J Hercher-Pasteur, E Loiseau, C Sinfort… - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2020 - Springer
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 …
MO Martin-Guay, A Paquette, J Dupras… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …
J Le Noë, G Billen, J Garnier - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …