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S. Moakes ; P. Oggiano ; J. Landert ; C. Pfeifer ; L. de Baan |Context Agroecological innovations are seen as solutions to reduce environmental impacts of agriculture but can potentially lead to trade-offs with food production. Appropriate tools are needed to better understand synergies and trade-offs among[...]
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M. Zielinski ; A. Lopatka ; P. Koza ; J. Sobierajewska ; S. Juszczyk ; W. Józwiak |The article analyses the direction and intensity of changes occurring in agriculture in mountain areas in Europe between 2000 and 2022. For the calculations, the ESA CCI Land Cover global land-use map set was used. This dataset was established b[...]
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A. Arzeni ; C. Cardillo ; R. Henke ; R. Sardone |This paper analyses the prevailing entrepreneurial profiles within Italy’s professional agricultural sector, using data from the 7th Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) Agricultural Census, 2020. Access to micro-data from the comple[...]
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S. Falasco ; G. Ferla ; B. Mura ; P. Caputo |Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in the sustainability of the agricultural sector, particularly in regions like Italy, where farmers are usually small-scale, family-run and highly diverse in production practices. Despite t[...]
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M. Amato ; A. Coppola ; M. Furno ; F. Verneau |Gender disparities persist in the agricultural sector, particularly in entrepreneurial income, where women earn less than their male counterparts. In the European Union, systemic barriers-such as unequal access to land, capital, and resources-li[...]
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In this study, we employ a mixed-Markov chain model to analyze the factors that influence the dynamics of farm involvement in direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels, using data from the French Agricultural Data Network (FADN). Our findings reveal low[...]
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F. Hakimi ; L. El Kihal ; M. El Janati ; I. Ahmad ; M. Arabi ; M. Farooq |Morocco's agriculture is increasingly constrained by climate change, water scarcity, and soil degradation, limiting the effectiveness of conventional farming. Permaculture offers a promising alternative, yet its sustainability in the Moroccan co[...]
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Farm digitalisation is revolutionising European agriculture, offering enhanced productivity, resource efficiency and sustainability. Technologies like sensors, robotics and data-driven tools enable precise decision-making thereby reducing time a[...]
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Climate change (CC) is a major threat to agriculture, the sector that supports the territorial economy in the Pays Haut Languedoc et Vignoble (PHLV) region (south France). In this region, farms have been facing the negative effects of CC for sev[...]
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B.T. Baris ; S.M. Marselis ; G.H. Ros ; A. van Doorn ; J.W. Erisman |Key Performance Indicator (KPI) methodologies have emerged as potent tools for estimating sustainability performance in agriculture. With the proliferation of data availability, there is a growing opportunity to conduct sustainability assessment[...]
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This study examines the impact of structural characteristics of agricultural holdings on their agricultural performance and contribution to rural development in EU countries over the past decade to identify potential measures to enhance rural de[...]
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This study investigates grassland-based farming systems within the framework of agroecology (AE), focusing on the identification of relevant indicators for on-farm assessment. The purpose of this research is to test indicator compliance with AE [...]
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Promoting a sustainable economy through the digital and ecological transition of companies is one of the challenges of our century. By improving processes along the agri-food supply chains and enhancing the data generated in every single area of[...]
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Increasing our understanding of farm resilience drivers to climate-related risks is critical for designing innovative farm systems, especially for smallholders that are highly vulnerable to climatic hazards and expected to follow a pathway towar[...]
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Diversification of agricultural systems in order to integrate off-farm activities, like tourism, is a way to improve the overall system resilience while shaping a project that is eco-friendly as well as socially relevant. However, creating and m[...]
Thèse, Mémoire, Master
D. Alexandridis | 2025Over 75% of the world’s crops depend on animal pollinators for their pollination. In recent years, this significant ecosystem service has recorded a major decline on its population threatening food security. The causes of this negative trend a[...]
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Agriculture in peri-urban Rabat faces challenges such as rising input costs, an aging workforce, and labor retention issues, threatening farm sustainability. This study compares the sustainability of organic and conventional farms using the IDEA[...]
Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Z. Mahmoud | 2025The thesis responds to the need for sustainable agriculture and food value chain. It considers the challenge of designing sustainable business models for small-scale farms by entering the realm of water, energy, food, and ecosystem concerns unde[...]
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This study aims to shed light on the impact of the crop diversity criterion of green payments on farms' economic and environmental performances, alongside land use practices. In order to provide causal evidence, we exploit the natural experiment[...]
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Sustainable agriculture is a critical issue globally. Evaluating it is often hin-dered by the complex, multidimensional nature of agricultural sustainability and the lack of statistical data at individual farm level.[...]
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To strengthen the resilience of agri-food enterprises in response to the crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, various policy levels have introduced a series of extraordinary fiscal, credit, and financial measures. These[...]
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C. Cardillo ; L. Bartoli ; M. De Rosa ; M. Francescone ; M. Masi ; H. Sahir ; Y. Vecchio |The multifunctionality model is receiving more and more attention from policymakers as a result of recent initiatives to build more resilient and sustainable food systems as well as the potential for increased farm revenue. This paper explores t[...]
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F.W. Rainsford ; M. Appleby ; A. Hawdon ; A. Maisey ; R. Lawrence ; I. Semmler ; D. O'Brien ; S. Ogilvy ; J.Q. Radford |Context Natural capital accounting is an emerging approach to help address the challenge of preventing further biodiversity loss while sustainably providing resources for a growing human population. It requires an effective and robust framework [...]
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Linear landscape elements, such as field margins, are agricultural practices whose adoption is supported by agri-environmental climate measures (AECMs). AECMs are meant to improve ecological conditions on farms and surrounding areas. The effecti[...]
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A. Bousbia ; Y. Gueroui ; A. Aouadi ; M.D. Teweldebirhan ; R.J.B. Bessa ; G. Symeon ; S. Boudalia |CONTEXT Currently, local cattle breeds are facing numerous challenges, and their disappearance could have social, economic, and environmental consequences. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted in the northeast of Algeria to understand the characte[...]
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A. Sattar ; C. Brown ; M. Rounsevell ; P. Alexander |CONTEXT Egyptian agriculture is challenged by increasing demands from a rapidly expanding population, and insufficient water and arable land resources, exacerbated by the expected impact of climate change further reducing these resources. Recent[...]
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M. Ben Jaballah ; M. Ghali ; N. Ben Arfa ; K. Daniel ; G. Kleftodimos ; A. Ridier |Farm-level investment in digital tools is often viewed as a necessary part of the agroecological transition. However, its actual relevance remains unclear due to currently ambiguous definitions of farm investments in general and equipment invest[...]
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Agroecology integrates science, social movements, and agricultural practices, playing a central role in the sustainability of food systems. It addresses agroecosystems and food systems holistically; however, defining whether a farm is agroecolog[...]
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L. Nicita ; F. Bosello ; G. Standardi ; R. Mendelsohn |In the past decades, agricultural landscapes have simplified with crop specialization and the reduction of seminatural covers leading to a decline of biodiversity and (biodiversity-driven) ecosystem services. This study measures the impact of la[...]
