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J. Ben Nasr ; H. Chaar ; F. Bouchiba ; L. Zaibet |The agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the Tunisian economy, particularly in rural areas. Resilience and adaptation to climate change are the main challenges facing this sector. This paper aims to analyze climate change resilience of [...]Article
M. Moriondo ; M. Bindi ; L. Brilli ; S. Costafreda-Aumedes ; C. Dibari ; L. Leolini ; G. Padovan ; G. Trombi ; A. Karali ; K.V. Varotsos ; G. Lemesios ; C. Giannakopoulos ; C. Papadaskalopoulou ; P. Merante |The impact of climate change on the agricultural systems of three major islands in the Mediterranean basin, namely Sicily, Crete and Cyprus, was evaluated using a suite of specifically calibrated crop models and the outputs of a regional circula[...]Article
In the context of EU rural development policy, one of the proposed actions is the formation of Operational Groups (OGs). These OGs are part of the framework of the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability ([...]Article
Community supported agriculture (CSA), an innovative food distribution model that encourages environmentally sound agricultural production, has been embraced in Turkey since the early 2000s. Although the model has been widely studied within the [...]Article
Land fragmentation is a primary cause of low agricultural profitability in many regions of the world. Adverse fragmentation parameters can be improved with land consolidation projects. Such projects are undertaken in areas characterised by diffe[...]Article
To achieve sustainability, agricultural insurance is one of the main tools capable of reducing the vulnerability of farmers. This is the reason it is important to investigate the different factors that affect the farmers agricultural insurance [...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
SmartAL Newsletter, n. 5 - September 2021 - Master: European Innovations for a Sustainable Management of Albanian Territories, Rural Areas and Agriculture: Instruments, policies, strategies
M. Maire, coord. | 2021SmartAL is an Erasmus+ capacity building in higher education project focusing on: 1. Strengthening the linkages between universities and job providing institutions 2. Improving the theoretical and practical knowledge of students 3. Offering i[...]Article
Water scarcity has a significant impact on agricultural productivity, and it usually constitutes the main criterion for the continuation of agricultural activity. Cyprus agri-sector faces increasing challenges since water resources are very limi[...]Article
The growth of fraudulent pesticide trade has become a threat to farmers health, agrochemical businesses, and agricultural sustainability, as well as to the environment. However, assessment of the levels of farmers exposure to fraudulent pestic[...]Article
This article summarized Protracted conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have left tens of millions of people in need of humanitarian and development assistance to have access to water. But the capacity of local water servi[...]Article
A. Staccione ; D. Broccoli ; P. Mazzoli ; S. Bagli ; J. Mysiak |Climate change is affecting water quantity and quality, with severe impacts on agricultural production. The use of nature-based solutions to address these challenges is increasing. Natural water retention ponds have been identified as viable sol[...]Article
Land consolidation has been viewed by policy makers as a panacea for tackling the inherited challenges of Albania´s egalitarian land reform. This paper argues that farmers´ efforts towards farm consolidation through land purchase and rent-in are[...]Article
Even though agricultural and land sector emissions contribute almost one-quarter of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, it has been a long struggle to properly recognise and discuss within the UNFCCC framework the con[...]Article
Diffuse water pollution is a major problem in many agroecosystems, especially in irrigated areas linked to ecosystems of high ecological value. Pollution abatement policies imply the modification of agricultural measures and are usually rejected[...]Article
Conservation agriculture (CA) involving zero tillage, crop diversification, and residue retention is considered a panacea for several interrelated problems in agricultural production. However, in the mixed crop-livestock production systems of th[...]Article
K. Akakpo ; S. Bouarfa ; M. Benoît ; C. Leauthaud |Identifying locally adapted and adopted efficient practices can be a step towards the agroecological transition of irrigated plains of the Southern Mediterranean region. However, these types of practices - often little known - are drowned within[...]Article
Agriculture can be a possible provider of social services of relevant importance for the whole society. In order to generate a valuable social service, a multi-actor approach is often applied, based on an active collaboration among public instit[...]Article
There is a growing need for innovative new instruments to complement the current schemes aimed at improving farmland biodiversity. Some of the most promising innovations include market-based instruments relying on what is known as the commodific[...]Article
This study is aimed at examining the relationships between social capital, social motivation and functional competencies and their effects on the participation in the development of an agritourism business among Tunisian entrepreneurs who alread[...]Article
A. Baselice ; M. Lombardi ; M. Prosperi ; A. Stasi ; A. Lopolito |The European Union promotes social innovation (SI) initiatives for the support of marginalised rural areas through rural and sustainable development policies. These are based on the engagement of local actors and the strengthening of their mutua[...]Article
Climate change mitigation will require significant efforts from all emitting sectors, including agriculture. However, agricultural emission reduction measures raise specific concerns, both in respect of their distinct climate outcomes and how th[...]Article
Since we first conceived of this Special Issue, Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate ChangePossible Transformations, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. That said, while the pandemic has shifted our collective focus awa[...]Article
C. Picone ; R. Henke ; M. Ruberto ; E. Calligaris ; R. Zucaro |The aim of this work is to evaluate the sustainability of water management for agriculture in a specific territory through the creation of a synthetic index resulting from the aggregation of multiple indices (environmental, economic, and social)[...]Article
Economic sustainability plays an important role in shaping conditions for economic growth and social development. The importance of answering the question about the level of sustainability of family farms results from the fact that the countries[...]Article
I. Coopmans ; J. Dessein ; F. Accatino ; F. Antonioli ; D. Bertolozzi-Caredio ; C. Gavrilescu ; P. Gradziuk ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; M.P.M. Meuwissen ; M. Peneva ; A. Petitt ; J. Urquhart ; E. Wauters |Understanding the complex process of generational renewal (GR) in agriculture is essential for supporting the continuation of farming. This paper demonstrates how multiple factors, simultaneously and through their mutual interactions, influence [...]Article
Achieving the transition to a sustainable global food and agricultural system will require a shift in the pattern of production and consumption from commodities that generate substantial emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to those that generat[...]Article
Proposer une vision des espaces nourriciers terrestres à l'échelle mondiale, notamment de la répartition des forêts, des cultures et des systèmes pastoraux, n'est pas chose aisée. Les sources sont primordiales, et la construction du planisphère [...]Article
The potential capacity of an agricultural community to adapt to climate change is directly related to several indicators, mainly the initial state of local farmerss perceptions to climate and adaptation, the socio-economy, the space and biophysi[...]Article
V. Mereu ; A. Gallo ; A. Trabucco ; G. Carboni ; D. Spano |The Mediterranean basin has been identified as a prominent hotspot of climate change, with expected negative impacts on crop productivity, among others. Given the primary role that agriculture has to sustain cultural values, economic opportuniti[...]Article
Les agriculteurs auront des profils de plus en plus diversifiés. La puissance publique aura des difficultés à répondre à leurs attentes.