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The development of agriculture in the worlds arid regions has always faced specific economic and environmental constraints. This study aims to evaluate the performance of the olive oil value chain in the semi-arid zones of Algeria (Tiaret); by [...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
M. Requier-Desjardins ; J.-M. Salles | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Enjeux Sciences, ISSN 2267-3032 | 2024Lévaluation des coûts de la désertification soulève de multiples difficultés, notamment liées à la définition de la situation à laquelle on compare létat actuel. On doit, dune part, saccorder sur une liste dimpacts liés à la désertification[...]Article
The present study is inspired by a current scientific debate around the economic valuation of soil ecosystem services. It details the estimation of the services identified in the watershed O.Lachbal and develops projections in order to analyse t[...]Article
S. Vermeulen ; Jan Cools ; J. Staes ; S. Van Passel |Due to climate change, the frequency and intensity of droughts are expected to increase. To improve resilience to droughts, proactive drought management is essential. Economic assessments are typically included to decide on the drought risk-redu[...]Article
The sustainability of the wine chain in the southeast of Spain is evaluated through life cycle costing (LCC) and life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies. A winery model is established based on the information provided by representative compani[...]Article
Offsetting environmental impacts beyond climate change: the Circular Ecosystem Compensation approach
D. Moore ; V. Bach ; M. Finkbeiner ; T. Honkomp ; H. Ahn ; M. Sprenger ; L. Froese ; D. Gratzel |Since the Paris Agreement entered into force, climate neutrality and associated compensation schemes are even more on the agenda of politics and companies. Challenges of existing offsetting schemes include the rather theoretical saving scenario [...]Article
Protected areas offer unique opportunities for recreation, but the non-market nature of these benefits presents a significant challenge when trying to represent value in the decision-making processes. The most common techniques to value recreati[...]Article
C. Bux ; M. Lombardi ; E. Varese ; V. Amicarelli |Conventional and intensive agriculture systems represent an environmental challenge. This research aims at evaluating the economic and environmental implications of conventional and organic durum wheat production in Southern Italy by applying ma[...]Article
Aim of study: To assess the economic viability of implementing carbon fertilisation (CF) on the Campo de Dalías greenhouse agricultural sector. Area of study: Agricultural area of Campo de Dalías (Southeast of Spain), the highest density of gre[...]Article
Preservation and promotion of agroforestry systems entails the ideology for more ecosystem services, additional biodiversity benefits and climate change mitigation. Furthermore, farmland and forest landscapes and the consequent benefits to the e[...]Article
A. Perrin ; M. Czyrnek-Delêtre ; M. Ben Jaballah ; A. Rouault ; H.M.G. van der Werf ; M. Ghali ; A. Sigwalt ; C. Renaud-Gentié |There is an urgent need for agriculture in general, and for viticulture in particular, to reduce their impacts on the environment. Doing so requires an approach that supports transitioning to more environmentally friendly practices. Involving fa[...]Article
In public management, it is common to face conflicting objectives, particularly in relation to land use. Adequate land use management requires a valuation of land that incorporates the value of all its characteristics. That is, in addition to th[...]Ouvrage
O. Petit ; G. Froger ; T. Bauler | Bruxelles [Belgique] : De Boeck | Ouvertures Economiques, ISSN 0777-2831 | 2022Léconomie écologique est un domaine danalyse et une source de recommandations désormais largement reconnus au plan international à travers la publication de la revue Ecological Economics et la tenue régulière de grands congrès internationaux, [...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
G. Kleftodimos ; A. Zaatra ; M. Requier-Desjardins ; H. Belhouchette | 2022E-Book
H. Rey-Valette ; C. Jabbour ; P. Maurel ; J.-M. Salles | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Guide Pratique | 2022Les demandes et les usages des données spatiales satellitaires se développent et se diversifient de façon importante, en lien avec la précision, la fréquence des prises de vue et la taille des images. Ainsi, il convient de comprendre et de rendr[...]Article
Agricultural land abandonment is a relevant occurrence in mountainous and peripheral regions all over the world. While both positive and negative environmental consequences of this abandonment are documented (depending on the specific location a[...]Actes de Congrès ou Communication isolée
M. Requier-Desjardins ; L. Chazée ; W. Khechimi ; S. Anougmar ; M. Garrabé | 2022Article
G. Maesano ; G. Chinnici ; G. Falcone ; C. Bellia ; M. Raimondo ; M. D'Amico |This paper aims to achieve an economic feasibility and life cycle assessment of three different olive cultivation systems in the Mediterranean area through the joint use of economic and environmental indicators, in order to identify the key elem[...]Article
F.S. Campos ; J. David ; R. Lourenço-de-Moraes ; P. Rodrigues ; B. Silva ; C. Vieira da Silva ; P. Cabral |The concept of Ecosystem Services (ES) defines the nature benefits in an anthropocentric way for sustainable development goals. However, a conservation dilemma arises from the question of how much the ES cost and which ES should be prioritized i[...]Article
Today, precision agriculture technologies (PATs) can be considered a tool for the management of the farm which allows the agricultural entrepreneur to optimise inputs, reduce costs, and offer the best quantitative and qualitative agricultural pr[...]Article
Environmental economic valuation allows to derive values from individuals' behaviour in hypothetical markets, but it is not exempt from certain biases. This work aims to evidence the existence of Social Desirability Bias (SDB) in the use of the [...]Article
Economic and environmental assessment of two different rain water harvesting systems for agriculture
L. Pari ; A. Suardi ; W. Stefanoni ; F. Latterini ; N. Palmieri |Increasing aridity and subsequent water scarcity are currently among the major problems of agriculture. Rainwater harvesting could represent a way to tackle this issue, and, as a consequence, scientific research has been more and more focused on[...]Article
Economic evaluation of farmland is an important issue in the agricultural sector. The aim of this study was to quantify the economic value of land in the farmland area of the Reclamation and Irrigation Board of Capitanata (Apulia region), differ[...]Article
Economic valuation has been presented as an important tool for enhancing the consideration of ecosystem services (ES) in decision-making. Recent literature provides evidence that an implementation gap between theoretical findings, consideration [...]Article
A. Capriolo ; R.G. Boschetto ; R.A. Mascolo ; S. Balbi ; F. Villa |We present methods and results of country-based natural capital assessments for four ecosystem services (ES) in Italy. The spatial mapping and the assessment have been carried out in both physical and monetary terms for (i) crop pollination, (ii[...]Article
Fisheries are among the sectors hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) crisis due to the sudden decrease in the demand for seafood. This study employs demand-driven and supply-driven input-output models to conduct an economy-wide ass[...]Article
A. La Notte ; J. Maes ; S. Vallecillo |Ecosystems deliver value to people and the economy through ecosystem services. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has quantified the use of ecosystem services by the main economic sectors and households at EU level. In this pap[...]Article
The agricultural sector faces a series of environmental challenges such as water and soil pollution, erosion or biodiversity loss, especially in monoculture systems. Alternatively, crop diversification is seen as an option to reduce negative imp[...]