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Agricultural systems need to be more sustainable. Nowadays, the global food production has a remarkable impact in terms of greenhouse gases production, terrestrial acidification, eutrophication and land consumption. Moreover, one of the effects [...]Article
To meet the challenges of sustainability in agricultural system design, reducing the dependency on synthetic plant protection products has become a core issue. There are currently two major reasons for farmers' decision to reduce their use of sy[...]Article
P. Guarnaccia ; S. Zingale ; A. Scuderi ; E. Gori ; V. Santiglia ; G. Timpanaro |The alignment of food systems with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is generally envisaged to make a positive impact on sustainability. This paper outlines some critical environmental and socio-economic indicators for Sicily in order to [...]Article
Analysis of energy consumed and greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted by farming systems is considered an important part of an environmental performance's evaluation, especially within an agroecological context. In this study, we focused on the aspects[...]Article
Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of sustainability. This paper puts forward our point of view about more sus[...]Article
Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soils ability to perform a multitude of functions. In Europe, one of the leading causes of soil degradation is unsustainable agricultural practices. Hence, there is a need to explore alternat[...]Article
Guidelines are needed to support research and action on sustainable transitions towards more resilient and adaptable agroecosystems. Here I present an operationable and simple framework with theoretical underpinning to assess to what extent agro[...]Article
Beyond the ecosystem benefits of diversification through wheatpea intercropping, this review analyzes the barriers and levers to its adoption and diffusion. The present review shows that structuring the value chain around the products of this i[...]Article
E. Genevet ; J. Ladier, intervieweur |Le service commun pastoralisme de la Chambre régionale d'agriculture d'Occitanie travaille à l'orientation des politiques publiques en matière de pastoralisme, à l'élaboration de référentiels techniques et apporte son expertise dans le cadre de [...]Article
L. Garde ; B. Beylier ; O. Bonnet ; P. Thavaud ; S. Debit ; S. Golé |C'est au pluriel qu'il s'agit de conjuguer le sylvopastoralisme en forêt méditerranéennes. Si l'animal domestique a toujours tiré profit des ressources du sa/tus, non sans conflits d'ailleurs, les modes d'intégration du troupeau à la forêt médit[...]Article
La mise en uvre de systèmes de culture durables et performants dans la filière fruits et légumes est un enjeu majeur des prochaines années. Au travers dun certain nombre de projets et de partenariats, le CTIFL a développé plusieurs approches s[...]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
A variety of indicator-based methods have been developed for the sustainability assessment of farming systems (FSs). However, many of them lack holisticity, focus on a specific agricultural sector/product, and do not provide aggregated results t[...]Article
S. Canali ; D. Antichi ; S. Cristiano ; M. Diacono ; V. Ferrante ; P. Migliorini ; F. Riva ; A. Trinchera ; R. Zanoli ; L. Colombo |The objectives of this paper are to present the dynamic of organic food and farming (OFF) research and innovation, to outline challenges in deploying programs and accessing funding, and to define key actions to foster the development of tailored[...]Article
Institutional change and diversity have been two major topics of debate in contemporary social sciences. At the core of this debate are actors skills to manage the institutional frame that defines limits and possibilities for their strategies. [...]Article
In view of the foremost concern about the generational renewal in livestock farming, the identification of both the drivers that determine the process of incorporating young farmers into the livestock sector, as well as the strategies young peop[...]Article
D. Andrade ; F. Pasini ; F.R. Scarano |Agriculture is one of the main examples of the interface humankind-nature-technology. However, innovation in agriculture has often been associated to only one component of this tryptic: technology - in particular its development, use and applica[...]Article
To cope with ever-increasing demand and ensure food security, agronomic systems have shifted over time from traditional agriculture, based on the organic fertilization of soils, to intensive and specialized farming that use chemical fertilizatio[...]Article
Lagriculture connaît depuis quelques années dimportantes contraintes environnementales, lesquelles tendent à diaboliser les pratiques conventionnelles et à créer de nouvelles institutions favorisant les pratiques agroécologiques. Alors que ces[...]Article
S. Recous, animateur ; J.-L. Julien, animateur ; F. Maraux, animateur ; J.-M. Meynard, animateur ; H. Boizard ; J. Roger-Estrade ; C. Chenu |La question un peu brutale du « labour ou non-labour » suscite de nombreuses affirmations apparemment inconciliables telles que « le labour tue la vie du sol » ou « le non-labour rend indispensable lemploi de glyphosate ». Cette séance présente[...]Article
Over the past decades, agro-ecological measures, such as conservation agricultural initiatives (CAIs) have been widely implemented in developing countries, in like manner with Tabriz city as would be a leading case situated in northwest Iran. In[...]Article
E. Aguilera ; C. Díaz-Gaona ; R. García-Laureano ; C. Reyes-Palomo ; G.I. Guzmán ; L. Ortolani ; M. Sánchez-Rodríguez ; V. Rodríguez-Estévez |Mediterranean agriculture has coevolved with harsh environments and changing climate conditions over millennia, generating an extremely rich heritage of traditional knowledge; however, it is particularly threatened by climate change, including a[...]Article
Cet article questionne lapport de main duvre bénévole dans les exploitations agroécologiques sur petites surfaces. En recourant de manière volontaire à une motorisation limitée ainsi quà des principes de production écologiques, la main duv[...]Article
J.-M. Ricard ; M. Millan ; B. Rosies ; S. Simon ; P.-E. Lauri ; M. Gabet |Alto est un projet de recherche Dephy Expé du plan Ecophyto II dont le centre CTIFL de Balandran est un des trois lieux de lexpérimentation. Il sagit de concevoir des vergers agroécologiques, très bas intrants phytosanitaire voire sans pestici[...]Article
In recent years, urban contexts and urban-rural linkages have become central for scholars and activists engaged in agrarian questions, agroecological transitions and food system transformation. Grassroots experimentations in urban agroecology an[...]Article
Les systèmes alimentaires mis en place dans les pays développés au cours du XXe siècle peuvent-ils répondre aux objectifs dun développement durable ? Peut-on en concevoir de nouveaux sappuyant davantage sur les ressources de leur territoire et[...]Article
Agroecology has been suggested as a promising concept for reconciling agricultural production and environmental sustainability by optimizing ecological processes that deliver ecosystem services (ES) to replace external inputs. While this stateme[...]Article
P. Scheromm ; A. Rixen ; L. Laurens ; C.-T. Soulard |Comment lagroécologie, en tant que projet politique et institutionnel, sinvente-t-elle à léchelle locale ? Dans cet article, nous nous proposons danalyser dans quels objectifs et comment des acteurs publics locaux mettent en uvre des initia[...]Article
H. Brives ; C. Heinisch ; M. Désole ; C. Chazoule ; P. Vandenbroucke |Selon la littérature sur les circuits courts, la relation directe entre consommateurs et producteurs enclenche un cercle vertueux de confiance partagée. Quadvient-il lorsque la relation nest plus directe mais médiée par un petit nombre dinter[...]Article
C. Peano ; S. Massaglia ; C. Ghisalberti ; F. Sottile |A growing awareness that highly intensified agricultural systems have made a substantial worldwide contribution to the worsening of the resilience capacity of natural ecosystems has, over the last twenty years, brought general attention to agroe[...]