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Increasing the levels of ecosystem services that contribute to agricultural production (ES) is a challenge for the sustainability of agricultural systems. Agricultural advisors lack low-data operational approaches for assessing ES and knowledge [...]Article
One important issue faced by wheat producers is temporal and spatial yield variation management at a within-field scale. Vegetation indices derived from remote-sensing platforms, such as Landsat, can provide vital information characterising this[...]Article
The demand for food based on intensive agriculture has decreased soil quality, posing great challenges such as increasing agricultural productivity and promoting environmental sustainability. Thus, researchers have focused on developing models f[...]Rapport, Expertise, Working Paper
T. Berchoux ; F. Iadecola | 2022This manual provides key information and instructions on the application and use of the SHERPA Characterisation Tool for rural areas. The tool was developed to examine the characteristics of rural areas in the EU. It consists of an excel file pr[...]Article
S. Poponi ; G. Arcese ; F. Pacchera ; O. Martucci |The agri-food sector is one of the key sectors where the action is needed to ensure the transition to a more sustainable development model in line with the principles of the circular economy (CE). The use of indicators to monitor progress and ar[...]Série
FAO (Rome, Italie) | Rome [Italie] : FAO | La Situation Mondiale de l'Alimentation et de l'Agriculture, ISSN 0251-1460 | 2022La pandémie de covid-19 a fait apparaître au grand jour la vulnérabilité des systèmes agroalimentaires face aux chocs et aux situations de stress et entraîné une augmentation de linsécurité alimentaire et de la malnutrition au niveau mondial. D[...]Article
E.P. Andrade ; A. Bonmati ; L.J. Esteller ; S. Brunn ; L.S. Jensen ; E. Meers ; A. Anton |The adverse effects of agriculture and livestock production on the environment are well-known and require mitigation in order to achieve sustainability in the food production chain. This study focused on adverse effects related to biogeochemical[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
M. Requier-Desjardins ; L. Chazée ; W. Khechimi ; S. Anougmar ; M. Garrabé | 2022Article
L. Rocchi ; L. Paolotti ; C. Cortina ; F.F. Fagioli ; A. Boggia |The transition from a linear to a circular economy is a research trend topic, as well as the possibility to measure the degree of circularity of products and systems. In a linear economy, raw materials are taken from nature and transformed into [...]Article
B. Czúcz ; H. Keith ; J. Maes ; A. Driver ; B. Jackson ; E. Nicholson ; M. Kiss ; C. Obst |The UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) aims at regular and standardised stocktaking of the extent of ecosystems, their condition, and the services they provide to society. Recording the condition of eco[...]Article
I. Mouratiadou ; I. Mouratiadou ; C. Latka ; F. van der Hilst ; C. Müller ; R. Berges ; B.L. Bodirsky ; F. Ewert ; B. Faye ; T. Heckelei ; M. Hoffmann ; H. Lehtonen ; I.J. Lorite ; C. Nendel ; T. Palosuo ; A. Rodriguez ; R.P. Rötter ; M. Ruiz-Ramos ; T. Stella ; H. Webber ; B. Wicke |Sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture is a promising strategy for boosting the capacity of the agricultural sector to meet the growing demands for food and non-food products and services in a sustainable manner. Assessing and quantifyi[...]Article
Cette recherche cible lélaboration dun indicateur multicritère des services écosystémiques culturels (SEC) des zones humides méditerranéennes protégées. Basé sur les perceptions sociales des visiteurs, il vise la mesure de limpact de la visit[...]Article
The Ecological Value (EV) term has been spread in the literature since 1860; however, there is no consensus on its definition and the criteria for its assessment. To identify, assess and summarize the main definitions, criteria, indicators and[...]Article
R. Panchal ; A. Singh ; H. Diwan |The paper provides a systematic literature review to investigate whether circular economy (CE) performance in the technical cycle will contribute to the sustainable development. Two academic databases, namely Scopus and Web of Science were used [...]Article
Agriculture can be a possible provider of social services of relevant importance for the whole society. In order to generate a valuable social service, a multi-actor approach is often applied, based on an active collaboration among public instit[...]Article
Promoting sustainable agricultural systems, maintaining biodiversity, and establishing measures to counteract climate change are the clear objectives of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); however, there is still uncertainty regarding i[...]Article
M. Juigner ; M. Robin ; M. Audère ; P. Fattal ; B. Hervy ; R. Kerguillec ; J.-B. Suzanne ; S. Costa ; M. Lopin ; O. Maquaire ; M. Medjkane ; J. Pagny ; A. Thulie |Les côtes basses sableuses sont des espaces contraints et sensibles aux aléas côtiers. Limplantation des activités humaines à proximité du bord de mer fait de ces espaces des territoires du risque. Lidentification des territoires exposés au re[...]Article
C.J. Brown ; M.F. Adame ; C.A. Buelow ; M.A. Frassl ; S.Y. Lee ; B. Mackey ; E.C. McClure ; R.M. Pearson ; A. Rajkaran ; T.S. Rayner ; M. Sievers ; C.A. Saint Ange ; A.I. Sousa ; V.J.D. Tulloch ; M.P. Turschwell ; R.M. Connolly |Vegetated coastal wetlands, including seagrass, saltmarsh and mangroves, are threatened globally, yet the need to avert these losses is poorly recognized in international policy, such as in the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United N[...]Article
In recent decades, many sustainability indicators and methods have been developed at farm level, but a validated set of quantitative and scientifically-sound indicators covering all three dimensions of sustainability is still needed. For this re[...]Article
Much information on the food security status of countries has become increasingly available in recent years. However, alternative measures, especially with large variation, can affect policy design and delivery to alleviate food insecurity. This[...]Article
R. Matacena ; M. Zenga ; M. D'Addario ; S. Mari ; M. Labra |The COVID-19 emergency and the consequent social distancing requirements have caused major disruptions in daily food-related practices at the household level. In this paper, we evaluate the transformations that occurred in the daily nutritional [...]Article
The application of true cost accounting (TCA) at farm level requires a common framework and metric for measuring, capturing and valuing sustainability. We propose such a framework and farm metric that build on the four capitalsnatural, social, [...]Article
K.V. Varotsos ; A. Karali ; G. Lemesios ; G. Kitsara ; M. Moriondo ; C. Dibari ; L. Leolini ; C. Giannakopoulos |The paper presents the analysis of a sub-set of high-resolution bias-adjusted simulations from the EURO-CORDEX initiative, in order to examine the changes in the mean climate and the extremes in three Mediterranean islands, namely, Sicily, Crete[...]Article
Agriculture contributes to deforestation and the conversion of other terrestrial ecosystems, affecting important ecosystem functions. A growing share of the produced agricultural commodities is traded between countries. It is widely assumed that[...]Article
Improvement of food security is a common objective for many agricultural systems analyses, but how food security has been conceptualized and evaluated within agricultural systems has not been systematically evaluated. We reviewed the literature [...]Article
G. Gabbi ; M. Matthias ; N. Patrizi ; F.M. Pulselli ; S. Bastianoni |The environment may constrain economic growth potential. In other words, economic growth cannot be pursued in spite of ecological limits any longer. Here we present an economic growth indicator adjusted by taking into account the current tendenc[...]Article
To describe and measure the apparent pressures humanity poses to functioning of the crucial Earth systems, scientists have long strived to develop comprehensive indicators, of which environmental footprints are probably the most popularly recogn[...]Article
K.S. Nelson ; T.D. Nguyen ; N.A. Brownstein ; D. Garcia ; H.C. Walker ; J.T. Watson ; A. Xin |Definitions and measures of rurality are important to researchers and policymakers as they have implications for policy and practice. By conducting a systematic review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the various ways in which rurality ha[...]Article
L. Casini ; F. Boncinelli ; F. Gerini ; C. Romano ; G. Scozzafava ; C. Contini |Promoting the viability of rural areas is a major objective of the European development and agricultural policies. One of the key aspects for the success of these policies is represented by the possibility to monitor the quality of life in all o[...]Article
Inner Peripheries is a recent concept based on both peripherality and marginality features, thus far from the commonly adopted geographical notion of periphery. Inner Peripheries are fragile territories covering rural Europe, which suffer from d[...]