Arianna Abbasciano – University of Bari
Female workers in agriculture. Gender gap and perspectives on protection.
Antonella Cammarelle, Francesco Bimbo, Biagia De Devitiis, et. al. – University of Foggia
Consumers’ behavior toward No Cap label: evidence from tomato market
Catia Zumpano, Grazia Valentino, Franco Gaudio – CREA
The multidimensionality of integrating foreign agricultural workforce: A case study of Corigliano Rossano in Calabria.
FOURTH PANEL: SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRI FOOD VALUE CHAINS
Domenico Cristallo - University of Bari
Sustainable Transformation of the agri-food system through legal regulation of Global Supply Chains
Claudia Gesmundo – University of Bari
The role of confiscated assets in creating ethical supply chains
Rossana Vulcano – Università of Reggio Calabria
Collective ownership and sustainable land use to ensure responsible consumption and production
Teresa Catalano – University of Bari
Due diligence rules in international and european law: what prospects for companies in the agri-food sector?
Elena Corcione - University of Gastronomic Sciences
A (fair) price to be paid: is the business and human rights approach a game-changer in pursuing sustainability of agrifood chains?
Carlo Valenti – University of Siena
Improving farmers’ awareness of the new eco-social provisions of the CAP 2023-2027: insights on the dual conditionality from the AGRITECH project
FIFTH PANEL: FOOD LOSS, FOOD WASTE AND FOOD SECURITY
Beatrice La Porta – University of Palermo
Food Residue Management in the Circular Economy Perspective: A Crossroads of Challenges
Andrea Iurato – University of Pavia
Food waste: exploring the opportunities of a «legal home» beyond the waste law in the EU
Rocco Roma, Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano, Rosalia Facendola, Annalisa De Boni – University of Bari
Profiling Citizens on Perception of Key Factors of Food Security
Katya S. Cronin – The George Washington University Law School
Ask Not What Food Production Has Done to Our Environment, But What Our Environment Can Do to Our Food: The Case for Environmental Conservation Through the Lens of Food Safety, Supply, and Sustainability
Stefania Rutigliano – University of Cassino
The consequences of climate change and conflicts on food security and agriculture
Alessandro Monaco – University of Bayreuth
A perspective on the regulation of cultivated meat in the European Union
Marie-Hélène Peter–Spiess - University of Zurich
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Food Sector: The Role of Soft Tools for Health Sustainability
Lorenzo Bairati – University of Gastronomic Sciences
Promoting Sustainability through Labelling: A Comparative Law Analysis
Roberto Manno – Web Legal, law firm
The legal issues in Plant Variety Rights and their impact on sustainable agrifood chain.
Serena Mariani – University of Macerata
Driving sustainable innovation in plant reproductive material: rules and perspectives
Madhura Rao – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
A proposal for moving from voluntary commitments to due diligence-based accountability for food waste reduction in the retail sector
SIXTH PANEL: ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS IN AGRIFOOD PRODUCTION
Aneta Suchoń – Adam Mickiewicz University
Climate neutrality as a challenge for the agri-food chain and agricultural law in Poland - selected legal issues
Roberto Talenti – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
A law research agenda on the mitigation of livestock’s greenhouse gas emissions - Bridging the divide between hard sciences and legal scholarship
Camilla Gernone – University of Padua
European pesticide legislation and the balancing of opposing interests
Francesco Emanuele Celentano – University of Bari
One health in the climate change era. Time has come to transform an holistic approach into (supranational) law?
Cecilia Pannacciulli - University of Bari
Sustainable agriculture and circular economy betweeen constitutional dimension and one health approach
Enrico Mezzacapo – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
The undigested restoration of agri-food ecosystems under the EU Nature Restoration law
Andrea Carolina Zúniga Sierra – Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Evaluating the Potential Impact of the Definitions in the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products in the
Latin American Coffee Sector: Are Coffee Agroforestry Systems at Risk?
Ludovica Leo – University of Salento
Carbon farming: problems and potential solutions
Archana Singh – University of Padua
Bursting maze of definition Bubbles: What Defines Plants with Beneficial Properties in EU Food Law?”
Mariassunta Ciccone – University of Ferrara
The impact of CAP on sustainable farming: The case of botanicals