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Determination of suitable locations for agricultural products is an important subject to study, as it is essential to identify optimal areas for crop productivity and sustainable farming activities. This study proposes a site selection assessmen[...]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
C. Laurent ; B. Oger ; J.A. Taylor ; T. Scholasch ; A. Metay ; B. Tisseyre |Grapevine yield is defined as the quantity of harvest, expressed as either grape mass or wine volumeunits, which has been collected per surface unit are and per crop cycle. The information about current and future yield, termed a yield assessmen[...]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
Due to the problems of the European rural environment, the European Union introduced territorial development strategies called the Leader Method (LEADER Initiatives and the now extinct PRODER Operational Programs implemented only in Spanish terr[...]Article
J. Ben Nasr ; H. Chaar ; F. Bouchiba ; L. Zaibet |The agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the Tunisian economy, particularly in rural areas. Resilience and adaptation to climate change are the main challenges facing this sector. This paper aims to analyze climate change resilience of [...]Article
R. Panchal ; A. Singh ; H. Diwan |The paper provides a systematic literature review to investigate whether circular economy (CE) performance in the technical cycle will contribute to the sustainable development. Two academic databases, namely Scopus and Web of Science were used [...]Article
G. Maesano ; G. Chinnici ; G. Falcone ; C. Bellia ; M. Raimondo ; M. D'Amico |This paper aims to achieve an economic feasibility and life cycle assessment of three different olive cultivation systems in the Mediterranean area through the joint use of economic and environmental indicators, in order to identify the key elem[...]Article
S. Coderoni ; J. Helming ; M. Pérez-Soba ; P. Sckokai ; A. Varacca |Policies in the agricultural and rural sectors are of key importance in shaping their sustainable development. These policies are changing from market-based policies to policies that aim to influence farmers' decision-making. Thus, the scientifi[...]Article
L. Corvo ; L. Pastore ; A. Antonelli ; D. Petruzzella |In recent years, as global food chains have expanded, a wide range of terms has been used in the academic, political, technical or social debate to illustrate innovative re-organisation of food supply chains aiming at re-connecting producers and[...]Article
K. Attia ; C. Darej ; N. M'Hamdi ; F. Zahm ; N. Moujahed |Demand for animal products is expected to increase due to human population growth, resulting in a need for increased production. At the same time, climate change poses a major threat to the viability and sustainability of livestock production sy[...]Article
Agriculture can be a possible provider of social services of relevant importance for the whole society. In order to generate a valuable social service, a multi-actor approach is often applied, based on an active collaboration among public instit[...]Article
T. Kourat ; D. Smadhi ; B. Mouhouche ; N. Gourari ; M.G.M. Amin ; C.R. Bryant |Maintaining sustainability in rainfed wheat production under changing climate is a grave concern for food security in Algeria. This study aims to assess the impact of future climate change on rainfed wheat yield in the semiarid Eastern High Plai[...]Article
Many assessments of ecosystem services (ESs; nature's contribution to people [...]Article
C.J. Brown ; M.F. Adame ; C.A. Buelow ; M.A. Frassl ; S.Y. Lee ; B. Mackey ; E.C. McClure ; R.M. Pearson ; A. Rajkaran ; T.S. Rayner ; M. Sievers ; C.A. Saint Ange ; A.I. Sousa ; V.J.D. Tulloch ; M.P. Turschwell ; R.M. Connolly |Vegetated coastal wetlands, including seagrass, saltmarsh and mangroves, are threatened globally, yet the need to avert these losses is poorly recognized in international policy, such as in the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United N[...]Article
This paper presents a methodological framework to conduct a water stress assessment of water resources through water stress index. A modified version of the water stress index was developed and applied for cereal grown in the Kebir Rhumel Basin,[...]Article
La mise en uvre des différents plans de développement de lagriculture en Algérie (2000-2018) va accélérer, structurer et élargir les mécanismes de soutien ciblant particulièrement le développement des filières céréales et lait. Ces plans avaie[...]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
Dans une optique de transition agroécologique, il y a une demande croissante pour évaluer si et comment la diversité au sein des systèmes délevage peut accroître leur multiperformance. Nous proposons une analyse croisée de la capacité de cinq o[...]Article
Milk production in Europe is facing major challenges to ensure its economic, environmental, and social sustainability. It is essential that holistic concepts are developed to ensure the future sustainability of the sector and to assist farmers a[...]Article
The ecological footprint (EF) is an important tool for assessing ecological resource occupancy. The three-dimensional (3D) EF changes the EF from a plane to a column, and the bottom (EFsize) represents the human appropriation of the annual natur[...]Article
Agroecosystems are anthropised ecosystems where human activities, mainly agricultural practices, affect the innate functioning, leading to the provision of agroecosystem services (AES) and disservices (AEDS). This study presents a novel and inte[...]Article
D. Walters ; D.C. Kotze ; A. Rebelo ; L. Pretorius ; N. Job ; J.V. Lagesse ; E. Riddell ; C. Cowden |Wetlands differ in their ability to provide ecosystem services, and thus there is a need to assess ecosystem service delivery in order to prioritize protection and restoration efforts. We used a Delphi-based expert-panel method to validate an ec[...]Article
M.M. Sy ; H. Rey-Valette ; C. Figuières ; M. Simier ; R. De Wit |Preferences elicitation can be a challenging exercise for citizens participating in assessment surveys. It is even more challenging when it comes to complex and unfamiliar ecosystems and the threatened ecosystem services they provide. Making peo[...]Article
Latest international directives indicate the need for sustainable development, linking socio-economic and environmental aspects, to reach the goals set by Agenda 2030. In this context, peri-urban agriculture can represent the opportunity to incr[...]Article
In traditional agricultural areas, where traditional crops (TCs) are cultivated, small farms are still highly represented. Located prevalently in marginal and sensitive areas, agricultural areas have undergone deep transformation. Smallholders h[...]Article
L.J.R. Barron ; A. Andonegi ; G. Gamboa ; E. Garmendia ; O. Garcia ; N. Aldai ; A. Aldezabal |This article describes a novel methodological approach for the integrated sustainability assessment of pasture-based dairy sheep systems. Most studies on livestock system sustainability focus on animal production, farm profitability, and mitigat[...]Article
This work proposes a holistic landscape assessment methodology, with novel and practical tools, which can support sustainable landscape development for small islands. The Greek island of Gavdos is the case study. An Islandscape character assessm[...]Article
Vulnerability, resilience, robustness and adaptive capacity are four key concepts that characterize dynamics of systems when disturbance occurs. However, rendering them operational for agricultural systems using an approach to quantify dynamics [...]Article
S. Renner ; J. Sauer ; N. El Benni |A split-panel latent class stochastic frontier model is applied to account for technological heterogeneity among Swiss dairy farms and to assess the potential performance improvements through technology choice and change over 11 years. Three tec[...]