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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[...]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
A. Montsant ; O. Baena ; L. Bernardez ; J. Puig |Aim of study : To assess the impacts of climate change on local agriculture with a high resolution in a Mediterranean region with a diversity of climates. Area of study : Catalonia (NE Spain). Material and methods : Based on historical meteorolo[...]Article
Exploring and developing new tools for the accounting and management of natural C sinks will provide a closer, more accurate option to remark the importance of such sinks in relation to livestock production, helping to support the persistence of[...]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
The use of the ecosystem services approach for ecosystem management, including the valuation of ecosystem services, has grown in recent decades. Although a common framework is used, each ecosystem has its own characteristics. The agroecosystem, [...]Article
This work addresses the relevance of immigrant communities in a specific agricultural sector, extensive livestock husbandry pastoralism. This activity provides a primary source of employment and income specifically in inner and remote rural ar[...]Article
La pêche est lune des activités socio-économiques les plus importantes en Méditerranée et particulièrement au Maghreb. En Algérie, elle est devenue, ces dernières décennies, un secteur demploi de premier plan pour une large frange de la popula[...]Article
J. Calatrava ; D. Martinez-Granados ; R. Zornoza ; M. Gonzalez-Rosado ; B. Lozano-Garcia ; M. Vega Zamora ; M.D. Gómez-López |This study identifies, through consultation with relevant stakeholders, low-input farming practices that can help to minimize the most pressing agronomic and environmental problems in some of the most relevant Mediterranean woody crops in Spain [...]Article
M. Lazali ; S. Boudsocq ; E. Taschen ; M. Farissi ; W. Hamdi ; P. Ralli ; H. Sentenac |Modern intensive agricultural systems generally focus on the productivity of monocultures. They are characterized by a low diversity of crops, with uniform and symmetrical planting layouts. They largely rely on the utilization of chemical inputs[...]Article
M. Rabelo ; M. Debolini ; R. Villani ; T. Sabbatini ; N. Silvestri |The study aims to describe and interpret the agricultural system dynamics on the Western Mediterranean areas in terms of occupied land and crop specialization, by using the available data from the two last agricultural censuses. From the spatial[...]Article
M.J. Al Sayah ; C. Abdallah ; M. Khouri ; R. Nedjai ; T. Darwich |This study aims to implement the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) concept on a test site: the 309 km2 Nahr Ibrahim watershed Lebanon, by integrating soil erosion as an LDN indicator given its status as a land degradation driver and common conce[...]Article
La mer Méditerranée réunit de forts enjeux économiques (transports mondiaux, tourisme, pêche), sociaux (immigration) et environnementaux (hotspot de biodiversité, et zone fortement impactée par le changement climatique). Cette petite mer semi-fe[...]Article
Le cas dérosion côtière traité par cet article se manifeste sur les plages du Parc national de larchipel de la Maddalena, en Sardaigne, au cur dune zone touristique de renommée internationale. Ce terrain de recherche a permis danalyser les [...]Article
The countries in the Mediterranean basin increasingly specialized in Mediterranean agricultural products for exports throughout the twentieth century. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to quantify and discuss on the impacts th[...]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
Among the multiple adaptations that exist to face climate change, irrigation is one straightforward option for wine growing. Yet, widespread development of irrigation may strengthen water scarcity and further increase farmers' vulnerability to w[...]Article
Ecotourism is one of the tourism variants with more annual growth. Motivation has become a fundamental criterion for travel behavior. Segmentation is used to identify the market niches of different tourism products and services. This study colle[...]Article
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[...]Article
Forest management is an untapped tool, yet to realize its full potential to fight against climate change. The capability of forests to act as carbon sinks makes them a key resource to reduce CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. However, carbon w[...]Article
Coupled humanenvironment systems and traditional agricultural landscapes can be a key element in the conservation of biodiversity, ecological functionality, and cultural heritage. Terraced landscapes are a relevant example of traditional landsc[...]Article
K.V. Varotsos ; A. Karali ; G. Lemesios ; G. Kitsara ; M. Moriondo ; C. Dibari ; L. Leolini ; C. Giannakopoulos |The paper presents the analysis of a sub-set of high-resolution bias-adjusted simulations from the EURO-CORDEX initiative, in order to examine the changes in the mean climate and the extremes in three Mediterranean islands, namely, Sicily, Crete[...]Article
The fast and broad adoption of mechanization and chemical inputs in Mediterranean terraced agriculture, combined with warming climate trends, has led to the progressive degradation of environmental and social conditions. These factors have concu[...]Article
F. Reyes ; M. Gosme ; K.J. Wolz ; I. Lecomte ; C. Dupraz |Introduction: Climate change (CC) and the increased occurrence of extreme climatic events pose a serious threat to crop yields and their stability worldwide. This study analyzed the CC mitigation potential of an alley cropping system on crop phy[...]Article
F. Cadeddu ; R. Motzo ; F. Mureddu ; F. Giunta |Thanks to their low fertilization requirements and high consumer demand, ancient wheats and old durum wheat cultivars represent an attractive option for the marginal areas of Mediterranean environments no longer cultivated due to the low grain y[...]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
This study analyzes the (dis)connections between the Mediterranean and the discipline of International Relations (IR) by focusing on their interactions from two distinct but complementary perspectives. First, a comparative analysis of leading ac[...]Article
Local food production through urban agriculture (UA) is promoted as a means to make cities more sustainable. However, UA does not come free of environmental impacts. In this sense, optimizing urban resources through circular economy principles o[...]Article
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[...]Article
Dans ce billet, Jean Bonnier partage ses connaissances et son expérience de la forêt méditerranéenne et de l'aménagement. Dans ce territoire, où espaces bâtis et non bâtis s'entremêlent, où les acteurs se côtoient sans instaurer un véritable déb[...]Article
Climate change, water shortages and desertification threaten the economic and environmental sustainability in the Mediterranean. Limited rainfall and higher temperatures put agricultural production, which relies on water availability, in jeopard[...]Article
E. Ravazzoli ; C. Dalla Torre ; R. Da Re ; V.M. Govigli ; L. Secco ; E. Gorriz-Mifsud ; E. Pisani ; C. Barlagne ; A. Baselice ; M. Bengoumi ; M. Dijskhoorn-Dekker ; A. Labidi ; A. Lopolito ; M. Melnykovych ; M. Perlik ; N. Polman ; S. Sarkki ; A. Vassilopoulos ; P. Koundouri ; D. Miller ; T. Streifeneder ; M. Nijnik |Social innovation (SI) impacts are long-term changes that affect different dimensions of territorial capital (i.e., economy, society, environment, governance) for the territory in which SI occurs. Yet, systematic empirical evidence and theoretic[...]Article
Drought is among the highest-impact natural hazards affecting drylands around the world in a warming climate. The Mediterranean region, including Tunisia, is projected to experience the most predominant drying trends worldwide. However, a detail[...]Article
H. Zeng ; H. Zeng ; B. Wu ; M. Zhang ; N. Zhang ; A. Elnashar ; L. Zhu ; W. Zhu ; F. Wu ; N. Yan ; W. Liu |This review describes the latest progress of dryland ecosystem dynamic change in the Mediterranean region. Recent findings indicate that extent of dryland in the Mediterranean region has been expanding in the past decades and will continue to ex[...]Article
Framework for climate change adaptation of agriculture and forestry in Mediterranean climate regions
A. Vizinho ; D. Avelar ; C. Branquinho ; T. Capela Lourenço ; S. Carvalho ; A. Nunes ; L. Sucena-Paiva ; H. Oliveira ; A.L. Fonseca ; F. Duarte Santos ; M.J. Roxo ; G. Penha-Lopes |Planning the adaptation of agriculture and forestry landscapes to climate change remains challenging due to the need for integrating substantial amounts of information. This information ranges from climate scenarios, geographical site informatio[...]Article
The long-term effects of conservation agriculture on soil physical and chemical properties and their relationship with crop yields are still relatively poorly understood. In addition, the effects of those practices ranged widely depending on cli[...]Article
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is gaining increasing recognition as a plausible solution to restore degraded agroecosystems. In Mediterranean drylands, RA is at incipient state of development and has been limitedly adopted by farmers, partly due [...]Article
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E.C. Pappa ; E. Kondyli ; K. Sotirakoglou ; L. Bosnea ; M. Mataragas ; L. Allouche ; E. Tsiplakou ; A.C. Pappas |The aim of the present study, conducted under the ERA-NET ARIMNet2 Project (Agricultural Research in the Mediterranean Network), was to analyze the sheep and goat dairy sector and assess the quality and safety of milk at various stages of the da[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
K. Ellefi ; R. Koussani ; K. Turki ; J.-P. Pellissier ; Z. Ahmed | Montpellier [France] : CIHEAM-IAMM | 2021Article
A.K. Boulet ; C. Alarcao ; C. Ferreira ; Z. Kalantari ; A. Veiga ; L. Campos ; A. Ferreira ; R. Hessel |Grain corn is the main cereal produced in Portugal. It is grown in intensive monoculture cropping systems that may have negative effects on soil quality, affecting long-term fertility and productivity, and, therefore, the sustainability of the p[...]Article
A. Malago ; S. Comero ; F. Bouraoui ; C.M. Kazezyilmaz-Alhan ; B.M. Gawlik ; P. Easton ; C. Laspidou |Understanding the complex relationships amongst Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems (WEFE nexus) together with the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical for the development of a sustainable and secure future in the Medit[...]Série
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S. Solinas ; M.T. Tiloca ; P.A. Deligios ; M. Cossu ; L. Ledda |Agriculture is strongly linked to climate change and has a two-sided relationship with climate change. Although climate change contributes to reducing agricultural productivity, the primary sector is responsible for the production of greenhouse [...]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[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
A. Lopez-Francos, ed. ; M. Jouven, ed. ; C. Porqueddu, ed. ; H. Ben Salem, ed. ; A. Keli, ed. ; A. Araba, ed. ; M. Chentouf, ed. | Zaragoza [Espagne] : CIHEAM-IAMZ | Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens, ISSN 0253-1542 | 2021The 1st Joint Meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM Network on Sheep and Goats (Subnetworks on Nutrition and Production Systems) and the FAO-CIHEAM Subnetwork on Mediterranean Pastures gathered more than 130 participants from 15 different countries in Mekne[...]Série
The focus of this Survey emerged from the conjunction of the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process, the new challenges arising from the pandemic and the new European Union (EU) financial framework for 2021-27, which created a momentum for lo[...]Article
Lérosion hydrique est une préoccupation agronomique, économique et environnementale importante en milieu semi-aride méditerranéen. Le choix de la méthode pour lestimer dépend des données disponibles et des conditions de la zone détude. Cet ar[...]Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
I. Radic ; M. Donner ; T. Yatribi ; Y. Erraach ; F. López-i-Gelats ; J. Manuel-i-Martin ; F. El Hadad-Gauthier | 2021Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
FAO (Rome, Italie) ; CIHEAM (Paris, France) ; Union Pour la Méditerranée (Barcelone, Espagne) | Rome [Italie] : FAO | 2021As part of the global Food Systems Summit process, countries and stakeholders across the Mediterranean convened several Summit Dialogues, which allowed to reflect on the Summits objectives, explore the challenges faced in Mediterranean food sys[...]