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Terroir is a pivotal concept in defining collective quality labels for agricultural products, such as geographical appellations. With climate change likely to significantly impact these appellations' delimitations, an in-depth understanding of t[...]Article
The paper discusses the increasing use of the term agroecology in scientific literature and how its meanings vary in different contexts. However, the key issue is not the different understandings of agroecology per se, but whether various interp[...]Article
The global food system has three recognized challenges: (a) increasing the availability of food for consumption; (b) reducing food loss; and (c) reducing food waste. The increasing demand for food for consumption, the increasing quantity of food[...]Article
The current literature considers agritourism as a valid option for promoting the development of rural areas. This would be achieved by increasing agricultural incomes. However, numerous scientific studies have revealed the difficulty in reaching[...]Article
CONTEXT Multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs), which involve the collective action of various institutions such as governments, private companies, NGOs, and donors, have become a popular approach for developing agricultural value chains to impr[...]Ouvrage
M. Saadé ; O. Jolliet ; P. Crettaz ; N. Jolliet-Gavin ; S. Shaked ; G. Soucy, collab. ; G. Houillon, collab. | Lausanne [Suisse] : EPFL Press | 2024Lanalyse du cycle de vie (ACV) ou écobilan évalue limpact environnemental dun produit, dun service ou dun système en considérant toutes les étapes de son cycle de vie. Elle permet didentifier les points sur lesquels un produit peut êtr[...]Ouvrage
V. Batifol, coord. ; N. Couix, coord. ; S. Giuliano, coord. ; M.-B. Magrini, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | 2024Que lon soit citoyen, professionnel agricole, acteur du développement, scientifique, étudiant nous sommes tous concernés par les questionnements autour de lagriculture et de lalimentation. Ce dictionnaire dagroécologie a pour vocation dinf[...]E-Book
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P. Groppo ; H. Mora ; F. Ravera ; M. Bicchieri ; F. Carranza ; M. de Gaetano ; D. Tarrason ; M. d'Errico |The need for further discussion on territoriality in the context of rural development, driven by the political forces of globalization and the economic and social transformations within nations, comes as no surprise. It arises from the necessity[...]Article
L'application du terme « résilience » aux systèmes alimentaires a conduit à l'émergence de la formule « résilience alimentaire », dont s'emparent de nombreux acteurs. Séduisante à plusieurs égards, cette formule s'incarne dans des usages multipl[...]Article
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is an approach to farming pursued globally for sustaining agricultural production and improving ecosystem services and environmental benefits. However, the lack of a standardized definition and limited bioeconomic a[...]Article
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Recent strategies for achieving sustainable food systems have called for reducing food loss and waste (FLW), most notably Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3. This review aims to compare FLW definitions that are relevant to SDG target[...]Article
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Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed. This paper develops a n[...]Article
M. Baquero ; E. Cifrian ; J.R. Viguri ; A. Andrés |Food waste (FW) accounting methodology is of paramount importance in Europe. The European Commission established a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for its measurement. Although these guidelines represents a great advance, imp[...]Article
There is uncertainty regarding the resilience of modern intensive agricultural systems, given that they have been developed recently in history (post-WWII). Historically, agricultural sciences have focused on scales from the molecular and plant [...]Article
L.-A. Sutherland ; A. Adamsone-Fiskovica ; B. Elzen ; A. Koutsouris ; C. Laurent ; E.P. Stræte ; P. Labarthe |The establishment of effective national agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) became a European policy imperative in the 2010s, lodged in a political ideology which emphasised the importance of innovation to economic growth. We ar[...]E-Book
Biodiversity conservation calls for a revolutionary approach to our relationship with nature and the living world. But it also requires completely rethinking the way we develop international policies and strategies. While these instruments must [...]Ouvrage
Il a fallu 3 600 jours à Netflix pour atteindre 100 millions dutilisateurs, il en aura fallu seulement 60 à ChatGPT Lessor fulgurant de lIA conversationnelle et générative redéfinit notre monde à une vitesse encore jamais vue à lère technol[...]Article
G. Nemes ; R. Reckinger ; V. Lajos ; S. Zollet |The special issue titled 'Values-based Territorial Food Networks - Benefits, challenges and controversies' and this introductory editorial aim to bridge conceptual and disciplinary differences within the literature on alternative agro-food netwo[...]Ouvrage
R. Bentirou Mathlouthi, dir. ; A. Pomade, dir. ; S. Becerra, préf. | Paris [France] : L'Harmattan | Environnement | 2023L'expression « Vulnérabilité(s) environnementale(s) » renvoie à plusieurs situations de fragilité, de résilience et de précarité du vivant humain et du vivant non-humain, de l'individuel au collectif. Face à cette notion à géométrie variable, un[...]Article
C. Pachoud ; K. Koop ; E. George |Driven by the need for radical change in our practices and values to escape crises, studies on sustainability transitions have multiplied in recent years. Such radical transformations are situated in space. A spatial approach towards transformat[...]Article
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Agent-based models (ABMs) are an increasingly popular choice for simulating large systems of interacting components, and have been applied across a wide variety of natural and environmental systems. However, ABMs can be incredibly disparate and [...]Article
S. Franco ; B. Pancino ; A. Martella ; T. De Gregorio |The term monoculture is widely used in the scientific literature concerning the agricultural sector. However, it is very difficult to find a clear and shared definition of this term. This study investigates the concept of monoculture in agricult[...]Article
Biodynamic farming is increasingly popular among farmers and consumers, but it is still dismissed as pseudoscience by part of the scientific community. In this article, we first present an overview of biodynamic farming, its current development,[...]Article
Spain is the country with the most biosphere reserves (BRs) in the world. The aim of this paper is to investigate why BRs have come to proliferate to such a degree in Spain and why there is a gap between UNESCOs framework and the practicalities[...]Article
Circular economy (CE) is an umbrella concept for closing material loops towards enhanced environmental performance. Despite the recognized benefits of CE, the intended outcomes are not always achieved due to the occurrence of rebound effects. Th[...]