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One of the stated goals of the common agricultural policy reforms has been to provide a fairer distribution of payments across and within member states, but little progress has been accomplished, with about 20% of farmers receiving 80% of the to[...]Article
G. Sacchi ; L. Romanello ; M. Canavari |Third-party certification (TPC) is the standard approach to quality assurance for organic production, but its administrative burden and cost make it difficult for smallholders to access it. Internal Control Systems (ICS) and Participatory Guaran[...]Article
Changing pasture management practices on the Greek island of Samothraki: obstacles and opportunities
Context On the Greek island of Samothraki, decades of overgrazing by the large domestic population of small ruminants accelerated soil degradation and surface erosion, with direct consequences for ecosystem functioning and the delivery of ecosys[...]Article
CONTEXT In French mountain territories, origin-linked quality schemes have been widely used to address competition from more productive regions, but such schemes have tended to specialise a territory's agriculture around specific products. Today[...]Article
This paper compares the performance of conventional and organic fruit farms in Spain, using a set of base indicators to assess their economic and environmental performance on a per hectare basis. Composite indicators are also calculated to measu[...]Article
R. D'Alberto ; S. Targetti ; L. Schaller ; F. Bartolini ; T. Eichhorn ; E. Haltia ; K. Harmanny ; F. Le Gloux ; D. Nikolov ; T. Runge ; D. Vergamini ; D. Viaggi |The agri-environment-climate measures of the European Union Common Agricultural Policy are incentives aiming to reduce negative environmental impacts and increase positive effects generated from agriculture. Several criticisms have been addresse[...]Article
CONTEXT Small woody features (SWF), as field boundaries, hedgerows, or riparian buffers, are crucial for agricultural landscapes and, frequently, disregarded. In combination with agricultural land uses they are considered agroforestry systems (A[...]Article
A. Bousbia ; Y. Gueroui ; A. Aouadi ; M.D. Teweldebirhan ; R.J.B. Bessa ; G. Symeon ; S. Boudalia |CONTEXT Currently, local cattle breeds are facing numerous challenges, and their disappearance could have social, economic, and environmental consequences. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted in the northeast of Algeria to understand the characte[...]Article
Dans sa conception classique, le projet du barrage vert Algérien a montré ses limites et sest percuté à des insuffisances dordre technique, et ce malgré limportance particulière accordée à sa réalisation. Le diagnostic tiré à cet égard montre[...]Article
A.P. Barnes ; E. Stockdale ; L. Norton ; V. Eory ; M. MacLeod ; G. Buys |Achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions to meet the 1.5 °C target by 2050 is particularly challenging for the agricultural sector. Cleaner Growth Mitigation Measures (CG-MM) are practices and technologies which balance food production with [...]Article
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M.-A. Magne ; A. Alaphilippe ; A. Bérard ; S. Cournut ; B. Dumont ; Marie G. ; M. Hedde ; K. Morel ; S. Mugnier ; V. Parnaudeau ; M.-O. Nozières-Petit ; R. Paut ; T. Puech ; C. Robert ; J. Ryschawy ; R. Sabatier ; F. Stark ; A. Vialatte ; G. Martin |In response to criticism of current specialized and input-intensive agriculture, diversified farming systems (DFS) have increased in popularity. The most advanced forms of DFS include perennial components (e.g., perennial crops, trees), function[...]Article
The Circular Economy (CE) has notable potential for the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of agriculture. However, the literature on the CE has focused on the industrial sector, leaving significant gaps in the analysis of sustai[...]Article
ABSTRACT CONTEXT Organizations often use agri-environmental policies and program to promote Best Management Practice (BMPs) adoption, which are meant to mitigate on-farm environmental risks. However, producer preferences for programs and collabo[...]Article
H. Shahab ; M. Iqbal ; A. Sohaib ; F. Ullah Khan ; M. Waqas |The sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations seek to promote an agriculture sector that can lead change on both a local and global scale. By helping farmers to produce more food sustainably, Internet of Things (IoT)-based agric[...]Article
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The current Common Agricultural Policy encourages the expansion of agri-food sustainability to implement sustainable development in primary production. It is, therefore, important to quantify the sustainability of agriculture and livestock farmi[...]Article
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Successful implementation of Europes agri-environmental policies faces various obstacles, several of which are closely linked to participation. Effectively increasing adoption of agri-environmental-climate measures (AECM) requires a deeper unde[...]Article
Olive farming has vastly intensified across the Mediterranean basin recently. This ongoing process has detrimental social and environmental outcomes, but it also represents a unique opportunity to study the impacts of intensification and identif[...]Article
This study delves into the intricate interplay between digitalization and sustainability in agriculture, seeking to uncover how digital technologies can be harnessed to elevate and actualize smart agricultural (SA) practices. The research addres[...]Article
Climatic changes significantly impact forest ecosystems, inevitably affecting forestry and forest-related industry. Considering that most forests are actively managed, there is a need to define the future risks and set a strategy for forestry an[...]Article
Cet article propose une réflexion sur les apports des sciences économiques à lanalyse de la décision des utilisateurs doutils numériques daide à la décision (OADs) pour loptimisation des traitements phytosanitaires pour la protection des cul[...]Article
E. Frasnetti ; P. Ravaglia ; D. D'Ammaro ; E. Capri ; L. Lamastra |Nowadays, there is a pressing demand for precise tools to quantify sustainability and assess the contributions of products and processes to sustainable development. This requirement extends to the wine industry as well. In 2013, the European Com[...]Article
Assessing the sustainability of agriculture is a relevant methodological issue with practical implications. In this study, a systematic approach is followed to develop a composite indicator that ranks the sustainability performance of Spanish re[...]Article
A.J. Romera ; M. Sharifi ; S. Charters |Farm systems around the world have become less complex, dominated by monocultures, but at the same time much more complicated due to the increasing demands from society, leading to ever increasing compliance and regulatory requirements. Digital [...]Article
In this paper, we investigate how farms' environmental and economic efficiency is shaped by Pillar I CAP subsidies over time and by spatial effects originating from subsidies received by neighbours. To reach this goal, we estimate a spatial stoc[...]Article
While mountain family farmers rely on cultural, financial and material resources passed on from previous generations, new entrants typically lack such intergenerational amenities. Applying the concept of ?generativity? to agriculture prove valua[...]Article
M. Gemtou ; K. Kakkavou ; E. Anastasiou ; S. Fountas ; S.M. Pedersen ; G. Isakhanyan ; K.T. Erekalo ; S. Pazos-Vidal |Agriculture is currently facing major challenges related to ensuring the food security of a rising population and climate change with extreme weather patterns. At the same time, agriculture is a cause of environmental degradation, pollution and [...]Article
Currently, policy decisions are often made based on untested scientific results. Replication studies repeat previously published research and, thus, are an effective way to test the validity and reliability of research studies, as well as to tes[...]