Livestock production is confronted with significant challenges across all dimensions of
sustainability. There is an urgent need to identify sustainable livestock systems that are …

Agri-food cooperatives evolved towards an increasing diversity of cooperative models,
understood as modes of horizontal and vertical coordination of the value chain. This …

In a context of multiple crises, dairy farmers struggle to receive a fair remuneration for their
work. This situation led to the creation of fair milk projects in Europe. But fair trade projects …

In intensive European agricultural areas, the control of weeds and wildlife within plots is of
great importance. Yet, we can observe in many farming systems a renewal of farmers' …

Conservation Agriculture (CA) is actively promoted as an alternative farming system that
combines environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Three pillars define CA:(i) …

Land intensive grass-based dairy systems have the highest contribution to food security but
may have a higher impact on the environment. The aim of this study was to classify dairy …

Food crises and ecologization have given rise to a Belgian dynamic that does not behave
according to the conventional tripod of agroecology: practitioners, social movement, and …

Drawing on a historical study of the Walloon dairy cooperatives, this paper analyses how
complex cooperative dynamics define lock-ins in their trajectories. We consider cooperatives …

Le secteur agricole wallon rencontre le défi de concilier les objectifs de production de
l'agriculture, la diminution de l'impact environnemental des activités agricoles et le maintien …

In 1930, dust storms emerged in the US due to intensive tillage, low soil cover, and
overgrazing (Joel 1937; Hobbs 2007; Baveye et al. 2011). This phenomenon, known as the …