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View article: Impact of changing agricultural management on the exceedance of empirical critical loads of nitrogen in terrestrial habitats of Southwestern Europe
Impact of changing agricultural management on the exceedance of empirical critical loads of nitrogen in terrestrial habitats of Southwestern Europe Open
Ammonia (NH3) emissions from agricultural activities are one of the main sources of air pollution, a challenge for EU emission targets, and contribute significantly to nitrogen (N) deposition and eutrophication of sensitive ecosystems. Thi…
View article: Climate change skepticism of European farmers and implications for effective policy actions
Climate change skepticism of European farmers and implications for effective policy actions Open
European farmers struggle with mitigating global emissions of greenhouse gases effectively and to cope with climate change. European regulators and national governments encounter obstacles in implementing environmental policies, feeding fr…
View article: Quantification and comparison of subnational and national agricultural nitrogen flows in Denmark and Sweden
Quantification and comparison of subnational and national agricultural nitrogen flows in Denmark and Sweden Open
Ensuring food production with low nitrogen (N) environmental emissions requires good quantitative knowledge of N flows in agricultural systems to monitor emissions and N use efficiency (NUE, the ratio of N outputs to inputs). Our study qua…
View article: Carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions of different rice-based cropping systems using LCA
Carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions of different rice-based cropping systems using LCA Open
There are many cropping systems on floodplain soils, but greenhouse gas (GHG) emission balances of these agricultural systems are rarely reported. Carbon (C) footprints of agricultural products were assessed using a co-designed life cycle …
View article: Quantification and comparison of subnational and national agricultural nitrogen flows in Denmark and Sweden
Quantification and comparison of subnational and national agricultural nitrogen flows in Denmark and Sweden Open
Ensuring food production with low nitrogen (N) environmental emissions requires good quantitative knowledge of N flows in agricultural systems to monitor emissions and N use efficiency (NUE, the ratio of N outputs to inputs). Our study qua…
View article: Drivers of change and their impacts on the WEFE nexus in the Mediterranean region
Drivers of change and their impacts on the WEFE nexus in the Mediterranean region Open
The MedECC Special Report Interlinking climate change with the Water-Energy Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus in the Mediterranean Basin provides a comprehensive scientific assessment of the region’s interconnected challenges related to water s…
View article: Contribution of the postharvest period to soil N2O emissions from arable Mediterranean crops
Contribution of the postharvest period to soil N2O emissions from arable Mediterranean crops Open
13 Pags.- 5 Figs.- 3 Tabls. Data availability: Data will be made available on request. ©2024 TheAuthors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
View article: Assessing nitrate groundwater hotspots in Europe reveals an inadequate designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
Assessing nitrate groundwater hotspots in Europe reveals an inadequate designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Open
Monitoring networks show that the European Union Nitrates Directive (ND) has had mixed success in reducing nitrate concentrations in groundwater. By combining machine learning and monitored nitrate concentrations (1992-2019), we estimate t…
View article: OpenToolFlux: An Open-Source Software for Estimating Gas Fluxes from Automatic Chamber Data
OpenToolFlux: An Open-Source Software for Estimating Gas Fluxes from Automatic Chamber Data Open
OpenToolFlux 1.0 is an open-source software designed to estimate soil gas fluxes from gas concentration time-series data generated by automatic chamber systems. This paper describes the physical equipment used as well as the software desig…
View article: Beyond the Farm to Fork Strategy: Methodology for designing a European agro-ecological future
Beyond the Farm to Fork Strategy: Methodology for designing a European agro-ecological future Open
The publication of the European Commission's Farm to Fork Strategy has sparked a heated debate between those who advocate the intensification of agriculture in the name of food security and those who recommend its de-intensification for en…
View article: Investing in mini-livestock production for food security and carbon neutrality in China
Investing in mini-livestock production for food security and carbon neutrality in China Open
Future food farming technology faces challenges that must integrate the core goal of keeping the global temperature increase within 1.5 °C without reducing food security and nutrition. Here, we show that boosting the production of insects …
View article: Carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions from rice based agricultural systems calculated with a co-designed carbon footprint calculation tool
Carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions from rice based agricultural systems calculated with a co-designed carbon footprint calculation tool Open
There are many cropping systems followed in Floodplain soils for enhancing cropping intensity for increasing crop production, but greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions balances of agricultural systems are rarely reported. To estimate the carbon (…
View article: OpenToolFlux: An Open-Source Software for Estimating Gas Fluxes from Automatic Chamber Data
OpenToolFlux: An Open-Source Software for Estimating Gas Fluxes from Automatic Chamber Data Open
OpenToolFlux is an open-source software to estimate soil gas fluxes from gas concentration time-series data generated by automatic chamber systems. This paper describes the physical equipment used as well as software design and workflow. T…
View article: Assessing nitrate groundwater hotspots in Europe reveals a severely inadequate designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
Assessing nitrate groundwater hotspots in Europe reveals a severely inadequate designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Open
Monitoring networks show that the European Union Nitrates Directive (ND) has had mixed success in reducing nitrate concentrations in groundwater. By combining machine learning and monitored nitrate concentrations (1992-2019), we estimate t…
View article: Ammonia volatilization measured with the IHF method in a rainfed arable crop: Evaluation of tillage intensity and the number of experimental replicates
Ammonia volatilization measured with the IHF method in a rainfed arable crop: Evaluation of tillage intensity and the number of experimental replicates Open
Ammonia (NH3) volatilization losses have severe impacts on human health, climate change and natural environments, but the effect of tillage intensity on these emissions has been barely evaluated in field conditions, particularly using micr…
View article: Nesting nitrogen budgets through spatial and system scales in the Spanish agro-food system over 26 years
Nesting nitrogen budgets through spatial and system scales in the Spanish agro-food system over 26 years Open
Along its route through the agro-food system nitrogen (N) can be wasted, heightening diverse environmental problems. Geopolitical instabilities affect prices of N fertilisers and livestock feed, challenging production systems and increasin…
View article: Fertilization strategies for abating N pollution at the scale of a highly vulnerable and diverse semi-arid agricultural region (Murcia, Spain)
Fertilization strategies for abating N pollution at the scale of a highly vulnerable and diverse semi-arid agricultural region (Murcia, Spain) Open
Overuse of N fertilizers in crops has induced the disruption of the N cycle, triggering the release of reactive N (Nr) to the environment. Several EU policies have been developed to address this challenge, establishing targets to reduce ag…
View article: How much can changes in the agro-food system reduce agricultural nitrogen losses to the environment? Example of a temperate-Mediterranean gradient
How much can changes in the agro-food system reduce agricultural nitrogen losses to the environment? Example of a temperate-Mediterranean gradient Open
Ammonia (NH3) volatilization, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, and nitrate (NO3-) leaching from agriculture cause severe environmental hazards. Research studies and mitigation strategies have mostly focused on one of these nitrogen (N) losse…
View article: Changes in frequency of occurrence of dry/wet years and its implications on the Spanish agro-food system sustainability
Changes in frequency of occurrence of dry/wet years and its implications on the Spanish agro-food system sustainability Open
Agrofood systems can be described with several interconnected compartments, namely cropland, grassland, livestock and people. For any attempt of optimising or improving the system it is essential to understand each one of them and how they…
View article: The agrofood systems in France, Spain and Portugal at a NUT2 resolution for the 2014-2019 period (GRAFS Data set)
The agrofood systems in France, Spain and Portugal at a NUT2 resolution for the 2014-2019 period (GRAFS Data set) Open
The GRAFS approach (Generalized Representation of Agro-food systems) describes the agro-food system by considering four main components exchanging nutrient flows: cropland, grassland, livestock systems, and local population. The agro-food …
View article: The agrofood systems in France, Spain and Portugal at a NUT2 resolution for the 2014-2019 period (GRAFS Data set)
The agrofood systems in France, Spain and Portugal at a NUT2 resolution for the 2014-2019 period (GRAFS Data set) Open
The GRAFS approach (Generalized Representation of Agro-food systems) describes the agro-food system by considering four main components exchanging nutrient flows: cropland, grassland, livestock systems, and local population. The agro-food …
View article: Relationship between nitrapyrin and varying nitrogen application rates with nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen use efficiency in a maize field
Relationship between nitrapyrin and varying nitrogen application rates with nitrous oxide emissions and nitrogen use efficiency in a maize field Open
Reducing nitrogen losses can be accomplished by mixing fertilizers with nitrification inhibitors (NI). In some agricultural systems, increasing soil N supply capacity by the use of NI could lead to improved N use efficiency (NUE) and incre…
View article: Multi-platform remote sensing of nitrogen status and leaching from agricultural fields with random forest regression approach
Multi-platform remote sensing of nitrogen status and leaching from agricultural fields with random forest regression approach Open
Advances in satellite- and drone-based technologies, such as increased spatio-temporal and spectral resolution, in combination with improved computational algorithms, including machine learning, have proven to be useful tools altogether in…
View article: Agro-food greenhouse gas emissions are increasingly driven by foreign demand
Agro-food greenhouse gas emissions are increasingly driven by foreign demand Open
Greenhouse gas emissions embodied in international trade have risen sharply over the last few decades because of the globalization of economies and countries’ productive specialization. We have built a model able to trace all agro-food emi…