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Proponents of short food supply chains (SFSC) have lauded their environmental benefits. Nevertheless, most studies on SFSCs have focused on their climate impact, while the synthetic pesticide use by farmers participating in SFSCs has received li[...]
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M. Vasileiou ; L.S. Kyrgiakos ; C. Kleisiari ; G. Kleftodimos ; G. Vlontzos ; H. Belhouchette ; P.M. Pardalos |In the face of increasing agricultural demands and environmental concerns, the effective management of weeds presents a pressing challenge in modern agriculture. Weeds not only compete with crops for resources but also pose threats to food safet[...]
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G. Billen ; E. Aguilera ; R. Einarsson ; J. Garnier ; S. Gingrich ; B. Grizzetti ; L. Lassaletta ; J. Le Noë ; A. Sanz-Cobena |The publication of the European Commission's Farm to Fork Strategy has sparked a heated debate between those who advocate the intensification of agriculture in the name of food security and those who recommend its de-intensification for environm[...]
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The intensification of Mediterranean farming systems has adversely affected the environment. As a result, climate change, soil and land degradation, and biodiversity loss have been exacerbated. A potential solution for addressing these challenge[...]
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In rural areas of developing countries, more than 70% of the population still depends on agriculture. However, economic crises, unscientific land allocation and climate change issues have hindered attempted gains in agricultural productivity and[...]
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J.C. Moreno ; M. Berenguel ; J.G. Donaire ; F. Rodriguez ; J.A. Sánchez-Molina ; J.L. Guzmán ; C.L. Giagnocavo |CONTEXT This research paper details the response to a central challenge of the digitalization of agricultural systems which stems from information overload and the broad heterogeneity of agricultural technologies and the classification thereof.[...]
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S. Lamine ; P.K. Srivastava ; A. Kayad ; F. Muñoz-Arriola ; P.C. Pandey | Oxford [Royaume-Uni] : Academic Press | Earth Observation Series | 2024Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture: Transforming Scientific Advancement into Innovation compiles the latest applications of remote sensing in agriculture using spaceborne, airborne and drones’ geospatial data. The book presents case studies[...]
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Agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution leads to water quality degradation. While agriculture is faced with the challenge of feeding a growing population in a changing climate, farmers must also strive to minimize adverse impacts of agricul[...]
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S. Troiano ; M. Carzedda ; F. Marangon |Precision agriculture is expected to support and strengthen the sustainability of food production. In spite of the demonstrated benefits of the application of Information Technology to improve agricultural practices, such as yield increase and i[...]
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A. Dolinska ; E. Hassenforder ; A.M. Loboguerrero ; B. Sultan ; J. Bossuet ; J. Cottenceau ; M. Bonatti ; J. Hellin ; I. Mekki ; A. Drogoul ; V. Vadez |CONTEXT To contribute to building sustainable and effective climate change adaptation solutions avoiding usability gap, it is largely recommended to engage in the process of co-production, integrating expertise and knowledge from various academi[...]
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D. Pasquel ; D. Cammarano ; S. Roux ; A. Castrignanò ; B. Tisseyre ; M. Rinaldi ; A. Troccoli ; J.A. Taylor |CONTEXT Most crop models are designed for point-based modeling and to simulate agronomic variables on their native spatial footprint, i.e. typically as a uniform field-scale value. Precision agriculture needs crop model simulations at sub-field [...]
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L. El Ansari ; R. Chenoune ; Y.A. Yigezu ; A.M. Komarek ; C. Gary ; H. Belhouchette |CONTEXT Farmers in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region face several interrelated challenges including natural resource depletion, low crop productivity, and food and nutrition insecurity. To address some of these challenges, governmen[...]
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CONTEXT Transition to sustainable agriculture is in many cases hindered by a web of interconnected barriers across agricultural system levels (cropping, farming and agrifood systems), involving a diverse range of stakeholders (e.g., farmers, mar[...]
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This study aims to foresee the future of organic farming in the smallholder agricultural systems of the Valencian Region (Spain), as well as to identify how different drivers of change may affect such a future. To do so, two qualitative methodol[...]
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K.U. Rehman ; S. Andleeb ; M. Ashfaq ; N. Akram ; M.W. Akram |Agriculture plays a vital role in global food security, but conventional practices have led to environmental degradation and health risks due to excessive use of agricultural nutrients and chemicals. In this era of increased consumer awareness a[...]
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Food production is an important source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Quantifying the carbon footprint of all the major food categories in different continents is critical for accurately evaluating various aspects of GHG emissi[...]
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One effect of the 2020 global pandemic was market turmoil over the food production system. Such strong market shocks can also affect the environment, for example, through changes in the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity of production. The [...]
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P. Reidsma ; F. Accatino ; F. Appel ; C. Gavrilescu ; V. Krupin ; G. Manevska Tasevska ; M.P.M. Meuwissen ; M. Peneva ; S. Severini ; B. Soriano ; J. Urquhart ; K. Zawalinska ; C. Zinnanti ; W. Paas |According to stakeholders, many European farming systems are close to critical thresholds regarding the challenges they face (e.g., droughts, price declines), functions they deliver (e.g., economic viability, biodiversity and habitat) and attrib[...]
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This article develops a calculation method to compare the total effect of different agricultural land-use systems on biodiversity. The results of the calculations offer a clear indication of which land-use system provides the highest biodiversit[...]
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S. von Münchhausen ; J. Kirwan ; D. Maye ; M. Muñoz-Rojas ; T. Pinto-Correia ; P. Prosperi ; D. Vergamini |Globalization of food chains and scale increases in business models are dramatically affecting rural areas in Europe, by a simplification of land use, new urban-rural relations and reshaped social networks. While pressures on land use systems ha[...]
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K.P. Devkota ; M. Devkota ; M. Karrou ; V. Nangia |Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum), considered better drought tolerant, is the most cultivated wheat in Morocco and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The region, including Morocco, predominantly has rainfed production [...]
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K.P. Devkota ; M. Devkota ; R. Moussadek ; V. Nangia |Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) is the oldest and most cultivated cereal crop in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and under Mediterranean climatic conditions. Morocco is one of the largest producer of durum wheat in MENA r[...]
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R.A. Wittwer ; V.H. Klaus ; E. Miranda Oliveira ; Q. Sun ; Y. Liu ; A.K. Gilgen ; N. Buchmann ; M.G.A. van der Heijden |CONTEXT: Climate change increasingly threatens food security, particularly through prolonged phases of drought. It is therefore important to evaluate and develop arable cropping systems with an enhanced capability to withstand severe drought eve[...]
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J.-M. Meynard ; M. Cerf ; X. Coquil ; D. Durant ; M. Le Bail ; A. Lefèvre ; M. Navarrete ; J. Pernel ; A. Périnelle ; B. Perrin ; L. Prost ; R. Reau ; C. Salembier ; E. Scopel ; Q. Toffolini ; M.-H. Jeuffroy |Given the huge challenges agriculture has to face, both in Northern and Southern countries, a radical change in farming practices towards agroecology is required. Most scientific literature on the design of new farming systems describes de novo [...]
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Context Organic farming is a fast-growing system considered a holistic approach that benefits the environment. However, previous studies have reported varying results on its productivity when compared to conventional farming systems. Moreover, t[...]
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E. Dorr ; B. Goldstein ; C. Aubry ; B. Gabrielle ; A. Horvath |There is increasing interest in evaluating the environmental performance of urban agriculture (UA), primarily using life cycle assessment (LCA). However, LCA has been applied to UA inconsistently, making it difficult to confidently compare or dr[...]
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The abandonment of agricultural activity has multiple negative economic, environmental and social impacts in rural areas. As a consequence of different socioeconomic, political, environmental and technical drivers, this phenomenon shows an incre[...]
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Promoting well-functioning ecosystems that maintain the sustainability of agricultural systems in response to climate change remains a major challenge in North Africa. Agroecological practices have the potential to serve as an alternative to che[...]
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M. Pergola ; A. Maffia ; G. Carlucci ; A. Persiani ; A.M. Palese ; M. Zaccardelli ; G. Altieri ; G. Celano |In the last two decades, Portugal suffered the effects of two global crises, the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Common Agriculture Policy reforms. These crises had a great impact on the Portuguese economy, but it is c[...]
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K. Van Ruymbeke ; J.G. Ferreira ; V.D. Gkisakis ; J. Kantelhardt ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; P. Matthews ; A. Niedermayr ; L. Schaller ; K. Bankowska ; K. Mertens ; L. Vranken |Many farm-management practices focus on maximizing production, while others better reconcile production with the regulation of ecological processes and sociocultural identity through the provisioning of ecosystem services (ESs). Though many stud[...]
