Parmigiano Reggiano is an Italian product with a protected designation of origin (P.D.O.). It is an aged hard cheese made from raw milk. P.D.O. products are protected by European regulations. Approximately 3 million wheels are produced each year, and the product attracts a relevant premium price due to its quality and all around the world well known typicity. Due to the high demand that exceeds...

Industrial heritage is linked to the cultural processes that human society sets through traces from past. The conservation and dissemination of this industrial–cultural are crucial for sustainable urban development, positively influences transition resilient cities. wine industry around Montilla has suffered as a result sharp reduction vineyard area in last 25 years. Wineries, one historic typo...

This study approaches the interrelation patterns between composition of milk and whey, curd yield, chromaticity, syneresis, technological quality Manchega sheep using multivariate factor analysis. In addition, effect main husbandry components (flock, prolificacy, season year, stage lactation, parity) on common latent factors that define pattern variation was assessed. For this purpose, 1,200 in...

Aim of study: The main aim this study was to evaluate the effect overliming with dolomitic lime on topsoil and grapevine macro-nutritional levels (both petiole grape tissues), as well berry weight must quality properties in grapevines growing an acid soil.Area carried out viticultural region El Bierzo (Spain), one wine protected designation origin northwest Spain.Material methods: effects were ...

Spain has more than 2.5 M ha of olive groves, with 60% this area (i.e., 1.5 ha) concentrated in the region Andalusia (Southern Spain). Assuming socio-ecological characteristics these crops, which their contribution to ecosystemic services (ES) is fundamental for society, it highly relevant direct management towards practices that guarantee durability. Organic groves constitutes a multifunctiona...

Title of Dissertation: EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF TOP-DOWN PROTECTED AREA GOVERNANCE ON LOCAL LIVELIHOODS – THE CASE OF THE TURKISH VILLAGE OF KAPIKIRI Aysegul Yilmaz, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation directed by: Professor Marie Howland, Urban Studies and Planning This study evaluates the positive and negative impacts of strict protected area designation on the livelihoods and socioecono...

The relationship between the quality attributes and ultrasound parameters of Protected Designation Origin (PDO) soft-bodied cheeses from “Torta del Casar” “Queso de la Serena” was studied. Cheese samples were taken six different dairy industries (three for each PDO) in two seasons. Ultrasound related to velocity, attenuation frequency calculated correlated with physico-chemical, microbiological...