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NEW MEDIT is a quarterly review published on behalf of the IAM in Bari, the Italian Institute of Ciheam. Economics, agriculture, and environment are the key words of the subjects dealt with in the review. The papers tackle the different problems characterising the economy and the agriculture of the Mediterranean countries, with a multi-disciplinary approach,, and the relationships between them. NEW MEDIT is an information and scientific analysis tool for getting a deeper insight into the economic and the social transformations of agriculture and the rural societies as well as in agro-food networks of the Mediterranean Basin. The articles are published in English or French, with an abstract in both languages. Articles submitted for publication are evaluated by the editorial board and by outside readers chosen on account of their expertise. Impact factor: 0,11

Bulletin of Insectology ISSN: 1721-8861 (Print) ISSN: 2283-0332 (Online) - 2020 Impact Factor: 1.711 / 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.756 / ISI Journal Citation Reports© Ranking 2020: Q2 - 45/102 (Entomology) - - 2020 CiteScore™: 2.4 / CiteScore Rank 2020: 54/153 (Insect Science) / SCImago Journal Rank 0.559 - Bulletin of Insectology is an open access international scientific journal that publishes original articles mainly on morphology, biology, behaviour and physiology of insects and other arthropods; control of insects, mites and other arthropod pests with particular reference to biocontrol and integrated pest management.

AIMS Agriculture and Food is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed original papers representing complete studies in the multidisciplinary field of Agriculture and Food. The journal places a special emphasis on papers addressing the interface between food and agriculture. In addition to papers addressing traditional topics related to agriculture and food, the journal encourages papers addressing current and future challenges related to agricultural and food production and utilization.

The aim of this project is to improve sustainability, animal welfare and productivity in dairy farming through the use of advanced data analytics. Livestock farms routinely produce and monitor data relating to environmental conditions, animal behaviour, and production parameters. Similarly, milk quality reports at dairies and labs are often logged for long-term analysis. The development of data-driven platforms and solutions which bring all this separate data together could be used to enhance decision-making and improve the sustainability of the agrifood system. This project will bring all this information together by developing a system which integrates and harmonises the different data types. The outcomes of this will be used by stakeholders in the dairy farming sector to improve their decision-making processes relating to sustainability, animal welfare and productivity.

Il progetto si propone di adottare strategie conoscitive per la descrizione di necropoli site lungo la media e alta valla del Misa e del suo affluente Nevola, basate su tecniche di indagine non invasiva, implementandole con diverse soluzioni di rilevamento integrato - geofisica terrestre e analisi da remoto, satellitare e di prossimità attraverso sensori installati su UAV. Queste aree sono accomunate dalla presenza di tracce tipo cropmark di forma circolare, con tutta probabilità riferibili a necropoli di età Orientalizzante con sepolture delimitate da fossato circolare e originario tumulo/cumulo di copertura, ma su cui occorre approfondire la verifica. La ricerca punta a una valutazione e caratterizzazione non invasiva dei nuovi contesti di presunta rilevanza archeologica con una triplice finalità: conoscenza scientifica, tutela del patrimonio sepolto, gestione e governo del territorio.

none iForest is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal published by the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF). The journal encompasses a broad range of research aspects concerning forest science: forest ecology, biodiversity/genetics and ecophysiology, silviculture, forest inventory and planning, forest protection and monitoring, forest harvesting, landscape ecology, forest history, wood technology. Of special interest are studies addressing the biological and ecological bases for the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. iForest is freely and universally accessible online. It has been selected for coverage in the following Clarivate Analytics products: Journal Citation Reports - Science Edition (JCR) Science Citation Index - Expanded Current Contents / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences iForest is indexed by Elsevier Products (Scopus ), is included in the EBSCO title list, in the Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ ), and is member of the Crossref consortium . none Marco Borghetti, Gabriele Bucci, Rossella Guerrieri Marco Borghetti, Gabriele Bucci, Rossella Guerrieri

The context of global migration has changed dramatically since the beginning of 2020. Both within and between countries there has been a substantial curtailment of movement. As a result of multiple lockdowns, economic activity has severely declined and labor markets have ground to a halt. In mid-2020, the spectre of mass unemployment in industrialized economies loomed on the horizon. For both migrant hosting and origin countries – some are substantially both – this poses a set of complex development challenges. Some speak of a ‘new normal’ emerging, perhaps with less movement, more use of technology and, overall, a reduction in the global transport system that we have become accustomed to using. However, this suggests that there is suppressed demand to move for work elsewhere as well as a change in the nature of labor markets, particularly those that seek to make profits from large wage differentials within and between countries. There is no apparent evidence that this is yet the case; and an eagerness to work abroad, or in cities, remains the norm among the burgeoning youth in many low- and middleincome economies. The wider context of economic shock and changes to social systems, including the widely-reported mass movements of people within – and to some extent between – countries, seem to herald a different global migration order. However, it is worth asking whether this is really going to be the case, as many of the country examples in this short report make plain (note: this report was compiled from information available at an early stage of the pandemic). While the coupling of health risks with migrant movement may establish new levels of control and scrutiny, and to some degree attach new stigmas to migration in some contexts, the economic imperative of labor demand and supply at an international level means challenges will probably be overcome.

Direzione scientifica e coordinamento del programma Erasmus IP “Preventive Archaeology. Evaluating sites and landscapes” (edizione 2014). Grant Agreement Number 2013-1-IT2-ERA10-52950, nell'ambito della partnership internazionale: - University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Sezione di Archeologia (coordinator) - University of Birmingham, Department of Classis, Ancient History and Archaeology & Visual and Spatial Technology Center (VISTA) - University of Bradford, Department of Archaeological Sciences - University of Cassino, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia - University of Ghent, Department of Archaeology - University of Leiden, Faculty of Archaeology - University of Ljubljana, Department of Archaeology - University of Lyon 2, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée - University of Salento, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali - University of Siena, Dipartimento di Archeologia e Storia delle Arti - University of Vigo, Department of Natural Resources and Environment Engineering - University of York, Department of Archaeology - European Union Marie Curie Program - Geocarta Inc., Paris - Geostudi Astier Inc., Livorno - Ingegneria dei Sistemi (IDS), Pisa - So.Ing. Strutture e Ambiente Inc., Livorno.

Well functioning factor markets are a crucial condition for the competitiveness and growth of agriculture and for rural development. At the same time, the functioning of the factor markets themselves are influenced by changes in agriculture and the rural economy, and in EU policies. Member state regulations and institutions affecting land, labour, and capital markets may cause important heterogeneity in the factor markets, which may have important effects on the functioning of the factor markets and on the interactions between factor markets and EU policies. The general objective of the Factor Markets project is to analyse the functioning of factor markets for agriculture in the EU-27, including the Candidate Countries. The Factor Markets project will compare the different markets, their institutional framework and their impact on agricultural development and structural change, as well as their impact on rural economies, for the Member States, Candidate Countries and the EU as a whole. The Factor Markets project will focus on capital, labour and land markets. The results of this study will contribute to a better understanding of the fundamental economic factors affecting EU agriculture, thus allowing better targeting of policies to improve the competitiveness of the sector.

Stronger accountability requirements and EU budget constraints will increase the pressure towards policies targeted on specific objectives such as the provision of public benefits (environmental, rural, social). For the EU`s rural development programmes 2007-2013 Member States are requested to collect indicators on characteristics, needs, expenditures and results. Additionally, managing authorities in some Member States have created GIS-based databases with a huge amount of data related to area-based measures. What is lacking is analysis in which these data sets are combined with other indicators at a high level of regional disaggregation. The FP7 EU project SPARD deals with this research question. The main objectives of SPARD are •to provide a framework for organising the collection and the use of regional key baseline data and evaluation results of Rural Development Programmes other statistical and economic information in a systematic, clear and concise way;•to explain the causal relationships between regional characteristics and needs, on the one hand, and the Rural Development Programmes implementation and success in their spatial dimension, on the other, •to develop and apply a spatial econometric modelling approach•to build a tool that will help policymakers, both at EU and Member States/ regional level, to design better targeted Rural Development Programmes