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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
A. Cardona ; H. Brives ; C. Lamine ; J. Godet ; L. Gouttenoire ; L. Rénier |Laction collective et la coopération entre des acteurs aux connaissances et pratiques variées contribuent à développer et partager de nouvelles visions, valeurs, ressources matérielles, qui étayent les processus de transition agroécologique. Ce[...]Article
Holistic planning and management of landscape is a prominent challenge. This paper provides a methodological framework for the assessment of an integrated land management plan with its action plans. Based on the scientific understanding, contemp[...]Article
S. Solinas ; M.T. Tiloca ; P.A. Deligios ; M. Cossu ; L. Ledda |Agriculture is strongly linked to climate change and has a two-sided relationship with climate change. Although climate change contributes to reducing agricultural productivity, the primary sector is responsible for the production of greenhouse [...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Leau est une ressource essentielle pour les écosystèmes, la santé humaine et la plupart des activités anthropiques comme lagriculture, la production dénergie ou lindustrie. La préservation et la remédiation de cette ressource sont donc des e[...]Communication à un Congrès (avec Actes)
E. Cenolli ; M. Requier-Desjardins | 2021Albania is a Mediterranean country still characterized by difficult economic development, weak social capital and environmental fragility. As a former communist country, historical dynamics of the management of the natural resources were charact[...]Ouvrage
X. Poux ; P.-M. Aubert ; M. Court, collab. ; O. de Schutter, préf. | Arles [France] : Actes Sud | Domaine du Possible | 2021Le temps est venu pour lagroécologie de changer déchelle : une production intégralement agroécologique, exempte de pesticides et d engrais de synthèse, est aujourdhui envisageable à travers toute lEurope. Au cur de ce modèle porté par une [...]Article
Organic standards are conceived of as a governance mechanism that not only aims to ensure that consumers requirements in terms of transparency are met but also promotes sustainable food systems. Although third-party certification (TPC) and Part[...]Article
Mountain regions are characterized by complex interrelations between human and natural systems. Political and socioeconomic drivers at various scales affect mountain farming systems functioning, resulting in farm structural changes (management, [...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
K. Amrani | 2021Cette thèse porte sur l'évaluation de la durabilité des agrosystèmes oasiens algériens. Un cas d'étude concerne l'oasis de Ouargla située dans le Bas-Sahara à quelque 850 km au Sud-Est de la capitale, Alger. Le choix du site renvoie à une premiè[...]Article
Super high-density olive groves (> 800 trees ha−1) are rapidly expanding in olive oil producer countries, which entails a strong modification of the olive growing system with important agronomic, economic, sociocultural, and environmental [...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
La polyculture-élevage occupe une place importante dans le secteur agricole français et plus particulièrement dans la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté où 11% des exploitations agricoles font partie de cette orientation. Les systèmes de polyculture[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
In creating a sustainable and healthy food system, reducing the pressure on the environment is key. As a non-chemical and targeted input, biocontrol can offer a systemic and balanced solution for sustainable agriculture. This new report explores[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
J. Wery, ed. ; Y. Tessema, ed. ; C. Adamolle, ed. ; H. Belhouchette, ed. | 2021Article
M. Chalupova ; S. Rojik ; H. Kotouckova ; L. Kauerova |Food labels allow producers to promote the unique selling points of their products and help consumers buy products with value-adding qualities. The aim of the present article is hence to explore Czech food producers expectations and experience [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
FAO (Rome, Italie) ; CIHEAM (Paris, France) ; Union Pour la Méditerranée (Barcelone, Espagne) | Rome [Italie] : FAO | 2021As part of the global Food Systems Summit process, countries and stakeholders across the Mediterranean convened several Summit Dialogues, which allowed to reflect on the Summits objectives, explore the challenges faced in Mediterranean food sys[...]Ouvrage
Cet ouvrage saura convaincre le lecteur de sintéresser aux fruits et légumes et lamèner à comprendre que leur production par des petites exploitations est essentielle à la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable établis par les Nati[...]Article
There are few examples in the existing literature that address the quantitative linkages between food waste, food security, and environmental sustainability, at global scale. Here we develop a new panel database on household food waste at the na[...]Article
Climate change is threatening worldwide crop yields and varieties, and the desertification of Southern Europe and Mediterranean areas is endangering the cultivation of tomato, not only one of the most important cultivated crops, but also one of [...]Article
This study investigated the impact of diverse technical and economic factors on sustainable dairy small ruminant farmer market choices in Cyprus. It determined the factors that affect farmer choice between selling milk to a large dairy processor[...]Article
Globalization has led to a new paradigm where the traditional industries, such as agriculture, employ vanguard technologies to broaden its possibilities into what is known as smart farming and the agri-food industry 4.0. This industry needs to a[...]Article
Agriculture and food systems are in urgent need of transformation. Various foresight reports unpack food systems challenges and propose diverse pathways of change towards sustainability. We interrogate the framings and proposed pathways of elev[...]Ouvrage
Food systems around the world face a triple challenge: providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population; supporting livelihoods for those working along the food supply chain; and contributing to environmental sustainability.[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
R. Capone, ed. ; F. Bottalico, ed. ; H. El Bilali, ed. ; G. Ottomano Palmisano, ed. ; G. Cardone, ed. ; A. Acquafredda, ed. | Bari [Italie] : CIHEAM-IAMB | Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens, ISSN 0253-1542 | 2021This issue of Options Méditerranéennes encompasses the Proceedings of the international e-Workshop Pastoralism and Sustainable Development. The two-day e-workshop took place on July 14-15, 2021, within the project PACTORES (Pastoral ACTORs, Ecos[...]Article
In this paper, the authors analyze products from the organic farming system from consumption and consumers. The research aimed to determine the characteristics of the Serbian organic market, discover attitudes, practices, and features of differe[...]Article
Pulses are widely acknowledged for their high nutritional value due to high protein content, low content in calories, and low glycemic index; they are a good alternative to animal proteins thus offering a considerable number of social, environme[...]Article
The current COVID-19 global pandemic has amplified the pressure on the agriculture sector, inciting the need for sustainable agriculture more than ever. Thus, in this review, a sustainable perspective of the use of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA[...]Ouvrage
Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact: Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment covers trending topics on the environmental impact of systems of production, putting emphasis on lifecycle assessment (LCA). This me[...]Ouvrage
Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses d[...]Article
This paper examines the rationale for pursuing environmental objectives by reducing food loss and waste (FLW). The main thrust of the literature on this issue is that FLW reduction can make a major contribution to making food systems more sustai[...]Article
Campo de Dalías, located in southeastern Spain, is the greatest European exponent of greenhouse agriculture. The development of this type of agriculture has led to an exponential economic development of one of the poorest areas of Spain, in a sh[...]Article
A. Balazsi ; J. Dänhardt ; S. Collins ; O. Schweiger ; J. Settele ; T. Hartel |Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are nonmaterial benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. The CES subcategories cover a wide range of domains (e.g. recreation, conservation of cultural heritage, human-nature relations). The CES concept has [...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
The Mediterranean Forum - MEDFORUM - is a bi-annual meeting point launched by CIHEAM in 2016 for PhD students and young researchers from the Mediterranean area. MEDFORUM aims to foster communication, dialogue and co-publications between various [...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
Dans l'objectif de définir les conditions politiques dune transition juste socialement, et vertueuse environnementalement, le développement dun cadre méthodologique innovant a permis de développer et quantifier deux scénarios contrastés de tra[...]E-Book
K. Schroeder ; J. Lampietti ; G. Elabed | Washington [États-Unis] : Banque Mondiale | Agriculture and Food Series | 2021The digital agriculture revolution holds a promise to build an agriculture and food system that is efficient, environmentally sustainable, and equitable, one that can help deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. Unlike past technological revo[...]Article
L. Arata ; F. Diluiso ; G. Guastella ; S. Pareglio ; P. Sckokai |In urban contexts land-use planning can play a central role to promote adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change. Limiting soil consumption, improving urban greening and restoring abandoned areas are three of the most important stra[...]Article
Africa was the only continent not to achieve the 2015 Millennium Development Goal of 50% poverty reduction. This paper asks whether Africa will fare better in meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressing poverty and hunger by 2030. To[...]Article
V. Brombin ; E. Mistri ; M. De Feudis ; C. Forti ; G.M. Salani ; C. Natali ; G. Falsone ; L. Vittori Antisari ; G. Bianchini |Sustainable agricultural management is needed to promote carbon (C) sequestration in soil, prevent loss of soil fertility, and reduce the release of greenhouse gases. However, the influence of agronomic practices on soil C sequestration depends [...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Rural connections, n. 2 - December 2020
2020This edition focuses on the link between environment, the new CAP and the European Green Deal and brings the finalists of the Rural Inspiration Awards 2020 back into the spotlight. Rural development stakeholders share their views on, among other[...]Article
G. Brunori ; G. Branca ; L. Cembalo ; M. D'Haese ; L. Dries |The Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the Paris climate agreement, both signed in 2015, have given a new frame of reference to the international scientific community. Food is at the center of this debate. The question of How to feed the wor[...]Article
Agricultural land expansion and intensification, driven by human consumption of agricultural goods, are among the major threats to environmental degradation and biodiversity conservation. Land degradation can ultimately hamper agricultural produ[...]Article
A. Wezel ; B.G. Herren ; R.B. Kerr ; E. Barrios ; A.L.R. Gonçalves ; F. Sinclair |There is consensus that the global food system is not delivering good nutrition for all and is causing environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity, such that a profound transformation is needed to meet the challenges of persistent malnutr[...]Article
G. Gamache ; J. Anglade ; R. Fèche ; F. Barataud ; C. Mignolet ; X. Coquil |Living labs are defined as both an approach and an arena for supporting experimentation in natural settings with a wide range of actors. In this article we explore the potential and limits of living labs for analysing and supporting the local tr[...]Article
Compte tenu de lévolution des attentes de la société envers la qualité des produits et de lenvironnement, les exploitations agricoles devront de plus en plus sinscrire dans un objectif de durabilité encourageant une agriculture écologiquement[...]Article
Among the Sustainable Development Objectives adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, is the 12th objective of Ensuring sustainable production and consumption patterns which aims to promote the efficient use of resources[...]Article
Governing the second deep transition towards a circular economy: how rules emerge, align and diffuse
F. Kern ; H. Sharp ; S. Hachmann |The recently developed Deep Transitions framework has so far been mainly used to explore the first deep transition towards industrial modernity. This paper looks at a potential second deep transition towards a circular economy, which is hoped to[...]Article
Increasing sustainable productivity growth in the food and agriculture sector is a common goal of all OECD and G20 countries. At the same time, an important policy question for many governments is how the current set of agricultural policies aff[...]Article
R. Padró ; E. Tello ; I. Marco ; J.R. Olarieta ; M.M. Grasa ; C. Font |There is a need for a socioecological transition towards sustainable agri-food systems that recover the organic functioning and the closure of socio-metabolic cycles at the lower feasible scales. This implies an agroecology leap forward aimed at[...]Article
Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: opportunities and challenges
Farmland abandonment and the decline of livestock activity in the Mediterranean mountains have resulted in dramatic landscape changes, including the generalized expansion of shrublands and forests, and the homogenization of the old cultural land[...]Article
Considering the current pandemic, in which changes in the food system and the relationship between food and society are under discussion, I take the opportunity with this editorial to offer some points for debate.Article
Sustainable agricultural production, including its economic, environmental and social dimensions, is now explicitly recognised as one of the principal objectives for the EUs Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This is in line with the 2030 Agenda[...]Article
S. Ammirato ; A.M. Felicetti ; C. Raso ; B.A. Pansera ; A. Violi |Scholars from different perspectives agree that agritourism can be the right tool to balance the needs of tourists with those of rural communities, offering real opportunities for economic and social development, while mitigating undesirable imp[...]Article
The increasing request for food sustainability is affecting the pasta sector in Italy. This phenomenon introduces different sources of uncertainties that, in turn, put pressure on all the stages of the supply chain, with a consequent emerging ne[...]Article
Agricultural systems need to be more sustainable. Nowadays, the global food production has a remarkable impact in terms of greenhouse gases production, terrestrial acidification, eutrophication and land consumption. Moreover, one of the effects [...]Article
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To meet the challenges of sustainability in agricultural system design, reducing the dependency on synthetic plant protection products has become a core issue. There are currently two major reasons for farmers' decision to reduce their use of sy[...]Article
Food systems are driven by incentives that often lead to food being discarded before entering the market and to the degradation of natural resources. Vegetable production in the water-scarce province of Almería, Spain, illustrates this and highl[...]Article
Olive groves form characteristic Mediterranean socio-ecological landscapes, occupying more than 5 M ha; 2.5 M ha in Spain. In recent decades, traditional extensive management of olive groves has shifted to an intensive regime, with some cases of[...]Article
Integrating stakeholder views and system dynamics to assess the waterenergyfood nexus in Andalusia
A nexus approach can support the transition to sustainability by addressing trade-offs and pursuing synergies to improve water, energy, and food security. In this paper, a participatory system dynamics model was developed to identify and assess [...]Article
A. Elbeltagi ; J. Deng ; K. Wang ; A. Malik ; S. Maroufpoor |Crop evapotranspiration (ETc) is one of the most basic components of the hydrologic cycle that is effective in irrigation system design and management, water resources planning and scheduling, and hydrologic water balance. Thus, precise estimati[...]Article
M. Teston ; D. Villalba ; M. Berton ; M. Ramanzin ; E. Sturaro |This study analyzed the link between organic beef production and agroecosystems in mountain areas and the potential effects of land use change in eight farms of Catalan Pyrenees with a three step approach: (i) assessment of structural and manage[...]Article
H. Mitter ; A.-K. Techen ; F. Sinabell ; K. Helming ; E. Schmid ; B.L. Bodirsky ; I. Holman ; K. Kok ; H. Lehtonen ; A. Leip ; C. Le Mouël ; E. Mathijs ; B. Mehdi ; K. Mittenzwei ; O. Mora ; K. Øistad ; L. Øygarden ; J.A. Priess ; P. Reidsma ; R. Schaldach ; M. Schönhart |Scenarios describe plausible and internally consistent views of the future. They can be used by scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to explore the challenges of global environmental change given an appropriate level of spatial and sectora[...]Article
We present for the first time the environmental footprint (EF) of grapes following the methodology proposed by the EU and life cycle assessment (LCA). We used data from three different production systems, conventional high- or low-input and orga[...]Article
One of the most important challenges in any society is the issue of food and water supply. Undoubtedly, agriculture has a major role in water consumption, and grains have the largest use in the food of people. Bread is also an essential commodit[...]Article
Sustainable supply chain management has been a topic of high interest to scholars and practitioners over the last 30 years. Accordingly, many review papers have been published on this topic with various areas of focus. Nevertheless, the overall [...]Article
R. Mancinelli ; S. Marinari ; M. Allam ; E. Radicetti |Agricultural practices should be approached with environmental-friendly strategies, able to restore soil organic matter and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the environmental benefits, in terms[...]Article
Viticulture and winemaking have a strong socio-economic importance worldwide. Weather and climate represent key forcing factors for grapevine development, yields, and quality. Hence, climate change is expected to pose a strong impact on this cro[...]Article
The use of intensive high-yield agricultural systems has proved to be a feasible alternative to traditional systems as they able to meet the objective of guaranteeing long-term sustainability in the supply of food. In order to implement these sy[...]Article
P. Guarnaccia ; S. Zingale ; A. Scuderi ; E. Gori ; V. Santiglia ; G. Timpanaro |The alignment of food systems with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is generally envisaged to make a positive impact on sustainability. This paper outlines some critical environmental and socio-economic indicators for Sicily in order to [...]Article
Participatory guarantee systems (PGS) have become increasingly important for organic quality assurance. PGS are promoted as more suitable than third-party certification (TPC) for smallholder farmers in the Global South. The advocated benefits of[...]Article
Analysis of energy consumed and greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by farming systems is considered an important part of an environmental performance's evaluation, especially within an agroecological context. In this study, we focused on the aspects[...]Article
This introductory article presents the three main challenges faced in economics to issues raised by dietary models. The first part of this paper examines the dietary models that maximise the health profile of a population under various constrain[...]Article
A. Abaab ; M. Neffati ; M. Sghaier ; T. Khorchani ; A. Nefzaoui ; A. Frija ; S. Jalouali ; Z. El Abidine Ghoudi |Un processus national visant la capitalisation de lexpérience tunisienne en matière damélioration pastorale a été engagé par plusieurs organismes de développement et de recherche au cours de la période 2016-2020. En outre, plusieurs partenaire[...]Article
J. Dwyer ; J. Dwyer ; C. Short ; M. Berriet-Solliec ; C. Déprès ; F.-G. Lataste ; K. Hart ; J. Prazan |In recent decades, various public policies have targeted agriculture and forestry's relationship with environmental protection and management. Among environmental policy communities the approach is increasingly framed through the theoretical con[...]Article
F. Galli ; P. Prosperi ; E. Favilli ; S. D'Amico ; F. Bartolini ; G. Brunori |A new food policy coherent with the goal of achieving sustainable food systems implies changing visions and radically revising the understanding of the system on which agricultural and food-related policies act. This paper identifies and discuss[...]Article
S. Nayeri ; M.M. Paydar ; E. Asadi-Gangraj ; S. Emami |Nowadays, the importance of sustainable development has persuaded the supply chain managers to shift their network to sustainable supply. This research develops a multi-objective mathematical model to configure a Sustainable Closed-Loop Supply C[...]Article
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Ecosystem services delivery is influenced by food systems and vice versa. As the application of digital technologies in agriculture continues to expand, digital technologies might affect the delivery of ecosystem services in view of the sorts of[...]Article
Agricultural production is the main consumer of water. Future population growth, income growth, and dietary shifts are expected to increase demand for water. The paper presents a brief review of the water footprint of crop production and the sus[...]Article
The last few years have seen an exponential development of urban agriculture projects within global North countries, especially professional intra-urban farms which are professional forms of agriculture located within densely settled areas of ci[...]Article
The COVID-19 pandemic has had strong impact on the tourism market. As a result of the lockdown and the closing of borders, tourist traffic came to an abrupt halt. Agritourism is an important way of diversifying agriculture and rural areas. In ad[...]Article
Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soils ability to perform a multitude of functions. In Europe, one of the leading causes of soil degradation is unsustainable agricultural practices. Hence, there is a need to explore alternat[...]Article
B. Coluccia ; D. Valente ; G. Fusco ; F. De Leo ; D. Porrini |Agriculture plays a key role in providing a wide range of ecosystem services, such as food, feed, fiber and biofuel, thus taking part in the economic development of countries. On the other hand, this sector also gives rise to negative externalit[...]Article
Several studies have analyzed whether sustainability standardssuch as Fairtrade or Organicdeliver on their promise to benefit smallholder farmers in developing countries, with mixed results. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to [...]Article
A. Naamane ; A. Sadiq ; A. Belhouari ; N. Iounes ; S. El Amrani |Une utilisation non raisonnée des engrais et des pesticides nuit à lenvironnement et en particulier aux sources deau ainsi quà la santé de lêtre humain à travers la nourriture. Dans le cadre de la surveillance des eaux de surface marocaine, [...]Article
Societies at large still grapple to categorize digital space as a phenomenon. At the same time, scientists and developers are searching for innovative methods to better understand how the fundamental shifts caused by digital change will affect t[...]Article
S. Bröring ; N. Laibach ; M. Wustmans |Many factors such as fossil resource scarcity and new technological developments have brought the bioeconomy, an economy based on the use of biomass or bio-based processes, into the focus. Although many authors and national strategies view bioec[...]Article
We examine the potential demand for a local food speciality product, saffron, with alternative labels, using a choice experiment. The paper contributes to the literature on credence attributes, by examining Willingness to Pay (WTP) for the local[...]Article
A. Polito ; E. Azzini ; L. Barnaba ; M. Verrascina ; B. Zanetti ; A. Monteleone ; F. Intorre ; D. Ciarapica ; S. Tomassini ; L. Guidarelli |This paper analyses the relationship between food system dynamics with consumer behaviors, in population within a protected mountain area in Italy. In order to obtain socioeconomic and nutritional data, a combination of qualitative and quantitat[...]Article
Agricultural innovation systems has become a popular approach to understand and facilitate agricultural innovation. However, there is often no explicit reflection on the role of agricultural innovation systems in food systems transformation and [...]Article
In this paper, we study sustainability transitions in agriculture and highlight several elements that distinguish transition dynamics in this sector from those more frequently studied in the socio-technical transitions literature. Our assumption[...]Article
L'Association française d'agroforesterie, créée en 2007, uvre pour le développement d'une agriculture plus durable « par et avec l'arbre ». L'agroforesterie renferme une grande diversité de pratiques utilisant l'arbre comme outil de production [...]Article
Adoption decisions represent a crucial topic in sustainable agriculture research, particularly in the organic agriculture sector; to understand farmers decision-making, research has to delve more deeply into the influences of farmers behavior.[...]Article
The Region of Murcia (south-east Spain) is a world-leading agricultural producer which exports 2.5 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables per year. It holds a leading position in international sales of many fresh products including lettuce, broc[...]Article
The Egyptian government initiated a development project in 2015 to reclaim 1.5 million acres with the primary goal of increasing agricultural production. Siwa is one of these areas in the Western Desert of Egypt, with 30,000 acres using groundwa[...]Article
B. Sastre ; B. Álvarez ; O. Antón ; M.A. Pérez ; M.J. Marques ; R. Bienes ; A. García-Díaz |Olive groves on the Mediterranean Basin are usually managed by continuous tillage and low organic matter inputs, leading to several soil degradation processes. Groundcovers (GCs) have come out as an alternative soil management strategy to improv[...]Article
P. Reidsma ; M.P.M. Meuwissen ; F. Accatino ; F. Appel ; I. Bardaji ; I. Coopmans ; C. Gavrilescu ; F. Heinrich ; V. Krupin ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; M. Peneva ; J. Rommel ; S. Severini ; B. Soriano ; J. Urquhart ; K. Zawalinska ; W. Paas |An increasing variety of stresses and shocks provides challenges and opportunities for EU farming systems. This article presents findings of a participatory assessment on the sustainability and resilience of eleven EU farming systems, to inform [...]Article
G. Nikolaou ; D. Neocleous ; A. Christou ; E. Kitta ; N. Katsoulas |The sustainability of irrigated agriculture is threatening due to adverse climate change, given future projections that every one in four people on Earth might be suffering from extreme water scarcity by the year 2025. Pressurized irrigation sys[...]Article
A variety of indicator-based methods have been developed for the sustainability assessment of farming systems (FSs). However, many of them lack holisticity, focus on a specific agricultural sector/product, and do not provide aggregated results t[...]Article
V. Alary ; S. Messad ; A. Aboul-Naga ; M.A. Osman ; T.H. Abdelsabour ; A.-A.E. Salah ; X. Juanes |On newly cultivated lands in deserts as in the majority of dryland areas, the sustainability of agricultural systems is often debated in terms of socioeconomic viability and agro-ecological longevity. In these contexts, livestock production syst[...]Article
Irrigated agriculture is essential to satisfying the globally increasing demand for food and bio-based products. Yet, in water scarce regions, water-use for irrigation aggravates the competition for the use of water for other purposes, such as e[...]Article
C. Gras ; D.M. Cáceres |Framed by efficiency and productivity narratives, technological innovations are conceived as the inexorable pathway to agricultural development, obscuring the associated appropriation of ecological surpluses and depletion of natural resources. I[...]Article
To cope with ever-increasing demand and ensure food security, agronomic systems have shifted over time from traditional agriculture, based on the organic fertilization of soils, to intensive and specialized farming that use chemical fertilizatio[...]Article
Climate variability in agriculture and crop water requirement: spatial analysis of Italian provinces
Water saving in crop production under climate and environmental changing conditions represents a critical issue for agricultural economy and sustainability. This study develops a novel approach to measure the impact of climate variability on cro[...]Article
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) is spreading worldwide for its applications on livestock farms, in both intensive and extensive systems. PLF has started being adopted only recently, but the need of technological support on farm is getting more[...]Article
The challenge of transitioning from a linear to a circular economy model is still ongoing and requires the development and application of new knowledge, leading to innovative, technological, and sustainable processes, products, and services. The[...]Article
The aim of the paper is to recognize the level of employment and gross value added (GVA) in agriculture in relation to the other sectors of the European Union economy. The following research tasks were formulated: analysis of employment levels a[...]Article
In this study, an integrated environmental risk assessment (ERA) study involving frequent monitoring of both water and soil parameters (24 on total), was carried out to assess and compare the environmental risk quality of three pistachio (Pistac[...]Article
G. Barcaccia ; V. D'Agonisto ; A. Zotti ; B. Cozzi |The recent outbreak of a new Coronavirus has developed into a global pandemic with about 10.5 million reported cases and over 500,000 deaths worldwide. Our prospective paper reports an updated analysis of the impact that this pandemic had on the[...]Article
Dairy cows are able to convert fibrous materials, such as grass, roughage, and by-products from the food industry, into milk and meat, which justifies their role in food production. However, modern dairy farming is associated with major sustaina[...]Article
This paper contributes to the theoretical debate in agri-food economics on sustainable innovations. Specifically, it aims to define an interpretative model of sustainable innovation processes conceived at the supply chain level, and the determin[...]Article
Pesticides play a crucial role in regulating crop production by reducing crop losses and increasing crop yield and quality. However, they may threaten surface and groundwater, a phenomenon occurring at global scale, potentially causing environme[...]Article
Prior to any sustainability assessment and/or any effort to understand or develop the agricultural sector, the acknowledgment of the diversity of farming systems (FSs) is crucial. Typologies are often used for this purpose. The goals of this stu[...]Article
I. Coteur ; H. Wustenberghs ; L. Debruyne ; L. Lauwers ; F. Marchand |A multitude of farm-level sustainability assessment tools (SATs) exists, reflecting a variety of agricultural practices and sustainability perceptions. Tools differ and insight is lacking about how they match with farmers' needs. This paper exam[...]Article
Social and environmental awareness of consumers force supply chains to be more sustainable. This paper studies the coordination problem for a single manufacturer-single retailer sustainable supply chain model in presence of consumers? environmen[...]Article
The Sustainable Society Index (SSI) is known as a comprehensive index that contains substantive aspects of all three dimensions of sustainable development (SD): social, environmental, and economic. This paper assesses the reliability (internal c[...]Article
Cooperation among farmers is an effective alternative to reduce production costs in smallholdings of traditional olive groves and increase their low profitability. However, an increase in efficiency reduces working hours and the labour required [...]Article
L. El Ansari ; R. Chenoune ; Y.A. Yigezu ; C. Gary ; H. Belhouchette |A lot of national and international effort has been made to promote sustainable agricultural production systems in drylands. However, success has been seriously limited due to lack of thorough characterization of the impact of the diversity of f[...]Article
N. Chams ; B. Guesmi ; J. María Gil |Due to the climate change and increased attention toward environmental management issues, the agri-food sector has been extensively relying on research, development, and innovation (RDi) to transform conventional agricultural production into a s[...]Article
Cultivation and sustainability of Date palm in Palestine is the main focus of this paper. Lifecycle and food supply chain are represented using integrated definition block diagram showing the inputs and outputs of date palm tree cultivation. Dou[...]Article
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a technologically innovative response to the challenges faced by agriculture due to climate change. Its implementation needs a change of mentality in the direction of an approach that takes into account how the[...]Article
G.S. Cumming ; G. Epstein ; J.M. Anderies ; C.I. Apetrei ; J. Baggio ; Ö. Bodin ; S. Chawla ; H.S. Clements ; M. Cox ; L. Egli ; G.G. Gurney ; M. Lubell ; N. Magliocca ; T.H. Morrison ; B. Müller ; R. Seppelt ; M. Schlüter ; H. Unnikrishnan ; S. Villamayor-Tomas ; C.M. Weible |Institutions are vital to the sustainability of social-ecological systems, balancing individual and group interests and coordinating responses to change. Ecological decline and social conflict in many places, however, indicate that our understan[...]Article
Climate change will affect the water resources system, on global and regional levels. Over the past thirty years, the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco have experienced severe droughts, which causes a decrease in water supply that affects both agr[...]Article
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Consumers are increasingly concerned about the way their food is produced. This is particularly relevant in the case of meat, due to the impacts that its production methods can have on greenhouse gas emissions and its role in climate change. In [...]Article
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Sur la base dun terrain ethnographique dans le milieu de la permaculture en Suisse romande, nous mettons en évidence les dynamiques initiées par la permaculture au sein des territoires dans lesquels elle se déploie. Nous qualifions de « mésolog[...]Article
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M. Moraine ; J. Ryschawy ; M. Napoleone ; S. Ramonteu ; J.P. Choisis |Les complémentarités entre culture et élevage apparaissent de plus en plus comme des leviers de développement de pratiques durables. A léchelle territoire, ces complémentarités entre exploitations spécialisées permettent de recréer une diversit[...]Article
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O. Gava ; F. Bartolini ; F. Venturi ; G. Brunori ; A. Pardossi |Life cycle assessment is a widespread method for measuring and monitoring the environmental impacts of production processes, thereby allowing the comparison of business-as-usual with more ecological scenarios. Life cycle assessment research can [...]Article
O. Brînzan ; M. Dragoi ; D. Bociort ; E. Tigan ; N. Mateoc-Sîrb ; M. Lungu |The paper presents a market-oriented system of returnable guarantees that can be combined with tradable permits to encourage farmers to use alternative sources of water instead of the regular watering network, or to steer the farming system towa[...]Article
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A. Moragues-Faus | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment | 2020Indicators have become ubiquitous tools to measure and facilitate the process towards sustainable development in food systems. The number of exercises to develop these indicators include academic and practitioner-led processes, bottom-up and top[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Lobjectif principal de cette étude est dévaluer les effets du changement climatique sur le fonctionnement des systèmes délevage mixte biologiques ainsi que de proposer des stratégies dadaptation pour rendre ces systèmes plus robustes et dura[...]Série
FER (Madrid, Espagne) | Madrid [Espagne] : UPA. Union de Pequenos Agricultores y Ganaderos | Agricultura Familiar en Espana: Anuario, ISSN 1887-9292 | 2020Un año más, el Anuario de la Agricultura Familiar en España sale a la luz gracias a la Fundación de Estudios Rurales, entidad creada en el año 2000 en el seno de UPA con el objetivo de impulsar el estudio y debate de todos los aspectos culturale[...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
E. Valette ; K. Schreiber ; D. Conaré ; V. Bonomelli ; A. Blay-Palmer ; N. Bricas ; D. Sautier ; O. Lepiller ; K. Schreiber ; D. Conaré ; V. Bonomelli ; A. Blay-Palmer ; N. Bricas ; D. Sautier ; O. Lepiller | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment | 2020This chapter presents an emerging effort to develop a participatory mapping methodology that will illuminate the pathways through which sustainable urban food systems achieve lasting impact. Carried out in collaboration with Està (Economia e Sos[...]E-Book
D. Bochtis, ed. ; C. Achillas, ed. ; G. Banias, ed. ; M. Lampridi, ed. | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Academic Press | 2020Bio-Economy and Agri-Production: Concepts and Evidence bridges the knowledge gap between sustainability and bio-economy aspects of agri-production. It complements traditional perspectives of agri-production with advanced engineering, information[...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
P. Prosperi ; T. Allen ; B. Cogill ; T. Allen ; B. Cogill | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment | 2020Food systems are highly complex and are driven by many economic, social, cultural, and environmental factors. In order to meet global challenges in the coming decades, a better knowledge of food system dynamics is essential to better understand [...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
A. Palmer ; R. Santo ; R. Santo | Londres [Royaume-Uni] : Routledge | Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment | 2020Food policy councils (FPCs) aim to foster more just, healthy, and sustainable food systems by discussing, shaping, and assessing food system policies and programmes in their communities. Many struggle, however, to understand how to effectively e[...]Série
S. Abis, dir. ; M. Brun, dir. | Paris [France] : Club Déméter | Déméter : Economie et Stratégies Agricoles, ISSN 1166-2115 | 2020Lagriculture, lalimentation et les mondes ruraux sont au cur des grandes questions géostratégiques et sociétales. Produire et se nourrir déterminent, en effet, les dynamiques de sécurité collective et de développement humain. La complexité de[...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
En 2017, lAdage a déployé le diagnostic de la durabilité auprès des fermes adhérentes au dispositif Ecophyto 30 000, comme point de départ des trajectoires dévolution des systèmes de production vers une plus grande durabilité. Après 3 ans, il [...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Suite aux dysfonctionnements des premières chartes communales de développement agricole, mises en place à partir des années 2000 à la Réunion, le Conseil Départemental a décidé de moderniser le système délaboration de chartes sur le territoire.[...]