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A. Cravero ; S. Pardo ; P. Galeas ; J. López Fenner ; M. Caniupán |Sustainable agriculture is currently being challenged under climate change scenarios since extreme environmental processes disrupt and diminish global food production. For example, drought-induced increases in plant diseases and rainfall caused [...]Article
Nowadays, smart irrigation is becoming an essential goal in agriculture, where water and energy are increasingly limited resources. Its importance will grow in the coming years in the agricultural sector where the optimal use of resources and en[...]Article
CONTEXT Adaptation to climate change is crucial to achieve food security and sustainable agricultural development. United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on climate action urges to combat climate change impacts that are more pronounced in d[...]Article
A. Barnes ; H. Hansson ; L. Billaudet ; G. Leduc ; G.M. Tasevska ; M. Ryan ; B. Thompson ; L. Toma ; S. Duvaleix-Tréguer ; I. Tzouramani |Delivering an agricultural policy which meets ecosystem and climatic pressures and addresses weaknesses in our current food system presents complex challenges for food producers. Adoption of ecological practices will reduce the dependence on imp[...]Article
Vineyards in southeastern Spain, although subjected to a semi-arid climate, generate multiple environmental and socioeconomic benefits. However, they have an uncertain future, mainly due to the price of grapes, as well as the limited water resou[...]Article
Exploring sustainability implications of transitions to agroecology: a transdisciplinary perspective
G. Schwarz ; F. Vanni ; D. Miller ; J. Helin ; J. Prazan ; F. Albanito ; M. Fratila ; F. Galioto ; O. Gava ; K. Irvine ; J. Landert ; A.L. Quero ; A. Mayer ; D. Monteleone ; A. Muller ; E. Röös ; A. Smyrniotopoulou ; A. Vincent ; G. Vlahos ; A. Zilans |Successful transitions to agroecology require shared understanding of the sustainability implications of transitions for food systems. To gain such understanding, a transdisciplinary approach is increasingly called for by funders, end users of r[...]Article
The European Union's Farm-to-Fork strategy, aiming at increasing the environmental sustainability of farming, is oriented to limit farm inputs that could harm the environment. This restrictive policy affects farmers' productive choices and econo[...]Article
A. Mayer ; G. Kalt ; L. Kaufmann ; E. Röös ; A. Muller ; R. Weisshaidinger ; A. Frehner ; N. Roux ; P. Smith ; M.C. Theurl ; S. Matej ; K. Erb |The European Commission recently embraced the concept of agroecology as a pathway to reduce negative impacts from agri-food systems on the environment. So far, it remains unclear whether agroecology can deliver on these high hopes if implemented[...]Article
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Due to the environmental radicalization of European politics, which is reflected in the European Green Deal, Farm to Fork strategy, and new CAP 2023-2027, this paper aims to determine the impact of agri-environmental indicators on soil productiv[...]Article
A.M.S. Kheir ; K.A. Ammar ; A. Amer ; M.G.M. Ali ; Z. Ding ; A. Elnashar |Combining machine learning (ML) with dynamic models is recommended by recent research for creating a hybrid approach for robust simulations but has received less attention thus far. Herein, we combined multi- ML algorithms with multi-crop models[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
New Medit, vol. 21, n. 5 Spécial Issue - Decembre 2022 - Making sense of on-going dynamics and innovations in oases and newly irrigated areas of North African arid regions: towards more sustainable development pathways
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B. Cicciù ; F. Schramm ; V.B. Schramm |This paper aims to perform a literature review on the use of multi-criteria methods for assessing agricultural sustainability, focusing on the distribution of papers according to year, journal, and countries, the most productive authors, the mos[...]Article
N. Ostandie ; B. Giffard ; P. Tolle ; A.A. Ugaglia ; D. Thiéry ; A. Rusch |CONTEXT Assessing the multifunctionality of agroecosystems is crucial to design more sustainable farming systems. While it is known that organic farming benefits biodiversity and ecosystem services, how organic farming affects their multifunctio[...]Article
Climate change will pose a major threat to food supply worldwide. Agroforestry has been proposed as an effective approach to minimize its effects on crops. However, to design sustainable and productive agroforestry systems, net responses of crop[...]Article
O. Gava ; A. Povellato ; F. Galioto ; J. Prazan ; G. Schwarz ; A.L. Quero ; U.Y. Iragui ; C.A. Massa ; A. Zilans ; J. Carolus |Agroecological transitions have the potential to deliver multiple environmental and social benefits. However socio-economic barriers have prevented those transitions in many European contexts. This article aims to inform policymakers about polic[...]Article
Although in recent years some credit institutions have shown a willingness to support agricultural entrepreneurs, there is still a lack of private financing or co-financing in the agricultural sector. Many farms, in fact, are not able to meet th[...]Article
The goals of the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity call for a global transition to sustainability. To achieve these goals, subsidies can be implemented. Subsidies are pervasive especially (but not only) in the agricultur[...]Article
Agroecology is not a new concept. Its rising prominence, however, is linked to greater societal awareness of environmental pressures associated with agricultural practices, a decline in the number of farmers, the growing market power of major co[...]Article
F.A. Madau ; B. Arru ; R. Furesi ; P. Sau ; P. Pulina |Dairy sheep farming systems provide a great range of ecosystem services (ESs) and social services (SSs). These are Agro-pastoral Secondary Outputs (ASOs), the promotion of which can help the survival of the systems and the rural regions in which[...]Article
Curieuse époque ! Nous navons jamais eu autant de bacheliers. Nous navons jamais eu autant de Français capables de faire un raisonnement scientifique. Nous navons jamais eu autant de mesures chiffrées de notre activité productive. Nous navon[...]Article
This paper aims to assess and to analyze the sustainability of Tunisian olive growing system. Results show two types of farms in this sector. The first one is the traditional farms. The second is the modern farms. The sustainable value method (S[...]Article
D. Dokic ; T. Novakovic ; D. Tekic ; B. Matkovski ; S. Zekic ; D. Milic |Improvements in productivity and efficiency, together with agricultural modernization, are crucial in the process of future sustainable development. As Western Balkan (WB) countries are in the process of integration into the European Union (EU),[...]Article
G. Hurduzeu ; R.L. Pânzaru ; D.M. Medelete ; A. Ciobanu ; C. Enea |The development of sustainable agriculture is treated as a priority at the EU level, and the importance and role of agriculture, in general, and sustainable agriculture, in particular, is undeniable. The European Commission pushes for sustainabi[...]Article
M. Masi ; M. De Rosa ; Y. Vecchio ; L. Bartoli ; F. Adinolfi |The adoption of innovations may boost the transition to sustainable agricultural models. Among these innovations, precision farming offers a fundamental contribution to sustainable soil management and the improvement in product quality. The work[...]Article
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C. Rega ; B. Thompson ; A. Niedermayr ; Y. Desjeux ; J. Kantelhardt ; R. D'Alberto ; P. Gouta ; V. Konstantidelli ; L. Schaller ; L. Latruffe ; M.L. Paracchini |Understanding and measuring the sustainability of farms is key to evaluating progress towards policy goals for a more sustainable agriculture. In the LIFT project, a farm typology was developed to classify farms according to their ecological per[...]Article
S. Davidova ; N. Hostiou ; M. Alebaki ; A. Bailey ; Z. Bakucs ; J. Duval ; P. Gouta ; S. Henderson ; A.-L. Jacquot ; P. Jeanneaux ; B. Jendrzejewski ; K. Kilcline ; V. Konstantidelli ; P. Kostov ; L. Latruffe ; L. Schaller ; K. Van Ruymbeke ; L. Védrine ; J. Veslot ; L. Vranken ; P. Walder |Ecological farming, such as organic and low-input farming, is gaining popularity in the public discourse. One question is how this type of farming may impact farm labour from a socio-economic point of view. The article first discusses how low-in[...]Article
In recent years, CGIAR researchers have investigated the effectiveness of using agrobiodiversity, and more particularly crop and crop varietal diversity, as an adaptive practice to mitigate climate-change impacts on agriculture and to contribute[...]Article
J.H. Kestel ; D.L. Field ; P.W. Bateman ; N.E. White ; M.E. Allentoft ; A.J.M. Hopkins ; M. Gibberd ; P. Nevill |Global food production, food supply chains and food security are increasingly stressed by human population growth and loss of arable land, becoming more vulnerable to anthropogenic and environmental perturbations. Numerous mutualistic and antago[...]