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C. Grimene ; O. Mghirbi ; P. Le Grusse ; J.-P. Bord | 2021Despite the political efforts, France is among the main consuming countries of pesticides in the world and the first at European level with a consumption of more than 85,900 tons/year (BNVD 1, 2019). The preservation of natural resources through[...]Article
Different bio-impacts affect the various properties and composition of soil, plant residues, harvests, and technological processes, as well as the interactions between different parts of the soil, working machine tools, energy consumption and en[...]Article
Le besoin dune transformation profonde des systèmes alimentaires ne fait plus lombre dun doute. Cest ce que nous justifierons dans la première partie de cet article, en en identifiant les raisons sanitaires, environnementales et sociales et [...]Article
I. Berni ; A. Menouni ; I. Ghazi El ; R.-C. Duca ; M.-P. Kestemont ; L. Godderis ; S. El Jaafari |Unsafe pesticide use is a significant concern in rural areas, resulting in serious threats to farmer and environmental health. This problem can be especially severe in developing countries, including Morocco. However, few studies have explored t[...]Article
F. ElMokh ; K. Nagaz ; M.M. Masmoudi ; N. Ben Mechlia |Field studies on saline water use (6 dS/m) for carrot, lettuce and pepper production in smallholder's farms were conducted in the arid region of Medenine-Tunisia. The irrigation regimes were full (FI) and deficit (DI-80, DI-60, FI-DI60) irrigate[...]Article
Various drivers behind the adoption of environmentally friendly practices have been investigated at the farm level in the literature, e.g., farmers motivations and attitudes, farms structure, and management or policies. Yet, the way in which q[...]Article
Africa was the only continent not to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of 50% poverty reduction. This paper asks whether Africa will fare better in meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressing poverty and hunger by 2030. To[...]Article
V. Brombin ; E. Mistri ; M. De Feudis ; C. Forti ; G.M. Salani ; C. Natali ; G. Falsone ; L. Vittori Antisari ; G. Bianchini |Sustainable agricultural management is needed to promote carbon (C) sequestration in soil, prevent loss of soil fertility, and reduce the release of greenhouse gases. However, the influence of agronomic practices on soil C sequestration depends [...]Article
In the context of ecological crisis, agricultural issues become increasingly present in public debates and there is a call for to better understand the relations between farmers and nonhumans. Based on care theory and through an ethnographic stu[...]Article
R. Mancinelli ; S. Marinari ; M. Allam ; E. Radicetti |Agricultural practices should be approached with environmental-friendly strategies, able to restore soil organic matter and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the environmental benefits, in terms[...]Article
M.P. Vilas ; P.J. Thorburn ; S. Fielke ; T. Webster ; M. Mooij ; J.S. Biggs ; Y.-F. Zhang ; A. Adham ; A. Davis ; B. Dungan ; R. Butler ; P. Fitch |Intensive agricultural practices represent a major threat to aquatic ecosystems because they impair water quality. However, this can be ameliorated by farmers improving crop management provided they are aware of their contribution to declining w[...]Article
Land Cover (LC) and Land Use (LU) changes are usually considered as one change, limiting the understanding of their individual effects on Ecosystem Services (ESs). The aim of this study is to investigate the different effects of LC change and LU[...]Article
J. Schuler ; R. Adelhart Toorop ; M. Willaume ; A. Vermue ; N. Schläfke ; S. Uthes ; P. Zander ; W.A.H. Rossing |Regional impact studies are needed to explore possible adaptation options to climate change. We estimated impacts and adaptation options for future scenarios that feature different assumptions regarding climate, cropping pattern and access to ir[...]Article
Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soils ability to perform a multitude of functions. In Europe, one of the leading causes of soil degradation is unsustainable agricultural practices. Hence, there is a need to explore alternat[...]Article
O. Mghirbi ; J. Caubel ; P. Le Grusse ; E. Mandart ; J. Fabre ; I. Nembrot ; S.J. Arredondo ; S. Louvet ; J.-P. Boulanger |Pour faire face à laugmentation de la demande alimentaire, les modes de production de lagriculture se sont tournés vers la mécanisation et lutilisation intensive dintrants. Lagriculture française est très dépendante de ces intrants, notamme[...]Article
N. Hotelier-Rous ; G. Laroche ; E. Durocher ; D. Rivest ; A. Olivier ; F. Liagre ; A. Cogliastro |This study sought to shed light on the political and organizational dynamics favoring the deployment of agroforestry in temperate environments. Development paths of agroforestry practices in Québec (Canada) and France were analyzed regarding fiv[...]Article
Adoption decisions represent a crucial topic in sustainable agriculture research, particularly in the organic agriculture sector; to understand farmers decision-making, research has to delve more deeply into the influences of farmers behavior.[...]Article
The Region of Murcia (south-east Spain) is a world-leading agricultural producer which exports 2.5 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables per year. It holds a leading position in international sales of many fresh products including lettuce, broc[...]Article
L'objectif de cet article est d'évaluer l'impact de pratiques agricoles pluviales sur l'élévation de l'érosion hydrique dans le bassin moyen de l'Oued Nefifikh (Maroc Atlantique). Le premier résultat, via le modèle RUSLE et lobservation du ter[...]Article
Conservation practices (CPs) are frequently presented as a solution to the environmental impacts of intensified agriculture systems. CPs have, however, not been universally adopted by farmers, despite significant state financial support. Meta-an[...]Article
A variety of indicator-based methods have been developed for the sustainability assessment of farming systems (FSs). However, many of them lack holisticity, focus on a specific agricultural sector/product, and do not provide aggregated results t[...]Article
To cope with ever-increasing demand and ensure food security, agronomic systems have shifted over time from traditional agriculture, based on the organic fertilization of soils, to intensive and specialized farming that use chemical fertilizatio[...]Article
I. Coteur ; H. Wustenberghs ; L. Debruyne ; L. Lauwers ; F. Marchand |A multitude of farm-level sustainability assessment tools (SATs) exists, reflecting a variety of agricultural practices and sustainability perceptions. Tools differ and insight is lacking about how they match with farmers' needs. This paper exam[...]Article
A.F. Osseni ; F. Bareille ; P. Dupraz |Limpact de lagriculture sur son environnement immédiat et, par conséquence, sur le bien-être des résidents est régulièrement débattu. En effet, les activités agricoles influent sur la fourniture de plusieurs biens publics valorisés positivemen[...]Article
The retailers dominating the fresh fruit and vegetable markets in Europe came together in 1997 to initiate a program that minimizes threats to human health from fruit and vegetable products. They developed the foundations of todays Good Agricul[...]Article
I.L. Birtalan ; A. Bartha ; A. Neulinger ; G. Bardos ; A. Olah ; J. Racz ; A. Rigo |Background: There is a growing amount of research interest to understand the role of food in well-being. The demand for community supported agriculture (CSA), bringing people spatially, economically, and socially closer to food, is continuously [...]Article
A. Santoro ; M. Venturi ; S. Ben Maachia ; F. Benyahia ; F. Corrieri ; F. Piras ; M. Agnoletti |Traditional agricultural systems are receiving increasing attention at the international level due to their multifunctional role. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FA[...]Article
In recent years, the environmental sustainability of agri-food systems has become a crucial issue. Agri-food firms are increasingly concerned with the implementation of viable environmentally friendly production processes. The environmental impa[...]Article
H. Mairech ; A. López-Bernal ; M. Moriondo ; C. Dibari ; L. Regni ; P. Proietti ; F.J. Villalobos ; L. Testi |Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a widely spread tree species in the Mediterranean. In the last decades, olive farming has known major management changes with high economic and environmental impacts. The fast track expansion of this modern olive farm[...]Article
A.P. Antony ; K. Leith ; C. Jolley ; J. Lu ; D.J. Sweeney |In order to feed a growing global population projected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, food production will need to increase from its current level. The bulk of this growth will need to come from smallholder farmers who rely on generational kn[...]