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Urban food policies (UFPs) have emerged as a key mechanism to drive the transition towards more sustainable food systems, with cities as the appropriate scale for their implementation. The aim of the paper is analysis of the boost that UFPs have[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Winter crops in most of the northern and eastern Mediterranean growing regions are faring well in this first half of 2021-2022 campaign. However, an intense and long-lasting drought is hampering winter crops future harvest in Portugal, Morocco,[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Winter crops in several Mediterranean growing regions are under scrutiny. An intense and long-lasting drought hampered winter crops future harvest in Morocco, Portugal and parts of Italy and Algeria, and can potentially impact other producing r[...]Article
S. Baccour ; J. Albiac ; T. Kahil ; E. Esteban ; D. Crespo ; A. Dinar |Water scarcity and water quality degradation are major problems in many basins across the world, especially in arid and semiarid regions. The severe pressures on basins are the consequence of the intensification of food production systems and th[...]Article
D. Pérez-Neira ; X. Simon ; D. Copena |This work evaluates and discusses the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction potential of agroecological policies implemented in public food procurement for school canteens. Using a life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology (cradle-to-grave approa[...]Article
The need to produce safe food products for an ever-growing world population while reducing the impact on climate change makes it necessary for the farm business to combine productivity and sustainability. As more efficient and sustainable produc[...]Article
Local Productive Systems (hereinafter LPSs) based on agro-food industries constitute alternative models of development in peripheral rural areas that are subject to internal and external dynamics and processes. The main objective of this researc[...]Article
Peri-urban agriculture (PUA) plays a fundamental role in securing sustainable cities by providing food, cultural and environmental services. The 'Huerta de Murcia' in south-eastern Spain, is one of the most singular examples of PUA. With more th[...]Article
D. Bruno ; R. Sorando ; B. Alvarez-Farizo ; C. Castellano ; V. Céspedes ; B. Gallardo ; J.J. Jiménez ; M.V. López ; R. Lopez-Flores ; D. Moret-Fernandez ; E. Navarro ; F. Picazo ; M. Sevilla-Callejo ; J. Tormo ; J.J. Vidal-Macua ; J.M. Nicolau ; F.A. Comin |Despite the exponential increase in human population at global scale, some rural areas have experienced a progressive abandonment over the last decades. Under particular socioecological and policy contexts, changes in demography may promote land[...]Article
The spread of geographical indications (GIs) is quite heterogeneous within the European Union. Some areas show a large number of registered GI products, while others scarcely use this policy tool. In our study, we investigate the relation betwee[...]Article
Immigrants in rural areas and immigrant employment in the agricultural sector have been studied from a variety of perspectives. However, we currently lack a bird's-eye view of these two phenomena covering all EU member states through time. This [...]Article
Participatory action research involving farmers and researchers is crucial to enhance the adoption of farming innovations and ensure the long term sustainability of agroecosystem restoration. However, the factors for successful participatory res[...]Article
Farmland abandonment is common in the southern EU countries. This complex phenomenon has a set of interlinked causes and consequences, among the latter the undermining of farmers' cooperatives role as supply aggregators. The paper discusses a mu[...]Article
Prioritization of olive breeding objectives in Spain: analysis of a producers and researchers survey
L. León ; R. de la Rosa ; M. Arriaza |Aim of study: Trait prioritization of potential olive (Olea europaea L.) breeding objectives has been evaluated in this work from two surveys to researchers working on olive and olive producers / orchard managers. Area of study: Olive growing ar[...]Article
Using several energy returns on investment indicators (multi-EROI), this article analyses the socioecological transition of an agroecosystem in the western Mediterranean on the island of Mallorca (Spain) over a period of 150 years which saw a ch[...]Article
The Covid-19 crisis has shed light on two structural problems that affect a large part of the European model of industrial fruit and vegetable production, mainly in Spain and Italy: excessive dependence on foreign labour and the appalling social[...]Article
Similar to other foods, the concept of natural wine is much debated due to the lack of a clear and regulated definition, leading to a proliferation of heterogeneous norms and standards proposed from different natural wine associations at nationa[...]Article
The agri-food regime faces urgent structural and ethical challenges to advance towards sustainability; therefore, the search for triggers, accelerators and supports for sustainability transition is of outstanding scientific and social interest. [...]Article
Despite major recent advances in socio-hydrology and hydroeconomics research, interdisciplinary methods and models for water policy assessment remain largely concealed to the academic arena. Most river basin authorities still base decision-makin[...]Article
The consumption of organic products has consistently increased over the last decades, covering increasingly diversified consumers, both in the characteristics and the reasons associated with consumption. This heterogeneity evidences the need to [...]Article
European traditional cultural landscapes are increasingly modified by rural abandonment and urban growth processes. Acknowledged as of High Nature Value for providing multiple ecosystem services while contributing to human well-being, the future[...]Article
In a global context where agriculture is the major consumer of water, there is a pressing need to look for alternative water resources. In light of there being a lack of studies that compare the use of diverse water alternatives in different cro[...]Article
In 2018, Spain was the third largest producer and the leading exporter of wine in the world. Viticulture is an important economic activity in the Castilla y León region, and is an element capable of halting the flight from the countryside and fa[...]Article
Ecotourism is becoming increasingly important in natural parks because it raises the value of the environment for the visitor. The present study aimed to (i) establish the factors of the perceived value in ecotourism and (ii) analyze the predict[...]Article
Olive grove biomass presents an opportunity to reduce greenhouse gases and meet the sustainability objectives set by Europe. Given the relevance of this organic matter, this paper analyzes the evolution and current situation of the regulations t[...]Article
The sustainable and continued production of enough food to feed the entire world's population is one of the main concerns in the food industry. Spain, and in particular Galicia, which is an eminently fishing region characterised by the consumpti[...]Article
The urgent need to implement agricultural systems that provide greater sustainability and resilience to the challenges of the climate change process has meant that alternative paradigms for agri-food systems and agriculture have become more rele[...]Article
Utiel-Requena est une zone viticole traditionnelle de la province de Valence (Espagne), qui a connu une importante restructuration productive, larrivée de travailleurs immigrants et leur enracinement familial. Cet article aborde cette installat[...]Article
O. Del Hierro ; P. Gallejones ; G. Besga ; A. Artetxe ; C. Garbisu |This study aimed to estimate the environmental impact of barley production in the Basque Country, Northern Spain, using cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, as well as to assess how methodological choices (i.e., the use of IPC[...]Article
E. Molina-Montes ; I. Uzhova ; V. Verardo ; R. Artacho ; B. García-Villanova ; E.J. Guerra-Hernández ; M. Kapsokefalou ; O. Malisova ; A. Vlassopoulos ; A. Katidi ; B. Korousic Seljak ; R. Modic ; Tome Eftimov ; I. Hren ; E. Valencic ; Z. Satalic ; I. Panjkota Krbavcic ; D. Vranesic Bender ; D. Giacalone ; M. Bom Frøst ; A. Konic Ristic ; J. Milesevic ; M. Nikolic ; E. Kolay ; M. Güney ; V. Kriaucioniene ; M. Czlapka-Matyasik ; A. Bykowska-Derda ; E. Kujundzic ; I. Taljic ; M. Brka ; I. Spiroski ; S. Cunha Velho ; S.P. Sousa Pinto ; I. Nascimento Monteiro ; J.A. Pereira ; M.D. Ruíz-López ; C. Rodríguez-Pérez |We aimed to evaluate the changes in eating behaviours of the adult population across 16 European countries due to the COVID-19 confinement and to evaluate whether these changes were somehow related to the severity of the containment measures app[...]