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Assessing Transitions to Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems: A Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
There is increasing interest in agroecology as a way to move toward more sustainable agriculture and food systems. However, the evidence of agroecology's contribution to sustainability remains fragmented because of heterogeneous methods and data ...
Anne Mottet, Abram Bicksler, Dario Lucantoni, Fabrizia De Rosa, Beate Scherf, Eric Scopel, Santiago López-Ridaura, Barbara Gemmil-Herren, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Paulo Petersen, Jean-Luc Chotte, Allison Loconto, Allison Loconto, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecolabels as Instruments for Biodiversity Governance in Agri‐Food Systems: A Comparative Assessment of EU Certification Schemes

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan, Parthena Chatzinikolaou, Sina Ahmadikaliji, Luca Camanzi, Luca Mulazzani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the Agroecological Transition of Farms in Central Tunisia Using the TAPE Framework

Resources
In Tunisia, the agricultural sector faces multiple challenges that affect both productivity and farmers’ livelihoods. Although agroecology is increasingly recognized as a pathway to sustainable agriculture, the extent of its adoption by farmers remains ...
Inès Gharbi, Fatma Aribi, Hassen Abdelhafidh, Nouha Ferchichi, Lamia Lajnef, Wael Toukabri, Mohamed Jaouad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Global Standards to Local Compliance: Implementation Heterogeneity in Cocoa Certification in Indonesia

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certified companies translate voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) into local practice, yet little is known about how company‐level implementation of VSS relates to farmer compliance. This paper examines Rainforest Alliance (RA) implementation by three certified companies in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Drawing on compliance and regulatory
Charline Depoorter, Janne Bemelmans, Eva Boonaert, Axel Marx, Miet Maertens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing the agroecological transition of Italian farming systems using FADN database

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
The Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 encourages the transition towards sustainable agriculture in line with the goals of the European Green Deal.
Sarah Stempfle, Simone Russo, Vincenzo Fiore, Ruggiero Sardaro, Piermichele La Sala, Luigi Roselli   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eco‐Efficient in Mediterranean Olive Grove Systems: Insights From a Life Cycle Cost Analysis in Southern Portugal

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assesses and compares the eco‐efficiency of six olive production systems in the Alentejo region, southern Portugal, employing a life cycle costing (LCC) approach directly integrated with a prior life cycle assessment (LCA). Although LCC has been increasingly applied to Mediterranean olive‐growing, empirical research in Portugal ...
Rachel Hermeto de Pádua Souza, Rui Fragoso, Carlos Marques, Anna Irene De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Uncertainty to Risk: How Firms Respond in Circular Economy Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a circular economy exposes firms to multiple sources of uncertainty, yet existing research largely treats these challenges as barriers rather than drivers of firm behavior. This paper develops a conceptual understanding of how uncertainty is translated into risk and how this shapes firm responses in circular economy contexts.
Hiva Rastegar, Gabriel Eweje
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Profitability of ESG Investments in the Wine Sector: A Bibliometric Systematic Literature Review

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether and under which conditions ESG investments are associated with profitability in the wine sector. A PRISMA‐guided bibliometric–systematic review of 83 peer‐reviewed articles from Scopus and Web of Science combines bibliometric mapping, qualitative synthesis, and MMAT‐based quality appraisal.
Niccolò Lombardi
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Prediction: Data, Baselines, Explanation, and Causation in Machine Learning for Food Insecurity

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
The gains from machine learning in nowcasting and forecasting food insecurity are still small and limited and cannot be observed in all countries. This review summarizes the public resources for data, corrects common misconceptions about model requirements, and establishes baseline requirements, explanations, causal inference, and equity in operational
Shabnam Mehboob, Azman Abdullah, Gunesh Kumar, Samreen Memon, Naila Afghan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agroecological planning of productive systems with functional connectivity to the ecological landscape matrix: two Colombian case studies

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Given the need for agricultural system management under sustainability principles, identification and quantification of the landscape structure surrounding production systems is a tool that allows farmers to make their agroecological transition processes
Álvaro Acevedo-Osorio, Jonathan Salas Cárdenas, Angela Maribeth Martín-Pérez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source