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Bulletin : Revue Electronique
EU rural review, n. 32 - July 2021 - Long-term Vision for rural areas
2021This edition of the EU Rural Review looks at the future of rural areas in digital, environmental and social terms, as well as in terms of resilience. The content builds on the outcomes of the ENRD work on the Long-Term Rural Vision and of Rural[...]Article
À lheure où lété bat son plein et quune partie des vacanciers a rejoint les côtes pour profiter de la mer, Futuribles poursuit sa série consacrée aux océans, lancée il y a un an, en juillet-août 2020. Cette fois, cest la Méditerranée qui est[...]Article
A. Nicolosi ; D. Di Gregorio ; G. Arena ; V.R. Lagana ; D. Privitera |The study looks at the problems facing coastal fishing communities. It highlights the impacts that, in the complex framework of the EU reforms, have manifested themselves on economic activities and on society. The aim of the paper is twofold: to[...]Article
N.M. Hashem ; E.M. Hassanein ; J.-F. Hocquette ; A. Gonzalez-Bulnes ; F.A. Ahmed ; Y.A. Attia ; K.A. Asiry |In the near future, the year 2050, agricultural production should expand to fulfill the needs of approximately 9.7 billion inhabitants. Such an objective should be harmonized with social, economic, and environmental sustainability aspects to mai[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Rural connections, n. 2 - June 2021
2021Ce numéro a pour thème la Semaine de la vision rurale, une conférence interactive en ligne de cinq jours organisée pour associer les parties prenantes au processus délaboration dune Vision à long terme pour lavenir des zones rurales de lUE. [...]Article
The Mediterranean region is expected to be a hotspot for climate change, making the resilience of farming systems a major challenge. Some studies have used quantitative models at the farm scale to analyze the resilience of farming systems but wi[...]Article
The economic viability of dairy farms is a measure of their ability to survive and grow. Its measurement is particularly important in periods of changes taking place in the environment of these entities. The last decade of the European dairy mar[...]Article
M.P.M. Meuwissen ; P.H. Feindt ; T. Slijper ; A. Spiegel ; R. Finger ; Y. de Mey ; W. Paas ; K.J.A.M. Termeer ; P.M. Poortvliet ; M. Peneva ; J. Urquhart ; M. Vigani ; J.E. Black ; P. Nicholas-Davies ; D. Maye ; F. Appel ; F. Heinrich ; A. Balmann ; J. Bijttebier ; I. Coopmans ; E. Wauters ; E. Mathijs ; H. Hansson ; C.J. Lagerkvist ; J. Rommel ; G. Manevska-Tasevska ; F. Accatino ; C. Pineau ; B. Soriano ; I. Bardaji ; S. Severini ; S. Senni ; C. Zinnanti ; C. Gavrilescu ; I.S. Bruma ; K.M. Dobay ; D. Matei ; L. Tanasa ; D.M. Voicilas ; K. Zawalinska ; P. Gradziuk ; V. Krupin ; A. Martikainen ; H. Herrera ; P. Reidsma |Context Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. Objective This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) [...]Article
The interest in short food supply chains (SFSCs) has grown significantly in the last decade, notably in respect of their potential role to achieve more sustainable food chains. However, a major barrier to achieving sustainable supply chains is t[...]Article
La crise économique de 2008 a été lune des plus sévères que lEurope ait connu jusque-là. Limpact de la crise a été extrêmement variable dune région à lautre au niveau européen, questionnant les enjeux de solidarité et de cohésion territoria[...]Article
R. Bulgari ; A. Petrini ; G. Cocetta ; C. Nicoletto ; A. Ertani ; P. Sambo ; A. Ferrante ; S. Nicola |The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many victims worldwide and has generated a serious economic crisis. Substantial changes have occurred in the food and ornamental production chains. The aim of the present review has been to summarize some of the [...]Article
The Covid-19 pandemic newly brings food resilience in cities to our attention and the need to question the desired degree of food self-sufficiency through urban agriculture. While these questions are by no means new and periodically entering the[...]Article
Both in the European Union (EU) and worldwide, the resilience of agri-food systems depends on the human ability to balance between socio-economic and ecological trade-offs. Recent ecosystem services literature acknowledges that smallholder farme[...]Article
Depopulation is a serious problem facing developed countries, among them Spain. It is especially severe in rural areas, where some vicious circles emerge, nourished by reduced infrastructures and services, deteriorated quality of life, the low i[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Rural connections, n. 1 - May 2021
2021This edition focuses on how to communicate successfully about rural development projects, based on the NRN's work and the Rural Inspiration Awards. Articles by rural development stakeholders across Europe range from social farming to LEADER enha[...]Article
This paper presents a systemic Adaptation Assessment Framework (AAF) conceived to guide agricultural adaptation mainstreaming into broader policy domains, particularly, those related to rural development. Starting from a review of the main phase[...]Article
I. Coopmans ; J. Bijttebier ; F. Marchand ; E. Mathijs ; L. Messely ; E. Rogge ; A. Sanders ; E. Wauters |Context : Resilience represents the ability of systems to anticipate, withstand, or adapt to challenges. Times of great stress and disturbance offer opportunity to identify and confirm key contributors to agri-food system resilience. The COVID-1[...]Article
The spread of COVID-19 has not only led to many deaths but also to social and economic downturn globally. The study represents an exhaustive compilation of relevant macroeconomic data regarding the status of the agri-food sector from a demand si[...]Article
The 2008 Greek crisis has resulted in unexpected social-ecological transformations, including a back-to-the-land trend whereby people seek to reconnect to land-based activities. While it's been theorized that back-to-the-land trends contribute t[...]Article
Agro-pastoral systems in southern European regions have been subjected to various disturbances in the past few decades. Still, a certain amount of resilience allowed to withstand its sharp decline. The Serra da Estrela cheese production, the mos[...]Article
Context : Identifying and developing resilient farming and food systems has emerged as a top priority during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many academics suggest that farming and food systems should move towards agroecological models to achieve better [...]Article
Global crises such as the covid-19 pandemic highlight the interconnectedness and vulnerability of human systems, requiring integrated transdisciplinary studies aimed at breaking unsustainable and unjust practices. In this work, a horticultural c[...]Article
The production of food within cities through urban agriculture can be considered as a nature-based solution and is argued to be an important response to the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as to climate change and other urban challenges. Howev[...]Article
Depuis les difficultés dapprovisionnement engendrées par la crise sanitaire, la résilience économique dans la mondialisation est au cur du débat public en France. Le plan de relance met en avant lobjectif de souveraineté économique « non pas [...]Article
Most of rural resources in the Italian mountain territories, such as forests, pastures, huts, mountain paths, have historically been governed through collective organizations and institutions that have guaranteed the balance between productive a[...]Article
L.J.R. Barron ; A. Andonegi ; G. Gamboa ; E. Garmendia ; O. Garcia ; N. Aldai ; A. Aldezabal |This article describes a novel methodological approach for the integrated sustainability assessment of pasture-based dairy sheep systems. Most studies on livestock system sustainability focus on animal production, farm profitability, and mitigat[...]Article
An increasing number of scientific papers has been written on the topic of resilience. It explains the way individuals and regions face to shocks and stressors. It focuses on farmers resilience and food security. The main shocks related to food[...]Article
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M. Vittuari ; G. Bazzocchi ; S. Blasioli ; F. Cirone ; A. Maggio ; F. Orsini ; J. Penca ; M. Petruzzelli ; K. Specht ; S. Amghar ; A.-M. Atanasov ; T. Bastia ; I. Bertocchi ; A. Coudard ; A. Crepaldi ; A. Curtis ; R. Fox-Kämper ; A.E. Gheorghica ; A. Lelièvre ; P. Munoz ; E. Nolde ; J. Pascual-Fernandez ; G. Pennisi ; B. Pölling ; L. Reynaud-Desmet ; I. Righini ; Y. Rouphael ; V. Saint-Ges ; A. Samoggia ; S. Shaystej ; M. Da Silva ; S. Toboso Chavero ; P. Tonini ; G. Trusnovec ; B.L. Vidmar ; G. Villalba ; F. De Menna |The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the fragility of food sovereignty in cities and confirmed the close connection urban dwellers have with food. Although the pandemic was not responsible for a systemic failure, it suggested how citizens would accept[...]Article
V. Alary ; M.E. Caulfield ; L. Amsidder ; X. Juanes ; I. Boujenane ; M.T. Sraïri ; A. Sam ; J. Hammond ; M. van Wijk |A large proportion of rural households, particularly in the dry land areas, representative for more than 10% of the world's land surface and up to 80% in Morocco, depend for their livelihoods on livestock. They exploit livestock's capacity to li[...]