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Women contribute decisively to the economy and have an important participation in agricultural exploitation in the world, providing their labor. But if they had better access to technology and training in a more equitable way, they could contrib[...]Article
This paper deals with the efficiency level of cereal-dairy sheep production systems in the Mediterranean Basin. It studies them in the Protected Designation of Origin Manchego Cheese, located in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). Previous studies hav[...]Article
Lexploitation de lénergie éolienne en mer va commencer très prochainement en Méditerranée. Cette nouvelle activité associée à une occupation permanente de la mer risque de générer de nouvelles tensions avec les usages existants et de nouvelles[...]Article
The second half of the 20th century has been characterised by the rural abandonment in several regions of the Mediterranean basin. The general collapse of traditional agriculture and livestock activities brought about an intensive migration move[...]Article
The cooperative is one of the most important forms of business in the agricultural sector, due to its special characteristics for small farmers and livestock producers in order to gain access to greater comparative advantages. In addition, coope[...]Article
Taking into account that in the literature on pork-production Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) there are a few studies about the Iberian pig, the present article evaluates an extensive (growing-fattening) Iberian-pig system in Spain, producing meat f[...]Article
F. de Asis Ruiz ; D. Grande ; J. Nahed ; J.M. Castel ; Y. Mena |In the Mediterranean Basin, sheep meat production systems are based on grazing, and help to conserve biodiversity, mitigate the greenhouse gases emissions and maintain the population in rural areas. However, the lack of differentiation of pastor[...]Article
The latest world atlas of desertification represents a turning point in the diagnosis of desertification. While it forgoes desertification mapping due to the intrinsic complexity of the phenomenon and the impossibility of measuring it using a si[...]Article
We examine whether projection bias is also present in virtual environments. Two hypotheses were tested using a between-subject experiment with three conditions: (i) experimental context (virtual vs. real); (ii) consumption periods (today vs. tom[...]Article
Luis-Antonio López ; Maria-Angeles Tobarra ; Maria-Ángeles Cadarso ; Nuria Gómez ; Ignacio Cazcarro |What would the effect on the employment and environmental footprint be if Spanish households substituted imported fresh fruits and vegetables with local production? Are the impacts similar over the entire year? Is it possible to find a general p[...]Article
R. De Groot ; S. Moolenaar ; J. de Vente ; V. De Leijster ; M.E. Ramos ; A. Belen Robles ; Y. Schoonhoven ; P. Verweij |To prevent landscape degradation and the continuing loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, decisions regarding landscape restoration should be based on their true costs and benefits (i.e. broader welfare effects), including all externali[...]Article
The theoretical literature makes a connection between the notions of landscape and territorialised agrifood systems, but these connections are rarely specified or explained. Their consideration in development proposals requires the relationship [...]Article
Vine cultivation has a strong territorial character derived from the environmental, social, cultural and economic interactions with the space in which the vines are grown. In Spain, this activity is clearly representative of Mediterranean agrari[...]Article
C. Giagnocavo ; M. de Cara-Garcia ; M. González ; M. Juan ; J.I. Marin-Guirao ; S. Mehrabi ; E. Rodríguez ; J. van der Blom ; E. Crisol-Martinez |Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level perspectives, and agroecological frameworks, and involving multi-a[...]Article
Local governments are key to establishing public policies linked to the 2030 Agenda. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), public innovation is essential, and one of the essential pillars is transversality and partnerships (intern[...]Article
Several authors have noted that there is an under-representation of gender approaches in fisheries policy and research. While fisheries are widely considered a male-dominated industry, women play a significant and vital role in the survival of s[...]Article
This paper presents a comprehensive and practical method for Sustainable Agricultural Drainage Systems (SADS) design. It is aimed at studying the suitability of using surface runoff as irrigation source. The method determines the optimum amount [...]Série
Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
A. Menéndez I Molist ; Z. Kallas ; M. Puig de Morales ; Y. Noutfia ; H. Ouabouch ; O. Boughamoura ; A. Benali ; K. El Baamran | 2022The promotion of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) is an issue that is becoming more relevant to both the public and research agenda, aiming to build more sustainable agri-food supply chains and empower smallholder farmers. This research aims to d[...]Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
L. Ruiz de Larrinaga ; Z. Kallas ; A. Menéndez I Molist ; M. Puig de Morales ; N. Houmy ; H. Ouabouch ; Y. Noutfia ; O. Boughamoura ; K. El Baamran | 2022The purpose of this study is to analyze consumers relative importance of economic, social, and environmental factors when selecting a place to purchase fruit and vegetables in order to establish new strategies according to consumers' preference[...]Article
Extensive outdoor low-intensity livestock farming systems are the principal form of management of high natural value farmland in Europe. Their marginalisation and poor recognition in policies and markets, can ultimately risk the future of sustai[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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Knowledge transfer on digital transformation: an analysis of the olive landscape in Andalusia, Spain
The global economy, and agriculture, in particular, faces significant challenges and transformation pressures. A major challenge, and opportunity, is the transformation towards digital agriculture or agriculture 4.0, where knowledge transfer (KT[...]Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
A. Menéndez I Molist ; Z. Kallas ; M. Puig de Morales ; H. Ouabouch ; K. Elfazazi ; Y. Noutfia ; O. Boughamoura ; K. El Baamran | 2022This study focuses on evaluating the criteria used by stakeholders (restaurants, industry, and small-scale retailers) to select fruits and vegetable suppliers in Spain, France, and Morocco targeting three selected countries specific products an[...]Article
Protected geographical indications (PGIs) are an increasingly popular strategy for securing price premiums on food products in the interest of preserving associated rural livelihoods, however they often fail to show clear benefits for small or o[...]Article
Agricultural land abandonment is a relevant occurrence in mountainous and peripheral regions all over the world. While both positive and negative environmental consequences of this abandonment are documented (depending on the specific location a[...]Article
Lifting water is crucial to irrigate agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean region. But the energy demand and emissions of modern forms of water pumping have increased, while many traditional water wheels, which lift water at zero direct emi[...]Article
The article analyses the crisis and double bind situation to which Catalan dairy farmers find themselves subjected. Two contradictory commands are being imposed on them: act as if nature does not matter and increase production because, otherw[...]Article
Olive trees are one of the few alternative crops available for farmers in arid environments. In many of these regions, surface irrigation is increasing. The aim of this study was to estimate the pattern of water soil reserves through the season [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper