The sustainable management of renewable resources is one of the crucial pillars in the
encouraged transition from a fossil-based economy towards a sustainable bioeconomy in …

Energy holds a key role in farm systems. Cultivation is based on the conversion of solar
energy into biomass of interest. Fossil energy allows mechanized and high-yield agricultural …

Summary After World War II, the evolution of Europe's agro-food system has been marked by
intensified use of synthetic fertilizers, territorial specialization, and integration in global food …

Satisfying the nutritional needs of a growing population whilst limiting environmental
repercussions will require sustainable intensification of agriculture. We argue that …

Mediterranean woody crops, such as olive and almond farming, and vineyards are usually
cultivated in soils low in organic matter, with limited water availability and frequently on …

This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture
from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and …

The aim of the study was to develop a conceptual framework to analyze the agro-food
system of French agricultural regions from the angle of N, P and C circulation through five …

Agricultural Biodiversity dynamics has been evaluated by social metabolism or by
landscape structure-function analysis. In this study, by using ELIA modeling, we used both …

The main aim of this article is to reconstruct the main biomass flows and indicators for the
Spanish agriculture between 1900 and 2008. We reconstruct the Net Primary Productivity for …

In this paper, we examine the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1992 to 2017, exploring
the specific relationship between the agricultural population and the provision of …