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M. Rabelo ; M. Debolini ; R. Villani ; T. Sabbatini ; N. Silvestri |The study aims to describe and interpret the agricultural system dynamics on the Western Mediterranean areas in terms of occupied land and crop specialization, by using the available data from the two last agricultural censuses. From the spatial[...]Article
Les fermes maraîchères biologiques présentent une gamme de structures agricoles, associées à des pratiques avec différents niveaux d'agroécologie et différents niveaux de recours aux intrants. Une analyse typologique sur 165 fermes a permis de c[...]Article
The contributions of small farms to the environment or employment are increasingly recognised. Yet small farm employment receives little support from public policies. Can small farms provide employment opportunities in the agricultural sector? T[...]Article
La présente recherche vise à étudier les effets de la dégradation des ressources naturelles sur la petite agriculture dans la vallée de lOued Khoumane, Moulay Idriss, Province de Meknès au Maroc. Dans cette perspective, une enquête par question[...]Article
N. Boke Olén ; F. Roger ; M.V. Brady ; C. Larsson ; G.K.S. Andersson ; J. Ekroos ; P. Caplat ; H.G. Smith ; J. Dänhardt ; Y. Clough |Context The global demand for food is expected to continue increasing for decades, which may drive both agricultural expansion and intensification. The associated environmental impacts are potentially considerable but will depend on how the agr[...]Article
The production of food within cities through urban agriculture can be considered as a nature-based solution and is argued to be an important response to the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as to climate change and other urban challenges. Howev[...]Article
This study aimed to explore the constraining and facilitating factors impacting the emergence and consolidation of different types of alternative food networks (AFNs) in different countries. Drawing on the expertise of organizers of seventeen AF[...]Article
M. De Rosa ; L. Bartoli ; S. Chiappini |Lobjectif de larticle est danalyser la « cohérence » des systèmes de transmission de la connaissance dans les territoires ruraux. Plus précisément, notre travail examine la « cohérence » des Dynamiques Territoriales de la Connaissance Rurale [...]Article
Goats, often associated with sheep, are a vital part of the national economy in many countries around the world, and goat farming contributes significantly to the family economy, sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction. In order to study t[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Farmers preferences for agri-environmental incentive programs, learning from experiences in Ontario
E. Lemaitre-Curri | 2021Based on a literature review, an international benchmark, and a case study in Ontario, the dissertation explores farmers preferences for agri-environmental incentive programs. We use literature in agricultural, environmental and behavioural eco[...]Ouvrage
Le scientifique des données doit maîtriser plusieurs outils informatiques permettant de mettre en uvre une méthodologie statistique. Dans sa catégorie, le langage R est un langage de programmation qui peut tout à fait être un outil pertinent po[...]Article
F. Bombaj ; D. Barjolle ; J.-M. Touzard ; F. Casabianca ; S. Gontard |Larticle analyse la dynamique des systèmes délevage dun territoire montagneux albanais sous fortes contraintes socio-économiques, géographiques et historiques. Lobjectif est de comprendre les processus qui ont conduit à la coexistence de sys[...]Article
Landscape character assessment (LCA) methods have been used in the past few decades to analyze, classify, and map landscape types, using objective and subjective approaches, with the aid of both quantitative and qualitative data. This paper addr[...]Article
Le présent travail a pour but de décrire la typologie de systèmes de culture pratiqués dans loasis atlasique de Béni-ounif (Sud-ouest algérien). Dans ce cadre, une enquête a été menée auprès de 30 exploitations agricoles pour caractériser les d[...]Article
H. Samaali ; M. Mjejra |Le présent travail tente de réaliser des essais typologiques pour les périmètres irrigués (PI) du Gouvernorat dEl Kef (Nord-Ouest de la Tunisie), de dégager des groupes de périmètres homogènes en se basant sur un certain nombre de critères, de [...]Article
La région de Enfidha au centre de la Tunisie marquée par sa diversité paysagère est sujette aux facteurs de changements détats des milieux. A partir d'une interprétation des images Landsat de 2007 et 2017, la dynamique de l'occupation du sol a [...]Article
F. Galli ; P. Prosperi ; E. Favilli ; S. D'Amico ; F. Bartolini ; G. Brunori |A new food policy coherent with the goal of achieving sustainable food systems implies changing visions and radically revising the understanding of the system on which agricultural and food-related policies act. This paper identifies and discuss[...]Article
We propose a new typology of small farms in Europe using a multivariate analysis drawing from household surveys from 14 European countries. The variables to develop the types covered a range of characteristics from farmers' histories and motivat[...]Article
In view of the foremost concern about the generational renewal in livestock farming, the identification of both the drivers that determine the process of incorporating young farmers into the livestock sector, as well as the strategies young peop[...]Article
Prior to any sustainability assessment and/or any effort to understand or develop the agricultural sector, the acknowledgment of the diversity of farming systems (FSs) is crucial. Typologies are often used for this purpose. The goals of this stu[...]Article
L. El Ansari ; R. Chenoune ; Y.A. Yigezu ; C. Gary ; H. Belhouchette |A lot of national and international effort has been made to promote sustainable agricultural production systems in drylands. However, success has been seriously limited due to lack of thorough characterization of the impact of the diversity of f[...]Article
C. Rega ; C. Short ; M. Pérez-Soba ; M.-L. Paracchini |With agricultural areas covering almost half of European land, proper management of agro-ecosystems is key to achieve the European Unions environmental and climate objectives. This requires spatially explicit methods and indicators. We develope[...]Article
The Mediterranean Basin is at the same time a region of stark social and ecological contrasts and a global biodiversity hotspot, where complex local evolving land use and land cover patterns compose the regions landscapes. In this context, we a[...]Article
We distinguish different types of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC); nevertheless, their common main characteristic relate to reduced numbers of intermediaries between farmers/food producers and consumers. The aim of the paper is to present the SF[...]Article
Shifting from a linear to a circular economy in the agrifood domain requires innovative business models, including reverse logistics, new visions on customer-supplier relationships, and new forms of organization and marketing strategies at the c[...]Article
The economic situation of EU dairy farms is unstable and differs strongly between member countries. Most studies addressing the EUs agricultural sector focus on selected countries or selected groups of operators. Conversely, this paper seeks to[...]Article
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T. Puech ; A. Durpoix ; F. Barataud ; C. Mignolet |Lors de ces cinquante dernières années, les exploitations agricoles ont connu de profondes mutations : spécialisation, réduction de la main duvre agricole, mécanisation croissante. Ces transformations ont entraîné leur agrandissement et une mo[...]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
A. Mérot ; H. Belhouchette ; S. Saj ; J. Wery |Conversion to organic farming can require deep technical changes that can be implemented through various pathways. This study aimed to better understand and characterize the various pathways that can be followed during conversion to organic farm[...]