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Elisa Marraccini
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Indicators of agricultural intensity and intensification: a review of the literature
2015
Since the 1960s, research has dealt with agricultural intensification (AI) as a solution to ensure global food security. Recently, sustainable intensification (SI) has increasingly been used to describe those agricultural and farming systems that ensure adequate ecosystem service provision. Studies differ in terms of the application scales and methodologies, thus we aim to summarize the main findings from the literature on how AI and SI are assessed, from the farm to global levels. Our literature review is based on 7865 papers selected from the Web of Science database and analysed using CorText software. A further selection of 105 relevant papers was used for an in-depth full-text analysis …
Agri-urban patterns in Mediterranean urban regions: the case study of Pisa
2020
International audience; Urban regions require planning tools in order to manage agricultural areas under urban pressure. The aim of our paper is to test an analytical framework that combines both the composition in urban and agricultural land covers and their spatial configuration into four general agri-urban patterns: isolated fields, urban belt fields, periurban agricultural areas and rural areas. We evaluated the spatial distribution and the changes of such patterns in the short-term (2003-2011) starting from Spot images for the case study of Pisa, Italy. The results indicate an increase of the most urban patterns despite continuing to have cash crops, a stability of periurban agricultur…
Concevoir son système de production agricole à partir des caractéristiques du territoire
2017
Public : Étudiants en BTSA, en formation d’ingénieur, professionnels qui souhaitent mettre à jour leurs connaissances agronomiques et les mobiliser dans leurs activités; National audience; Que l’on parle d’agriculture durable ou d’agroécologie, l’agronomie est au coeur de la compréhension du fonctionnement des agrosystèmes et du raisonnement de l’action de l’agriculteur. La démarche de l’agronome, systémique et pluridisciplinaire, permet de maîtriser la complexité et la diversité des situations professionnelles agricoles, favorisant ainsi la visée d’une performance environnementale, économique et sociale.Le chapitre 2 traite de la méthodologie à mettre en place concernant la conception d'un…
Potential for the introduction of soybean into crop rotations in the Normandy region
2022
Europe is looking for alternatives for soybean importations and needs more local production of protein crops to meet the growing demand for proteins both for feed and food. One strategy to meet this demand could be to expand the soybean production areas (Karges et al, 2022). However, some preliminary information is required before starting producing a new crop. Firstly, farmers lack technical and economic references such as adapted technical management or potential yield but also the impact on gross margin of crop rotation. Then advisors, also needs similar information when working with farmers. Finally, collectors may need the potential total volume potentially produced in a given area to …