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In Portugal, the olive orchard is the most representative agricultural crop and one of the most impactful on the national economy. Therefore, a production structure accompanying the technological advances in this field would be expected; however[...]![]()
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This paper aims to assess and to analyze the sustainability of Tunisian olive growing system. Results show two types of farms in this sector. The first one is the traditional farms. The second is the modern farms. The sustainable value method (S[...]![]()
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N.N. Kourgialas ; G. Psarras ; G. Morianou ; V. Pisinaras ; G. Koubouris ; N. Digalaki ; S. Malliaraki ; K. Aggelaki ; G. Motakis ; G. Arampatzis |Despite the fact that the olive tree is one of the best-adapted species in Mediterranean hydroclimate conditions, climate extremes impose negative effects on olive fruit set and development and subsequently on crop yield. Considering that the fr[...]![]()
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R. Morgado ; P.F. Ribeiro ; J.L. Santos ; F. Rego ; P. Beja ; F. Moreira |Over the last 30 years, olive farming has experienced a fast and large-scale intensification process across its Mediterranean range, that is reshaping Mediterranean farmland landscapes with associated impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem servic[...]![]()
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Olive cultivation is the most important agro-ecosystem in the Mediterranean basin. Despite the remarkable intensification of this system (i.e., the use of high tree densities and large amounts of inputs), the environmental and socio-economic imp[...]![]()
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Like in all Mediterranean countries, Table olive farming has an important tradition and production potential in western Turkey, and thus it is critical to assess the risk sources and risk management strategies that farmers perceive. This study i[...]![]()
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H. Sales ; F. Figueiredo ; M.C. Vaz Patto ; J. Nunes |The olive value chain represents one of the most important bioeconomic sectors for Portugal, having this country the opportunity to emerge as the third-largest worldwide olive oil producer in the upcoming decade due to the modernization of its o[...]![]()
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Preservation and promotion of agroforestry systems entails the ideology for more ecosystem services, additional biodiversity benefits and climate change mitigation. Furthermore, farmland and forest landscapes and the consequent benefits to the e[...]![]()
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Current European agriculture policies and strategies are aimed to boost the transition from the predominant conventional to a more environmentally friendly agriculture model. As part of this, it is crucial to identify the barriers that exist to [...]![]()
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S. Camposeo ; G.A. Vivaldi ; G. Russo ; F.M. Melucci |The relationship between agriculture and climate change is gaining prominence year by year in due to both adaptation and mitigation issues, because agriculture contributes to carbon emissions and acts as a carbon sink. Innovation on olive growin[...]![]()
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a commitment to sustainability through innovation, sustainable economic growth and the diversification of economic activities. The social economy and the revaluation of rural heritage play a fun[...]![]()
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L. Lombardo ; C. Farolfi ; S. Tombesi ; E. Novelli ; E. Capri |Italian olive growing must aim at the transition to economically and environmentally sustainable management systems, linked to premium quality production and to a recognized and remunerated context of biodiversity conservation in compliance with[...]![]()
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The sustainability of farming systems has been enhanced by legislation on different scales, but at the same time these policies also promote more productive systems through farming intensification (e.g., use of irrigation or high tree densities)[...]![]()
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Knowledge transfer on digital transformation: an analysis of the olive landscape in Andalusia, Spain
The global economy, and agriculture, in particular, faces significant challenges and transformation pressures. A major challenge, and opportunity, is the transformation towards digital agriculture or agriculture 4.0, where knowledge transfer (KT[...]![]()
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Agricultural systems are constantly stressed due to higher demands for products. Consequently, water resources consumed on irrigation are increased. In combination with the climatic change, those are major obstacles to maintaining sustainable de[...]![]()
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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[...]![]()
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The Social Economy plays a fundamental role in the implementation and development of social innovation practices, especially in the field of cooperatives. In the case of agri-food cooperatives in the olive oil producing areas of Spain, a substan[...]![]()
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Olive oil is one of the main agricultural products of the countries that make up the Mediterranean basin. The low profitability of this sector of activity and the growing challenges of an increasingly turbulent market force the sector to search [...]![]()
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Economic, social, and climatic conditions affect agricultural production. Those changes are relevant to the rainfed agricultural areas of the Mediterranean Belt, including Spainthe largest producer of olive oil in the world. However, little is [...]![]()
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H. Mairech ; A. López-Bernal ; M. Moriondo ; C. Dibari ; L. Regni ; P. Proietti ; F.J. Villalobos ; L. Testi |Olive orchards represent a key agricultural system with high economic and environmental prominence. Expected future climate tendencies over the Mediterranean could threaten the sustainability of such strategic tree crop. This study evaluates the[...]![]()
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La saison de récolte des olives fait naître une temporalité et un paysage qui façonnent les relations sociales et économiques. Ce moment deffervescence collective autour dune activité agricole emblématique de lespace méditerranéen offre une p[...]![]()
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The objective of fully mechanizing olive harvesting has been pursued since the 1970s to cope with labor shortages and increasing production costs. Only in the last twenty years, after adopting super-intensive planting systems and developing appr[...]![]()
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In the region of MSila, a steppe zone and characteristic of a dominant agro-pastoral framework, the local olive sector has certainly grown in terms of area expansion, but the information available indicates that its future in terms of performan[...]![]()
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The production of olive oil generates a huge amount of residues which must be adequately handled, which currently represents both an economic cost and an environmental concern. A possible solution which is under study is the use of such residues[...]![]()
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B. Bernardi ; G. Falcone ; T. Stillitano ; S. Benalia ; J. Bacenetti ; A.I. De Luca |In the olive production sector, which is increasingly expanding beyond the borders of the Mediterranean basin, harvesting is the most demanding phase, from both an economic and organisational point of view. Traditional olive orchards are still p[...]![]()
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Life cycle assessment of the Spanish virgin olive oil production: a case study for Andalusian region
Spain is the first olive oil producer worldwide (representing around 45%), with more than 80% of its agricultural area dedicated to this crop. The goal of this study is to assess the environmental impact of the Spanish virgin olive oil productio[...]![]()
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Considering the large amounts of harmful waste produced in the Mediterranean olive sector, entrepreneurial initiatives creating value from olive waste and by-products via circular bio-economy approaches are reviewed. These circular business mode[...]![]()
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M. Raimondo ; F. Caracciolo ; C. Nazzaro ; G. Marotta |While there is growing recognition of the positive role played by organic farming in the reduction of the negative externalities due to conventional agriculture, there is uncertainty about the effect of the latter on the economic performance of [...]![]()
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F. Temani ; A. Bouaziz ; K. Daoui ; J. Wery ; K. Barkaoui |Agroforestry systems can be an effective means of stabilizing or even enhancing crop yields under climate change. Although trees compete with crops for soil resources in agroforestry,they can also improve crops' growing conditions, especially, b[...]![]()
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Olive cultivation for oil production in Tunisia covers from traditional to innovate cropping systems. The aim of the study was to assess the environmental footprint of the most representative olive growing systems of the actual production of oli[...]