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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 [...]Article
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[...]Article
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[...]Article
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[...]Article
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 UNESCOs framework and the practicalities[...]Article
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[...]Article
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[...]Article
Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality
Given current land degradation trends, Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN, SDG Target 15.3) by 2030 could be difficult to attain. Solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse land degradation are not being implemented at sufficiently large scales, poin[...]Article
Souvent présentée comme un vecteur de réindustrialisation et de revitalisation des zones rurales, la bioéconomie est néanmoins caractérisée par une diversité dactivités, émerge différemment dans lespace et présente des degrés dancrage différe[...]Article
The terms corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, sustainable development and corporate sustainability (CS) are critical terms for developing, analysing and evaluating public and private policy goals. These terms are used [...]Article
K.S. Nelson ; T.D. Nguyen ; N.A. Brownstein ; D. Garcia ; H.C. Walker ; J.T. Watson ; A. Xin |Definitions and measures of rurality are important to researchers and policymakers as they have implications for policy and practice. By conducting a systematic review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the various ways in which rurality ha[...]Article
Vous allez nous dire : « Mettre en place une démarche participative ce nest déjà pas si simple, alors lévaluer par-dessus le marché, cest au-delà de mes ambitions ». Et pourtant À quoi bon faire participer différents acteurs si l[...]Article
Despite the different elements that regard Food Supply Chains (FSCs) and the Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) as possessing opposing models, substantial changes are happening in them, such as economic, social and environmental sustainability pra[...]Article
Le lexique économique employé pour désigner des composantes de la nature est souvent accusé de biaiser nos représentations et nos modes de gestion de lenvironnement. Contribuant au processus de commodification de la nature, il aurait même sa pa[...]Article
B. Sommier ; S. Guillemot ; C. Chédotal ; A. Tamaro |Larticle 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[...]Article
C. Laroche-Dupraz ; V. Péan, intervieweur |Elle est née officiellement en 1996 des revendications altermondialistes en réaction à la libéralisation de lagriculture. Une approche longtemps limitée à la défense des paysanneries et au droit à lalimentation des peuples. Mais voilà que, ave[...]Article
The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have acquired great relevance in scientific research about environmental issues, policies linked to environmental management, and industrial and agricultural production, among others. Al[...]Article
F. Tekinbas Ozkaya ; M.G. Durak ; O. Dogan ; Z.A. Bulut ; R. Haas |The scarcity of natural resources together with the exponentially increasing world population has made the sustainable consumption of food (SCF) a crucial issue, as it has impacts on a variety of environmental, health, economic, and social dimen[...]Article
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[...]Article
To describe and measure the apparent pressures humanity poses to functioning of the crucial Earth systems, scientists have long strived to develop comprehensive indicators, of which environmental footprints are probably the most popularly recogn[...]Article
Le statut de l'agriculteur doit être précisé afin de bénéficier de politiques publiques plus efficientes.Article
Cet article a pour objet de traiter la problématique du développement durable sous l'angle de la dimension spatiale. S'appuyant sur la littérature existante, il tente de montrer qu'un regard territorial est de nature à appréhender différemment c[...]Article
Manger durable on en rêve tous, nest-ce pas ? En clair, il sagit davoir un régime alimentaire dont limpact sur lenvironnement serait neutre, tout en étant sain nutritionnellement, rémunérateur pour les agriculteurs, respectueux des hommes e[...]Article
Nous vivons dans un monde caractérisé par de rapides changements environnementaux anthropiques. Les défis qui y sont associés situation claire, détaillée et intégrée de notre situation actuelle, ainsi que la capacité déviter, de réduire ou dat[...]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
The challenge of transitioning from a linear to a circular economy model is still ongoing and requires the development and application of new knowledge, leading to innovative, technological, and sustainable processes, products, and services. The[...]Article
Les espaces-test agricoles (ETA) sont des dispositifs novateurs et réversibles daccès au foncier qui permettent de tester le métier dagriculteur en conditions réelles avec un minimum de risques. Ils sont encore peu étudiés. Cet article sintér[...]Article
G. Dherissard, animateur ; N. Vivier, animateur ; A. Pomade ; D. Christin ; B. Lion |La notion de « communs » est de plus en plus utilisée pour qualifier nos ressources naturelles. Leau, la terre, les forêts, la biodiversité du vivant seraient nos « biens communs ». Il sagit ainsi sans doute daffirmer que ces ressources sont [...]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
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a technologically innovative response to the challenges faced by agriculture due to climate change. Its implementation needs a change of mentality in the direction of an approach that takes into account how the[...]