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N. Debonne ; M. Bürgi ; V. Diogo ; J. Helfenstein ; F. Herzog ; C. Levers ; F. Mohr ; R. Swart ; P.H. Verburg |A range of intensifying pressures is making the future of European agriculture dynamic and contested. Insights into these pressures are needed to inform debates about the future of the sector. In this study, we use a foresight approach to identi[...]Article
Two contrasting models of development seek to radically transform food and farming today. The first focuses on modernizing and sustaining capitalism through the promotion of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in food and agriculture. The sec[...]Article
Meteorological drought is defined as the event that arises when precipitation is lower than average and initially affects rainfed crops; this is transformed into hydrological drought when persistent drought affects water storage. We have studied[...]Article
Irrigated agriculture accounts for ∼90% of anthropogenic freshwater consumption, is deployed on 22% of cultivated land, and provides 40% of global food production. Expanding irrigation onto currently underperforming rainfed croplands is cr[...]Article
Coastal wetlands are among the most productive and valuable ecosystems worldwide, although one of the main factors affecting their survival is the coexistence between agriculture and conservation. This paper analyses the complex balance between [...]Article
S. Mohammed ; A. Elbeltagi ; B. Bashir ; K. Alsafadi ; F. Alsilibe ; A. Alsalman ; M. Zeraatpisheh ; A. Széles ; E. Harsányi |Drought is a natural hazard which affects ecosystems in the eastern Mediterranean. However, limited historical data for drought monitoring and forecasting are available in the eastern Mediterranean. Thus, implementing machine learning (ML) algor[...]Article
Assessment of groundwater contamination is an efficient means to discover and carry out the demarcation of the more vulnerable zones to pollution from human activities. This study is focused on the plain of El Asnam (Northern Algeria) characteri[...]Article
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The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a great impact on the agricultural sector, especially in developing countries. In particular, it caused exceptional challenges to small and local-scale farmers. Field questionnaires and interv[...]Article
The term "feminization of agriculture" is used to describe changing labor markets that pull men out of agriculture, increasing women's roles. However, simplified understandings of this feminization persist as myths in the literature, limiting ou[...]Article
Due to the increase of global demand of agriculture and agro-industrial products, agriculture has undergone some changes in the stages of procurement, planning, planting, maintenance, harvesting, transport and distribution. The use of formal mat[...]Article
R. Hessel ; G. Wyseure ; I.S. Panagea ; A. Alaoui ; M.S. Reed ; H. van Delden ; M. Muro ; J. Mills ; O. Oenema ; F. Areal ; E. van den Elsen ; S. Verzandvoort ; F. Assinck ; A. Elsen ; J. Lipiec ; A. Koutroulis ; L. O'Sullivan ; M.A. Bolinder ; L. Fleskens ; E. Kandeler ; L. Montanarella ; M. Heinen ; Z. Toth ; M. Hallama ; J. Cuevas ; J.E.M. Baartman ; I. Piccoli ; T. Dalgaard ; J. Stolte ; J.E. Black ; C.-A. Chivers |Soils form the basis for agricultural production and other ecosystem services, and soil management should aim at improving their quality and resilience. Within the SoilCare project, the concept of soil-improving cropping systems (SICS) was devel[...]Article
N.H. Ajroudi ; B. Dhehibi ; A. Lasram ; H. Dellagi ; A. Frija |This study aims to analyse Tunisian farmers ability to pay (ATP) in a citrus area and propose a penalising price strategy based on the block-pricing process to decrease over-irrigation without affecting farmers incomes. The methodology is base[...]Article
M.S. Kivi ; B. Blakely ; M. Masters ; C.J. Bernacchi ; F.E. Miguez ; H. Dokoohaki |As we face today's large-scale agricultural issues, the need for robust methods of agricultural forecasting has never been clearer. Yet, the accuracy and precision of our forecasts remains limited by current tools and methods. To overcome the li[...]Article
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R.V. Ionescu ; M.L. Zlati ; V.M. Antohi ; C. Fortea ; S.M. Petrea ; D.S. Cristea |This research is focused on identifying the potential of organic farming by testing the efficiency of productive yields and identifying pragmatic means to quantify it such as the function of the productive yield of organic farming. The results o[...]Article
The potential beneficial and harmful social impacts generated by the introduction of novel technologies, in general, and those concerning nutrient recovery and the improvement of nutrient efficiency in agriculture, in particular, have received l[...]Article
H.H. Khan ; M.N. Malik ; Z. Konecná ; A.G. Chofreh ; F.A. Goni ; J.J. Klemes |This study aims to investigate blockchain technology for agricultural supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic. Benefits and solutions are identified for the smooth conduction of agricultural supply chains during COVID-19 using blockchain. Thi[...]Article
Agricultural production and productivity are important from multiple perspectives, including environmental protection, food self-sufficiency, renewable energy sources as well as economic returns. The earlier literature has sparsely addressed the[...]Article
A.E.S. Pereira ; J. Luiz de Oliveira ; S. Maira Savassa ; C. Barbara Rogério ; G. Araujo de Medeiros ; L.F. Fraceto |Global agriculture is looking for new agri-tech revolutions not only due to the ever-growing need for increased food production but also to protect the environment from the harmful impacts of many of the current practices in the field. In this c[...]Article
En Tunisie, les territoires de montagne nont été que peu concernés ces dernières décennies par les politiques de développement rural et agricole. En outre, ils nont été que partiellement abordés dans les productions scientifiques qui, souvent,[...]Article
Recent research established a link between environmental alterations due to agriculture intensification, social damage and the loss of economic growth. Thus, the integration of environmental and social dimensions is key for economic development.[...]Article
C. Kosma ; V. Triantafyllidis ; A. Zotos ; A. Pittaras ; V. Kouneli ; S. Karydogianni ; A. Mavroeidis ; I. Kakabouki ; D. Beslemes ; E.L. Tigka ; I. Roussis ; D. Bilalis |Smallholder farming systems are typical of the European Mediterranean region. Small farms of less than 2 hectares cover approximately 15% of cropland in the southern EU and only 5% across the EU. The greater variability of cultivated species per[...]Article
With the rapid developments in ICT, the current agriculture businesses have become increasingly data-driven and are supported by advanced data analytics techniques. In this context, several studies have investigated the adopted data analytics pl[...]Article
La guerre en Ukraine entraîne des répercussions sur léconomie mondiale. Le secteur agricole pourrait en subir le contrecoup.Article
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L. Schreefel ; I.J.M. De Boer ; C.J. Timler ; J.C.J. Groot ; M.J. Zwetsloot ; R.E. Creamer ; A.P. Schrijver ; H.H.E. Van Zanten ; R.P.O. Schulte |CONTEXT - Well-managed agricultural land can provide ecosystem services and contribute positively to the environment. Many of these services are mediated through the soil and are referred to as soil functions. Regenerative agriculture is a mode [...]Article
In the field of agriculture, the water used for irrigation should be given special treatment, as it is responsible for a large proportion of total water consumption. Irrigation scheduling is critical to food production because it guarantees prod[...]Article
Le programme de recherche-action Réacteurs accompagne quatre collectivités territoriales dans la conception de projets agricoles porteurs dattractivité. À partir de lexemple de la filière noisette en Est-Creuse, cet article souhaite questionne[...]Article
Les projections du GIEC quant aux fortes tensions à venir sur laccès et le partage de leau interrogent en particulier les voies et les moyens dadaptation de lagriculture dici à 2050. Le ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire et [...]