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Y. Chiffoleau ; T. Dourian ; G. Enderli ; D. Mattioni ; G. Akermann ; A. Loconto ; F. Galli ; G. Emese ; Z. Perényi ; L. Colombo ; S. Massari ; D. Desclaux |Agrobiodiversity is in rapid decline, due to the intensification of agriculture and the development of food value chains based on industrial processing techniques. However, consumers are not generally involved in developing solutions to reverse [...]Article
J. Zhao ; L. Yu ; T. Newbold ; X. Shen ; X. Liu ; F. Hua ; K. Kanniah ; K. Ma |Largely driven by agricultural pressures, biodiversity has experienced great changes globally. Exploring biodiversity responses to agricultural practices associated with agricultural intensification can benefit biodiversity conservation in agric[...]Article
L. Villani ; G. Castelli ; E.A. Yimer ; A. Nkwasa ; D. Penna ; A. Van Griensven ; E. Bresci |CONTEXT Climate change's profound implications for Mediterranean agriculture underscores the urgency of adaptation strategies. These strategies, whether incentivized or farmer-driven, are pivotal in mitigating crop yield losses and harnessing ev[...]Article
N. Rogy ; A. Pastor ; A. Sferratore ; N. Géhéniau ; A. Hélias ; E. Loiseau |To cope with climate change, agricultural territories are forced to implement adaptation strategies, including the implementation of irrigation infrastructures. These strategies are deployed over a long term, and their environmental performance [...]Article
H. Moreno-Ramón ; J. Ulzurrum ; A. Lidon ; A. Sanjuan |Rice fields in southern Europe are mainly located in wetlands of high ecological value, such as L'Albufera, one of the most important rice-growing areas in Spain. Considering the unique characteristics of this environment, it is crucial to ident[...]Article
Government support for enterprises can be provided in different forms, such as subsidies, tax incentives, or direct public investment. Government support can also be given to develop environmentally and socially responsible initiatives. In the a[...]Article
Living Labs (LLs) has become a cutting-edge approach to research and innovation across several domains, including agriculture. Research on using novel techniques for agricultural development in practice is lacking. This knowledge gap significant[...]Article
Agriculture is the backbone of many economies across the globe [...]Bulletin : Revue
Alim'agri, n. 1574 - Février 2024 - L'agriculture entre en Jeux
2024Les Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024 qui ont lieu du 26 juillet au 11 août et du 28 août au 8 septembre sont pour la France un moment unique par son ampleur et son retentissement. Dans cette célébration, le pays sapprête à ray[...]Article
Agrobiodiversity is often touted as a crucial adaptation strategy to mitigate risks linked to climate change by increasing the response capability of a system to external shocks and, consequently, the smallholder's resilience. This scoping revie[...]Article
O. Rozenstein ; Y. Cohen ; V. Alchanatis ; K. Behrendt ; D.J. Bonfil ; G. Eshel ; A. Harari ; W.E. Harris ; I. Klapp ; Y. Laor ; R. Linker ; T. Paz-Kagan ; S. Peets ; S.M. Rutter ; Y. Salzer ; J. Lowenberg-DeBoer |Sustainability in our food and fiber agriculture systems is inherently knowledge intensive. It is more likely to be achieved by using all the knowledge, technology, and resources available, including data-driven agricultural technology and preci[...]Article
The European Green Deal aims to mitigate the environmental impact of food production while improving the income of primary producers and strengthening the EU's competitiveness. We examine how the degree of ecologisation affects farms' total fact[...]Article
This article presents findings from interviews that were conducted with agriculture and food system researchers to understand their views about what it means to conduct responsible or trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) research. Findin[...]Article
Y. Zhang ; L. Pichon ; S. Roux ; A. Pellegrino ; T. Simonneau ; B. Tisseyre |Inverse modeling (IM) is a valuable tool in agriculture for estimating model parameters that aid in decision-making. It is particularly useful when parameters cannot be directly measured or easily estimated due to logistical constraints in agric[...]Article
CONTEXT Multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs), which involve the collective action of various institutions such as governments, private companies, NGOs, and donors, have become a popular approach for developing agricultural value chains to impr[...]Article
La situation des agriculteurs est inconfortable. Ils doivent anticiper les changements, notamment climatiques, sans pour autant avoir de solutions appropriées et pérennes.Article
Climate change not only affects weather conditions, patterns, and the frequency and severity of extreme weather events but also changes the structure of government spending. Agriculture is an important sector of the European Union (EU). However,[...]Article
The European Parliament has recently passed the Nature Recovery law to restore degraded ecosystems and prevent natural disasters as part of its Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and Green Deal. In this respect, wetlands can provide a wide range o[...]E-Book
S. Krishnan, ed. ; A.J. Anand, ed. ; N. Prasanth, ed. ; S. Goundar, ed. ; C. Ananth, ed. | Boca Raton [États-Unis] : CRC Press | 2024Predictive Analysis in Smart Agricultureexplores computational engineering techniques and applications in agriculture development. Recent technologies such as cloud computing, IoT, big data, and machine learning are focused on for smart agricult[...]Article
Green transformation, including the latest European Green Plan, is a part of the European Union (EU) environmental policy, with agriculture occupying a special position in this transformation, being both part of the problem and its solution. Wit[...]Article
R. Matysik-Pejas ; M. Bogusz ; K. Daniek ; M. Szafranska ; L. Satola ; A. Krasnodebski ; P. Dziekanski |The level of agricultural development in European Union countries is characterized by great diversity. This is due to differences in natural conditions, the type of agricultural production, agrarian fragmentation, and the level of economic devel[...]Article
CONTEXT Transition to sustainable agriculture is in many cases hindered by a web of interconnected barriers across agricultural system levels (cropping, farming and agrifood systems), involving a diverse range of stakeholders (e.g., farmers, mar[...]Article
CONTEXT To design policies for sustainable irrigation planning, public decision-makers need knowledge about the potential environmental impacts of irrigated farming systems. In a previous paper, we proposed to couple Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) [...]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
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is an approach to farming pursued globally for sustaining agricultural production and improving ecosystem services and environmental benefits. However, the lack of a standardized definition and limited bioeconomic a[...]Article
Dans les rapports du Giec, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et lempreinte carbone de lagriculture sont surestimées en raison da priori méthodologiques et de conventions statistiques.Article
Agricultural production and food are strategically important for nutrition, which is the basic requirement of living. Adequate supply of food depends on the sustainability of agricultural activities. Despite the proportional increase in other se[...]Article
S. Rodino ; R. Pop ; C. Sterie ; A. Giuca ; E. Dumitru |This article examines how circularity can be measured and evaluated in the agricultural sector. Circularity represents a key approach for promoting sustainability in agriculture and for the efficient management of resources. Through a comprehens[...]Article
P. Benito-Verdugo ; J. Martínez-Fernández ; Á. González-Zamora ; L. Almendra-Martín ; J. Gaona ; C.M. Herrero-Jiménez |Given the growing interest in drought impacts on crops, this work studied the impact of agricultural drought on wheat and barley during the period 2001–2020. The study was carried out in the Spanish regions of Castilla y León and Castilla&[...]Article
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S. Vermeulen ; Jan Cools ; J. Staes ; S. Van Passel |Due to climate change, the frequency and intensity of droughts are expected to increase. To improve resilience to droughts, proactive drought management is essential. Economic assessments are typically included to decide on the drought risk-redu[...]Article
Planet Earth is facing numerous imminent challenges, from climate change to ecological dysfunction, which are largely attributed to anthropogenic activities [...]Article
Recent literature suggests that agricultural value chains are changing rapidly and places an increasing focus on the importance of actors and activities taking place in the 'midstream' of these value chains, after production and prior to final s[...]Article
Understanding the environmental impacts of current agricultural practices is a starting point for transitioning towards sustainable agriculture, which is a goal to be achieved by the European Union. This study aims to provide a set of environmen[...]Article
M. Hamam ; D. Spina ; R. Selvaggi ; G. Vindigni ; G. Pappalardo ; M. D'Amico ; G. Chinnici |Historically, both governmental and private sectors have significantly underinvested in the agriculture industry. Increasing agricultural and food system investments is necessary to enhance food security and nutrition, reduce poverty, and adapt[...]Article
R. Belmin ; M. Paulin ; E. Malézieux |Climate change is increasingly affecting agriculture worldwide, causing yield losses and undermining food security. Behind the international consensus on the urgent need for ambitious policies to adapt agriculture to climate change (AACC) hides [...]Article
E.A. Dumitru ; R.L. Berevoianu ; V.C. Tudor ; F.-R. Teodorescu ; D. Stoica ; A. Giuca ; D. Ilie ; C.M. Sterie |Agriculture is a fundamental aspect of our society, providing food and resources for a growing population. However, climate change is putting this sector at risk through rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and an increase in the freq[...]Article
Recent research has embraced the idea that digitalization is becoming a significant factor in addressing sustainability challenges. Digital platforms are becoming integral to this dynamic, opening a vast spectrum of possibilities that remain ins[...]Article
Entre épisodes de sécheresse et excès de précipitations, la gestion de la ressource en eau devient stratégique et prioritaire pour nos sociétés. Essentielle au développement des plantes, leau est la ressource première de lagriculture et des fi[...]Article
This study improves the environmental water supply in a wetland using a novel framework in which the environmental impacts due to irrigation supply and the economic losses for agriculture are minimized through the proposal of an optimal cropping[...]Article
Agriculture plays a dual role in the conservation of European biodiversity, as extensive agricultural lands provide habitats for more than half of Europe's species, but intensification and abandonment of farmland threaten these species' habitats[...]Article
Sustainable agriculture strives to ensure future food and energy supply while safeguarding natural resources. The interpretation of sustainability varies by context and country, yielding distinct indicators. Researchers have studied sustainable [...]Article
The cultivation of apples is one of the principal economic activities in Trentino, which is responsible for 25% of Italian apple production and 4% of European apple production. The industry is structurally based on migrant work, especially from [...]Article
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La réponse au besoin en eau de lagriculture devient un enjeu crucial face au changement climatique et à lobjectif de souveraineté alimentaire. Avec des ressources en eau et une disponibilité de plus en restreinte en été sur les territoires en[...]Article
Soil plays an essential role as a habitat, source of nutrients and support for vegetation. Promoting food security and environmental sustainability of agricultural systems requires an integrated approach to soil fertility management. Agricultura[...]Article
K. Van Ruymbeke ; J.G. Ferreira ; V.D. Gkisakis ; J. Kantelhardt ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; P. Matthews ; A. Niedermayr ; L. Schaller ; K. Bankowska ; K. Mertens ; L. Vranken |Many farm-management practices focus on maximizing production, while others better reconcile production with the regulation of ecological processes and sociocultural identity through the provisioning of ecosystem services (ESs). Though many stud[...]Article
Quantifying the sustainability of the agriculture, livestock, and agri-food industry under a homogeneous criterion is essential to strategize the implementation of sustainable development in the agri-food sector and increase the commitment of st[...]Article
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Within the regime established by the Directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides (SUDP); the present work explores the relationship between pesticides agricultural use per hectare of cropland and the GDP per capita of the rural population for tw[...]Article
J. Rieger ; F. Freund ; F. Offermann ; I. Geibel ; A. Gocht |The implications of dietary changes for the environment and for human health are well documented, but the impacts on the agricultural sector are less well researched. We fill this gap by specifying scenarios in which European consumers' diets ap[...]Article
A. Quisumbing ; S. Cole ; M. Elias ; S. Faas ; A. Galiè ; H. Malapit ; R. Meinzen-Dick ; E. Myers ; G. Seymour ; J. Twyman |This paper addresses women's empowerment in agriculture, innovations in its measurement, and emerging evidence. We discuss the evolution of the conceptualization and measurement of women's empowerment and gender equality since 2010. Using a gend[...]Article
This introductory article to the special issue contributes to ongoing debates on pesticides in agriculture by focusing on their alternatives. Through a literature review, we explore the pluralism of those alternatives and the socio-political pro[...]Article
This article discusses the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in providing human-like intelligence from data to support intelligent decision-making and proposes a few researchable issues for addressing challenges making AI useful in agric[...]Article
The main objective of this article is to better understand the category of technical efficiency of agriculture. To achieve this goal, empirical research was carried out, the subject of which was to estimate the average technical efficiency of ag[...]Article
In the modern agricultural landscape, realizing data's full potential requires a unified infrastructure where stakeholders collaborate and share their data to gain insights and create business value. The agricultural data ecosystem (ADE) serves [...]Article
Depuis le néolithique, lagriculture na cessé de sadapter et de se transformer en fonction du contexte environnemental, social et des soubresauts de lhistoire. Lagriculture mondiale nest ni homogène ni immobile. Au fil des années, elle se[...]Article
The agricultural sector faces various challenges and barriers in transitioning from linear resource consumption to a circular economy. Based on the literature, four key areas of challenges are identified and discussed, conversion technology and [...]Article
Agricultural stakeholders disagree on how to put the general concept of sustainability into practice. But most recognize the need for assessment methods to characterize the current situation and gauge progress yet to be made. Many sustainability[...]Article
This paper looks for empirical support to the existence of a positive nexus between economic and environmental performance in farming as implied by the Sustainable Intensification hypothesis. As the ecological scale at which this nexus actually [...]Article
In recent years, the adverse effect of climate change on soil properties in the agricultural sector has become a dreadful reality worldwide. Climate change-induced abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought and temperature fluctuations are devas[...]Article
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CONTEXT With the warming trend and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, accurate crop yield estimation is becoming urgent. Crop yield estimation mainly consists of two methods: crop model simulation and remote sensing observations[...]Article
The AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System) concept is now widely applied in the EU partly due to latest CAP regulation.The AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System) concept is now widely applied in the EU partly due to lat[...]Article
T. Mokhnane ; S. Adjlane ; R. Khiari |Algeria's border areas are among the sensitive issues that may pose significant threats to Algeria's national security. These include smuggling, organized crime, drugs, and terrorism. As a result, Algeria has implemented a set of preventive meas[...]Article
The present study addresses, for the first time, the difference between older and younger farmers (those aged over and under 40 years) and proposes a methodology to identify factors that affect generational renewal in the Italian agricultural se[...]Article
Le secteur agricole a les moyens de réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Encore faut-il le faire-savoir de manière idoine.Article
The economic effects of global warming have gained considerable attention in the recent economic literature. While the relationship between rainfall and agriculture is well known, precipitations alone do not capture the soil water availability, [...]Article
J. Sanou ; A. Tengberg ; H.R. Bazié ; D. Mingasson ; M. Ostwald |Global population growth, especially in developing countries, will most likely require an increase in agricultural production, but the sustainability of this production cannot be achieved without the preservation of ecosystem functions. Therefor[...]Article
Climate change mitigation in the agricultural sector is essential to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C within reach. This article explores why there has been a limited adoption of carbon farming policies in the EU, despite the p[...]Article
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Lagriculture connaîtra une deuxième révolution : départs à la retraite non remplacés et haute technicité. Dans ce contexte, la communication doit être plus engageante.Article
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A. Bernis-Fonteneau ; M. Aakairi ; O. Saadani-Hassani ; G. Castangia ; R. Ait Babahmad ; P. Colangelo ; U. D'Ambrosio ; D.I. Jarvis |Local agrobiodiversity in remote areas such as the Moroccan High Atlas is poorly studied, despite being of great importance for the sustainability and resilience of mountainous populations. This includes important species such as wheat (Triticum[...]Article
We use many kinds of digital technologies in our daily life and they lead to radical changes. These technologies are recently being adopted by agriculture and food industry and their use in various applications is tested. The results of the stud[...]Article
Having long been confined to the role of family farm helper, women now make up more than a quarter of farm managers in France. Alongside that, the agricultural world needs to transition towards more sustainable practices and models. Inadequate o[...]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
Dans le plan France 2030, une enveloppe de près de trois milliards deuros est prévue pour décarboner et accroître la productivité de lagriculture. Les objectifs sont ambitieux, mais il faut veiller à ce quils ne soient pas entravés par des ph[...]Article
Les enjeux de transformation des pratiques de production et de commercialisation questionnent les arrangements organisationnels dans les filières agricoles, dont les démarches contractuelles. Celles-ci sont diverses et peu de travaux étudient le[...]Article
Capitalism in the theorizations of sustainability transformation has been largely taken for granted for its misleadingly assumed stability and homogeneity, thus limiting the scope for defining alternative futures, policy options and strategi[...]Article
Climate change and agriculture are inextricably linked and influence one another. Many studies have been conducted on the topic, but none have focused on developing and developed countries. This study aims to investigate the relationship between[...]Article
Promoting pesticide reduction is a critical component of achieving sustainable agriculture. However, the challenges involved in coordinating diverse stakeholder demands pose difficulties in promoting pesticide reduction behavior. To reveal the e[...]Article
A. Ait Sidhoum ; C. Canessa ; J. Sauer |The European Union (EU) budget allocated to agri-environmental schemes (AES) has increased consistently over the past 20 years. European citizens should expect effective spending of these public funds, so investigation of the effects of th[...]Article
Organisé tous les dix ans par le ministère de l'Agriculture, le recensement agricole concerne toutes les exploitations agricoles, même les plus petites. Cette opération statistique de grande ampleur dresse un portrait instantané et détaillé de l[...]Article
Promoting rural development is essential for the general economic transformation of people, hence requiring great attention from different government systems. This study assessed the risk, vulnerability, and resilience of agriculture, as well as[...]Article
Global climate change has led to a severe loss of water and land resources and has exacerbated food crisis concerns. The water-land-food nexus in agricultural irrigation systems is receiving increasing attention. However, for sustainable food pr[...]Article
We can pursue a more resilient and sustainable future if both agriculture and the food system evolve driven by a new model based on agroecology. By applying ecological principles, agroecological farming adapts to local resources, closes biomass [...]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
This short perspective reviews the development of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 2.4.1. The progress of developing SDG Indicator 2.4.1, such as defining the concept of sustainable agriculture and selecting sub-indicators, reflect t[...]Article
Pour prévenir les conflits de leau, il faut accélérer la transition écologique de lagriculture. Ce qui implique aussi de manger moins de viande et plus bio.Article
Considering population projections, which are estimated to be 10 billion people in the world by 2050, agricultural demand is expected to rise by about 50% compared to 2013 levels, even under a moderate economic development scenario. The number o[...]Article
This paper analyses the impacts and water policy implications of an increase of perennial crops on irrigation water requirements and on the vulnerability of the agricultural system to climatic events in the case of the Guadalquivir River basin. [...]Article
J. McGinley ; M.G. Healy ; P.C. Ryan ; H. O'Driscoll ; P.-E. Mellander ; L. Morrison ; A. Siggins |Pesticides are widely used in agriculture to optimise food production. However, the movement of pesticides into water bodies negatively impacts aquatic environments. The European Union (EU) aims to make food systems fair, healthy and environment[...]Article
Feeding the world depends on protecting our valuable ecosystems and biodiversity. Currently, increasing public awareness of the problems posed by the current industrialized food system has resulted in increased support for the creative market fo[...]Article
CONTEXT The Mediterranean basin and specifically Northeast Italy are recognised as climate change hotspots. The latter is a key socio-economic area in Europe among the most agriculturally productive. However, increasingly frequent drought period[...]Article
D. Paudel ; R.C. Neupane ; S. Sigdel ; P. Poudel ; A.R. Khanal |Global food security is a worldwide concern. Food insecurity is a significant threat to poverty and hunger eradication goals. Agriculture is one of the focal points in the global policy agenda. Increases in agricultural productivity through the [...]Article
V. Higgins ; D. van der Velden ; N. Bechtet ; M. Bryant ; J. Battersby ; M. Belle ; L. Klerkx |Assemblage thinking is an increasingly influential approach in critical studies of food and farming, and particularly in research on new agri-food technology such as precision agriculture (PA). This research is important in highlighting the dist[...]Article
CONTEXT To address sustainability challenges in agriculture, private and multi-stakeholder initiatives increasingly use sustainability indicators to monitor the sustainability impact of farms. These indicators can be part of standards for certif[...]Article
W. Rhioui ; J. Al Figuigui ; R. Lahlali ; S.-E. Laasli ; A. Boutagayout ; M. El Jarroudi ; S. Belmalha |The use of excessive chemicals in agriculture can cause harm to the environment and human health. Sustainable agriculture systems promote agroecological practices to reduce chemical use and promote environmental and human health. However, there [...]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
B. Thareau ; A. Sigwalt ; N. Ben Arfa ; T. Petit |Les espaces de fonds de vallées sont des territoires où se superposent des politiques publiques d'environnement (PPE). Dans le cadre du programme de recherche FARMAINE, nous avons interrogé le rôle de ces politiques publiques dans l'évolution de[...]Article
CONTEXT Agriculture plays a central role in the European Green Deal with various policies and strategies converging to promote sustainable agriculture and food systems. The Farm to Fork strategy approaches agriculture from a sustainable food sys[...]Article
Changes in land use that are taking place in many parts of the world are having varying effects, depending on the case, on food security in diverse environments. This article analyzes how these changes manifest themselves in the De La Vega terri[...]Article
Depuis quelques années, la transition écologique se substitue au développement durable comme réponse politique et question scientifique pour ceux qui s'intéressent ou agissent à l'échelle des territoires. Cet article interroge la capacité des co[...]Article
S. De Leo ; A. Di Fonzo ; S. Giuca ; M. Gaito ; G. Bonati |The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of the economic convenience of adopting adaptation measures to climate change at farm level. Concerns raised about climate risks on agriculture indicate that adaptation of the agricultural se[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Norois, n. 267 - Avril 2023 - Foncier agricole et enjeux alimentaires au prisme des relations villes-campagnes
L. Laurens ; C. Margetic | 2023Article
Women farmers experiences are not necessarily homogeneous between contexts, and overall different social structures might have different spillover effects into agriculture. Despite the so-called feminisation of Greek agriculturemanifested as[...]Article
Cet article sintéresse au processus de mise sur agenda dun modèle agri-alimentaire alternatif en Guadeloupe. Il montre comment le modèle agri-alimentaire véhiculé par les petites agricultures familiales a émergé comme problème public. En parti[...]Article
F. Mohammadi Kashka ; Z. Tahmasebi Sarvestani ; H. Pirdashti ; A. Motevali ; M. Nadi ; M. Valipour |The increase in population has increased the need for agricultural and food products, and thus agricultural production should be increased. This goal may cause increases in emissions and environmental impacts by increasing the consumption of agr[...]Article
Agriculture is facing several very important challenges. Population growth means that more food must be produced to meet nutritional needs. However, this is putting excessive pressure on natural resources, such as water and land, which are heavi[...]Article
The agricultural sector in the EU Southern Neighbourhood Partners (SNP) is struggling to respond to sustainability challenges. It needs stronger policies to deliver balanced sustainability outcomes in economic, social and environmental terms. Ba[...]Article
Significant detrimental effects of agricultural intensification and specialization are becoming increasingly evident. Reliance on monocultures, few varieties, and intensive use of agrochemicals is a major factor in climate change, biodiversity d[...]Article
C.-I. Papadopoulou ; E. Loizou ; F. Chatzitheodoridis ; A. Michailidis ; C. Karelakis ; Y. Fallas ; A. Paltaki |Action 2 of the European Unions Updated Bioeconomy Strategy, i.e., Deploy local bioeconomies rapidly across Europe, promotes education and training in all member states. It is a fact that Greece has not yet adopted a national bioeconomy strat[...]Article
I. El Fartassi ; A.E. Milne ; R. El Alami ; M. Rafiqi ; K.L. Hassall ; T.W. Waine ; J. Zawadzka ; A. Diarra ; R. Corstanje |Farmers face the challenge of increasing production to feed a growing population and support livelihoods, whilst also improving the sustainability and resilience of cropping systems. Understanding the key factors that influence farming managemen[...]Article
D.L. Hoover ; L.J. Abendroth ; D.M. Browning ; A. Saha ; K. Snyder ; P. Wagle ; L. Witthaus ; C. Baffaut ; J.A. Biederman ; D.D. Bosch ; R. Bracho ; D. Busch ; P. Clark ; P. Ellsworth ; P.A. Fay ; G. Flerchinger ; S. Kearney ; L. Levers ; N. Saliendra ; M. Schmer ; H. Schomberg ; R.L. Scott |Understanding the relationship between water and production within and across agroecosystems is essential for addressing several agricultural challenges of the 21st century: providing food, fuel, and fiber to a growing human population, reducing[...]Article
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O. Coca ; D. Creanga ; S. Viziteu ; I.S. Bruma ; S. Gavril |In the context of the increase in energy prices and, as a consequence, on other inputs on the global and European market, the study aims to analyze the performance of the European Union's agriculture through the lens of the correlations and link[...]Article
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A. El Mekkaoui ; R. Moussadek ; R. Mrabet ; A. Douaik ; R. El Haddadi ; O. Bouhlal ; M. Elomari ; M. Ganoudi ; A. Zouahri ; S. Chakiri |Climate change, drought, erosion, water contamination resources, desertification, and loss of soil quality represent major environmental risks worldwide. Facing these risks is the most important issue for sustainable development. Conventional ti[...]Article
Growing nutrient fertilization has imperiled freshwater resources throughout the world. There is a conflict of interest between farmers and local environmental organizations who are concerning about nutrient pollution in waterbodies. Adoption of[...]Article
There is uncertainty regarding the resilience of modern intensive agricultural systems, given that they have been developed recently in history (post-WWII). Historically, agricultural sciences have focused on scales from the molecular and plant [...]Article
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The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advancements in the use of deep learning (DL) in the agricultural sector. The author conducted a review of studies published between 2016 and 2022 to highlight the[...]Article
G. Fusco ; F. Campobasso ; L. Laureti ; M. Frittelli ; D. Valente ; I. Petrosillo |Agriculture is a key activity in guarantying food security, one of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. However, agriculture can be an environmental impacting activity when it is managed withou[...]Article
P.B. Hegedus ; B. Maxwell ; J. Sheppard ; S. Loewen ; H. Duff ; G. Morales-Luna ; A. Peerlinck |Few mechanisms turn field-specific ecological data into management recommendations for crop production with appropriate uncertainty. Precision agriculture is mainly deployed for machine efficiencies and soil-based zonal management, and the tradi[...]Article
World agriculture faces the challenge of increasing its agricultural production by 50 % from 2012 to 2050, while reducing water consumption, as agriculture accounts for 69 % of all fresh water used on the planet. The use of technologies such as [...]Article
L. Briamonte ; S. Vaccari ; F. Gaudio ; A. Amato ; P. Piatto ; C. Levoli |This paper provides an analysis of the trends and the main components of public support in agriculture in Italy over the last twenty years (2000-2019). For this analysis, the rich information contained in the CREA database "Agricultural expendit[...]Article
T. Mokhnane ; S. Adjlane ; R. Khiari |Agricultural organizations are considered one of the most important mechanisms in the development and sustainability of Saharan agriculture. From this perspective, this study addressed the problematic role of these organizations in OuedSouf. The[...]Article
This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of agricultural subsidies on food loss using the two-stage dynamic panel model. The results reveal that dynamic adjustments exist in agricultural productivity (0.56) and food loss (0.58), with a U-shaped c[...]Article
In this article, the risk of agricultural farmland abandonment was assessed with the use of a synthetic measure of socioeconomic problems as challenges to the quality of life in rural areas in the European Union. To determine the direction and d[...]Article
B. Soriano ; A. Garrido ; D. Bertolozzi-Caredio ; F. Accatino ; F. Antonioli ; V. Krupin ; M.P.M. Meuwissen ; F. Ollendorf ; J. Rommel ; A. Spiegel ; M. Tudor ; J. Urquhart ; M. Vigani ; I. Bardaji |Finding pathways to enhance the resilience of farming systems (FSs) in Europe is key, given the increasing challenges threatening them. FSs are complex socio-ecological systems in which social and ecological components are strongly linked. Socia[...]Article
Understanding the systemic approach and its potential for decision-making is important for resource management, especially in agriculture in which increasing food demands and environmental and social issues are the main challenges. Therefore, mu[...]Article
Knowledge of better farming methods has been a crucial step upon which agriculture has grown over time. Knowledge, on the other hand, is a currency transferred from one person to another with the vision to improve the quality of life of the othe[...]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
Increasing the environmental sustainability of the agriculture sector is an important policy goal for many governments. This study employs Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to identify potential necessary conditions (bottlenecks) and to assess [...]Article
Adoption and implementation of business planning and control methods is essential to efficiently and effectively allocate resources for producing food within sustainable agricultural systems in the Mediterranean Basin. To investigate this issue,[...]Article
S. Selbonne ; L. Guindé ; F. Causeret ; P. Chopin ; J. Sierra ; R. Tournebize ; J.-M. Blazy |Conceptualized by the Food and Agriculture Organization in 2010, climate-smart agriculture aims to simultaneously tackle three main objectives. These are increasing food security, building the resilience of agricultural systems for adaptation to[...]Article
W. Huang ; Q. Liu ; A. Abu Hatab |There is widespread recognition of the global environmental impact of agricultural production on greenhouse gas emissions, but evidence is sparse regarding the impact in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In this study, we treat agr[...]Article
L. Prost ; G. Martin ; R. Ballot ; M. Benoît ; J.-E. Bergez ; C. Bockstaller ; M. Cerf ; V. Deytieux ; L. Hossard ; M.-H. Jeuffroy ; M. Leclère ; M. Le Bail ; P.-Y. Le Gal ; C. Loyce ; A. Mérot ; J.-M. Meynard ; C. Mignolet ; N. Munier-Jolain ; S. Novak ; V. Parnaudeau ; X. Poux ; R. Sabatier ; C. Salembier ; E. Scopel ; S. Simon ; M. Tchamitchian ; Q. Toffolini ; H. van der Werf |In response to the sustainability issues that agriculture faces in advanced economies, agroecology has gained increasing relevance in scientific, political, and social debates. This has promoted discussion about transitions to agroecology, which[...]Article
Machine learning (ML) and its branch, deep learning (DL), is rapidly evolving and gaining popularity as it outperforms other, more traditional methods in different areas of agriculture. However, ML and DL techniques must be correctly applied to [...]Article
L'article s'intéresse aux nouvelles formes d'agriculture, concept issu essentiellement de la presse généraliste et qui correspond à des formes innovantes ou réinventées d'agriculture comme la permaculture, l'aquaponie, la culture sur toits, dans[...]Article
CONTEXT Both long-term climate trend and interannual climate variability are projected to affect agricultural activities. Actually, major changes in climate patterns have already occurred, affecting crop yields and livestock productivity. OBJECT[...]Article
In this paper some of the key issues related to digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas are addressed. In line with the Green Deal, the paper proposes a framework on how to address the "twin transition" (ecological+digital) through transfo[...]Article
The release of the new Italian Agricultural Census shows many features in line with the previous decades and also some novelties, which shall be properly investigated in the upcoming future. The reduction in number of farms was largely announced[...]Article
M. Haris ; T. Hussain ; H.I. Mohamed ; A. Khan ; M.S. Ansari ; A. Tauseef ; A.A. Khan ; N. Akhtar |The potential of nanotechnology for the development of sustainable agriculture has been promising. The initiatives to meet the rising food needs of the rapidly growing world population are mainly powered by sustainable agriculture. Nanoparticles[...]Article
L.-A. Sutherland ; A. Adamsone-Fiskovica ; B. Elzen ; A. Koutsouris ; C. Laurent ; E.P. Stræte ; P. Labarthe |The establishment of effective national agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) became a European policy imperative in the 2010s, lodged in a political ideology which emphasised the importance of innovation to economic growth. We ar[...]Série
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Agricultural life cycle assessment (LCA) at the sub-national regional level may be a valuable input for the decision-makers. Obtaining representative and sufficient data to develop life cycle inventories (LCIs) at that level is a relevant challe[...]Article
H.A.A. Sayed ; Q. Ding ; M.A. Abdelhamid ; J.O. Alele ; A.Y. Alkhaled ; M. Refai |Agricultural production can achieve sustainability by appropriately applying agricultural mechanization, especially in developing countries where smallholding farmers lack sufficient agricultural machinery for their farming operations. This pape[...]E-Book
M. Berthold, dir. ; M. Boitias, coord. ; J. Hebert, coord. | Berlin [Allemagne] : Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | 2023Cet Atlas est le fruit dune coopération entre la Fondation Heinrich Böll, Friends of the Earth Europe, BUND et le Pesticide Action Network Europe, et sa version française, enrichie de plusieurs chapitres, est publiée par le bureau de Paris de l[...]Article
Motivated by the ongoing debate on food security and the global trend of adopting new emerging technologies in the aftermath of COVID-19, this research focuses on the challenges and opportunities of agriculture digitalization in Spain. This proc[...]Article
This article re-examines the question of environmental services from the perspective of agriculture policy, and in the framework of implementing European Union agri-environmental measures. The article develops a new typology highlighting two dif[...]Série
S. Abis, dir. ; A. Marie, coord. | Paris [France] : Club Déméter | Déméter : Economie et Stratégies Agricoles, ISSN 1166-2115 | 2023Lagriculture et lalimentation sont au cur des défis contemporains et des solutions de demain. Toujours déterminantes pour la sécurité collective et lexistence de chacune et chacun, elles conditionnent les trajectoires de développement durabl[...]Article
M. Lapierre ; G. Le Velly ; D. Bougherara ; R. Préget ; A. Sauquet |Agri-environmental schemes (AES) are part of the main tools used by decision makers to trigger a transition in agricultural practices but one of the factors that discourages farmers from enrolling is the uncertainty of the costs and benefits ass[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
M. Requier-Desjardins, dir. ; T. Berchoux, dir. ; A. Cobacho, dir. ; R. Abdelouahad ; A. Bilel ; L. Announ ; C. Ben-Aicha ; S. Ben Hamed ; R. Ben-Moussa ; A. Ben-Salem ; A. El Maaqili ; F. Gheboub ; S. Grosse ; K. Hammadi ; S. Jourani ; R. Mehdaoui ; S. Nadif ; E. Ndjie ; J. Oger ; J. Panegos | Montpellier [France] : CIHEAM-IAMM | Analyse Diagnostic d'une Zone Rurale | 2023Article
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[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
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S. Coyault, ed. ; C. Jacquier, ed. | 2023Les études rassemblées dans ce numéro embrassent plus de deux siècles d'écritures de la ruralité, à partir des prodromes de la conscience écologique au 18e siècle jusquaux écritures les plus contemporaines. Elles en montrent lévolution, en rel[...]Ouvrage
Les tensions écologiques, ses répercussions de plus en plus visibles et les dangers qu'elles font peser sur les écosystèmes mondiaux, imposent des réponses politiques, y compris aux segments les plus polluants du capital. Ils tentent en effet de[...]Article
Machine-learning methodologies are part of the artificial intelligence approaches with several applications in different fields of science and dimensions of human life. These techniques appear in the frameworks of the digital transition, where s[...]Article
Ce numéro spécial a été pensé pour rendre compte de certains résultats des projets PSDR portant sur lintégration progressive des enjeux multiples du foncier agricole (agri-alimentaires, environnementaux, économiques, paysagers ) dans les proces[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
The economic contribution of women to agricultural and irrigation activities and to the livelihoods, well-being and food security of families and communities is often unrecognized, invisible and mostly undervalued. Moreover, the role of women in[...]Article
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Sustainable farming encompasses diverse practices that draw on various knowledge stocks. This knowledge must be adapted to suit the farmers' crops, the local environment and the farming system. To achieve this requires farmers to build on their [...]Article
Lagriculture et lalimentation doivent relever de nombreux défis environnementaux et sanitaires. Le développement de scénarios prospectifs est une approche pour concevoir et évaluer des stratégies y répondant. Nous comparons ici sept scénarios [...]Article
A partir de trois situations contrastées d'un grand quart nord-est de la France, nous questionnons la manière dont la territorialisation agri-alimentaire, en plus de renforcer une certaine reconnexion entre agriculture et alimentation, engage de[...]Série
FAO (Rome, Italie) | Rome [Italie] : FAO | La Situation Mondiale de l'Alimentation et de l'Agriculture, ISSN 0251-1460 | 2023Les systèmes agroalimentaires offrent à la société des avantages considérables: ils produisent les aliments dont nous nous nourrissons et procurent des emplois et des moyens dexistence à plus dun milliard de personnes. Or ils ont aussi des inc[...]E-Book
A. Tibi, coord. ; V. Martinet, coord. ; A. Vialatte, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Matière à Débattre et Décider | 2023Lavènement des engrais et des pesticides de synthèse a permis aux agriculteurs de saffranchir des contraintes environnementales limitant les rendements et sest accompagnée dune simplification des parcelles et des paysages agricoles. Les impa[...]Article
Living labs are innovative platforms that bring together stakeholders (academic and non-academic actors from diverse disciplines), to collaboratively co-create, develop and test new technologies, products, services in real-life environments. As [...]Article
Le recensement témoigne de la baisse inéluctable du nombre dexploitations. Rien de nouveau ! Le problème, cest quil ne propose aucune piste de réflexions sur les évolutions des résultats économiquesArticle
C. Albaladejo ; S.M. Sassone ; F. Taulelle ; E. Muzi |Cet article s'interroge sur le rôle territorial d'une ville intermédiaire en France (Rodez) qui est un objet géographique intéressant en tant que haut lieu de l'agriculture "de production" mais aussi des agricultures "alternatives". L'analyse re[...]Ouvrage
Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment describes the relationship of agriculture, society, nature and the environment, sustainable agriculture and sustainable development goals, management of biophysical resources for sustainable food and e[...]Article
Nature-Based Farming Solutions (NBFS) are envisaged practices that still strongly demand further context-specific scientific validation for their viable deployment at the local scale. In this context, our study deals with the test of a multi-sca[...]Article
F. Antonioli ; S. Severini ; M. Vigani |This paper studies the impact of foreign labour on the competitiveness of Italian dairy farms relying on the theory of foreign labour in profit functions. Application of an endogenous switching regression model identifies the drivers of adoption[...]Article
T. Stanisic ; S. Lazarevic ; N. Pantic ; M. Lekovic |The Covid-19 pandemic has brought numerous economic challenges to countries around the world. The specificities of certain economy sectors determined the character and intensity of the impact of this health crisis on their results. The purpose o[...]Article
L. Boumaiza ; J. Walter ; R. Chesnaux ; F. Zahi ; F. Huneau ; É. Garel ; R.L. Stotler ; G. Bordeleau ; K.H. Johannesson ; Y. Vystavna ; T. Drias ; V. Re ; K. Knöller ; C. Stumpp |This study focuses on coastal aquifers subject to uncontrolled land use development by investigating the combined effects of seawater intrusion and nitrate contamination. The research is undertaken in a Mediterranean coastal agricultural area (P[...]Article
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Mobile Internet refers to a new mode of information interaction through mobile terminals and the use of wireless communication to access information services. The mobile Internet has provided a new model for the traditional information circulati[...]Article
The agricultural sector is facing the challenge of climate change, which is increasing difficulties to the activity and the economic sustainability of the primary sector, also affecting farmers revenues. There is a growing need to support polic[...]Article
We examined the impact of agricultural intensification on the wellbeing of rural communities in a developing country on a sub-communal scale. To measure the interactions within this complex causal relationship, a statistical approach was applied[...]Article
A. Barnes ; H. Hansson ; L. Billaudet ; G. Leduc ; G.M. Tasevska ; M. Ryan ; B. Thompson ; L. Toma ; S. Duvaleix-Tréguer ; I. Tzouramani |Delivering an agricultural policy which meets ecosystem and climatic pressures and addresses weaknesses in our current food system presents complex challenges for food producers. Adoption of ecological practices will reduce the dependence on imp[...]Article
Due to the Syrian Civil War, many Syrians have had to flee their country and seek refuge in neighbouring countries, and they face a great deal of financial and social problems in their new countries of residence. Problems such as language barrie[...]Article
A. Mayer ; G. Kalt ; L. Kaufmann ; E. Röös ; A. Muller ; R. Weisshaidinger ; A. Frehner ; N. Roux ; P. Smith ; M.C. Theurl ; S. Matej ; K. Erb |The European Commission recently embraced the concept of agroecology as a pathway to reduce negative impacts from agri-food systems on the environment. So far, it remains unclear whether agroecology can deliver on these high hopes if implemented[...]Article
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B. Cicciù ; F. Schramm ; V.B. Schramm |This paper aims to perform a literature review on the use of multi-criteria methods for assessing agricultural sustainability, focusing on the distribution of papers according to year, journal, and countries, the most productive authors, the mos[...]Article
Although in recent years some credit institutions have shown a willingness to support agricultural entrepreneurs, there is still a lack of private financing or co-financing in the agricultural sector. Many farms, in fact, are not able to meet th[...]Article
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D. Dokic ; T. Novakovic ; D. Tekic ; B. Matkovski ; S. Zekic ; D. Milic |Improvements in productivity and efficiency, together with agricultural modernization, are crucial in the process of future sustainable development. As Western Balkan (WB) countries are in the process of integration into the European Union (EU),[...]Article
G. Hurduzeu ; R.L. Pânzaru ; D.M. Medelete ; A. Ciobanu ; C. Enea |The development of sustainable agriculture is treated as a priority at the EU level, and the importance and role of agriculture, in general, and sustainable agriculture, in particular, is undeniable. The European Commission pushes for sustainabi[...]Article
In recent years, CGIAR researchers have investigated the effectiveness of using agrobiodiversity, and more particularly crop and crop varietal diversity, as an adaptive practice to mitigate climate-change impacts on agriculture and to contribute[...]Article
R.S. Makar ; S.A. Shahin ; M. El-Nazer ; A. Wheida ; M. Abd El-Hady |Climate change and its impact on agriculture and water resources have become a global concern. The implications of extreme weather events on food production and water resource availability are starting to have social and economic effects worldwi[...]Article
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a strategy able to fulfil the double purpose of improving the economic performance of the agricultural activity while minimising the impact generated on the environment by reducing the inflow of resources[...]Article
V. Diogo ; J. Helfenstein ; F. Mohr ; V. Varghese ; N. Debonne ; C. Levers ; R. Swart ; G. Sonderegger ; T. Nemecek ; C. Schader ; A. Walter ; G. Ziv ; F. Herzog ; P.H. Verburg ; M. Bürgi |Agriculture plays a central role in achieving most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture has been proposed as a promising concept for safeguarding global food security, while simultaneously protect[...]Article
A quelque chose, malheur est bon. Quand au début de mars 2022, les Marocains découvrent les dégâts infligés par deux mois darrêt des pluies, conjugués à la spirale inflationniste issue de la pandémie de la COVID-19 dont les impacts sont amplifi[...]Article
Climate change is impacting on the agricultural sector in several ways, and the effects on yields are generally among the most observable ones. Open fields crops, such as cereals, are very vulnerable to climate change. We study the historical da[...]Article
Barbara Redlingshöfer a soutenu une thèse interdisciplinaire sur les pertes et gaspillages alimentaires en ville. Caroline Petit axe ses travaux sur les questions de reconnexion entre agriculture et consommation à léchelle territoriale. Ensembl[...]Article
Climate variability and extremes, socio-economic conditions, crisis and market shocks are among the main factors determining risk in the agricultural sector. Drought, heat stress, flood, market volatility among the others, have caused heavy loss[...]Article
Adoption of sustainable agriculture innovations is acknowledged to be an effective response to agro-ecological challenges, such as climate change, pests, drought, natural catastrophes, and food insecurity. However, its level of dissemination is [...]Article
Despite world food production keeping pace with population growth because of the Green Revolution, the United Nations (UN) State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 Report indicates that the number of people affected by hunger has i[...]