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The biodiversity of agricultural landscapes is strongly dependent on extensive traditional management practices and the proportion of natural and semi-natural habitats within the landscape. Within Europe, contemporary agricultural management pra[...]Article
En France, depuis ladoption de la loi sur leau de 1992, la gouvernance territoriale de leau et des milieux aquatiques sest progressivement structurée - avec de fortes variations géographiques - autour des Schémas daménagement et de gestion [...]Article
As the world population grows, so do the challenges facing global agricultural systems. Increasing production to satisfy the world's demand for food, fiber and energy intensifies pressure on natural resources, especially soil and water. To face [...]Article
Apulia has a considerable demand of irrigation water, however high inefficiency levels of the collective water networks force most of the regional farms to use groundwater, with a consequent worsening of its quality, as well as of soil and crops[...]Article
M. Ghanian ; O.M. Ghoochani ; M. Dehghanpour ; M. Taqipour ; F. Taheri ; M. Cotton |Adaptation to climate change is a matter of urgent social scientific analysis. Within the agricultural sector of many developing nations, farmers must make long-term decisions to adapt to climate change impacts in order to provide food security [...]Article
Understanding the complex relationship between water, agriculture and poverty (WAP) is essential for informed policy-making in light of increasing demand for scarce water resources and greater climatic variability. Yet, our understanding of the [...]Article
The pressure of growing urbanization, industrialization and water scarcity resulting from climate change imposes limitations on the amount of water allocated to agriculture. There will need to be an increase in food production of almost 50% by 2[...]Article
F. Maselli ; M. Chiesi ; L. Angeli ; L. Fibbi ; B. Rapi ; M. Romani ; F. Sabatini |Recent investigations have shown the potential of a water balance method based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data to estimate actual evapotranspiration (ETa) of Mediterranean grasslands and croplands. The method uses the Fract[...]Article
This study describes the evolution of the Spanish irrigated sector and focuses on water abstraction, water consumption, and energy use in the period 19502017. The analysis shows evidence of the basins reaching closure state and the impact on en[...]Article
M. Tuninetti ; L. Ridolfi ; F. Laio |International agricultural trade triggers inter-dependency among distant countries, not only in economic terms but also under an environmental perspective. Agricultural trade has been shown to drive environmental threats pertaining to biodiversi[...]Article
In the last few decades, a great deal has been written on the use of sustainable agriculture to improve the resilience of ecosystem services to climate change. However, no tangible and systematic evidence exists on how this agriculture would par[...]Article
Crop water production functions (quantifying crop yield as a function of irrigation rate) can help in the design of management systems that reduce the water footprint. We examined the role of parameter uncertainties in characterizing production [...]Article
Desertification is a serious and perilous threat to natural ecosystems. Understanding the spatio-temporal characteristics of this process through the evaluation and monitoring of important indicators appears to be a challenging task. This resear[...]Article
N. Dahbi ; L. Messaoudi |Les eaux usées sont de plus en plus utilisées par les agriculteurs des pays en développement. Cette utilisation est motivée principalement par : (a) la pénurie grandissante des ressources en eau et les tensions de plus en plus fortes sur ces res[...]Article
Z. Jnikhat ; K. Lamrani ; M. Mdafai |This paper analyzes the phenomenon of the artificialization of the coastal space between Azemmour and Jorf Lasfar, and its impact on the natural landscape, as a result of different human interventions such as urbanization, industrial, tourism,[...]Article
Etant conscient de limportance et de lactualité du sujet de la gestion de leau au Maroc. Et surtout de la gestion rationnelle qui devrait tenir compte des impacts du changement climatique sur les ressources naturelles et sur lagriculture. No[...]Article
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I. Ferchichi ; I. Mekki ; M. Elloumi ; L. Arfa ; S. Lardon |Groundwater resources became a recognized enabler of important rural and socio-economic development in Mediterranean countries. However, the development of this groundwater economy is currently associated with an increased pressure on the availa[...]Article
Le Maroc est essentiellement un pays aride à semi aride: plus de 85 % de sa superficie reçoivent moins de 400 mm de pluie par an. En outre, les scénarios du changement climatique prédisent une chute de près de 15 % des précipitations et une haus[...]Article
En Algérie le climat se dérègle, leau se raréfie, que faire ? Alors pour répondre à cette interrogation, lhistoire de lhydraulique Algérienne et plus particulièrement les principaux ouvrages ancestraux ont été examinés dans ce papier. Evoque[...]Article
J. Schilling ; E. Hertig ; Y. Tramblay ; J. Scheffran |North Africa is considered a climate change hot spot. Existing studies either focus on the physical aspects of climate change or discuss the social ones. The present article aims to address this divide by assessing and comparing the climate chan[...]Article
Le présent papier examine le sujet dexploitation de la nappe inferoflux dans certaines régions du Sahara Algérien. Sur la base dun travail bibliographique, de collectes de donnés et des investigations effectuées sur des sites du sud Algérien d[...]Article
Two thirds of human water use is linked to agricultural practices including crop irrigation. Furthermore, excess irrigation leads to drainage problems. For this reason, reduced irrigation strategies need to be implemented to protect water resour[...]Article
With the growing population and climate change, increasing demands for water are intensifying competition between agricultural stakeholders. Since the mid-20th century, numerous crop models and modeling techniques have emerged for the quantitati[...]Article
In intensive agricultural systems, irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilizer are the most important factors that influence crop production and N losses. This work aimed to evaluate the N best management practices using the calibrated and validated [...]Article
Climate change, in addition to reducing rainfall and increasing temperature, has led to a decline in water quality and increased groundwater salinity in Iran. These factors have a negative effect on crop yields. Therefore, the assessment of the [...]Article
L. Vergni ; F. Todisco ; B. Di Lena ; F. Mannocchi |In this study, the effectiveness of a bivariate analysis of agricultural drought characteristics for irrigation planning was evaluated. The case study was conducted in locations in central Italy and was based on olive crops which are widely grow[...]Article
In Iran, due to arid and semi-arid climate, groundwater resources play an essential role in food production, as well as domestic and industrial water supply. In recent years, increasing population, scarcity of surface water resources, and effect[...]Article
There is a growing consensus that sustainable development requires a behavioral change, forced by firm decision-making. However, existing decision-supporting tools are unlikely to provide relevant information, hampered by the complexity of combi[...]Article
O. Brînzan ; M. Dragoi ; D. Bociort ; E. Tigan ; N. Mateoc-Sîrb ; M. Lungu |The paper presents a market-oriented system of returnable guarantees that can be combined with tradable permits to encourage farmers to use alternative sources of water instead of the regular watering network, or to steer the farming system towa[...]Article
Sustainability is a utopia of societies, that could be achieved by a harmonious balance between socio-economic development and environmental protection, including the sustainable exploitation of natural resources. The present Special Issue addre[...]Article
A. Hassani ; A. Azapagic ; P. D'Odorico ; A. Keshmiri ; N. Shokri |River flow reductions as a result of agricultural withdrawals and climate change are rapidly desiccating endorheic lakes, increasing their salinity and affecting the bio-diversity and human wellbeing in the surrounding areas. Here we present a n[...]Article
While there is broad agreement in theory that farmers' expertise should be integrated into discussions of land management and climate change adaptation in the food system, it is unknown how much research practice has integrated these recommendat[...]Article
Global groundwater overexploitation positions groundwater governance as a critical issue for improving sustainable water management. Evidence of aquifer recovery after overexploitation is scattered, as is the research on the drivers behind recov[...]Article
Ecosystem services (ES) assessment has become a widely recognized analytical framework for addressing socio-ecological interactions within and across different biomes. The services provided by nature are crucial for life on earth and affect dire[...]Article
Tout projet agricole sur un parcellaire peut être situé pour tout ou partie sur une zone humide au titre du Code de lenvironnement. Les outils développés par le réseau des Chambres dagriculture (guide national sur les zones humides, diagnostic[...]Article
Pratique ancienne, dont l'objectif est dévacuer les excès d'eau dans les sols pour en favoriser la culture, le drainage agricole génère toutefois des impacts sur les milieux naturels qu'il est important de comprendre pour faire évoluer les tech[...]Article
In coastal saline areas, many studies ignore salinity problems when quantifying the impacts of climate change on irrigation water requirement. Based on 11 years (20082018) of field investigations in a Tunisian coastal oasis, this study simulate[...]Article
Le drainage est un élément incontournable de lagriculture dans les territoires hydromorphes, où drains, fossés, canaux, etc. permettent dévacuer leau en excès, améliorant ainsi les qualités du sol. Dans cet article qui fait le point sur léta[...]Article
T. Nasser ; G. Faour ; L. Touchart |La plaine intérieure de la Beqaa est considérée comme le grenier agricole du Liban. Dans cette région, la sécheresse représente un problème majeur dont les conséquences sont aggravées par une absence de gestion efficace des ressources en eaux et[...]Article
Cette enquête ethnographique conduite en 2015 vise à comprendre comment les agriculteurs de la Beqaa construisent leur tenure de leau dirrigation en lien avec la tenure de la terre, et quelles sont les modalités dappropriation et dutilisatio[...]Article
Agricultural adaptation to climate change is indispensable. However, the degree of adaptation depends on adaptive capacity levels and it only takes place if the appropriate resources are present. Cross-sectional climate response models ignore th[...]Article
M. Türkes ; T. Öztas ; E. Tercan ; G. Erpul ; A. Karagöz ; O. Dengiz ; O. Dogan ; K. Sahin ; B. Avcioglu |Producing a scientific desertification risk map has become one of the national primary tasks in order to effectively combat desertification in Turkey. In this respect, General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion in cooperation w[...]Article
This study aimed to assess the sustainability in water use at the basin scale through the water footprint (WF). The methodology proposed by the Water Footprint Network was integrated with a hydrological and water quality model and in-stream moni[...]Article
Large scale urban agriculture (UA) has been considered as a potential contributor to the sustainability and the resilience of the food system. However, its synergy with the tackling of another main challenge in cities, namely the management of o[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Lobjectif principal de cette étude est dévaluer les effets du changement climatique sur le fonctionnement des systèmes délevage mixte biologiques ainsi que de proposer des stratégies dadaptation pour rendre ces systèmes plus robustes et dura[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Le monde est témoin dune importante dégradation de la biodiversité dont la principale cause est lactivité humaine. Les ressources naturelles et agricoles ne cessent dévoluer, malgré les mesures et les politiques de conservation. Ce travail s[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Les Paiements pour Services Environnementaux (PSE) sont des dispositifs basés sur des contrats entre fournisseurs des services environnementaux et demandeurs de ces services. Ils reposent sur un ensemble de principes et constituent des instrumen[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
La wilaya de Sétif est une région située au nord-est de lAlgérie, elle se caractérise par un climat semi-aride avec des précipitations très variables selon les années. Dans ce travail, nous nous intéressons à leffet de la baisse des pluies sur[...]Article
O. Englund ; P. Börjesson ; G. Berndes ; N. Scarlat ; J.-F. Dallemand ; B. Grizzetti ; I. Dimitriou ; B. Mola-Yudego ; F. Fahl |Society faces the double challenge of increasing biomass production to meet the future demands for food, materials and bioenergy, while addressing negative impacts of current (and future) land use. In the discourse, land use change (LUC) has oft[...]