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La France reçoit chaque année environ 500 milliards de mètres cubes d'eau de pluie, dont les deux tiers s'évaporent à travers la végétation et le sol. Le reste alimente les eaux de surface et souterraines. En 2017, 32 milliards de mètres cubes d[...]Article
E. Soulé ; P. Michonneau ; N. Michel ; C. Bockstaller |As the sustainable development movement gains traction, many initiatives have aimed to provide support with sustainability assessment methods using a loosely structured set of indicators, resulting in an explosive development of such indicators.[...]Article
A. Maroli ; V.S. Narwane ; B.B. Gardas |This research aims to achieve a holistic understanding of the current IoT scenario by conducting a comparative analysis of the prevailing literature regarding IoT applications in the agricultural domain. Also, it proposes a framework for IoT ado[...]Article
Sustainable agriculture aims to meet the food needs of the growing world population while ensuring minimal impact on the environment and humans as well as productivity. Although pesticides represent the backbone of the agri-food sector in its en[...]Article
P. Palma ; S. Fialho ; A. Lima ; A. Catarino ; M.J. Costa ; M.V. Barbieri ; L.S. Monllor-Alcaraz ; C. Postigo ; M.L. de Alda |The study aimed to assess the occurrence and the environmental risk of a group of 51 selected pesticides in the Guadiana Basin (a biodiversity hotspot, in the Mediterranean). The most abundant pesticides were bentazone and 2,4-D, while terbuthyl[...]Article
L. Piscitelli ; M. Colovic ; A. Aly ; M. Hamzé ; M. Todorovic ; V. Cantore ; R. Albrizio |Maize is a crucial global commodity, which is used not only for food, but also as an alternative crop in biogas production and as a major energy-supply ingredient in animal diets. However, climate change is jeopardizing current maize production [...]Article
I. Nesheim ; F. Sundnes ; C. Enge ; M. Graversgaard ; C. van den Brink ; L. Farrow ; M. Glavan ; B. Hansen ; I.A. Leitão ; J. Rowbottom ; L. Tendler |Solutions to current complex environmental challenges demand the consultation and involvement of various groups in society. In light of the WFDs requirements of public participation, this paper presents an analysis of the establishment and deve[...]Article
Sil existe des cultures et des élevages, cest bien quil y a des mangeurs, quil vaudrait mieux écouter. Riches denseignements, les enquêtes destinées à mieux cerner leurs besoins et désirs pourraient dessiner une nouvelle voie pour les diffé[...]Article
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G. Gagliardi ; M. Lupia ; G. Cario ; F. Cicchello Gaccio ; V. D'Angelo ; A.I. Cosma ; A. Casavola |Over the last decade, the increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) in agriculture applications has led to the definition of the concept of precision farming or equivalently smart agriculture. In this respect, the latest pr[...]Article
L. Turner ; M.T. Harrison ; M. Monjardino ; P. deVoil ; D. Rodriguez |Decision support systems (DSS) have long been used in research, service provision and extension. Despite the diversity of technological applications in which past agricultural DSS canvass, there has been relatively little information on either t[...]Article
Les objectifs de la Politique Agricole Commune (PAC) évoluent avec les demandes sociétales. Il doit en être de même pour ses outils dévaluation. Les expérimentations économiques, qui ont prouvé leur efficacité dans dautres domaines daction pu[...]Article
La récente autorisation des farines animales pour les porcs et les volailles a remis les coproduits sous les feux de la rampe. Très médiatisées, ces rations alimentaires ne représentent pourtant quune petite fraction des coproduits de lagricul[...]Article
In a global context where agriculture is the major consumer of water, there is a pressing need to look for alternative water resources. In light of there being a lack of studies that compare the use of diverse water alternatives in different cro[...]Article
A. Govind ; J. Wery ; B. Dessalegn ; A. Elmahdi ; Z. Bishaw ; V. Nangia ; C. Biradar ; Z.U. Nisa ; K. Abay ; G. Amarnath ; C. Breisinger ; N.A. Ibrahim ; C. Kleinermann ; A.A. Niane ; M. Thijssen |Agriculture and agri-food systems of the highly vulnerable Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region needs a radical transformation under a changing climate. Based on a two-year effort, initially we developed a mega hypothesis on how to achieve[...]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
D.S. Cristea ; S. Rosenberg ; A. Pustianu Mocanu ; I.A. Simionov ; A.A. Mogodan ; S.M. Petrea ; L.M. Moga |This research provides an analytical and predictive framework, based on state-of-the-art machine-learning (ML) algorithms (random forest (RF) and generalized additive models (GAM)), that can be used to assess and improve the Common Agricultural [...]Article
En agriculture, lutilisation de techniques dirrigation plus efficaces est souvent vue comme un moyen de protéger lenvironnement en créant un impact positif sur la gestion de la ressource en eau. Utiliser des techniques efficaces doit ainsi pe[...]Article
Climate change is expected to have serious economic and social impacts on Tunisian rural farmers. The extent of these impacts will largely depend on the level of political and structural adaptations. This study aims to evaluate the effect of inc[...]Article
The Water Footprint (WFP) is an estimate of freshwater utilization in food production and its impacts on water resources by individuals, communities and industries. It is partitioned into green component that denotes rain water use, blue, ground[...]Article
L. Aldieri ; M. Brahmi ; X. Cheng ; C.P. Vinci |The objective of the analysis is to investigate the production efficiency in the USA and Europe through the channel of knowledge spillovers from technological innovation in the agricultural sector. Since the empirical evidence concerning the cli[...]Article
S.S. Ali ; R. Al-Tohamy ; E. Koutra ; M.S. Moawad ; M. Kornaros ; A.M. Mustafa ; Y.A.-G. Mahmoud ; A. Badr ; M.E.H. Osman ; T. Elsamahy ; H. Jiao ; J. Sun |The high demand for sufficient and safe food, and continuous damage of environment by conventional agriculture are major challenges facing the globe. The necessity of smart alternatives and more sustainable practices in food production is crucia[...]Article
Leffacement du couvert végétal dans les steppes de lEst marocain, territoire vulnérable par nature en situation très déplorée, est subséquent aux phénomènes de défrichement et de mise en culture, de surcharge animale, de mitage urbain et de la[...]Article
Dans le bassin versant de lOued Daoura, la vie oasienne est fondamentalement basée sur lagriculture. Cependant, avec les conditions climatiques difficiles où leau se fait rare, le recours à lirrigation est une priorité. En plus, les besoins [...]Article
Local products are considered among the agricultural products to which the State has attached particular importance in recent years, distinguishing them by a set of projects within the framework of solidarity farming. It aimed to improve the con[...]Article
Agricultural technologies have long been promoted by governments and development organizations as effective ways to increase farm productivity and reduce poverty. However, adoption of many seemingly beneficial technologies remains low. Empirical[...]Article
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I. Mouratiadou ; I. Mouratiadou ; C. Latka ; F. van der Hilst ; C. Müller ; R. Berges ; B.L. Bodirsky ; F. Ewert ; B. Faye ; T. Heckelei ; M. Hoffmann ; H. Lehtonen ; I.J. Lorite ; C. Nendel ; T. Palosuo ; A. Rodriguez ; R.P. Rötter ; M. Ruiz-Ramos ; T. Stella ; H. Webber ; B. Wicke |Sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture is a promising strategy for boosting the capacity of the agricultural sector to meet the growing demands for food and non-food products and services in a sustainable manner. Assessing and quantifyi[...]Article
Evidence overwhelmingly supports the view that we need to drastically reduce our consumption of animal products for reasons related to the environment and public health, while moral concerns about the treatment of animals in agriculture are beco[...]Article
K.E. Giller ; T. Delaune ; J.V. Silva ; K. Descheemaeker ; G. van de Ven ; A.G.T. Schut ; M. van Wijk ; J. Hammond ; Z. Hochman ; G. Taulya ; R. Chikowo ; S. Narayanan ; A. Kishore ; F. Bresciani ; H.M. Teixeira ; J.A. Andersson ; M.K. van Ittersum |Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce nutritious diets, but should also provide livelihoods for farmers, while[...]Article
Current agri-environmental policies are facing challenges to protect the environment, including in delivering water quality improvements. These difficulties are mainly due to payment restrictions and field or farm scale limitations in existing p[...]Article
M. Monda ; G. Gabrieli ; M. Mazziotta |The paper presents a composite indicator of well-being for Italian agriculture. Well-being is defined as the health condition of the agricultural sector from the point of view of farmers. The indicator is based on four dimensions: social, enviro[...]Article
La région d'El Ejido, dans le sud de l'Espagne, est recouverte par une « mer de plastique », image donnée par une présence excessive de serres. Ce site agricole est le premier pôle exportateur de légumes du continent européen. Le prix à payer es[...]Article
Wastewater reuse (WW-reuse) is an alternative water resource that may answer present and future water-scarcity issues, supplying diverse categories of water users: agricultural, industrial or even domestic. A literature review of 30 LCAs of WW-r[...]Article
Cet article examine empiriquement la réponse de l'offre agrégée des producteurs de pomme de terre au cours de la période 1966-2018. Nous allons donc : (i) vérifier lexistence dune relation d'équilibre à long-terme entre loffre agricole et les[...]Article
A.K. Rad ; R.R. Shamshiri ; H. Azarm ; S.K. Balasundram ; M. Sultan |The consequences of COVID-19 on the economy and agriculture have raised many concerns about global food security, especially in developing countries. Given that food security is a critical component that is affected by global crises, beside the [...]Article
W. Berthomière ; J. Fromentin ; C. Hochedez ; C. Imbert ; D. Lessault ; P. Pistre ; S. Przybyl |Moins étudiées et documentées que dans les villes, les présences étrangères dans les campagnes françaises restent aujourdhui plus discrètes et souvent méconnues. Pourtant, de nouvelles migrations internationales traversent les espaces ruraux et[...]Article
S. Akdemir ; E.A. Kougnigan ; F. Keskin ; H. Akcaoz ; I. Boz ; I. Kutlar ; Y. Miassi ; G. Kusek ; M. Turker |Agriculture is a sector that is widely known to be impacted not only by the natural conditions of a country but also by other economic and political sectors. Turkish agriculture, in a context marked in recent years by a rural exodus of young peo[...]Article
C. Lytridis ; V.G. Kaburlasos ; T. Pachidis ; M. Manios ; E. Vrochidou ; T. Kalampokas ; S. Chatzistamatis |Agricultural robotics has been a popular subject in recent years from an academic as well as a commercial point of view. This is because agricultural robotics addresses critical issues such as seasonal shortages in manual labor, e.g., during har[...]Article
J. Ben Nasr ; H. Chaar ; F. Bouchiba ; L. Zaibet |The agricultural sector plays a strategic role in the Tunisian economy, particularly in rural areas. Resilience and adaptation to climate change are the main challenges facing this sector. This paper aims to analyze climate change resilience of [...]Article
M. Moriondo ; M. Bindi ; L. Brilli ; S. Costafreda-Aumedes ; C. Dibari ; L. Leolini ; G. Padovan ; G. Trombi ; A. Karali ; K.V. Varotsos ; G. Lemesios ; C. Giannakopoulos ; C. Papadaskalopoulou ; P. Merante |The impact of climate change on the agricultural systems of three major islands in the Mediterranean basin, namely Sicily, Crete and Cyprus, was evaluated using a suite of specifically calibrated crop models and the outputs of a regional circula[...]Article
In the context of EU rural development policy, one of the proposed actions is the formation of Operational Groups (OGs). These OGs are part of the framework of the European Innovation Partnership on Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability ([...]Article
Community supported agriculture (CSA), an innovative food distribution model that encourages environmentally sound agricultural production, has been embraced in Turkey since the early 2000s. Although the model has been widely studied within the [...]Article
Land fragmentation is a primary cause of low agricultural profitability in many regions of the world. Adverse fragmentation parameters can be improved with land consolidation projects. Such projects are undertaken in areas characterised by diffe[...]Article
To achieve sustainability, agricultural insurance is one of the main tools capable of reducing the vulnerability of farmers. This is the reason it is important to investigate the different factors that affect the farmers agricultural insurance [...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
SmartAL Newsletter, n. 5 - September 2021 - Master: European Innovations for a Sustainable Management of Albanian Territories, Rural Areas and Agriculture: Instruments, policies, strategies
M. Maire, coord. | 2021SmartAL is an Erasmus+ capacity building in higher education project focusing on: 1. Strengthening the linkages between universities and job providing institutions 2. Improving the theoretical and practical knowledge of students 3. Offering i[...]Article
Water scarcity has a significant impact on agricultural productivity, and it usually constitutes the main criterion for the continuation of agricultural activity. Cyprus agri-sector faces increasing challenges since water resources are very limi[...]Article
The growth of fraudulent pesticide trade has become a threat to farmers health, agrochemical businesses, and agricultural sustainability, as well as to the environment. However, assessment of the levels of farmers exposure to fraudulent pestic[...]Article
This article summarized Protracted conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have left tens of millions of people in need of humanitarian and development assistance to have access to water. But the capacity of local water servi[...]Article
A. Staccione ; D. Broccoli ; P. Mazzoli ; S. Bagli ; J. Mysiak |Climate change is affecting water quantity and quality, with severe impacts on agricultural production. The use of nature-based solutions to address these challenges is increasing. Natural water retention ponds have been identified as viable sol[...]Article
Land consolidation has been viewed by policy makers as a panacea for tackling the inherited challenges of Albania´s egalitarian land reform. This paper argues that farmers´ efforts towards farm consolidation through land purchase and rent-in are[...]Article
Even though agricultural and land sector emissions contribute almost one-quarter of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, it has been a long struggle to properly recognise and discuss within the UNFCCC framework the con[...]Article
Diffuse water pollution is a major problem in many agroecosystems, especially in irrigated areas linked to ecosystems of high ecological value. Pollution abatement policies imply the modification of agricultural measures and are usually rejected[...]Article
Conservation agriculture (CA) involving zero tillage, crop diversification, and residue retention is considered a panacea for several interrelated problems in agricultural production. However, in the mixed crop-livestock production systems of th[...]Article
K. Akakpo ; S. Bouarfa ; M. Benoît ; C. Leauthaud |Identifying locally adapted and adopted efficient practices can be a step towards the agroecological transition of irrigated plains of the Southern Mediterranean region. However, these types of practices - often little known - are drowned within[...]Article
Agriculture can be a possible provider of social services of relevant importance for the whole society. In order to generate a valuable social service, a multi-actor approach is often applied, based on an active collaboration among public instit[...]Article
There is a growing need for innovative new instruments to complement the current schemes aimed at improving farmland biodiversity. Some of the most promising innovations include market-based instruments relying on what is known as the commodific[...]Article
This study is aimed at examining the relationships between social capital, social motivation and functional competencies and their effects on the participation in the development of an agritourism business among Tunisian entrepreneurs who alread[...]Article
A. Baselice ; M. Lombardi ; M. Prosperi ; A. Stasi ; A. Lopolito |The European Union promotes social innovation (SI) initiatives for the support of marginalised rural areas through rural and sustainable development policies. These are based on the engagement of local actors and the strengthening of their mutua[...]Article
Climate change mitigation will require significant efforts from all emitting sectors, including agriculture. However, agricultural emission reduction measures raise specific concerns, both in respect of their distinct climate outcomes and how th[...]Article
Since we first conceived of this Special Issue, Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate ChangePossible Transformations, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. That said, while the pandemic has shifted our collective focus awa[...]Article
C. Picone ; R. Henke ; M. Ruberto ; E. Calligaris ; R. Zucaro |The aim of this work is to evaluate the sustainability of water management for agriculture in a specific territory through the creation of a synthetic index resulting from the aggregation of multiple indices (environmental, economic, and social)[...]Article
Economic sustainability plays an important role in shaping conditions for economic growth and social development. The importance of answering the question about the level of sustainability of family farms results from the fact that the countries[...]Article
I. Coopmans ; J. Dessein ; F. Accatino ; F. Antonioli ; D. Bertolozzi-Caredio ; C. Gavrilescu ; P. Gradziuk ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; M.P.M. Meuwissen ; M. Peneva ; A. Petitt ; J. Urquhart ; E. Wauters |Understanding the complex process of generational renewal (GR) in agriculture is essential for supporting the continuation of farming. This paper demonstrates how multiple factors, simultaneously and through their mutual interactions, influence [...]Article
Achieving the transition to a sustainable global food and agricultural system will require a shift in the pattern of production and consumption from commodities that generate substantial emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to those that generat[...]Article
Proposer une vision des espaces nourriciers terrestres à l'échelle mondiale, notamment de la répartition des forêts, des cultures et des systèmes pastoraux, n'est pas chose aisée. Les sources sont primordiales, et la construction du planisphère [...]Article
The potential capacity of an agricultural community to adapt to climate change is directly related to several indicators, mainly the initial state of local farmerss perceptions to climate and adaptation, the socio-economy, the space and biophysi[...]Article
V. Mereu ; A. Gallo ; A. Trabucco ; G. Carboni ; D. Spano |The Mediterranean basin has been identified as a prominent hotspot of climate change, with expected negative impacts on crop productivity, among others. Given the primary role that agriculture has to sustain cultural values, economic opportuniti[...]Article
Les agriculteurs auront des profils de plus en plus diversifiés. La puissance publique aura des difficultés à répondre à leurs attentes.Article
In the current context of resource scarcity, global climate change, environmental degradation, and increasing food demand, the circular economy (CE) represents a promising strategy for supporting sustainable, restorative, and regenerative agricu[...]Article
L. Viguier ; N. Cavan ; C. Bockstaller ; S. Cadoux ; G. Corre-Hellou ; S. Dubois ; R. Duval ; O. Keichinger ; C. Toque ; A.-L. Toupet de Cordoue ; F. Angevin |A major path helping agriculture achieve the dual challenges of production and environmental preservation, consists of transitioning from the current, external input-based, conventional farming systems to a biodiversity-based agricultural system[...]Article
K. Rijswijk ; L. Klerkx ; M. Bacco ; F. Bartolini ; E. Bulten ; L. Debruyne ; J. Dessein ; I. Scotti ; G. Brunori |Digital technologies are often seen as an opportunity to enable sustainable futures in agriculture and rural areas. However, this digital transformation process is not inherently good as it impacts on many aspects (e.g. economic, environmental, [...]Article
E. Aguilera ; C. Reyes-Palomo ; C. Díaz-Gaona ; A. Sanz-Cobena ; P. Smith ; R. García-Laureano ; V. Rodríguez-Estévez |Designing effective mitigation policies for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture requires understanding the mechanisms by which management practices affect emissions in different agroclimatic conditions. Agricultural GHG emissions and[...]Article
La France et lEurope ne doivent plus délaisser les biotechnologies végétales. Elles doivent innover dans ce secteur, porteur davenir pour lagriculture.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
In this introductory article to the special issue on Agricultural Regimes and Migrant Labour, we first propose the analytical concept of the agriculturemigration nexus. This is made up of a series of causal and co-constructive links between[...]Article
L. Seguin ; F. Barataud ; L. Guichard ; M. Bonifazi ; V. Souchère ; S. Bouarfa ; J. Tournebize |Cet article propose danalyser la manière dont la construction transdisciplinaire dun projet de recherche, puis la mise en uvre dune démarche participative sur lenjeu des pollutions diffuses agricoles de leau (nitrates et pesticides), const[...]Article
Cet article analyse les effets de la littoralité sur lévolution de linscription socio-spatiale de lactivité agricole, quand elle est exacerbée par le contexte insulaire, comme sur lîle de Bréhat. En croisant analyse spatiale et données ethno[...]Article
The management and protection of a country's water resources is a matter of high priority, ensuring the development and socio-economic stability of a country. Unquestionably, Greece is a characteristic example of this, as water distribution is h[...]Article
Securing agricultural commodities for a growing population requires a paradigm shift in agricultural thinking. An appropriate agricultural development pathway should be determined, which may include larger land extensions and water consumption o[...]Article
This paper presents a comprehensive study to assess the impact of climate change on Egypt?s water resources, focusing on irrigation water for agricultural crops, considering that the agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water in Egypt. [...]Article
Artificial neural networks are one of the most important elements of machine learning and artificial intelligence. They are inspired by the human brain structure and function as if they are based on interconnected nodes in which simple processin[...]Article
To minimize the negative impacts of climate change, adaptation is key. There are, however, a range of factors that, unless recognized and dealt with effectively, can prevent or disrupt adaptation efforts by farmers. Barriers to climate change ad[...]Article
J. Brun ; M.-H. Jeuffroy ; C. Pénicaud ; M. Cerf ; J.-M. Meynard |CONTEXT Researchers studying agriculture and researchers studying food share common interests in working on the sustainability of agrifood systems. Yet, they form two distinct scientific communities, which often struggle to work together due to [...]Article
Academic and political debates on the digitalization of agriculture have addressed sustainability mainly from an ecological perspective. Social sustainability, particularly questions of labor, has been largely neglected in the literature thus fa[...]Article
This article analyzes the adoption of practices face to the ecological and social issues and the constraints perception to agroecological development in the MZab Valley. The socioecological approach shows that the current agrosystem is hybrid[...]Article
Intensive agricultural farming systems have negative impacts on the ecosystem. Therefore, the use of crop rotation emerges as an opportunity to improve the environmental sustainability of agricultural systems. In the region of Galicia in north-w[...]Article
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors in the world. It provides food for the growing world populations while also creating employment opportunities. This sector, however, is greatly threatened by climate change, increased water scarci[...]Article
The analyses focus on the structural change in agriculture and farm households for the selected hilly and mountainous areas in Slovenia before and after the accession to the European Union, with an emphasis on empirical analysis of a sample of i[...]Article
While female labour force participation is on the decline in many parts of the developing world, female participation in agriculture is increasing worldwide. Our review of the literature however confirms that employment in farming has not yet br[...]Article
M.P.M. Meuwissen ; P.H. Feindt ; T. Slijper ; A. Spiegel ; R. Finger ; Y. de Mey ; W. Paas ; K.J.A.M. Termeer ; P.M. Poortvliet ; M. Peneva ; J. Urquhart ; M. Vigani ; J.E. Black ; P. Nicholas-Davies ; D. Maye ; F. Appel ; F. Heinrich ; A. Balmann ; J. Bijttebier ; I. Coopmans ; E. Wauters ; E. Mathijs ; H. Hansson ; C.J. Lagerkvist ; J. Rommel ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; F. Accatino ; C. Pineau ; B. Soriano ; I. Bardaji ; S. Severini ; S. Senni ; C. Zinnanti ; C. Gavrilescu ; I.S. Bruma ; K.M. Dobay ; D. Matei ; L. Tanasa ; D.M. Voicilas ; K. Zawalinska ; P. Gradziuk ; V. Krupin ; A. Martikainen ; H. Herrera ; P. Reidsma |Context Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. Objective This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) [...]Article
Migration is inseparable from social and economic transformations and it plays a crucial role in shaping rural livelihoods. In this paper we review the existing evidence on internal and international migration in four countries of the North Afri[...]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
Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development. Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are hard to find. Therefore, the present systematic review delineated th[...]Article
There is an increasing awareness about the importance of the role that small food and beverage producers play in the socio-economic development in many countries. However, since they face many specific problems which create obstacles for their e[...]Article
Although an emerging literature evaluates the impact of agricultural interventions on food security, studies taking a multi-country perspective are scarce. We construct a cross-project dataset - encompassing 14 household surveys from IFAD-funded[...]Article
The Osijek-Baranya County at the east part of Croatia, generally is known as lowland region in whose economy agriculture and food industry are of great importance. Eastern Croatia abounds in various traditional products, mainly based on smoked p[...]Article
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Si les contextes politiques européen et national semblent aujourdhui favorables à la mise en uvre de paiements pour services environnementaux (PSE) en agriculture, les opérateurs publics comme privés manquent doutils pratiques et, parfois, de[...]Article
In South-east Spain the implementation of desalinated seawater for irrigation was planned as an alternative water supply for farmers. However, most high-volume desalination plants are underused as farmers current demands are lower than was prev[...]Article
S.A. Ashraf ; A.J. Siddiqui ; A.E.O. Elkhalifa ; M.I. Khan ; M. Patel ; M. Alreshidi ; A. Moin ; R. Singh ; M. Snoussi ; M. Adnan |A rapid increase in world population is leading to the rise in global demand of food and agriculture (agri) products. Nanotechnology and its applications have emerged as one of the most pioneering and promising technology for transforming conven[...]Article
Climate change, the agri-food sector and trade are closely related. This contribution aims at presenting issues related to the economic impacts of climate changes on international trade. The agri-food sector is one of the most hit by changes in [...]Article
A.A. Mana ; A.A. Mana ; A. Allouhi ; K. Ouazzani ; A. Jamil |All over the world, agriculture is both the food provider and an energy-intensive consumer, basically in developing countries. Thus, energy inputs into agriculture are often from fossil origin. Nevertheless, rural development cannot be done with[...]Article
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has affected global agricultural chains and intensified the issue of food insecurity worldwide. OBJECTIVE We propose a short retrospective of the reported effects of the COVID-19 pan[...]Article
The aim of our study was to determine the level of anxiety among farmers in different agricultural branches in Turkey during the COVID-19 outbreak and to examine its association with socioeconomic concerns and social support variables. Based on [...]Article
Increasing population and the need for more food has made demands on water resources due to crop productions. One of the strategies for preventing the overuses of safe water resources for agriculture is to increase agricultural productivity by r[...]Article
Agriculture terraces constitute a significant element of the Mediterranean landscape, enabling crop production on steep slopes while protecting land from desertification. Despite their ecological and historical value, terrace cultivation is thre[...]Article
S. van Mourik ; R. van der Tol ; R. Linker ; D. Reyes-Lastiri ; G. Kootstra ; P.G. Koerkamp ; E.J. van Henten |A challenge in modern farming is to find a sustainable way of achieving sufficient production. Precision in dosage, timing and allocation of water, biocides, fertilizer and other inputs is essential, as are such management actions as harvesting,[...]Article
The desire for sustainability calls for new development paths for the agricultural sector. Some suggest creating small to medium size farms, performing agricultural practices that preserve ecosystems, are labour intensive and connected to local [...]Article
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The issue of producers access to agricultural credit is the key word in contemporary debates in the sense that this theme is increasingly addressed at conferences and scientific congresses. This is explained by the fact that agricultural credit[...]Article
Dans un contexte économique changeant et fortement concurrentiel, lagriculture française fait face à lémergence de nouveaux enjeux. Ces enjeux sont liés aux préoccupations environnementales, aux questions de viabilité économique dexploitation[...]Article
Le développement récent des circuits courts alimentaires se caractérise par un foisonnement dinitiatives aux modes dorganisation diversifiés. Ces initiatives se réclament dun processus de relocalisation de lagriculture. Cependant, même sil [...]Article
C. Laroche-Dupraz ; V. Péan, intervieweur |Elle est née officiellement en 1996 des revendications altermondialistes en réaction à la libéralisation de lagriculture. Une approche longtemps limitée à la défense des paysanneries et au droit à lalimentation des peuples. Mais voilà que, ave[...]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
La crise du Covid-19 aura eu ce mérite : non pas seulement mettre en lumière ces travailleurs invisibles que sont les salariés agricoles de tous bords, mais reconnaître leur caractère indispensable. Une « armée de lombre » placée subitement sou[...]Article
G.M. Bazzani ; G. Vitali ; C. Cardillo ; M. Canavari |The assessment of economic and environmental sustainability of agricultural systems represents a critical issue, which has been addressed in this work with a multi-objective programming model to explore the abatement costs (AC) of CO2 for a set [...]Article
I. Funes ; I. Funes ; R. Savé ; F. de Herralde ; C. Biel ; E. Pla ; D. Pascual ; J. Zabalza ; G. Cantos ; G. Borràs ; J. Vayreda ; X. Aranda |In this study, the suitability of major crops currently growing in three case study basins in Catalonia (NE Spain) was assessed for the first half of the 21st century. For this purpose, an estimation was made of net hydric needs (NHN) and a set [...]Article
C. Bonnin ; E. Ayoub ; B. Romagny ; M. Vaillant ; G. Michon ; S. Boujrouf ; M. Aderghal |Depuis les années 2000, le Maroc connaît une forte dynamique associative, tant au niveau des zones urbaines que rurales. Dans les territoires ruraux marginalisés (montagnes, oasis, steppes ), cet engouement pour le phénomène associatif entre en [...]Article
Digitalisation in the agricultural sector continues to expand. At the same time demands for an agricultural policy offering better support for sustainability become increasingly fervent. However, it is far from clear how digitalisation could mak[...]Article
Although the EU and the USA are the largest players in the global agricultural market, there are only a few up-to-date comparative studies concerning their agricultural potential and performance. No comprehensive study covering all individual EU[...]Article
Agricultural research has fostered productivity growth, but the historical influence of anthropogenic climate change (ACC) on that growth has not been quantified. We develop a robust econometric model of weather effects on global agricultural to[...]Article
Latest international directives indicate the need for sustainable development, linking socio-economic and environmental aspects, to reach the goals set by Agenda 2030. In this context, peri-urban agriculture can represent the opportunity to incr[...]Article
Larticle présente le retour dexpérience sur la conduite de linterdisciplinarité dans 14 projets dun programme sur la gestion intégrée de la santé des animaux. Les difficultés rencontrées portent sur lacculturation et léquilibre entre[...]Article
Aujourdhui la biomasse est identifiée comme la seule source de carbone naturelle et renouvelable connue qui soit suffisamment importante pour être substituée aux combustibles fossiles. Dorénavant, il est attendu de cette ressource des fonctions[...]Article
Economic and environmental assessment of two different rain water harvesting systems for agriculture
L. Pari ; A. Suardi ; W. Stefanoni ; F. Latterini ; N. Palmieri |Increasing aridity and subsequent water scarcity are currently among the major problems of agriculture. Rainwater harvesting could represent a way to tackle this issue, and, as a consequence, scientific research has been more and more focused on[...]Article
N. Boke Olén ; F. Roger ; M.V. Brady ; C. Larsson ; G.K.S. Andersson ; J. Ekroos ; P. Caplat ; H.G. Smith ; J. Dänhardt ; Y. Clough |Context The global demand for food is expected to continue increasing for decades, which may drive both agricultural expansion and intensification. The associated environmental impacts are potentially considerable but will depend on how the agr[...]Article
Successful sustainable transitions require an understanding of the drivers and resources needed to support the required changes. While the importance of farmers' collectives in these transitions is underlined by various scientific studies and pu[...]Article
Industrial agriculture has been promoted widely as essential for ending hunger, the second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Despite increases in global productivity and yields of many commodity crops, SDG2 has not yet been achieved and the ne[...]Article
Le changement climatique affecte le cycle de leau et oblige le monde agricole à anticiper ces évolutions, en adaptant ses systèmes de culture, en augmentant lefficience de ses pratiques dirrigation, et en semployant à préserver la ressource.[...]Article
This paper describes the measures adopted by Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (two Italian regions) for planning their peri-urban areas at regional level. Peri-urban territories merge urban and rural features and extend beyond the municipal administr[...]Article
As urbanization and agriculture increase worldwide, habitats and food sources for wild pollinators are often fragmented or destroyed. As wild pollinators contribute both resilience and variety to agricultural fields, it is desirable to implement[...]Article
M. Grillot ; J.-F. Ruault ; A. Torre ; F. Bray ; S. Madelrieux |La bioéconomie est devenue incontournable pour la transition vers une économie décarbonée. Elle favorise le développement des usages non alimentaires des biomasses dorigine agricole (BOA). Or peu de méthodes et outils permettent sans travail [...]Article
C. Robbana ; Z. Kehel ; K. Ammar ; C. Guzmán ; M.B. Naceur ; A. Amri |During the 1970s, Tunisian durum wheat landraces were replaced progressively by modern cultivars. These landraces are nowadays maintained by smallholder farmers in some ecological niches and are threatened gradually by extinction resulting in th[...]Article
An increasing number of scientific papers has been written on the topic of resilience. It explains the way individuals and regions face to shocks and stressors. It focuses on farmers resilience and food security. The main shocks related to food[...]Article
Contributing to the ongoing debate on the future of European agriculture and rural areas, the study states that, in the light of the present historical contingency, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will need to support the reconciliation bet[...]Article
In recent decades, there has been growing concern regarding worsening global climate conditions for agricultural production, especially in Mediterranean climate and other semi-arid areas where the scarcity of water is a major problem. The object[...]Article
K. Mahroof ; A. Omar ; N.P. Rana ; U. Sivarajah ; V. Weerakkody |In order to grow the food the world needs, there is a pressing need to gain a more detailed understanding of how innovative solutions can be incorporated into the agricultural supply chains, particularly within production, for environmentally, e[...]Article
P. Gavilán ; N. Ruiz ; L. Miranda ; E. Martínez-Ferri ; J.I. Contreras ; R. Baeza ; D. Lozano |Irrigation sustainability is particularly important in the vicinity of Doñana National Park (Huelva, Spain), where Europes most important wetland area coexists with a profitable strawberry irrigation activity. In this paper, an innovation and t[...]Article
This paper examines aggregate supply response of 19 selected crops in Algerian agriculture during the 1966-2018 period by employing cointegration analysis and error correction model (ECM). It tests whether there has been a long-run equilibrium r[...]Article
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Le multilatéralisme qui a permis lexplosion des échanges agricoles tend à seffacer au profit daccords bilatéraux. Lagriculture française risque den pâtir.Article
The city of Sidi Bel Abbes is home to one of the most fertile plains of Algeria, where agriculture is mostly groundwater based. Unfortunately, the quality of this water resource has been considerably deteriorated by pollution over time. The pr[...]Article
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The purpose of this study was to examine the role and influence of institutional variables in the adoption of localized irrigation technology (LIT) by farmers in the Draa- Tafilalt region. iven the nature of our problem and in order to test the [...]Article
The paper investigates the drivers of farm size and farm size growth in Slovenia during the period 2007-2017 using a farm-level Farm Accountancy Data Network dataset within a quantile regression framework. Farm size growth is measured by growth [...]Article
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S. Hayran ; S. Duru ; B. Kapur ; A. Gül ; Y.S. Turgut |Climate change is responsible for the negative effects in human life causing a decrease in agricultural products, biodiversity, soil fertility, and forest areas. In contrast, climate change increases plant diseases and pests, the cost of agricul[...]Article
Climate change might have direct impacts on water quantity in Egypt and lead to indirect effects on Mediterranean saltwater intrusion to groundwater, which exposes agriculture to vulnerability. This study investigated impacts of climate change o[...]Article
Modelling transformational adaptation to climate change among crop farming systems in Romagna, Italy
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E. Röös ; B. Bajzelj ; C. Weil ; E. Andersson ; D. Bossio ; L.J. Gordon |Organic farming aims to minimize negative impacts on the local environment, but its contributions to global food sustainability also depend on a resilient food supply. We studied a farm aiming to move beyond organic and become a sustainable far[...]Article
A. Shahzad ; S. Ullah ; A.A. Dar ; M.F. Sardar ; T. Mehmood ; M.A. Tufail ; A. Shakoor ; M. Haris |The changing climate scenarios harshen the biotic stresses including boosting up the population of insect/pest and disease, uplifting weed growth, declining soil beneficial microbes, threaten pollinator, and boosting up abiotic stresses includin[...]Article
V. Hedija ; M. Kuncova |Aim of study: To examine the link between economic efficiency and profitability of firms belonging to the swine sector. Area of study: This study is devoted to the Czech swine sector that forms the traditional and essential part of agriculture i[...]Article
Vulnerability, resilience, robustness and adaptive capacity are four key concepts that characterize dynamics of systems when disturbance occurs. However, rendering them operational for agricultural systems using an approach to quantify dynamics [...]Article
R. Anton ; A. Ruiz-Sagaseta ; L. Orcaray ; F.J. Arricibita ; A. Enrique ; I.D. Soto ; I. Virto |The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the different agricultural management adaptive strategies considered in the framework of a regional climate change adaptation roadmap in Navarre (Spain), from the point of view of soil p[...]Article
This article addresses sex-gender relations within the context of changing class relations shaped by the historical formation of an intensive system of agricultural production in Almeria (Spain). The analysis of work, both on the farm and within[...]Article
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The papers main aim is to assess the measures implemented within the Rural Development Program (RDP) 20072013 in Poland. This programme is dedicated to the diversification of business activities in rural areas and rural livelihood and, thus, t[...]Article
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Nowadays, climate change scenarios predict a rainfall irregularity, which poses the problem of water resources scarcity. The use of unconventional water and in particular treated wastewater in agriculture is one of the adopted remedies. This wor[...]Article
Although eco-innovation in the agri-food sector is receiving increasing attention, the heterogeneity of firms operating in the sector encourages the development of specific sub-sectoral studies to define specific strategies. In this regard, the [...]Article
Algeria as an important North African and Mediterranean country with remarkable bioclimatic, edaphic, and political characteristics is under many sorts of negative stress affecting considerably alimentary dependence. Today, Algerian agriculture [...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Alim'agri, n. 1571 - Février 2021 - Objectif souveraineté alimentaire
2021Dédiée à la souveraineté alimentaire, cette édition revient, entre autres, sur les mesures du volet agricole du plan de relance qui vont contribuer à gagner en indépendance, notamment grâce au plan protéines végétales.Article
To deal with serious environmental problems in agriculture, governments around the world have formulated various subsidy policies. This study aims to investigate the effects of three subsidy schemes using game theory in an agricultural supply ch[...]Article
P. Gate ; G. Lemaire ; M. Rieu |Le défi pour lagriculture mondiale est de continuer à augmenter la production de denrées agricoles tout en résorbant les impacts négatifs quelle provoque sur lenvironnement et la biodiversité. Or ces impacts ne sont pas fondamentalement dus à[...]Article
C. Allo, animateur ; J.-P. Jamet, animateur ; C. Perrot ; V. Chatellier ; M. Boudoin |Le renouvellement des générations constitue un enjeu majeur pour lagriculture. En France, plus de la moitié des chefs dexploitation ont plus de 50 ans et 45% auront atteint lâge de départ à la retraite dans les 10 ans (source : MSA). Lors du [...]Article
E. Ravazzoli ; C. Dalla Torre ; R. Da Re ; V.M. Govigli ; L. Secco ; E. Gorriz-Mifsud ; E. Pisani ; C. Barlagne ; A. Baselice ; M. Bengoumi ; M. Dijskhoorn-Dekker ; A. Labidi ; A. Lopolito ; M. Melnykovych ; M. Perlik ; N. Polman ; S. Sarkki ; A. Vassilopoulos ; P. Koundouri ; D. Miller ; T. Streifeneder ; M. Nijnik |Social innovation (SI) impacts are long-term changes that affect different dimensions of territorial capital (i.e., economy, society, environment, governance) for the territory in which SI occurs. Yet, systematic empirical evidence and theoretic[...]Article
S. Ammirato ; A.M. Felicetti ; M. Ferrara ; C. Raso ; A. Violi |It is widely recognized that the adoption of collaborative organization models in the agri-food sector can help farmers in rural areas to reach sustainable development goals. In any case, a holistic and coherent view of sustainability, organizat[...]Article
In the European Union (EU) context, regulatory instruments and incentive schemes targeting individual farms remain the main policy instruments implemented to control diffuse pollution from agriculture. Yet, collective approaches to policy implem[...]Article
Undernutrition is a major contributor to the global-burden of disease, and global-level health impact models suggest that climate change-mediated reductions in food quantity and quality will negatively affect it. These models, however, capture j[...]Article
H. Assa ; H. Sharifi ; A. Lyons |This study examines how managing risk by introducing commodity price insurances may improve the likelihood of increased investment in agri-food supply chains. A model is introduced which shows how insurance products on index prices can reduce th[...]Article
Within the new "European Green Deal", the European Commission defined crucial challenges for the agriculture of future decades, such as making food production more sustainable by considering the local pedo-climatic and socio-economic specificiti[...]Article
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A. Mishra ; E. Bruno ; D. Zilberman |Individually, both droughts and pandemics cause disruptions to global food supply chains. The 21st century has seen the frequent occurrence of both natural and human disasters, including droughts and pandemics. Together their impacts can be comp[...]Article
The COVID-19 outbreak was an unprecedented situation that uncovered forgotten interconnections and interdependencies between agriculture, society, and economy, whereas it also brought to the fore the vulnerability of agrifood production to exter[...]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
Climate change is a global threat to the food and nutritional security of the world. As greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere are increasing, the temperature is also rising due to the greenhouse effect. The average global temperature is inc[...]Article
Curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to combat climate change is a major global challenge. Although irrigated agriculture consumes considerable energy that generates GHG emissions, the biomass produced also represents an important CO2 sink, wh[...]Article
S. Maitra ; A. Hossain ; M. Brestic ; M. Skalicky ; P. Ondrisik ; H. Gitari ; K. Brahmachari ; T. Shankar ; P. Bhadra ; J.B. Palai ; J. Jena ; U. Bhattacharya ; S.K. Duvvada ; S. Lalichetti ; M. Sairam |Intensive agriculture is based on the use of high-energy inputs and quality planting materials with assured irrigation, but it has failed to assure agricultural sustainability because of creation of ecological imbalance and degradation of natura[...]Article
E.A. Abioye ; M.S.Z. Abidin ; M.N. Aman ; M.S.A. Mahmud ; S. Buyamin |The increasing demand for water is depleting the natural water resources worldwide. One of the major consumers of water is the agricultural industry. Traditional means of irrigation results in a lot of water wastage due to which the notion of pr[...]Article
Since the beginning of the 21st century, Romanian migrants have become one of the most significant national groups doing agricultural work in Spain, initially coming via a temporary migration program and later under several different modalities.[...]Article
R. Cortignani ; D. Dell'Unto ; G. Dono |Climate change requires Mediterranean farms to maintain adequate profitability, while adapting to the increase in water needs of crops, the growth of water demand for non-agricultural users and the reduction of resource availability. We use disc[...]Article
Trouver des moyens déconomiser leau en agriculture est un enjeu crucial. En Europe, lagriculture est le principal utilisateur deau, avec plus de 50 % des prélèvements totaux. Dans de larges portions du territoire européen, les utilisations d[...]Article
The aim of this review is to present a holistic view on irrigation with respect to local environmental and social conditions. Future irrigation development is addressed with a focus on sustainable development. However, technical irrigation aspec[...]Article
K. Sredl ; M. Prasilova ; L. Severova ; R. Svoboda ; M. Stebetak |The aim of this article was to express social and economic aspects of the sustainable livestock production in relation to meat consumption in the Czech Republic and to predict the possibilities of further development of livestock production in t[...]Article
A.S. Elrys ; E.-S.M. Desoky ; M.A. Alnaimy ; H. Zhang ; J.-B. Zhang ; Z.-C. Cai ; Y. Cheng |Although nitrogen (N) is a limiting factor for food production (FP) in Africa, and African food security is seriously threatened by the phenomenon of soil N depletion, there is a dearth of information that shows the points to focus on throughout[...]Article
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M. Cambi ; Y. Giambastiani ; F. Giannetti ; E. Nuti ; A. Dani ; F. Preti |Agricultural terraces are an important element of the Italian landscape. However, abandonment of agricultural areas and increase in the frequency of destructive rainfall events has made it mandatory to increase conservation efforts of terraces t[...]Article
S. Darly ; C. Hochedez ; J. Le Gall ; M. Poulot ; C. Aragau |Après un retour sur des écrits de géographie économique et de sociologie du travail qui ont traditionnellement analysé la place des migrants comme travailleurs de lactivité agricole, larticle envisage la bibliographie issue des recherches sur [...]Série
Chambre régionale d'agriculture d'Occitanie ; Cerfrance | Castanet Tolosan : Chambre régionale d'agriculture d'Occitanie | Agri'scopie | 2021Pour la 6e année consécutive, Agriscopie® Occitanie vous expose les principaux chiffres de lagriculture régionale et vous permet de mieux comprendre et appréhender les problématiques de notre agriculture régionale. Agriscopie® se positionne[...]E-Book
Throughout the fifth edition of the International Forum of Agricultural Robots (FIRA) in December 2020, more than 1,500 farmers, manufacturers, advanced technology suppliers, innovators, investors, journalists and experts from 71 countries aroun[...]Ouvrage
Agricultural Water Management: Theories and Practices advances the scientific understanding, development and application of agricultural water management through an integrated approach. This book presents a collection of recent developments and [...]Article
D.C. Rose ; R. Wheeler ; M. Winter ; M. Lobley ; C.-A. Chivers |Three tenets of sustainable intensification should guide the fourth agricultural revolution: people, production, and the planet. Thus far, narratives of agriculture 4.0 have been predominately framed in terms of benefits to productivity and the [...]Ouvrage
D. Belaïd ; C. Sautter, préf. | Paris [France] : L'Harmattan | Histoire et Perspectives Méditerranéennes, ISSN 0980-5265 | 2021En Algérie, les années 2020 représentent une période charnière. Quelles que soient les forces politiques au pouvoir, le pays devra prendre un virage décisif dans le domaine de l'agriculture. La manne que constituent les hydrocarbures a permis un[...]Article
This article seeks to highlight the performance of the farm sector in the main EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom). Based on the productivity surplus account method (PSAM), our performance analysi[...]Ouvrage
M. Abu-Hashim, ed. ; F.K. Allouche, ed. ; A. Negm, ed. | Cham [Suisse] : Springer | Springer Water | 2021This book focuses on the status quo and the latest information on the water-soil-agriculture nexus in the MENA countries. It presents several case studies and applications from e.g. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, while also sharing[...]Article
Inner Peripheries is a recent concept based on both peripherality and marginality features, thus far from the commonly adopted geographical notion of periphery. Inner Peripheries are fragile territories covering rural Europe, which suffer from d[...]Article
Quantifying the economic effects of climate change is a crucial step for planning adaptation in developing countries. For Egypt, global warming has put it among the most vulnerable countries. Wherefore, this study assesses the economy-wide impac[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Leau, lénergie et lalimentation constituent les trois commodités essentielles pour le fonctionnement de toute économie. Depuis un certain nombre dannées, leurs ressources ne cessent de se raréfier ou de se dégrader avec des degrés différents[...]Article
Les exploitations agricoles algériennes sont confrontées à dimportantes difficultés de financement qui limitent considérablement leur capacité de production. Leur difficulté daccès au crédit bancaire est due en grande partie à lindisponibilit[...]