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A. Funk ; B. Sütterlin ; M. Siegrist |Food consumption has a large environmental impact, but the total impact of households can be reduced substantially by changing consumers food-related decisions and behaviors. Consumers differ in their motives and willingness to behave in an env[...]Article
Olive cultivation (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most significant sources of income for agricultural areas in the Mediterranean basin, and the olive oil industry as well as the environmental protection are an important part of the Greek agricu[...]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[...]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.[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
D. Bougherara ; L. Ibanez ; M. Lapierre ; G. Le Velly ; R. Préget ; A. Sauquet ; S. Thoyer | Montpellier [France] : Centre dEconomie de lEnvironnement | 2021Ce guide sadresse prioritairement aux acteurs de terrain concernés par laccompagnement des agriculteurs individuels et des collectifs dagriculteurs vers des modèles agricoles économes en intrants et respectueux de lenvironnement, notamment d[...]E-Book
ILRI (Nairobi, Kenya) ; IUCN (Gland, Suisse) ; FAO (Rome, Italie) ; WWF (Barcelone, Espagne) ; UNEP (Nairobi, Kenya) ; ILC (Paris, France) | Nairobi [Kenya] : ILRI | 2021This Rangelands Atlas is a collaborative initiative of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, World Wide Fund [...]Article
This paper analyzes the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of a sample of wineries in Spain and its effect on the companies performance. We used a questionnaire created with a validated scale that includes environmental and social dimensions[...]Article
Various drivers behind the adoption of environmentally friendly practices have been investigated at the farm level in the literature, e.g., farmers motivations and attitudes, farms structure, and management or policies. Yet, the way in which q[...]Article
In the context of ecological crisis, agricultural issues become increasingly present in public debates and there is a call for to better understand the relations between farmers and nonhumans. Based on care theory and through an ethnographic stu[...]Article
Throughout the covid-19 emergency, health authorities have presented contagion data divided by administrative regions with no reference to the type of landscape, environment or development model. This study has been conducted to understand wheth[...]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
En France, la politique Trame verte et bleue (TVB) vise à enrayer la perte de biodiversité en participant à la préservation, à la gestion et à la remise en bon état des continuités écologiques. En nous appuyant sur une revue de la littérature sc[...]Article
Les sols ont été soumis à des pressions sans précédent au cours des dernières décennies, sous leffet conjugué de la croissance de la population et de la demande alimentaire et énergétique. Selon le concept de Rockström et al. (2009), le changem[...]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
Water management projects have an important role in regional environmental protection and socio-economic development. Environmental policies, strategies, and special measures are designed in order to balance the use and non-use values arising fo[...]Article
M.P. Vilas ; P.J. Thorburn ; S. Fielke ; T. Webster ; M. Mooij ; J.S. Biggs ; Y.-F. Zhang ; A. Adham ; A. Davis ; B. Dungan ; R. Butler ; P. Fitch |Intensive agricultural practices represent a major threat to aquatic ecosystems because they impair water quality. However, this can be ameliorated by farmers improving crop management provided they are aware of their contribution to declining w[...]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
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
Considering the existing world population, set of environmental impacts, and predicted changes in dietary trends, one can expect that, in the coming decades, food security will remain high on the list of sustainability concerns. In relation to t[...]Article
A. Thomas ; C. Lamine ; B. Allès ; Y. Chiffoleau ; A. Doré ; S. Dubuisson-Quellier ; M. Hannachi |We discuss in this paper the role of the economic and social organization in agriculture and the food industry, in relation with the Health-Agriculture-Food-Environment (HAFEN) concept. The aim is to better understand the potential impact of the[...]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
No one would dispute that agricultural systems and food diets are not sustainable from an environmental and health point of view, and that increasing their sustainability must be a major objective of farm and food policies. Simultaneously, clima[...]Article
V. De Leijster ; R.W. Verburg ; M.J. Santos ; M.J. Wassen ; M. Martínez-Mena ; J. de Vente ; P.A. Verweij |Agroecological practices have been shown to control erosion, increase soil fertility, carbon stocks, pollination and biodiversity. As a consequence, these ecosystem services can contribute to a better farm economic resilience on the long-term; h[...]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
Lobjectif de cet article est de proposer un état de lart du rôle joué par la conception (design) du contrat agro-environnemental sur la participation des agriculteurs. La diversité des dispositifs en Europe et dans le monde conduit les auteurs[...]