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CONTEXT Multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs), which involve the collective action of various institutions such as governments, private companies, NGOs, and donors, have become a popular approach for developing agricultural value chains to impr[...]
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Recent strategies for achieving sustainable food systems have called for reducing food loss and waste (FLW), most notably Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3. This review aims to compare FLW definitions that are relevant to SDG target[...]
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Despite the extensive literature on Local Agro-food Systems (LAFS), which involves research on local food identity and organisational proximity, the environmental sustainability of these systems has rarely been addressed. This paper develops a n[...]
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M. Baquero ; E. Cifrian ; J.R. Viguri ; A. Andrés |Food waste (FW) accounting methodology is of paramount importance in Europe. The European Commission established a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for its measurement. Although these guidelines represents a great advance, imp[...]
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There is uncertainty regarding the resilience of modern intensive agricultural systems, given that they have been developed recently in history (post-WWII). Historically, agricultural sciences have focused on scales from the molecular and plant [...]
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L.-A. Sutherland ; A. Adamsone-Fiskovica ; B. Elzen ; A. Koutsouris ; C. Laurent ; E.P. Stræte ; P. Labarthe |The establishment of effective national agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) became a European policy imperative in the 2010s, lodged in a political ideology which emphasised the importance of innovation to economic growth. We ar[...]
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G. Nemes ; R. Reckinger ; V. Lajos ; S. Zollet |The special issue titled 'Values-based Territorial Food Networks - Benefits, challenges and controversies' and this introductory editorial aim to bridge conceptual and disciplinary differences within the literature on alternative agro-food netwo[...]
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C. Pachoud ; K. Koop ; E. George |Driven by the need for radical change in our practices and values to escape crises, studies on sustainability transitions have multiplied in recent years. Such radical transformations are situated in space. A spatial approach towards transformat[...]
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Agent-based models (ABMs) are an increasingly popular choice for simulating large systems of interacting components, and have been applied across a wide variety of natural and environmental systems. However, ABMs can be incredibly disparate and [...]
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S. Franco ; B. Pancino ; A. Martella ; T. De Gregorio |The term monoculture is widely used in the scientific literature concerning the agricultural sector. However, it is very difficult to find a clear and shared definition of this term. This study investigates the concept of monoculture in agricult[...]
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Biodynamic farming is increasingly popular among farmers and consumers, but it is still dismissed as pseudoscience by part of the scientific community. In this article, we first present an overview of biodynamic farming, its current development,[...]
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Spain is the country with the most biosphere reserves (BRs) in the world. The aim of this paper is to investigate why BRs have come to proliferate to such a degree in Spain and why there is a gap between UNESCO’s framework and the practicalities[...]
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Circular economy (CE) is an umbrella concept for closing material loops towards enhanced environmental performance. Despite the recognized benefits of CE, the intended outcomes are not always achieved due to the occurrence of rebound effects. Th[...]
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La traditionnalité est un axe stratégique important dans le secteur alimentaire. Pourtant, sa définition et son opérationnalisation restent imprécises. Cette recherche conceptualise la traditionnalité perçue d’un produit alimentaire à l’aide de [...]
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Ecosystem service cascade (ESC) links each component of ecosystem services with social value, building an interdisciplinary research bridge between natural science and social science, which can help decision-makers better integrate the concept o[...]
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R.S. Evola ; G. Peira ; E. Varese ; A. Bonadonna ; E. Vesce |In the food sector, new configurations of supply chains, as opposed to global conventional ones, are drawing the attention of researchers and institutions all over the world. These are presented as a panacea for the recovery of rural economies a[...]
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The enormous contribution of agricultural cooperative societies to the rural world has not gone unnoticed. This is corroborated by many international entities such as the International Cooperative Alliance, COPA-COGECA, the European Economic and[...]
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Agriculture faces many challenges. In both public discourse and the scientific literature debates about the future are increasing framed in terms of "alternative" versus "conventional" agriculture. In this paper we critically examine this framin[...]
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C. Aubry, coord. ; G. Giacchè, coord. ; F. Maxime, coord. ; C.-T. Soulard, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Savoir Faire, ISSN 1952-1251 | 2022Depuis plusieurs années, de nouvelles formes d’agriculture urbaine se font jour en France, questionnant la recherche et ses liens à l’action. La recherche se mobilise donc pour connaître et évaluer ce phénomène, qui interroge les relations entre[...]
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La transformation des modes de production par les technologies numériques et par la « révolution des données » est au centre du paysage médiatique, politique et institutionnel des mondes agricoles. En témoigne la prolifération des événements déd[...]
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O. Petit ; G. Froger ; T. Bauler | Bruxelles [Belgique] : De Boeck | Ouvertures Economiques, ISSN 0777-2831 | 2022L’économie écologique est un domaine d’analyse et une source de recommandations désormais largement reconnus au plan international à travers la publication de la revue Ecological Economics et la tenue régulière de grands congrès internationaux, [...]
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This Handbook is a state-of-the-art analysis of proximity relations, offering insights into its history alongside up-to-date scientific advances and emerging questions. Its broad scope – from industrial and innovation approaches through to socie[...]
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H. Rey-Valette ; C. Jabbour ; P. Maurel ; J.-M. Salles | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Guide Pratique | 2022Les demandes et les usages des données spatiales satellitaires se développent et se diversifient de façon importante, en lien avec la précision, la fréquence des prises de vue et la taille des images. Ainsi, il convient de comprendre et de rendr[...]
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Avec ses quantités effarantes de données à traiter, de terminaux à alimenter, de serveurs à refroidir et de réseaux à déployer, l’intelligence artificelle est une source de pollution importante à l’heure actuelle. Paradoxalement, la plupart des [...]
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B. Sommier ; S. Guillemot ; C. Chédotal ; A. Tamaro |L’article met en évidence les différences entre les agro-industriels et les consommateurs concernant la définition de la qualité alimentaire. Si la notion de qualité est plurielle pour les deux acteurs, les industriels mettent en avant la sécuri[...]
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The “Ecological Value” (EV) term has been spread in the literature since 1860; however, there is no consensus on its definition and the criteria for its assessment. To identify, assess and summarize the main definitions, criteria, indicators and[...]
