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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[...]