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Christian Bockstaller
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Open AccessKey research challenges to supporting farm transitions to agroecology in advanced economies. A review
In response to the sustainability issues that agriculture faces in advanced economies, agroecology has gained increasing relevance in scientific, political, and social debates. This has promoted discussion abo...
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Diversity and potentiality of multi-criteria decision analysis methods for agri-food research
There is a growing demand for moving towards sustainable agri-food systems which per nature covers a complex network of activities and domains; such systems will benefit from multi-criteria decision analysis (...
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Establishing a Diagnosis: Inventorying, Monitoring and Assessing
Improving air quality is a major challenge for public health and the environment. Assessing the contribution of agricultural activity to air pollution and the resulting impacts is a prerequisite for recommendi...
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Impacts of weed management on ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) abundance and diversity on resident vegetation in a citrus orchard
Citrus fruits are markedly affected by aphids on the island of Réunion (France). These pests are generally controlled with pesticides, which have adverse effects on human and environmental health. Furthermore,...
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When experts disagree: the need to rethink indicator selection for assessing sustainability of agriculture
Sustainability indicators are well recognized for their potential to assess and monitor sustainable development of agricultural systems. A large number of indicators are proposed in various sustainability asse...
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Ecological Intensification Through Pesticide Reduction: Weed Control, Weed Biodiversity and Sustainability in Arable Farming
Amongst the biodiversity components of agriculture, weeds are an interesting model for exploring management options relying on the principle of ecological intensification in arable farming. Weeds can cause sev...
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Guidelines to design models assessing agricultural sustainability, based upon feedbacks from the DE** decision support system
New agricultural systems are required to satisfy societal expectations such as higher quantity and quality of agricultural products, reducing environmental impacts, and more jobs. However, identifying and impl...
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Evidence for farmers’ active involvement in co-designing citrus crop** systems using an improved participatory method
Agricultural policymakers are addressing the sustainable development issue by designing new agricultural systems. Farmers are ultimately asked to make deep changes at field scale. Designing crop** systems ha...
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MASC, a qualitative multi-attribute decision model for ex ante assessment of the sustainability of crop** systems
Realistic assessments of sustainability are often viewed as typical decision-making problems requiring multi-criteria decision-aid (MCDA) methods taking into account the conflicting objectives underlying the e...
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Comparison of methods to assess the sustainability of agricultural systems. A review
Since the 1990s, numerous agri-environmental indicators and indicator-based methods have been developed to assess the adverse effects of crop** and farming systems such as water pollution by nitrates and pes...
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Agri-Environmental Indicators to Assess Crop** and Farming Systems: A Review
Environmental impacts of agriculture cannot be always assessed by using direct measurements. Since the 1990s, numerous agri-environmental indicators were developed to assess the adverse effects of crop** and...
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Ex ante Assessment of the Sustainability of Alternative Crop** Systems: Implications for Using Multi-criteria Decision-Aid Methods - A Review
Sustainability is a holistic and complex multi-dimensional concept encompassing economic, social and environmental issues, and its assessment is a key step in the implementation of sustainable agricultural sys...
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Comparison of Methods to Assess the Sustainability of Agricultural Systems: A Review
Since the 1990s, numerous agri-environmental indicators and indicator-based methods have been developed to assess the adverse effects of crop** and farming systems such as water pollution by nitrates and pes...
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Agri-environmental indicators to assess crop** and farming systems. A review
Environmental impacts of agriculture cannot be always assessed by using direct measurements. Since the 1990s, numerous agri-environmental indicators were developed to assess the adverse effects of crop** and...
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Ex ante assessment of the sustainability of alternative crop** systems: implications for using multi-criteria decision-aid methods. A review
Sustainability is a holistic and complex multi-dimensional concept encompassing economic, social and environmental issues, and its assessment is a key step in the implementation of sustainable agricultural sys...
