Publications

Despite substantial advances in animal production efficiency over the last 40 years, feed still represents the majority of production costs. The negative impacts of animal production on the environment must be reduced, which implies a reduction of nutrient losses to the environment associated with animal production. Feed efficiency, mostly expressed as feed conversion ratio (FCR), is a key indicator to judge the financial and environmental ...

Citation: Piccoli, T.; Fermeglia, M.; Bosich, D.; Bevilacqua, P.; Sulligoi, G.

The global trade of tropical fruits is expected to increase significantly in the coming years. In 2018, the production was approximately 100 million tones, an increase of 3.3% compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization, every year one‐third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is lost or wasted. More specifically, around 45% of the fruits, constituted mainly by peels, ...

This study aims at understanding how a general positive attitude towards the environment results in a limited purchase of environmentally friendlier cars, often referred to as the attitude-action gap. In a first experiment 27 volunteers performed a judgment task on car purchase intention. Participants were asked to evaluate the probability of buying cars varying in purchase price, environmental performance, operating cost and vehicle quality. A ...

The present article reviews the available literature on the analytical and environmental aspects of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBP-A), a currently intensively used brominated flame retardant (BFR). Analytical methods, including sample preparation, chromatographic separation, detection techniques, and quality control are discussed. An important recent development in the analysis of TBBP-A is the growing tendency for liquid chromatographic ...

Despite major efforts over the past 25 years to decrease nitrogen (N) losses, too high nitrate (NO3‑) concentrations in surface and groundwater from agriculture remain an important environmental concern, especially in field grown vegetable production regions. A stringent limitation of the N fertilizer application rates is accepted to be the best N management strategy to minimize NO3‑ leaching losses. We analyzed Flemish fresh market cauliflower ...

Despite major efforts over the past 25 years to decrease nitrogen (N) losses, too high nitrate (NO3‑) concentrations in surface and groundwater from agriculture remain an important environmental concern, especially in field grown vegetable production regions. A stringent limitation of the N fertilizer application rates is accepted to be the best N management strategy to minimize NO3‑ leaching losses. We analyzed Flemish fresh market cauliflower ...

The Mekong delta of Vietnam covers 39,000 km2 and supports a population of approximately 18 million people. It holds 88% of the shrimp aquaculture areas and accounts for more than 75% of the total shrimp production in Vietnam in 2010. Following the initial success of shrimp aquaculture practices in the late 1990s, the central government released the resolution 09/NQ-CP in 2000 which allowed the conversion of coastal rice fields into shrimp ...