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G. Harik ; I. Alameddine ; R. Zurayk ; M. El-Fadel |A spatio-temporal Agent Based Modeling (ABM) framework is developed to probabilistically predict farmers' decisions concerning their future farming practices when faced with potential water scarcity induced by future climate change. The proposed[...]
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D. Paudel ; A. de Wit ; H. Boogaard ; D. Marcos ; S. Osinga ; I.N. Athanasiadis |Machine learning models for crop yield forecasting often rely on expert-designed features or predictors. The effectiveness and interpretability of these handcrafted features depends on the expertise of the people designing them. Neural networks [...]
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Adoption and implementation of business planning and control methods is essential to efficiently and effectively allocate resources for producing food within sustainable agricultural systems in the Mediterranean Basin. To investigate this issue,[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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Curieuse époque ! Nous n’avons jamais eu autant de bacheliers. Nous n’avons jamais eu autant de Français capables de faire un raisonnement scientifique. Nous n’avons jamais eu autant de mesures chiffrées de notre activité productive. Nous n’avon[...]
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Parcel-level cropland maps are an essential data source for crop yield estimation, precision agriculture, and many other agronomy applications. Here, we proposed a rice field mapping approach that combines agricultural field boundary extraction [...]
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L. Mohimont ; F. Alin ; M. Rondeau ; N. Gaveau ; L.A. Steffenel |During the last decades, researchers have developed novel computing methods to help viticulturists solve their problems, primarily those linked to yield estimation of their crops. This article aims to summarize the existing research associated w[...]
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Predicting crop yields is one of the most challenging tasks in agriculture. It plays an essential role in decision making at global, regional, and field levels. Soil, meteorological, environmental, and crop parameters are used to predict crop yi[...]
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The expanded use of water-intensive crops, such as maize, has exacerbated soil drying and water scarcity in watersheds with large irrigated surfaces. As we face climbing drought risks, water can be conserved in such areas by adopting agricultura[...]
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The role of energy management (EM) capabilities in enhancing circular economy (CE) business models of agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises by way of developing dedicated organisational competences is an under-investigated topic. In ad[...]
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This paper summarizes a global assessment of digital agriculture services and their impacts. A scoping review conducted under a protocol aligned to the internationally accepted PRISMA- ScR found that most studies are focused on the provision of [...]
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A. Coppola ; M. Amato ; D. Vistocco ; F. Verneau |In recent literature, the issue of sustainability and its measure has been addressed with different approaches that depend on the multidimensional nature of the concept and the specific sector and context to which it applies. The present work fo[...]
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K. Abay ; L. Abdelfattah ; H. El-Enbaby ; M. Mahmoud ; C. Breisinger |Increasing population pressure and population density in many African countries are inducing land scarcity and land constraints. Tightening land constraints are expected to trigger various responses, including agricultural intensification, as po[...]
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Comparison of selected mathematical programming models used for sustainable land and farm management
The aim of this study is to compare three mathematical programing models used for sustainable land and farm management. The sample for the comparison was 219 agricultural holdings participating as beneficiaries of the measure ‘Modernization of a[...]
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Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) have undergone tremendous development in the recent past. With the sharp increase in documentation requirements for agricultural businesses, the potential of FMIS to become widely used comprehensive man[...]
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Land abandonment and the lack of generational renewal in farming are serious issues in European agriculture with social, environmental and economic implications. This article reports on the recent experiences of joint cropland management (JCM) i[...]
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Whilst current policies recognize the impacts that changes in climates and markets have imposed on the Italian food system, less attention is given to the development of systematic approaches to identify alternative cropping systems across Italy[...]
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R. Chetroiu ; A.E. Cismileanu ; E. Cofas ; I.L. Petre ; S. Rodino ; V. Dragomir ; A. Marin ; P.A. Turek-Rahoveanu |The profitability of dairy farms is a broadly addressed issue in research, for different farming systems and even more so now, when it comes to the issue of sustainability in different agricultural fields. The present study presents an evaluatio[...]
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Current European agriculture policies and strategies are aimed to boost the transition from the predominant conventional to a more environmentally friendly agriculture model. As part of this, it is crucial to identify the barriers that exist to [...]
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On assiste au renouvellement des petites exploitations agricoles. De plus en plus d’études de cas et travaux statistiques montrent qu’aujourd’hui certaines petites exploitations françaises s’inscrivent dans un modèle innovant et performant. Cet [...]
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M.S. Kivi ; B. Blakely ; M. Masters ; C.J. Bernacchi ; F.E. Miguez ; H. Dokoohaki |As we face today's large-scale agricultural issues, the need for robust methods of agricultural forecasting has never been clearer. Yet, the accuracy and precision of our forecasts remains limited by current tools and methods. To overcome the li[...]
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Mediterranean rural settlements suffer from numerous environmental challenges, specifically the annual decrease of the farmlands, climate change threats, and growing resource consumption and demand, such as energy, the core of development. Rural[...]
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CONTEXT Agricultural systems are generally characterised by many dependent variables that represent their management practices and performances. Parametric approaches are usually used to explore data collected from farms and relations among vari[...]
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R. Koenig ; M. Brunette ; P. Delacote ; C. Tevenart |Le secteur agricole français est exposé à de nombreux risques météorologiques qui vont s’accentuer sous l’effet du changement climatique. La gestion de ces risques est un enjeu essentiel de l’activité des agriculteurs. Parmi les instruments à le[...]
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Innovation in labour organisation and social conditionality: implications for farm advisory services
There is growing concern about the evolution of working conditions for employees on European farms. In the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), financial support to farmers will soon be subject to a social conditionality clause. As a result of t[...]
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A. Pradipta ; P. Soupios ; N. Kourgialas ; M. Doula ; Z. Dokou ; M. Makkawi ; M. Alfarhan ; B. Tawabini ; P. Kirmizakis ; M. Yassin |Sustainable agriculture management typically requires detailed characterization of physical, chemical, and biological aspects of soil properties. These properties are essential for agriculture and should be determined before any decision for cro[...]
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This work presents a tool to support the transformation of the farmer into a rural entrepreneur, raising the level of management of his company and increasing its competitiveness and sustainability in the long term, enabling its growth and not j[...]
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In this current and global context led by scarcity of resources, environmental degradation, global climate change, and a progressive demand for food, the circular economy (CE) represents a key economic model or framework for sustainable, restora[...]
