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Olive farming has vastly intensified across the Mediterranean basin recently. This ongoing process has detrimental social and environmental outcomes, but it also represents a unique opportunity to study the impacts of intensification and identif[...]Article
L. Nicita ; F. Bosello ; G. Standardi ; R. Mendelsohn |In the past decades, agricultural landscapes have simplified with crop specialization and the reduction of seminatural covers leading to a decline of biodiversity and (biodiversity-driven) ecosystem services. This study measures the impact of la[...]Article
K. Kougioumoutzis ; M. Tsakiri ; I.P. Kokkoris ; P. Trigas ; G. Iatrou ; F.N. Lamari ; D. Tzanoudakis ; E. Koumoutsou ; P. Dimopoulos ; A. Strid ; M. Panitsa |Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) play a critical role in providing ecosystem services through their provision of herbal remedies, food and natural skin care products, their integration into local economies, and maintaining pollinators? diver[...]Article
L. Hossard ; L. Blanc ; F. Lambarraa-Lehnhardt ; C. Dordas ; P. Papakaloudis ; A. Michalitsis ; J. Lampurlanes ; M. Latati ; R. Touama ; O. Kherif ; R. Métral ; D. Plaza-Bonilla |Agriculture today faces opposing challenges: reducing its environmental impacts while feeding a growing population and adapting to climate change. Diversification of cropping systems has been proposed as a solution to address these issues and pr[...]Article
E. Sanz Sanz ; C. Napoleone ; M. Debolini ; D. Martinetti ; O. Moreno Pérez ; C. de Benito ; M. Moulery ; T. Pinto Correia ; R. Filippini ; L. Arfa ; C. Yacamán-Ochoa |Bridging the gap between the micro and the macro scale in modelling food security to inform context-specific regionalised policies remains a major scientific challenge. A better understanding of the relations between global and local drivers imp[...]Article
C. Ruau ; V. Naipal ; N. Gagnaire ; C. Cantero-Martínez ; B. Guenet ; B. Gabrielle |Soil erosion poses a significant threat to agricultural production worldwide, with a still-debated impact on the current increase in atmospheric CO2. Whether erosion acts as a net carbon (C) source or sink also depends on how it influences green[...]Article
Les agriculteurs confrontés à létalement urbain sont diversement en phase avec les demandes des citadins en services et produits alimentaires locaux. Notre étude de la plaine Ouest de Montpellier, en France, ville côtière méditerranéenne partic[...]Article
P. Garofalo ; M. Parlavecchia ; L. Giglio ; I. Campobasso ; A.V. Vonella ; M. Botta ; T. Tadiello ; V. Tucci ; F. Fornaro ; R. Leogrande ; C. Vitti ; A. Perego ; M. Acutis ; D. Ventrella |In anticipation of climate changes, strategic soil management, encompassing reduced tillage and optimized crop residue utilization, emerges as a pivotal strategy for climate impact mitigation. Evaluating the transition from conventional to conse[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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This paper proposes how drought management may be more sustainable in the Mediterranean region in order to face climate change. This paper collects information on the extraordinary efforts to manage drought in the region, highlighting how polici[...]Article
D. Scordia ; S.A. Corinzia ; J. Coello ; R. Vilaplana Ventura ; D.E. Jiménez-De-Santiago ; B. Singla Just ; O. Castaño-Sánchez ; C. Casas Arcarons ; M. Tchamitchian ; L. Garreau ; M. Emran ; S.Z. Mohamed ; M. Khedr ; M. Rashad ; R.S. Lorilla ; A. Parizel ; G. Mancini ; A. Iurato ; S. Ponsa ; C. Dimauro ; F. Gresta ; S.L. Cosentino ; G. Testa |Agroforestry is gaining interest due to its potential in enhancing climate resilience and sustainability of farming systems. In this meta-analysis, the crop yield in agroforestry system compared to the control (sole crop) from thirty-six experim[...]Article
H. Cicek ; E. Topp ; T. Plieninger ; J.M. Blanco-Moreno ; I. Gultekin ; H.C. Mohamed ; O. El Gharras |Conservation agriculture (CA) is the key agricultural soil management approach for Mediterranean rainfed systems facing extreme droughts and soil degradation. Yet, CA uptake and applicability is still marginal and disputed in the Mediterranean r[...]Article
The Mediterranean region is facing important socioeconomic, demographic, environmental and geopolitical dynamics, leading to a continuous rise in food requirements. These interlinked challenges are embodied in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Dev[...]Article
This study aims to foresee the future of organic farming in the smallholder agricultural systems of the Valencian Region (Spain), as well as to identify how different drivers of change may affect such a future. To do so, two qualitative methodol[...]Article
G. Timpanaro ; G. Chinnici ; R. Selvaggi ; G. Cascone ; V.T. Foti ; A. Scuderi |Agriculture is a risky industry and is present in every management choice the farmer makes. Farms can experiment with different tools that can contain the impact of adverse events to protect production facilities, investments, and income generat[...]Bulletin : Revue
Forêt méditerranéenne, vol. 44, n. 3 - Septembre 2023 - Agro-sylvo-pastoralisme en forêt méditerranéenne - Première partie
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In light of the increasing demand for sustainable development, the agri-food industry is under pressure to make the transition towards sustainability. Innovation has been identified as a key driver for this transformation. However, the agri-food[...]Article
In the context of water scarcity, soil erosion, and biodiversity decline, the Mediterranean basin urges to manage its nearly hundred coastal watersheds in a coordinated manner. To this end, we propose an integrated approach to model socio-ecolog[...]Article
J. Garnier ; G. Billen ; E. Aguilera ; L. Lassaletta ; R. Einarsson ; J. Serra ; M.doR. Cameira ; C. Marques-dos-Santos ; A. Sanz-Cobena |Ammonia (NH3) volatilization, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, and nitrate (NO3−) leaching from agriculture cause severe environmental hazards. Research studies and mitigation strategies have mostly focused on one of these nitrogen (N) losse[...]Article
La Méditerranée na pas lattention stratégique quelle mérite. Or, les enjeux agricoles, alimentaires et environnementaux sy intensifient. Où se situent les leviers pour combattre cette dégradation continue ?Article
The Mediterranean is the scene of numerous geopolitical tensions which are reflected in the agricultural sector, a highly strategic but at the same time fragile sector. The paper carries out a review of the geopolitics problems and food system [...]Article
Just like any other businesspeople, farmers have to take decisions every day that are crucial for the survival of their farms. They often wonder Is the structure of my farm competitive and sustainable in time? Should I expand its size or modify[...]Article
Small-grain farming systems in Mediterranean climatic regions are characterized by poor quality soils, high climate variability, and resulting heavy agrochemical reliance. The adoption of Conservation Agriculture, based on minimum tillage, perma[...]Article
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Studies on sustainability of agribusinesses often overlook the social dimension of sustainability. The social pillar is clearly the least studied of the three traditional pillars of sustainability, and the classification and estimation of the in[...]Article
This study aims to measure the total productivity of agricultural production factors through the calculation of the Malmquist index for six Mediterranean countries during the period 2003-2018. The results indicate that the growth of agricultural[...]Article
A. Domínguez ; J.A. Martínez-López ; H. Amami ; R. Nsiri ; F. Karam ; M. Oueslati |Despite the great number of models developed in research projects, only a small percentage have been successfully transferred to the productive sector. The PRIMA programme supported by Horizon 2020, the European Union Framework Programme for Res[...]Article
D. Pulido-Velazquez ; L. Baena-Ruiz ; B. Mayor ; P. Zorrilla-Miras ; E. López-Gunn ; J. de Dios Gómez-Gómez ; Á. de la Hera-Portillo ; A.-J. Collados-Lara ; M.M. Moreno ; J.L.G. Aróstegui ; F.J. Alcalá |Designing sustainable management strategies in groundwater-dependent socio-economic systems in areas with scarce water resources and protected wetlands is a challenging issue. The high vulnerability of these systems to droughts will be exacerbat[...]Bulletin : Revue
Etudes Corses et Méditerranéennes, n. 86-87 - Du foncier pour quoi faire ? Les enjeux fonciers contemporains de la montagne méditerranéenne
J.-C. Paoli, ed. ; G. Vianey, ed. ; S. Koutsou, ed. | 2023Issus des 56 présentations faites au cours du séminaire de Corte, 14 textes ont été réunis dans ce numéro, après évaluation par une équipe de relecteurs, pour la plupart extérieurs au groupe des organisateurs du colloque. Les textes portent tant[...]Article
Mediterranean wetlands provide many ecosystem services to humans and other organisms. However, these services are being increasingly damaged. The prioritization of ecosystem services is essential to start a decision-making process focused on env[...]Article
D. Pereira ; J.C. Leitao ; P.D. Gaspar ; C. Fael ; I. Falorca ; W. Khairy ; N. Wahid ; H. El Yousfi ; B. Bouazzama ; J. Siering ; H. Hansmann ; J. Zascerinska ; S. Camilleri ; F. Busuttil ; M. Borg ; J. Mizzi ; R. Micallef ; J. Cutajar |Water security is a hot topic all over the world, due to global warming, climate change, natural calamities such as droughts and floods, overuse of water, and other factors. Water issues have been scientifically investigated from several perspec[...]Article
G. Harik ; I. Alameddine ; R. Zurayk ; M. El-Fadel |A spatio-temporal Agent Based Modeling (ABM) framework is developed to probabilistically predict farmers' decisions concerning their future farming practices when faced with potential water scarcity induced by future climate change. The proposed[...]Article
R. Mancinelli ; M. Allam ; V. Petroselli ; M. Atait ; M. Jasarevic ; A. Catalani ; S. Marinari ; E. Radicetti ; A. Jamal ; Z. Abideen ; G. Chilosi |Several strategies have been proposed recently to reduce the accumulated harmful circumstances of intensive conventional farming practices. The adoption of conservation soil tillage and organic fertilization techniques could contribute to achiev[...]Article
This case study of the Mediterranean extra virgin olive oil value chain aims to contribute empirical evidence to incorporating the agrobiodiversity concept within mechanisms for value enhancement of origin products, within sustainable local valu[...]Article
South Italy is characterised by a semi-arid climate with scarce rain and high evaporative demand. Since climate change could worsen this condition, the need to optimise water resources in this area is crucial. In citrus cultivation, which involv[...]Article
C. Zagaria ; C.J.E. Schulp ; Z. Malek ; P.H. Verburg |CONTEXT The Mediterranean Basin has been identified as a climate change 'hotspot', a region where increased warming and drying are expected to occur at rates faster than the global average. Increasing scientific attention has therefore been draw[...]Ouvrage
La question de l'eau en méditerranée devient de plus en plus importante en raison du réchauffement climatique, des catastrophes naturelles telles que les sécheresses et les inondations. Elle a été étudiée scientifiquement sous plusieurs angles, [...]Article
Climate change is a challenging fact influencing diverse sectors in society including the agricultural one, which is heavily dependent on natural resources and climate. In the Mediterranean region, climate change-related increases in air tempera[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Rainfall in the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula arrived too late to bring a beneficial effect on crops. Crop failures occurred in several important grain-producing regions of Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In other areas, crop growing co[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
The Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula are facing one of the worst seasonal droughts in recent decades. In comparison with the previous outlook, this resulted in a downward revision to well-below average expectations for the final production part[...]Article
T. Dimopoulos ; J. Helfenstein ; A. Kreuzer ; F. Mohr ; S. Sentas ; R. Giannelis ; T. Kizos |Farming systems in marginal or less favored areas of Europe have faced a multitude of challenges as a response to so-called 'mega-trends'. A typical response has been land abandonment. The focus of this paper is on the farming systems of the Gre[...]Article
P. Prosperi ; F. Galli ; O.M. Moreno-Pérez ; Y. Chiffoleau ; S. Grando ; P. Karanikolas ; M. Rivera ; G. Goussios ; T. Pinto-Correia ; G. Brunori |With growing concern for the unsustainability of food systems, the international research community has turned its attention to small farms as key actors to potentially face the global food crisis. This study aims to support a policy design that[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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A. Ickowicz, coord. ; C.H. Moulin, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Matière à Débattre et Décider | 2023Family-run ruminant grazing systems in the Mediterranean and tropical areas contribute directly to eight of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. For a long time, these livestock systems have been [...]Article
S. Aloui ; A. Mazzoni ; A. Elomri ; J. Aouissi ; A. Boufekane ; A. Zghibi |The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is a well-established eco-hydrological model that has been extensively applied to watersheds across the globe. This work reviews over two decades (2002-2022) of SWAT studies conducted on Mediterranean wa[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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Irrigation is one of the main users of water worldwide and its overuse may affect the natural regimes of water systems. To avoid this, drainage and irrigation management needs to be improved. This study aims to determine the amount of water lost[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
E. Lemaitre-Curri ; D. Gasc ; G. Manfron | Montpellier [France] : CIHEAM-IAMM | MED-Amin Bulletin | 2023The start into the 2023 cereal campaign was mainly influenced by dry conditions with uneven impacts across the Mediterranean region. In Northern and Eastern Mediterranean, despite relatively dry conditions in January and February 2023, crops are[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Cette publication conjointe du CIHEAM, de lUpM et du CMI-UNOPS donne la parole à des jeunes chercheur·ses, des entrepreneur·es, des militant·es associatifs porteur·ses didées et de projets au service dun autre développement rural et agricole.[...]Article
A. Saidi ; G. Sacchi ; C. Cavallo ; G. Cicia ; R. Di Monaco ; S. Puleo ; T. Del Giudice |Fish is an important source of healthy proteins and an important economic sector in Mediterranean countries. Despite the wealth of knowledge acquired in Western countries, a gap has been found in studies in developing countries, as in the Medite[...]Article
A. Naulleau ; C. Gary ; L. Prévot ; F. Vinatier ; L. Hossard |Context Climate change threatens wine growing systems in varying ways because of their high diversity, even at a local scale. This diversity needs to be considered when designing and assessing adaptation strategies to coordinate better with thes[...]Article
Climate change will pose a major threat to food supply worldwide. Agroforestry has been proposed as an effective approach to minimize its effects on crops. However, to design sustainable and productive agroforestry systems, net responses of crop[...]Article
Digital transformation and the digitalization of economic activity are ongoing trends profoundly shaping the global economy. Digitalization reflects digital inputs in the production process and new household and government consumption modes, inv[...]Article
M.C. Iglesias ; V. Hermoso ; J.C. Campos ; C. Carvalho-Santos ; P.M. Fernandes ; T.R. Freitas ; J.P. Honrado ; J.A. Santos ; A. Sil ; A. Regos ; J.C. Azevedo |Integrated management of biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) in heterogeneous landscapes requires considering the potential trade-offs between conflicting objectives. The UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve zoning scheme is a suitable context to add[...]Article
M. Donner ; Y. Erraach ; F. López-i-Gelats ; J. Manuel-i-Martin ; T. Yatribi ; I. Radic ; F. El Hadad-Gauthier |The circular economy and bioeconomy can contribute to transitioning towards more sustainable production and consumption in the olive oil sector. This article is the first to analyse multi-actor strategies and multi-level socio-economic condition[...]Article
The influence of regional climate change (CC) on agricultural production variance in the Mediterranean region has been discussed based on the assessment of the last decade. Most of the Mediterranean region has experienced frequent natural disast[...]Article
M. Dhouib ; R. Zitouna-Chebbi ; L. Prévot ; J. Molénat ; I. Mekki ; F. Jacob |Exploring crop spatial organizations within landscapes is a promising solution for agroecological transitions and climate change adaptation in Mediterranean rainfed hilly agrosystems. A prerequisite is to ensure that crop models can simulate a r[...]Article
The spatiotemporal changes of the grazed Greek landscapes in the last 75 years resemble those evidenced in most parts of the northern Mediterranean region, where woody vegetation encroached on open areas changing landscape structure and diversit[...]Article
Z. Unnisa ; A. Govind ; M. Marchetti ; B. Lasserre |The ever-increasing water demands in the agricultural sector of the Mediterranean basin region (MBR) under climate change warrants that crop water productivity (WP) is a pertinent topic for discussion. Considering this need, this study aims to s[...]Article
C. Vidaller ; C. Malik ; T. Dutoit |Grazing is well-known to shape plant populations and plant communities and to affect several compartment characteristics of grazed ecosystems. Semi-natural grassland conservation depends on the maintenance of traditional extensive grazing system[...]Article
Carbon stocks and changes in biomass of mediterranean woody crops over a six-year period in NE Spain
I. Funes ; R. Molowny-Horas ; R. Savé ; F. de Herralde ; X. Aranda ; J. Vayreda |Carbon sequestration and storage in biomass is one of the most important measures to mitigate climate change. Mediterranean woody crops can sequestrate carbon in the biomass of their permanent structures for decades; however, very few studies ha[...]Article
S. Vanino ; C. Di Bene ; C. Piccini ; G. Fila ; B. Pennelli ; R. Zornoza ; V. Sanchez-Navarro ; J. Álvaro-Fuentes ; R. Hüppi ; J. Six ; R. Farina |The intensification of agricultural systems has caused a noticeable impact on agro-ecosystem services. Thus, the adoption of more sustainable agricultural practices such as crop diversification and reduction of external inputs represent an alter[...]Article
M. Pergola ; A. Persiani ; D. D'Ammaro ; V. Pastore ; C. D'Adamo ; A.M. Palese ; G. Celano |This paper aimed to analyse and compare the environmental and energy sustainability of two orchards (peach versus kiwifruit) located in Southern Italy using Life Cycle Thinking. To this end, anthropogenic energy, CO2 emissions, biogenic energy a[...]Article
C. Castellano ; D. Bruno ; F.A. Comin ; J.M. Rey Benayas ; A. Masip ; J.J. Jiménez |Riparian forests nestled in agricultural landscapes represent a small proportion in crop-intensive areas, while contributing remarkably to their biodiversity. This biodiversity supports several ecological processes crucially involved in the supp[...]Article
CONTEXT Mediterranean peri-urban regions have changed considerably in recent decades, leading to different farming system trajectories. The high level of heterogeneity and complexity of these areas are particularly challenging in terms of unders[...]Article
Souvent on se réfère aux crises comme étant des fenêtres dopportunités. Mais celles-ci ne peuvent être saisies que sil y a une volonté politique de surmonter les défis, commensurable à la magnitude de la transformation qui savère nécessaire.[...]Article
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[...]Article
M.R. Mosquera-Losada ; F.J. Rodriguez-Rigueiro ; J.J. Santiago-Freijanes ; A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez ; P. Silva-Losada ; A. Pantera ; J.L. Fernández-Lorenzo ; M.P. González-Hernández ; R. Romero-Franco ; J.A. Aldrey-Vázquez ; N. Ferreiro-Dominguez |Silvoarable is a type of agroforestry practice where a woody component is deliberately integrated with an arable crop as part of the understory. Silvoarable practices are generally associated with the delivery of more ecosystem services than mon[...]Article
In the last programming period of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund, Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) have been in charge of meeting the objectives of Union Priority 4, aimed at boosting territorial cohesion and employment in European co[...]Article
M. Antonelli ; L. Basile ; F. Gagliardi ; P. Isernia |The Mediterranean region is widely acknowledged as one of the most exposed in the world to the effects of climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss and land degradation, coupled with a nutrition transition of its populations. In such a c[...]Article
Y. Ouassanouan ; Y. Fakir ; V. Simonneaux ; M.H. Kharrou ; H. Bouimouass ; I. Najar ; M. Benrhanem ; F. Sguir ; A. Chehbouni |Mediterranean piedmonts are an important hydro-agricultural systems. They constitute the junction between the mountains, where the streamflow is generated, and the surrounding plains, where the water is used. In Morocco, these traditional system[...]Article
In recent decades, most Spanish Mediterranean agricultural regions have been transformed to meet global food demands and have joined global agricultural production networks: a convergence process that has granted them steady economic growth. In [...]Article
J. Elfarkh ; V. Simonneaux ; L. Jarlan ; J. Ezzahar ; G. Boulet ; A. Chakir ; S. Er-Raki |Quantification of actual crop evapotranspiration (ETa) over large areas is a critical issue to manage water resources, particularly in semi-arid regions. In this study, four models driven by high resolution remote sensing data were intercompared[...]Article
Linvasion russe de lUkraine le 24 février provoque une onde de chocs sur les marchés internationaux énergétiques et agricoles, en raison du poids de ces deux pays sur ces secteurs stratégiques. À elles deux, la Russie et lUkraine représentent[...]Article
Mediterranean olive oil producers have multiple incentives for adopting circular business models and better resource management, facing water scarcity and huge amounts of waste, but also seeing new opportunities for value creation. This article [...]Article
La conjonction dun système migratoire sous contrainte dans lequel sont insérés les ouvriers saisonniers agricoles marocains en France et le délaissement des espaces productifs agricoles français dans lesquels ils travaillent est à lorigine de [...]Article
Agro-sylvo-pastoral systems are common around the Mediterranean Basin, where they provide a variety of goods and services to the local populations. Their sustainability relies on efficient grazing management, especially in Mediterranean rangelan[...]Article
The existing cultivated land in the Mediterranean region faces great pressure from various sources. A suitability evaluation of potential arable land is urgent for helping adaptation measures to mitigate the impacts of climate change and human p[...]Article
E. Varela ; A.M. Olaizola ; I. Blasco ; C. Capdevila ; A. Lecegui ; I. Casasús ; A. Bernues ; D. Martín-Collado |Silvopastoral systems combine wood perennials with forage and livestock. These multipurpose wood-pasture habitats represent an important part of European bio-cultural and ecological heritage. However, their gradual disappearance due to processes[...]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
S. Mohammed ; A. Elbeltagi ; B. Bashir ; K. Alsafadi ; F. Alsilibe ; A. Alsalman ; M. Zeraatpisheh ; A. Széles ; E. Harsányi |Drought is a natural hazard which affects ecosystems in the eastern Mediterranean. However, limited historical data for drought monitoring and forecasting are available in the eastern Mediterranean. Thus, implementing machine learning (ML) algor[...]Article
Water is the most limiting natural resource in many Mediterranean areas of southern Europe, and this, together with the actual scenario of climate change (CC), promotes a framework of uncertainty and creates major challenges concerning the susta[...]Article
J.A. Martínez-López ; R. López-Urrea ; A. Martínez-Romero ; J.J. Pardo ; J. Montero ; A. Domínguez |Scarcity of water resources is one of the main constraints on agricultural activity in arid and semi-arid areas. Despite the great technological development over recent decades, farmers are demanding methodologies and tools adapted to their trai[...]Article
This article presents trends in olive oil consumption in the Mediterranean countries. The objective is to observechanges in the production and consumption of olive oil around the world, with a focus on a few Mediterraneancountries, particularly [...]Article
The fisheries sector is making significant changes by specifically addressing coastal management and tackling the socio-environmental crisis it is currently facing. Notably, a fundamental change in the attitude and behavior of fishers and their [...]Article
Areas where there is a scarcity of water frequently experience significant drought periods, which may become exacerbated in the future due to climate change. In this paper we propose a novel and integrated method for a semi-distributed analysis [...]Article
B. Martin-Gorriz ; J.A. Zabala ; V. Sanchez-Navarro ; B. Gallego-Elvira ; V. Martínez-García ; F. Alcon ; J.F. Maestre-Valero |Crop diversification is becoming increasingly important for preserving soil and ecosystems health and, subsequently, crop productivity and sustainability. Intercropping practices adopted in monocultural woody crops, with herbaceous crops coveri[...]Article
Accurate information about the irrigated surface is essential to help assess the impact of irrigation on water consumption, the hydrological cycle and regional climate. In this study, we compare recently developed operational and spatially trans[...]Article
Land abandonment is a process widespread in many regions of the world as a consequence of socio-economic conditions and changes on the use of land. Research has shown that land abandonment can have both positive and negative effects, depending o[...]Article
Le changement climatique et son cortège de sécheresses rapprochées renforcent le rôle de lirrigation dans lagriculture des pays tempérés. Elle est même déjà, en zone méditerranéenne, lunique solution pour maintenir des productions agricoles. [...]Article
I. Nouira ; R. Hammami ; A. Fernandez Arias ; N. Gondran ; Y. Frein |Recent market studies showed that the demand for organic and local agrifood products is increasing despite their higher prices. The agribusiness actors should therefore rethink the supply chain configuration to cope with new market trends charac[...]Article
M. Rinaldi ; A.S. Almeida ; J. Álvaro Fuentes ; M. Annabi ; P. Annicchiarico ; M. Castellini ; C. Cantero Martinez ; M.G. Cruz ; G. D'Alessandro ; T. Gitsopoulos ; D. Marandola ; M. Marguerie ; S. Lamouchi ; M. Latati ; A. Lopez Francos ; R. Moussadek ; L. Pecetti |This article aims to provide a review of major challenges and research needs for the diffusion of conservation agriculture (CA) and the improvement of cropsoilwater conditions in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. A multidisciplinary study a[...]Article
Most grazing lands in Mediterranean ecosystems that support extensive sheep farming systems are characterized by unfavorable edapho-climatic conditions, especially in semi-arid areas. Often, though, their use is far from sustainable, causing ero[...]Article
C. Kosma ; V. Triantafyllidis ; A. Zotos ; A. Pittaras ; V. Kouneli ; S. Karydogianni ; A. Mavroeidis ; I. Kakabouki ; D. Beslemes ; E.L. Tigka ; I. Roussis ; D. Bilalis |Smallholder farming systems are typical of the European Mediterranean region. Small farms of less than 2 hectares cover approximately 15% of cropland in the southern EU and only 5% across the EU. The greater variability of cultivated species per[...]Article
S. Jaziri ; H.C. M'hamed ; M. Rezgui ; S. Labidi ; A. Souissi ; M. Rezgui ; M. Barbouchi ; M. Annabi ; H. Bahri |Conservation agriculture based on no-tillage (NT) and crop rotation allows to enhance soil health. Based on data collected from long-term trials in a semi-arid region of Tunisia, results showed that NT increased significantly soil organic carbon[...]Article
Participatory modeling to assess the impacts of climate change in a Mediterranean vineyard watershed
A. Naulleau ; C. Gary ; L. Prévot ; V. Berteloot ; J.-C. Fabre ; D. Crevoisier ; R. Gaudin ; L. Hossard |The diversity of both pedoclimatic and socio-economic contexts in agricultural landscapes makes evaluating the impacts of climate change a challenge. Models are pertinent tools to quantitatively explore possible futures, and participatory approa[...]Article
F. Alcon ; J.A. Zabala ; V. Martínez-García ; J.A. Albaladejo ; E.I. Lopez-Becerra ; M.D. de-Miguel ; J.M. Martínez-Paz |Irrigation water is a vital input for agricultural production. The supply of irrigation water to crops enhances land productivity and affects the agroecosystem functioning. Agroecosystems co-provide a wide range of agroecosystem services and dis[...]Article
A. Mohamed-Brahmi ; D. Tsiokos ; S. Ben Saïd ; S. Boudalia ; S. Smeti ; A. Bousbia ; Y. Gueroui ; A. Boudebbouz ; M. Anastasiadou ; G.K. Symeon |The indigenous cattle populations are threatened by extinction in many countries of the Mediterranean area. The objective of this study is the analysis of local cattle breeds production systems in Algeria, Greece, and Tunisia and the identifica[...]Article
Participatory modeling to assess the impacts of climate change in a mediterranean vineyard watershed
A. Naulleau ; C. Gary ; L. Prévot ; V. Berteloot ; J.-C. Fabre ; D. Crevoisier ; R. Gaudin ; L. Hossard |The diversity of both pedoclimatic and socio-economic contexts in agricultural landscapes makes evaluating the impacts of climate change a challenge. Models are pertinent tools to quantitatively explore possible futures, and participatory approa[...]Article
Lorsque lon évoque la coopération internationale en Méditerranée, on se réfère le plus souvent, depuis 1995, à la coopération initiée par lUnion européenne (UE). Dabord le partenariat de Barcelone, puis les politiques européennes de voisinage[...]Article
Le Cyprès de l'Atlas (Cupressus atlantica) cantonné dans une seule vallée du Haut Atlas marocain est l'une des endémiques forestières emblématiques du bassin méditerranéen. Décrit par Gaussen en 1950, ce cyprès est une bonne espèce, vus à la foi[...]Article
Lexploitation de lénergie éolienne en mer va commencer très prochainement en Méditerranée. Cette nouvelle activité associée à une occupation permanente de la mer risque de générer de nouvelles tensions avec les usages existants et de nouvelles[...]Article
Lexplosion du 4 août 2020 a révélé des failles de gouvernance structurelles au port de Beyrouth et dans le secteur public libanais. Au-delà du chantier de la reconstruction physique, lenjeu est également dappuyer la définition de nouvelles st[...]Article
La géographie et lhistoire dabord, un ensemble de facteurs sociaux, économiques, politiques et environnementaux ensuite, sont à lorigine des importantescirculations migratoires observées entre les deux rives de la Méditerranée. À mesure que l[...]Article
Depuis le début du XXIe siècle, la découverte des réserves de gaz naturel en Méditerranée orientale alimente des conflits historiques entre les pays de la région et soulève de nouveaux enjeux géopolitiques liés au contrôle des ressources énergét[...]Article
La répartition géographique des écosystèmes forestiers méditerranéens est largement influencée par les conditions du milieu notamment les paramètres climatiques et orographiques. Cet article porte sur létude des variables influençant la répart[...]Article
E. Malusà ; E.M. Furmanczyk ; M. Tartanus ; G. Brouwer ; C.-E. Parveaud ; F. Warlop ; M. Kelderer ; J. Kienzle ; E. Alcazar Marin ; T. Dekker ; R. Vavra ; V. Verrastro ; H. Lindhard Pedersen ; C. Boutry ; M. Friedli ; M. Schlüter |Limited data regarding the resources and methods used by organic fruit growers to learn about production practices are available, even though this information is crucial to improving the efficacy of knowledge transfer. Therefore, a survey to gai[...]Article
The second half of the 20th century has been characterised by the rural abandonment in several regions of the Mediterranean basin. The general collapse of traditional agriculture and livestock activities brought about an intensive migration move[...]Article
Lorsque lanalyse géopolitique se penche sur la Méditerranée, décrite comme quasi fermée sur le plan physique mais aussi comme un espace de circulation civilisationnel, il sagit souvent den considérer les contours et plus précisément les tensi[...]Article
La débâcle du néo-ottomanisme a amorcé un virage géopolitique à Ankara. Alors que la Turquie tourne traditionnellement le dos à locéan, elle regarde désormais vers le grand large. Un groupe damiraux est à lorigine de la première doctrine nava[...]Article
Il est désormais devenu fréquent dévoquer et de disserter sur la territorialisation des espaces maritimes, cest-à-dire cet ensemble de postures qui repose à la fois sur la revendication de lexercice dune pleine souveraineté ou du bénéfice ex[...]Article
Alors quelle ne représente quenviron 0,3 % des eaux du globe et 0,8 % de la surface océanique, la mer Méditerranée concentre activités économiques et enjeux environnementaux. Mer semi-fermée, particulièrement soumise au réchauffement climatiqu[...]Article
Comme la plupart des mers plus ou moins fermées, la Méditerranée compte quelques passages spécifiques, les plus importants en sont sa sortie occidentale du détroit de Gibraltar vers lAtlantique et les détroits turcs qui la connectent avec le ba[...]Article
Avec près de 75 % des stocks de ressources halieutiques considérés en surexploitation par la communauté scientifique, la Méditerranée est lun des espaces maritimes le plus surexploité au monde. Les habitudes de pêche quelles soient techniques,[...]Article
Cet article interroge lévolution des récents rapport de force en Méditerranée du point de vue maritime. Les modèles de stabilité davant 2000 ont laissé place à des états de crise et de violence : lutte sans contrôle contre le terrorisme, mouve[...]Article
Under the high temporal variability of the Mediterranean climate, the prompt emergence of wheat seedlings and early vigor are pivotal attributes, positively affecting the final grain yield. Phosphorus (P) fertilization at sowing is largely used [...]Article
F. de Asis Ruiz ; D. Grande ; J. Nahed ; J.M. Castel ; Y. Mena |In the Mediterranean Basin, sheep meat production systems are based on grazing, and help to conserve biodiversity, mitigate the greenhouse gases emissions and maintain the population in rural areas. However, the lack of differentiation of pastor[...]Article
R. Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir ; A. Marucci ; R. Salvia ; G. Quaranta ; A. Sateriano ; M. Cecchini ; L. Bianchini |This commentary debates on the role of multiple socioeconomic drivers of fringe land degradation (including, but not limited to, population and social dynamics, economic polarization, and developmental policies), as a novel contribution to the d[...]Article
T. Bournaris ; M. Correia ; A. Guadagni ; J. Karouta ; A. Krus ; S. Lombardo ; D. Lazaridou ; E. Loizou ; J.R. Marques da Silva ; J. Martínez-Guanter ; A. Michailidis ; S. Nastis ; A. Paltaki ; M. Partalidou ; M. Pérez-Ruiz ; Á. Ribeiro ; C. Valero ; M. Vieri |This paper set out to explore the precision agriculture (PA)-training needs of students studying in agricultural universities in the Euro-Mediterranean region (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain). SPARKLE is a Knowledge Alliance Project, funded b[...]Article
N.M. Georgiadis ; G. Dimitropoulos ; K. Avanidou ; P. Bebeli ; E. Bergmeier ; S. Dervisoglou ; T. Dimopoulos ; D. Grigoropoulou ; I. Hadjigeorgiou ; O. Kairis ; E. Kakalis ; K. Kosmas ; S. Meyer ; M. Panitsa ; D. Perdikis ; D. Sfakianou ; N. Tsiopelas ; T. Kizos |The management of agroecosystems affects biodiversity at all levels from genetic to food-web complexity. Low-input farming systems support higher levels of genetic, species and habitat diversity than high-input, industrial ones. In Greece, as in[...]Article
R. De Groot ; S. Moolenaar ; J. de Vente ; V. De Leijster ; M.E. Ramos ; A. Belen Robles ; Y. Schoonhoven ; P. Verweij |To prevent landscape degradation and the continuing loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, decisions regarding landscape restoration should be based on their true costs and benefits (i.e. broader welfare effects), including all externali[...]Article
The Natural Park of Albufera (Valencia, Spain) is an important Mediterranean coastal wetland that suffers continuous environmental effects from human activities and water uses, mainly related to agriculture and urban/industrial sewage discharges[...]Article
Agricultural policies and social change influence irrigation management decisions and their associated effects. The changes in the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union have deeply affected irrigated agriculture in the Mediterranean r[...]Article
Orchards in insular, mountainous environments provide a range of Ecosystem Services (ES). However, research on the benefits of mixed orchards to ES remains very limited. We use Cyprus as a model to study the ES provided by 52 mixed orchards in O[...]Article
A rapid method to estimate the different components of the water balance in Mediterranean watersheds
The sustainable management of water resources, whether surface or underground, requires the identification of the flows involved and the possibility of achieving the water balance of the water resource. These require knowledge of the main flow c[...]Article
C. Giagnocavo ; M. de Cara-Garcia ; M. González ; M. Juan ; J.I. Marin-Guirao ; S. Mehrabi ; E. Rodríguez ; J. van der Blom ; E. Crisol-Martinez |Sustainability transitions in agriculture are explored through an analysis of niche initiatives within a common production system, relying on sustainable transitions, multi-level perspectives, and agroecological frameworks, and involving multi-a[...]Article
L. Rossi ; M.E. Menconi ; D. Grohmann ; A. Brunori ; D.J. Nowak |With the uncertainties that our societies are living with (the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change), it becomes essential to provide urban planners and decision-makers with state-of-the-art and user-friendly methodologies to incorporate ecosyst[...]Article
Water governance is a major challenge in the Mediterranean context. Any action to drive water governance towards sustainability needs to be grounded in a holistic understanding of such challenges. Therefore, a first step towards the improvement [...]Article
H. Darouich ; T.B. Ramos ; L.S. Pereira ; D. Rabino ; G. Bagagiolo ; G. Capello ; L. Simionesei ; E. Cavallo ; M. Biddoccu |Vineyards represent complex Mediterranean agrosystems that deliver significant ecosystem services to society. Yet, many vine-growers still need to assimilate the importance of crop and soil management to the conservation of soil and water resour[...]Article
Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of contaminants and transfer of mass and energy between spheres. Un[...]Article
Olive oil is one of the most globally recognized high-value products, with 4 million hectares cultivated in the Mediterranean area. The production process involves many stages: farming, extraction, packing, and waste treatment. Each one of these[...]Article
The collapse of tourism caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many destinations to rethink their economic model, by focusing on sustainability and innovation. Advances in tourism impact assessment can not only improve tourism products and s[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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G. Hadjipavlou, ed. ; C. Ligda, ed. | Zaragoza [Espagne] : CIHEAM-IAMZ | Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens, ISSN 0253-1542 | 2022This issue of Options Méditerranéennes gathers articles from the contributions presented at the online Symposium Addressing the challenges of agro-pastoral farming systems to strengthen their resilience, organized on 3rd December 2020 by the M[...]Article
Le Liban est un pays méditerranéen avec une superficie de 10 452 km2, dont 65 % sont karstiques, il est considéré riche en eaux superficielles et souterraines, mais en dépit de cette richesse, le Liban montre une pénurie en eau à cause de [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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B. Basurco ; M. Zuccaro ; A. Ahmed ; C. Kalaitzidis ; V. Fersino ; G. Naborre | Paris [France] : CIHEAM | 2022This Activity Report has been realized by the CIHEAM Corporate working group on Coastal zone Management, Fisheries, and Aquaculture between March and September 2022. This first part of the report explains in general terms which are the problems [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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R. Capone ; G. Cardone ; E. Stamataki ; M.-E. Kessari ; M. Anna Maria ; A.M. Sanchez ; V. Fersino ; G. Naborre | Paris [France] : CIHEAM | 2022This Activity Report has been realized by the Ciheams Corporate working group on Sustainable food systems between March and September 2022. The report is divided into two parts: the first part explains in general terms which are the problems a[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
R. Capone ; G. Cardone ; E. Stamataki ; M.-E. Kessari ; M. Anna Maria ; A.M. Sanchez ; V. Fersino ; G. Naborre | Paris [France] : CIHEAM | 2022Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
H. El Yadari ; C. Guelbenzu ; J.-P. Pellissier ; P. Pugliese ; Y. Seghirate ; M. Verivaki | Paris [France] : CIHEAM | 2022Ouvrage
W.L. Filho, ed. ; E. Manolas, ed. | Cham [Suisse] : Springer | Climate Change Management, ISSN 1610-2010 | 2022This book serves the purpose of showcasing some of the works in respect of applied research, field projects, and best practice to foster climate change adaptation across the region. Climate change is having a much greater impact in the Mediterr[...]E-Book
A. Ickowicz, coord. ; C.H. Moulin, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Matière à Débattre et Décider | 2022Les élevages familiaux de ruminants au pâturage, en territoires méditerranéens et tropicaux, contribuent directement à huit des dix-sept objectifs du développement durable (ODD) du programme des Nations unies pour 2030. Ces élevages ont été long[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
G. Kleftodimos ; A. Zaatra ; M. Requier-Desjardins ; H. Belhouchette | 2022E-Book
K. Mattas ; G. Baourakis ; C. Zopounidis ; C. Staboulis | Dordrecht [Pays-Bas] : Springer | Cooperative Management | 2022In the present economic, political, societal and environmental landscape, which is dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergence of challenges and issues that demand immediate and urgent responses is more intense than ever. Policymakers, int[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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The Russian Federation and Ukraine are major global suppliers of cereals and sunflower oil, while the Russian Federation is also a leading exporter of fertilizers and energy. Due to the devastating war in Ukraine, global prices for these commodi[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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F. Martinelli ; A.-L. Vollheyde ; M.A. Cebrián-Piqueras ; C. von Haaren ; E. Lorenzetti ; P. Bàrberi ; F. Loreto ; A.R. Piergiovanni ; V.V. Totev ; A. Bedini ; R. Kron Morelli ; N. Yahia ; M.A. Rezki ; S. Ouslim ; F. Z. Fyad-Lameche ; A. Bekki ; S. Sikora ; D. Rodríguez-Navarro ; M. Camacho ; R. Nabbout ; R. Amil ; D. Trabelsi ; D. Yucel ; S. Yousefi |Environmental degradation and the decrease of ecosystem service provision are currently of major concern, with current agricultural systems being a major driver. To meet our future environmental and sustainability targets a transformation of the[...]Ouvrage
N. Abdi ; O. Bessaoud, préf. | Vulaines sur Seine [France] : Editions du Croquant | Sociétés et Politique en Méditerranée | 2022Cet ouvrage est laboutissement de longues années de travail par le chercheur Nourredine Abdi. Après son décès, à linitiative de son épouse, son texte, écrit à des périodes diverses, a été relu et harmonisé. Pour ce livre, on sest efforcé d[...]Ouvrage
M.-L. Demeester, dir. ; V. Mercier, dir. ; N. Vicente, collab. ; D. Sussmann | Aix en Provence [France] : PUAM, Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille | Collection de l'Institut de Droit des Affaires | 2022Belle et fragile Méditerranée. Attractive car trop belle. Surpeuplée sur le littoral, envahie par les déchets, saturée par le transport maritime, et si fragile car petite et semi-fermée. Sans parler du changement climatique qui aggrave nettement[...]Article
Currently, agriculture uses about 70?80% of global water resources and, in the Mediterranean area, it accounts for the high pressure of freshwater demand. This study provides a useful framework for the meso-level assessment of the Water Footprin[...]Ouvrage
La Méditerranée le bleu profond des anses et le rose des toits, le sol sombre des pentes et du vignoble, le vert cendré des oliviers et la flèche sombre des cyprès, les pierres sèches et les fontaines La Méditerranée, cest aussi Alger la Blan[...]Article
N. Pérez-Méndez ; N. Pérez-Méndez ; C. Miguel-Rojas ; J.A. Jimenez-Berni ; D. Gomez-Candon ; A. Pérez-de-Luque ; E. Fereres ; M. Catala-Forner ; D. Villegas ; J.C. Sillero |Wheat and rice are two main staple food crops that may suffer from yield losses due to drought episodes that are increasingly impacted by climate change, in addition to new epidemic outbreaks. Sustainable intensification of production will rely [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
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M. Requier-Desjardins ; L. Chazée ; W. Khechimi ; S. Anougmar ; M. Garrabé | 2022Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
B. Moreno-Dodson ; I. Gasmi ; C. Gourraud ; C. Tsakas | Marseille [France] : Center for Mediterranean Integration | 2022Due to water scarcity and vulnerability to climate change, the Mediterranean region is one of the most prone areas in the world to instability and migration. Climate change adds new complexity to the areas of human mobility and settlement by exa[...]Article
P. Romero ; J.M. Navarro ; P.B. Ordaz |In this study we review the state of the art of different physiologically-based water-saving irrigation strategies and methods used to improve productive water use efficiency (WUEyield) and berry and wine quality in vineyards. We also show how t[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Le présent travail est une initiation au montage dun projet de recherche au sein de lUMR-MoISA-Cirad qui vise à étudier les transitions alimentaires et leurs conséquences dans les pays en développement, et plus précisément, dans la région du s[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Winter crops in most of the northern and eastern Mediterranean growing regions are faring well in this first half of 2021-2022 campaign. However, an intense and long-lasting drought is hampering winter crops future harvest in Portugal, Morocco,[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Winter crops in several Mediterranean growing regions are under scrutiny. An intense and long-lasting drought hampered winter crops future harvest in Morocco, Portugal and parts of Italy and Algeria, and can potentially impact other producing r[...]Article
The cities around the world in general, and in the Mediterranean area in particular, are facing tremendous challenges at the environmental, social, economic, and institutional levels, due to the urbanization trend, environmental climatic changes[...]Article
The partnership for sustainable and healthy food is a challenge shared by governments, food industry, environmental science, and the health service. At the European level, the application of policies based on the Mediterranean-style eating patte[...]Article
D. Bruno ; R. Sorando ; B. Alvarez-Farizo ; C. Castellano ; V. Céspedes ; B. Gallardo ; J.J. Jiménez ; M.V. López ; R. Lopez-Flores ; D. Moret-Fernandez ; E. Navarro ; F. Picazo ; M. Sevilla-Callejo ; J. Tormo ; J.J. Vidal-Macua ; J.M. Nicolau ; F.A. Comin |Despite the exponential increase in human population at global scale, some rural areas have experienced a progressive abandonment over the last decades. Under particular socioecological and policy contexts, changes in demography may promote land[...]Article
Using several energy returns on investment indicators (multi-EROI), this article analyses the socioecological transition of an agroecosystem in the western Mediterranean on the island of Mallorca (Spain) over a period of 150 years which saw a ch[...]Article
A. Tomaz ; J.F. Palma ; T. Ramos ; M.N. Costa ; E. Rosa ; M. Santos ; L. Boteta ; J. Dôres ; M. Patanita |The evaluation of the role of different agronomic strategies in achieving sustainable wheat yields under variable Mediterranean climate conditions may involve the use of resource-use indicators that combine productivity and environmental impact.[...]Article
L. Piscitelli ; M. Colovic ; A. Aly ; M. Hamzé ; M. Todorovic ; V. Cantore ; R. Albrizio |Maize is a crucial global commodity, which is used not only for food, but also as an alternative crop in biogas production and as a major energy-supply ingredient in animal diets. However, climate change is jeopardizing current maize production [...]Article
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
The marginalization of mountain regions in Mediterranean Europe since the mid-20th Century has triggered important socioeconomic and environmental changes that are putting the survival of highly regulated and environmentally adapted landscapes i[...]Article
Cette recherche cible lélaboration dun indicateur multicritère des services écosystémiques culturels (SEC) des zones humides méditerranéennes protégées. Basé sur les perceptions sociales des visiteurs, il vise la mesure de limpact de la visit[...]Article
M. Moriondo ; M. Bindi ; L. Brilli ; S. Costafreda-Aumedes ; C. Dibari ; L. Leolini ; G. Padovan ; G. Trombi ; A. Karali ; K.V. Varotsos ; G. Lemesios ; C. Giannakopoulos ; C. Papadaskalopoulou ; P. Merante |The impact of climate change on the agricultural systems of three major islands in the Mediterranean basin, namely Sicily, Crete and Cyprus, was evaluated using a suite of specifically calibrated crop models and the outputs of a regional circula[...]Article
In the Mediterranean basin, edaphic salinization, sodification and alkalinization related to anthropic pressures and climatic changes may hinder the ecosystem sustainability. It is pertinent to study the mid and long-term variability of these so[...]Article
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 [...]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
C. Esgalhado ; M.H. Guimaraes ; S. Lardon ; M. Debolini ; M.V. Balzan ; S.C. Gennai-Schott ; M. Simon Rojo ; I. Mekki ; S. Bouchemal |The influence of human use and management of natural resources has grown to the point that it becomes difficult to separate socio-economic from environmental components in land systems (Turner, Lambin, & Reenberg, 2007). Sustainability in these [...]Article
S. Masia ; A. Trabucco ; D. Spano ; R.L. Snyder ; J. Susnik ; S. Marras |The impact of climate change on agriculture is projected to be more severe over the coming years due to changing intensity, magnitude and distribution of precipitation, soil water content, atmospheric water vapor, higher temperatures, and thus l[...]Article
R. Capone ; V. Fersino ; E. Stamataki ; M. Cerezo ; M.-E. Kessari ; S. Dernini ; H. El Bilali |Despite the recurring discourse on food systems and their sustainability in the Mediterranean region, comprehensive studies are hard to find. Therefore, this article provides an overview on the challenges and perspectives of food systems in the [...]Article
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[...]Article
J. Valls Bedeau ; M. Rezaei ; M. Pera ; J. Morrison |There is an abundance of actions that could positively change the way food systems operate in the Mediterranean region. However, the uptake of these actions at local level has proven to be slow and often limited in their scope and impact. Consid[...]Article
K. Canaj ; D. Morrone ; R. Roma ; F. Boari ; V. Cantore ; M. Todorovic |The agricultural sector in the Mediterranean region, is increasingly using reclaimed water as an additional source for irrigation. However, there is a limited number of case studies about product-based life cycle analysis to ensure that the over[...]Article
K. Djouadi ; A. Mekliche ; S. Dahmani ; N.I. Ladjiar ; Y. Abid ; Z. Silarbi ; A. Hamadache ; M. Pisante |In semi-arid Mediterranean areas, there is a growing interest in adopting conservation tillage practices for their advantages in improving soils fertility, reducing production costs, and stabilizing crop yields. The aim of this study conducted i[...]Article
D. Vanham ; S. Guenther ; M. Ros-Baró ; A. Bach-Faig |The Mediterranean region is increasingly water scarce, with the food system being the largest driver of water use. We calculate the water resources related to food consumption in nine major Mediterranean countries, by means of the water footprin[...]Article
Marketing for wines is a determinant tool for several stakeholders within the wine sector, but there are not many studies concerning the topic wine marketing and even fewer that take a bibliometric approach. In turn, wine is a strategic agri-f[...]Article
E. Aguilera ; C. Reyes-Palomo ; C. Díaz-Gaona ; A. Sanz-Cobena ; P. Smith ; R. García-Laureano ; V. Rodríguez-Estévez |Designing effective mitigation policies for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture requires understanding the mechanisms by which management practices affect emissions in different agroclimatic conditions. Agricultural GHG emissions and[...]Article
G.F. de Carvalho-Souza ; M.A. Torres ; C. Farias ; J.J. Acosta ; J. Tornero ; I. Sobrino ; F. Ramos ; M. Llope |Seafood is an essential source of protein globally. As its demand continues to rise, balancing food security and the health of marine ecosystems has become a pressing challenge. Ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) has been adopted by the[...]Article
À lheure où lété bat son plein et quune partie des vacanciers a rejoint les côtes pour profiter de la mer, Futuribles poursuit sa série consacrée aux océans, lancée il y a un an, en juillet-août 2020. Cette fois, cest la Méditerranée qui est[...]Article
Une partie des ouvriers agricoles saisonniers marocains qui alimentent les exploitations de la huerta provençale deviennent des entrepreneurs agricoles. Ces derniers négocient leur insertion dans les interstices en friche dun milieu agricole en[...]Article
La politique étrangère turque a été marquée par une logique de confrontation qui a fait d'elle un acteur majeur de la région, mais qui, cependant, a contribué à l'accumulation de conflits.Article
V. Borrell Estupina ; F. Grelot ; A. Alix ; D. Badoga ; P. Balzergue ; P. Brémond ; M. Djangue ; J. Herreo Feran ; A. Fezeu ; C. Jourdan ; C. Llovel ; L. Luquot ; V. Marry ; S. Morardet ; R. Moussa ; D. Puigserver Cuerda ; S. Richard ; M. Rousseau ; D. Sebag ; E. Servat ; S. Van-Exter |Pénuries deau, inondations violentes, ruissellements intenses : face aux changements globaux, les territoires évoluent vers des trajectoires parfois en rupture avec celles du passé. Des informations fiables sont nécessaires pour le renouvelleme[...]Article
The agri-food frameworks have specific characteristics (production units with small dimensions and in great number with implications in the respective markets) that call for adjusted approaches, even more so when they are considered in Mediterra[...]Article
M. Oliveira ; C. Castro ; J. Coutinho ; H. Trindade |Legume-based cropping systems have been promoted as a sustainable alternative to fertilizer-based systems. However, the efficacy of this strategy for mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Mediterranean agroecosystems is still not well kno[...]Article
R. Sardaro ; N. Faccilongo ; F. Conto ; P. La Sala |The paper investigates the attitude of farmers to participate in an on-farm conservation programme based on the cultivation of vine landraces in Apulia, southern Italy, in place of the current commercial varieties, as an adaptation strategy to c[...]Article
United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the European Green Deal and the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are legislative proposals counting on rural and agricultural landscapes to assist climate change mitigation, ecosystem servi[...]Article
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[...]Article
C. Andolina ; G. Signa ; A. Tomasello ; A. Mazzola ; S. Vizzini |The Mediterranean basin is amongst the worlds main tourist destination, and its islands are a major attraction, being sites of historical, cultural and naturalistic importance. This is beneficial for the local economies, but it may also represe[...]Article
This paper focuses on a possible connection between food security and the migrant crisis that began in 2015, which had a tremendous impact on the European Union as well as on the Mediterranean area. The goal of this paper is to determine if ther[...]