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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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[...]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
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[...]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[...]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
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
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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
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
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
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 investigated the impact of diverse technical and economic factors on sustainable dairy small ruminant farmer market choices in Cyprus. It determined the factors that affect farmer choice between selling milk to a large dairy processor[...]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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is an ancient traditional crop in the Mediterranean Basin. In the Mediterranean region, traditional olive orchards are distinguishable by their prevailing climatic conditions. Olive trees are indeed considered o[...]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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A. Attia ; A. Attia ; S. El-Hendawy ; N. Al-Suhaibani ; M.U. Tahir ; M. Mubushar ; M. dos Santos Vianna ; H. Ullah ; E. Mansour ; A. Datta |Crop models may potentially explore alternative ways to improve agroecosystem resilience in arid regions of Middle East and North Africa. Mapping the outputs behavior as a function of the inputs and quantifying the uncertainty contribution of in[...]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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mediterranean coastlines are undergoing a strong process of urbanization due not only to demographic growth, but also to the development of tourism. Moreover, municipalities have become more dependent on residential tax income, which creates a v[...]Article
La dimension de proximité, dans le rapport entre ville et territoire et en raison de la complexité fonctionnelle et sociale de lespace public, représente un caractère distinctif, bien que non exclusif, de la ville méditerranéenne européenne. Ce[...]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
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
La forêt méditerranéenne est particulièrement vulnérable au changement climatique et aux perturbations qui y sont associées comme les sécheresses et les incendies. La gestion est un moyen efficace dadapter la forêt à ces changements en renforça[...]Article
E. Aguilera ; C. Díaz-Gaona ; R. García-Laureano ; C. Reyes-Palomo ; G.I. Guzmán ; L. Ortolani ; M. Sánchez-Rodríguez ; V. Rodríguez-Estévez |Mediterranean agriculture has coevolved with harsh environments and changing climate conditions over millennia, generating an extremely rich heritage of traditional knowledge; however, it is particularly threatened by climate change, including a[...]Article
Assessing ecosystem services supplied by agroecosystems in Mediterranean Europe: a literature review
Agricultural landscapes in the Mediterranean region may be considered as social-ecological systems that are important for biodiversity conservation whilst contributing to a wide range of ecosystem services. This literature review aims to identif[...]Article
Assessing the effectiveness of precision agriculture management systems in mediterranean small farms
L. Loures ; A. Chamizo ; P. Ferreira ; A. Loures ; R. Castanho ; T. Panagopoulos |While the world population continues to grow, increasing the need to produce more and better-quality food, climate change, urban growth and unsustainable agricultural practices accelerate the loss of available arable land, compromising the susta[...]Article
Wheat yield potentials under rainfed Mediterranean conditions have been long limited by late-in-season occurrence of enhanced water deficits and high temperatures, coinciding with sensitive reproductive stages. Present study aims to quantify and[...]Article
The paper aims to investigate short sea shipping services as a competitive, sustainable freight transport system which is able to respond to economic, social and environmental needs. An assessment methodology is proposed which considers an aggre[...]Article
Sustainable land management practices can be suitable vehicles to simultaneously address the causes and consequences of land degradation, desertification, and climate change in land managed systems. Here, we assess the potential of a variety of [...]Article
Prior to any sustainability assessment and/or any effort to understand or develop the agricultural sector, the acknowledgment of the diversity of farming systems (FSs) is crucial. Typologies are often used for this purpose. The goals of this stu[...]Article
Cet article présente et compare différents scénarios de gestion de peuplements de pin d'Alep sous l'angle de la séquestration carbone, grâce à une quantification précise. La mise en gestion des peuplements permet de dégager des gains de carbone [...]Article
En France comme en Europe, les rapports se multiplient sur la place que devraient jouer la forêt et le bois dans la transition énergétique et l'atténuation du changement climatique. Depuis un rapport de l'INRAE (Institut national de recherche po[...]Article
Y. Tramblay ; A. Koutroulis ; L. Samaniego ; S.M. Vicente-Serrano ; F. Volaire ; A. Boone ; M. Le Page ; M.C. Llasat ; C. Albergel ; S. Burak ; M. Cailleret ; K.C. Kalin ; H. Davi ; J.-L. Dupuy ; P. Greve ; M. Grillakis ; L. Hanich ; L. Jarlan ; N. Martin-StPaul ; J. Martínez-Vilalta ; F. Mouillot ; D. Pulido-Velazquez ; P. Quintana-Seguí ; D. Renard ; M. Turco ; M. Türkes ; R. Trigo ; J.-P. Vidal ; A. Vilagrosa ; M. Zribi ; J. Polcher |Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas in which irrigation plays an important role and in which na[...]Article
R. Ridolfi ; S. Dernini ; J. Morrison ; A.M. Mathiesen ; R. Capone |The Coronavirus pandemic has revealed the fragility of our food systems, affecting all dimensions of food security and nutrition across the world. It has highlighted how deeply our world is interconnected and the importance of better recognising[...]Article
F.A. Ruiz ; M. Vazquez ; J.A. Camunez ; J.M. Castel ; Y. Mena |Aim of study: To characterize and analyse the extensive livestock farming systems in environmental protected area and propose strategies for their sustainable improvement. Area of study: Sierra Nevada Protected Area (Spain). Material and methods[...]Article
S.K. Abd-Elmabod ; M. Muñoz-Rojas ; A. Jordán ; M. Anaya-Romero ; J.D. Phillips ; L. Jones ; Z. Zhang ; P. Pereira ; L. Fleskens ; M. van der Ploeg ; D. de la Rosa |Climate change impacts are a serious threat to food provisioning, security and the economy. Thus, assessing agricultural suitability and yield reduction under climate change is crucial for sustainable agricultural production. In this study, we u[...]Article
J. Serrano ; S. Shahidian ; J. Marques da Silva ; L. Paixão ; E. Carreira ; A. Pereira ; M. Carvalho |Montado is an agro-silvo-pastoral system characterized by a high complexity as a result of the interactions between climate, soil, pasture, trees, and animals. It is in this context that management decisions must be made, for example with respec[...]Article
M. Zampieri ; A. Toreti ; A. Ceglar ; G. Naumann ; M. Turco ; C. Tebaldi |Wheat is the main staple crop and an important commodity in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. These are among the few areas in the world where the climate is suitable for growing durum wheat but also are among the most rapidly warming ones,[...]Article
La région méditerranéenne, l'un des 34 points chauds du monde (hot spots), représente une diversité biologique exceptionnelle soulignée récemment face à la crise actuelle d'extinction d'espèces due à des changements globaux et aux facteurs anthr[...]Article
Social distancing and mobility restrictions adopted in Italy to deal with the COVID-19 emergency can also alter the operating conditions of the Italian agricultural labour market. The restrictions can limit the movement of temporary labour that [...]Article
Dans le bassin méditerranéen, les activités pastorales extensives, très souvent fondées sur la mobilité des troupeaux, constituent des cultures millénaires que la modernisation du secteur na pas fait disparaître. Une activité fondamentale de ce[...]Article
Analysis of energy consumed and greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by farming systems is considered an important part of an environmental performance's evaluation, especially within an agroecological context. In this study, we focused on the aspects[...]Article
Sustainable development is regarded today as a goal which has to be reached by all countries. Therefore cooperation for development is more than ever necessary to face the global challenges such as poverty, human health, food crisis etc. This wo[...]Article
R. Francaviglia ; J. Álvaro-Fuentes ; C. Di Bene ; L. Gai ; K. Regina ; E. Turtola |In the European Union, various crop diversification systems such as crop rotation, intercropping and multiple cropping, as well as low-input management practices, have been promoted to sustain crop productivity while maintaining environmental qu[...]Article
Does conversion to organic farming impact vineyards yield? A diachronic study in Southeastern France
Given the need to reduce pesticide use and rising consumer demand for healthy food, organic vineyard areas have increased since 2000. Converting to organic farming requires numerous changes in pest and disease management, fertilization and weedi[...]Article
Global groundwater overexploitation positions groundwater governance as a critical issue for improving sustainable water management. Evidence of aquifer recovery after overexploitation is scattered, as is the research on the drivers behind recov[...]Article
I.N. Xynias ; I. Mylonas ; E.G. Korpetis ; E. Ninou ; A. Tsaballa ; I.D. Avdikos ; A.G. Mavromatis |This brief historical review focuses on durum wheat domestication and breeding in the Mediterranean region. Important milestones in durum wheat breeding programs across the countries of the Mediterranean basin before and after the Green Revoluti[...]Article
Fisheries are among the sectors hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) crisis due to the sudden decrease in the demand for seafood. This study employs demand-driven and supply-driven input-output models to conduct an economy-wide ass[...]Article
Water stress is considered to be the most influential type of abiotic stress to which plants may be exposed. In grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.), it is a common practice to keep plants under water stress at different stages of the season with the [...]Article
Cet article examine les avantages et les inconvénients de lintégration dun petit pays dans un grand espace économique. Il tente danalyser les gains et les pertes des accords dintégration commerciale établis entre la Tunisie et lUnion europé[...]Article
In this study, an integrated environmental risk assessment (ERA) study involving frequent monitoring of both water and soil parameters (24 on total), was carried out to assess and compare the environmental risk quality of three pistachio (Pistac[...]Article
Olive groves form characteristic Mediterranean socio-ecological landscapes, occupying more than 5 M ha; 2.5 M ha in Spain. In recent decades, traditional extensive management of olive groves has shifted to an intensive regime, with some cases of[...]