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The intensification of Mediterranean farming systems has adversely affected the environment. As a result, climate change, soil and land degradation, and biodiversity loss have been exacerbated. A potential solution for addressing these challenge[...]Article
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A. Cano-Ortiz ; J.C. Fuentes ; F.L. Gea ; J.M. Ighbareyeh ; R.J. Quinto Canas ; C.I. Meireles ; M. Raposo ; C.J. Gomes ; G. Spampinato ; S. del Río González ; C.M. Musarella ; E. Cano |This work establishes the relationship between bioclimatology and agronomy. Bioclimatic indices are obtained for several areas under olive cultivation and correlated with olive yields. Due to the effect of climate change on cultivation and the h[...]Article
The demand for organic olive oil has increased rapidly over the last 40 years, but there is limited information on the effects of organic production methods on commercially and nutritionally relevant quality parameters in olive oil. The main obj[...]Article
Soils have the capacity to store three times more carbon (C) than the atmosphere. This fact has focused scientific and governmental attention because it is one way to mitigate climate change. However, there comes a time when the capacity of soil[...]Article
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[...]Article
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 [...]Article
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[...]Article
Areas with low levels of transformation are alternative destinations for tourists who prefer to visit nonmassified places and have singular experiences. The benefits of these microdestinations are their local populations, traditional products, l[...]Article
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)[...]Article
This work was initiated in 2019 within the FAO WEPS project framework (20182022), aiming to determine the Water Productivity (WP) of the Tunisian olive orchards combining two scales of measurements for soil moisture determination: one for the g[...]E-Book
C. Masmoudi ; O. Charfi ; J. Dridi ; M. Ayadi | Saarbrücken [Allemagne] : EUE. Editions Universitaires Européennes | 2022Cet ouvrage de synthèse présente les résultats obtenus en Tunisie (2010-2017) relatifs à l'étude morphologique, agronomique et technologique de 42 variétés d'oliviers (locales et étrangères) cultivées au sein de la Collection Nationale de "Oued [...]Article
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[...]Article
Olive oil production shapes the socio-economic and environmental life of many areas of the Mediterranean basin, especially southern Spain, the highest olive oil-producing region worldwide. Olive grove cultivation is tending to intensify from tra[...]Article
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 [...]Article
The south of Portugal is one of the regions that will be most affected by the impacts of climate change (CC), with an expected increase in water scarcity. Irrigated super-intensive olive orchards occupy a large area of the used agricultural surf[...]Article
Soil erosion is a threat for the sustainability of agriculture and severely affects the Mediterranean crops. Olive groves are among the rainfed agriculture lands that exhibit soil and water losses due to the impact of unsustainable practices suc[...]Article
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[...]Article
A. Smanis ; D. Fuentes ; P. Fuente ; A. Valdecantos |Drylands functioning depends on water fluxes and the retention of resources. The restoration of degraded areas should mimic the natural arrangement of vegetation in the landscape in a source-sink pattern. Reintroducing key woody seedlings throug[...]Article
Combining an olive growth simulation model with a specific module for economic componentsnamely, net margin (NM) and irrigation water productivity (IWP)resulted in the AdaptaOlive v2.0 model. This model, used with perturbed climate (PC) and im[...]Article
Although eco-innovation in the agri-food sector is receiving increasing attention, the heterogeneity of firms operating in the sector encourages the development of specific sub-sectoral studies to define specific strategies. In this regard, the [...]Article
M. Ozturk ; V. Altay ; T.M. Gönenç ; B.T. Unal ; R. Efe ; E. Akçiçek ; A. Bukhari |Global climate change, especially global warming, is affecting olive production efficiency as well as its product quality. The size and water content of fruit varies depending on the olive fruit yield along with the region, climate, and geograph[...]Article
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[...]Article
Z. Moumen ; I. Elhassnaoui ; W. Khaddi ; M.A. Wahba ; A. Lahrach |Future projection shows that the availability of freshwater per capita will decrease to 560 m3/year by 2030 in Morocco. In this realm of adopting efficient irrigation, alternatives become a priority to overcome water shortage. The presente[...]Article
Olive cultivation (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most significant sources of income for agricultural areas in the Mediterranean basin, and the olive oil industry as well as the environmental protection are an important part of the Greek agricu[...]Article
Super high-density olive groves (> 800 trees ha−1) are rapidly expanding in olive oil producer countries, which entails a strong modification of the olive growing system with important agronomic, economic, sociocultural, and environmental [...]Article
Au Maroc, les systèmes agroforestiers à base dolivier sont très répandus et diversifiés. Ce travail vise à caractériser leur diversité et leurs performances dans la région de Moulay Driss Zerhoun, au Nord du Maroc. Pour ce faire, 72 enquê[...]Article
The identification of agricultural adaptation strategies to offset climate change impact requires a detailed knowledge of the response of crop systems under future climatic conditions. To carry out such an analysis for Mediterranean olive orchar[...]Article
A. Panozzo ; H. Huang ; B. Bernazeau ; T. Vamerali ; M.F. Samson ; D. Desclaux |In the current context of climate change, tree–crop combinations in agroforestry systems are suggested to mitigate water and heat stresses, particularly in semi-arid environments of the Mediterranean area. In this framework, a 3-year trial[...]Article
F. Pedrero ; S.R. Grattan ; A. Ben-Gal ; G.A. Vivaldi |Olive trees are iconic to the Mediterranean landscape and in recent times, have expanded to other regions across the globe that share similar climatic conditions. Olive oil production benefits from irrigation, but with a changing climate and unc[...]Article
B. Sastre ; B. Álvarez ; O. Antón ; M.A. Pérez ; M.J. Marques ; R. Bienes ; A. García-Díaz |Olive groves on the Mediterranean Basin are usually managed by continuous tillage and low organic matter inputs, leading to several soil degradation processes. Groundcovers (GCs) have come out as an alternative soil management strategy to improv[...]Article
Cooperation among farmers is an effective alternative to reduce production costs in smallholdings of traditional olive groves and increase their low profitability. However, an increase in efficiency reduces working hours and the labour required [...]Article
H. Mairech ; A. López-Bernal ; M. Moriondo ; C. Dibari ; L. Regni ; P. Proietti ; F.J. Villalobos ; L. Testi |Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a widely spread tree species in the Mediterranean. In the last decades, olive farming has known major management changes with high economic and environmental impacts. The fast track expansion of this modern olive farm[...]Article
The spatial structure of agricultural landscapes can affect crop resilience to potential pest development. Previous studies have found several spatial landscape metrics related to the abundance of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, and these[...]Article
P. Trivino-Tarradas ; P. Carranza-Cañadas ; F.-J. Mesas-Carrascosa ; E.J. González-Sánchez ; E.J. González-Sánchez |The volume of the food produced across the world should be related to agricultural sustainability and is crucial for natural capital protection. Hence, sustainability assessment on farms and the identification of improvements is relevant. A mixe[...]Article
Ce travail vise à expliciter linteraction entre les producteurs dolives, étant les acteurs sociaux, et les instruments entretenus par les acteurs publics dans le cadre de la politique publique de développement mise en uvre. Le résultat attein[...]Article
L. Rossi ; L. Regni ; S. Rinaldi ; P. Sdringola ; R. Calisti ; A. Brunori ; F. Dini ; P. Proietti |Life Cycle Assessment (the systematic analysis of the environmental impact of products during their entire life cycle), Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint assessments play an important role in decision-making processes. These assessments can h[...]Article
Climate change exacerbates the effects of water scarcity on livelihoods. Governments can intervene by structuring incentives for agricultural adaptations so that farmers can choose the ones that create more benefits for the society as a whole. T[...]Article
Deficit irrigation practices carried out in very high-density olive orchards grown in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal can bring important economic benefits in terms of water savings, yields, and oils. They can also result in serious sal[...]Article
R. Erel ; A. Eppel ; U. Yermiyahu ; A. Ben-Gal ; A. Dag ; G. Levy ; I. Zipori ; G.E. Shaumann ; O. Mayer |Utilization of reclaimed wastewater (RWW) presents an alternative to irrigation of agricultural crops with fresh water (Fr), especially in dry areas characterized by water scarcity. While RWW often contains considerable amounts of valuable plant[...]Article
G. Migliore ; C. Zinnanti ; E. Schimmenti ; V. Borsellino ; G. Schifani ; C.P. Di Franco ; A. Asciuto |This is the first study which explores the impact of climate change in Sicily, a small Mediterranean region of Southern Europe. According to research, Mediterranean area has shown large climate shifts in the last century and it has been identifi[...]Article
The aim of the present study is twofold. The first is the analysis of societal preferences for externalities generated by marginal olive groves in Aragon (Spain). The second is the exploration of sociodemographic and personal determinants of the[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
La culture de lolivier reste une activité agricole fondamentale dans les pays méditerranéens et occupe toujours une place importante dans les vergers. En France, la grande diversité des variétés représente un atout pour loléiculture française [...]Article
The mountain olive grove is an agroecosystem that, despite low yields and high costs, is recognised for its marked multifunctionality and its significant potential to provide ecosystem services. Due to the close relationship between ecosystem se[...]Article
I.J. Lorite ; C. Gabaldón-Leal ; M. Ruiz-Ramos ; A. Belaj ; C. Santos ; R. de la Rosa ; L. León |AdaptaOlive is a simplified physically-based model that has been developed to assess the behavior of olive under future climate conditions in Andalusia, southern Spain. The integration of different approaches based on experimental data from prev[...]Article
This study aims to check for the contribution of knowledge and information to innovation activity in family olive farms in Bejaia province (Algeria), and looks for the most efficient sources and channels of knowledge and information flows. To do[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Loléiculture est enracinée dans le régime alimentaire des pays méditerranéens (diète méditerranéenne). En marge des études réalisées sur les aspects morphologique, botanique, archéologique ou ethnoécologique qui permettent de comprendre le proc[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
L'olivier (Olea europaea) a une longue histoire de culture dans la région méditerranéenne y compris le sud de la France et de nombreuses variétés locales existent dans ce territoire. Selon leur importance économique, les variétés sont classées e[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
A.-M. D'Onghia, ed. ; S. Brunel, ed. ; F. Valentini, ed. | Bari [Italie] : CIHEAM-IAMB | Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens, ISSN 0253-1542 | 2017Over the last few years, olive trees (Olea europaea) have seriously been threatened by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, a devastating quarantine organism which affects about than 380 host plants worldwide including crop, ornamental, forestry an[...]Article
Le secteur de multiplications des variétés dolivier connait encore certaines insuffisances sur les plans qualitatif, technologique et commercial. Cette étude sinterroge sur la capacité de ce secteur de fournir des plants adaptés aux différents[...]