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G. Timpanaro ; G. Chinnici ; R. Selvaggi ; G. Cascone ; V.T. Foti ; A. Scuderi |Agriculture is a risky industry and is present in every management choice the farmer makes. Farms can experiment with different tools that can contain the impact of adverse events to protect production facilities, investments, and income generat[...]Article
Agricultural firms are characterized by significant investments, both in fixed capital and in working capital. To finance investments, in addition to equity capital, access to credit becomes essential. Concerning this topic, various researches h[...]Article
M. Hamam ; D. Spina ; R. Selvaggi ; G. Vindigni ; G. Pappalardo ; M. D'Amico ; G. Chinnici |Historically, both governmental and private sectors have significantly underinvested in the agriculture industry. Increasing agricultural and food system investments is necessary to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt[...]Article
A. Bertossi ; S. Troiano ; F. Marangon |The agribusiness sector needs substantial funding to initiate an ecological transition involving healthy diets and the creation of local circuits and linkages. One sector that has yet to be studied from this perspective is vending, whose importa[...]Article
A. Amato ; T. Castellotti ; G. Diglio ; M.A. D'Oronzio ; F. Gaudio ; M. Suanno |This paper assesses the efficiency of public agricultural expenditure in each Italian region through the analysis of regional budgets, both as a whole and in relation to specific agricultural policy measures. The degree of integration/complement[...]Article
This paper identifies, quantifies, and qualifies the streams and models of public expenditure in the agricultural sector for the 2010-2020 period, and attempts to respond to the main preliminary needs of interventions that benefit the agricultur[...]Article
This study aims to model hydrological ecosystem services provided by forests and explore how they can be captured in an ecosystem accounting framework. We test a dynamic GIS-based hydrological model to quantify and map key hydrological ecosystem[...]Article
Food waste represents one of the major problems in the food industry, as it accounts for substantial social, economic, and environmental challenges due to the waste of resources along the food supply chain - such as waste of water, land, fertili[...]Article
This article discusses how climate changes are intersecting with other environmental and social pressures to affect farmers in the Lombardy region of the central Italian Alps. Alpine areas are particularly susceptible to climate change. Natural [...]Article
This special issue aims to extend the active discourse on applying behavioral science-based tools to policymaking in the fields of food, agriculture, and agri-environmental issues. For this introductory article, we collected and analyzed data fr[...]Article
Precision agriculture technologies can help reduce nitrogen losses and the associated negative environmental impacts. As the adoption rate of such technologies in small-scale farming systems is still low, additional policy measures are required [...]Article
Le delta du Rhône, comme tous les deltas du monde, est sur la ligne de front des changements climatiques. À la suite de son endiguement consécutif à des inondations majeures à la fin de XIXe siècle, cette vaste plaine deltaïque a été le siège d[...]Article
O. Parra Rivero ; A. Ojeda Roldan ; R. González Álvarez-Ossorio ; C. Staboulis ; D. Natos ; K. Mattas ; W. Bojar ; R. Kusmierek-Tomaszewska ; P. Baranowski ; J. Krzyszczak |During the last decade, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has prioritised measures focused on sustainability and quality over production. The purpose of the AGRICORE project is to develop a tool based on agent-based modelling to assist policymake[...]Article
Dans la région Nord-Est du Royaume du Maroc, la truffe constitue une ressource naturelle importante. En effet, les habitants collectent ce produit saisonnier pour diversifier leurs revenus. Cependant, et malgré son importance, la filière des tru[...]Article
Entre épisodes de sécheresse et excès de précipitations, la gestion de la ressource en eau devient stratégique et prioritaire pour nos sociétés. Essentielle au développement des plantes, leau est la ressource première de lagriculture et des fi[...]Article
The role of the agrifood industry is key to mitigating the impact of climate change, as it is one of the industrial sectors with the highest energy consumption. The optimisation of photovoltaic systems in agroindustries faces problems such as th[...]Article
En France, léclatement du modèle unique de lexploitation familiale a invité à produire des cadres danalyse permettant de saisir la diversité des formes dorganisation de lexploitation agricole. Depuis une dizaine dannées, des formes dinsta[...]Article
Geographical Indications (GIs) are examples of food production that leans towards sustainability through management rules laid down by consortia and a Code of Specifications (CoS) that guides good practices. The objective of this paper is to dev[...]Article
Z. Bouzidi ; N. Faysse ; I. Mekki ; I. Ferchichi ; E. Hassenforder ; J.-D. Rinaudo |Au Maroc et en Tunisie, la surexploitation des eaux souterraines saccentue, dans un contexte de baisse de la pluviométrie et daugmentation des usages. Après plusieurs années de mise en uvre, lapproche réglementaire et celle cherchant à mobil[...]Article
Climate change and trade are closely related. Climate may alter the comparative advantages across countries, which may in turn trigger changes in trade patterns. Trade itself may constitute an adaptation strategy, moving excesses of agri-food su[...]Article
L'institution du métayage au Ziban (Algérie) et le développement de cultures maraîchères sous serres
Le métayage est un mode dexploitation agricole dans lequel le propriétaire foncier et le métayer se partagent la production dans des proportions fixées par contrat. Lobjectif de cet article est danalyser le contenu des contrats de métayage, l[...]Article
The present study investigates the factors that might contribute influencing Member States decision to promote the adoption of crop diversification practices through their provisional National Strategic Plans for implementing the 2023-2027 Commo[...]Article
Le Maroc est engagé dans une course contre la montre pour promouvoir son économie agricole. Si les coopératives agricoles (CA) ont été, au cours des deux dernières décennies, lun des outils privilégiés, leur contribution économique demeure néan[...]Article
R.A. Wittwer ; V.H. Klaus ; E. Miranda Oliveira ; Q. Sun ; Y. Liu ; A.K. Gilgen ; N. Buchmann ; M.G.A. van der Heijden |CONTEXT: Climate change increasingly threatens food security, particularly through prolonged phases of drought. It is therefore important to evaluate and develop arable cropping systems with an enhanced capability to withstand severe drought eve[...]Article
Agriculture plays a dual role in the conservation of European biodiversity, as extensive agricultural lands provide habitats for more than half of Europe's species, but intensification and abandonment of farmland threaten these species' habitats[...]Article
Les initiatives mondiales de développement soutiennent fréquemment des projets de filières agricoles pour améliorer les moyens de subsistance. Au Maroc, des programmes de développement, dont le Plan Maroc Vert (PMV), ont encouragé la production [...]Article
Encouraging farmers to adopt environmentally friendly technology through the rational use of social learning and agricultural technology extension is an effective way to overcome the bottleneck caused by the slow diffusion of environmentally fri[...]Article
H. Choukrani ; A. Imache ; H. Kemmoun ; M. Kuper ; A. Hammani ; A. Taky ; G. Lacombe |Ce travail explore laménagement hydro-agricole des merjas centrales de la plaine du Gharb au Maroc, en suspens depuis plusieurs décennies. Différentes visions contrastées, quant à lévolution et à la mise en valeur de ces zones humides temporai[...]Article
Malgré des connaissances scientifiques fragmentées sur le sujet, le nombre de salariés agricoles précaires ainsi que le coût et la diversité des politiques les ciblant augmentent en France. Pour étudier l'évolution du cadre institutionnel régula[...]