[fre] Une« fonction de production d'ingénieur », qui fait appel à la fois à un simulateur de croissance de plantes et à de la programmation linéaire sous contrainte de risque, est utilisée pour analyser les conséquences de la réforme « Me Sharry » sur les revenus et sur...

[eng] Argentine agriculture and world markets - After a long spell of stagnating agricultural exports, Argentine is gaining an important place on world markets. An analysis of the reasons for this come back. [fre] L'Argentine, après une longue période de stagnation de ses exportations...

Groundwater in Spain, as in other arid and semiarid countries worldwide, has been widely used in the expansion of irrigated agriculture. In the Spanish Mancha Occidental aquifer, the excessive, and sometimes illegal, water abstraction for irrigation has promoted outstanding socioeconomic...

The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have...

This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production...