Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area
This article aims to provide a review of major challenges and research needs for the diffusion of conservation agriculture (CA) and the improvement of crop–soil–water conditions in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. A multidisciplinary study and a participatory approach are at the basis of an inte...
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| author | Michele Rinaldi Ana Sofia Almeida Jorge Álvaro Fuentes Mohamed Annabi Paolo Annicchiarico Mirko Castellini Carlos Cantero Martinez Maria Gabriela Cruz Giuseppe D’Alessandro Thomas Gitsopoulos Danilo Marandola Mathieu Marguerie Salah Lamouchi Mourad Latati Antonio Lopez Francos Rachid Moussadek Luciano Pecetti |
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| description | This article aims to provide a review of major challenges and research needs for the diffusion of conservation agriculture (CA) and the improvement of crop–soil–water conditions in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. A multidisciplinary study and a participatory approach are at the basis of an international project of research and innovation action, “Research-based participatory approaches for adopting conservation agriculture in the Mediterranean Area-CAMA”. It aims to understand the reasons and the research needs that limit a large CA diffusion in the Mediterranean countries. CAMA aims to provide significant advances to CA through multidisciplinary research at the field and farm scales (with main emphasis on smallholder), encompassing a socio-economic analysis of the reasons that obstacle the CA diffusion, legume crop improvement as a component of improved CA cropping systems, and a network of long-term experiments on CA and soil characteristic modification. Its results will be available to scientific and farming communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0cf938b31c774b298673ca0613293d022023-11-23T09:42:59ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-05-01125111210.3390/agronomy12051112Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean AreaMichele Rinaldi0Ana Sofia Almeida1Jorge Álvaro Fuentes2Mohamed Annabi3Paolo Annicchiarico4Mirko Castellini5Carlos Cantero Martinez6Maria Gabriela Cruz7Giuseppe D’Alessandro8Thomas Gitsopoulos9Danilo Marandola10Mathieu Marguerie11Salah Lamouchi12Mourad Latati13Antonio Lopez Francos14Rachid Moussadek15Luciano Pecetti16Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, 26900 Lodi, ItalyInstituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, 2780-157 Oerias, PortugalSpanish National Research Council, 28006 Madrid, SpainAgronomic Sciences and Techniques Laboratory, National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia, Carthage University, Ariana 2049, TunisiaCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics, 26900 Lodi, ItalyCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics, 26900 Lodi, ItalyCrop and Forest Sciences Department, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, SpainPortuguese Association for Mobilization of Soil Conservation, 7005-161 Evora, PortugalAGROMNIA SRL, 76011 Bisceglie, ItalyHellenic Agricultural Organization-DEMETER, 11145 Athens, GreeceCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics, 26900 Lodi, ItalyInstitut du Vegetal, 75116 Paris, FranceAssociation for Sustainable Agriculture, Tunis 1005, TunisiaEcole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, Laboratoire AIPV, El Harrach 16007, AlgeriaMediterranean Agronomic Institute of Saragoza, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Morocco, Rabat 10090, MoroccoCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics, 26900 Lodi, ItalyThis article aims to provide a review of major challenges and research needs for the diffusion of conservation agriculture (CA) and the improvement of crop–soil–water conditions in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. A multidisciplinary study and a participatory approach are at the basis of an international project of research and innovation action, “Research-based participatory approaches for adopting conservation agriculture in the Mediterranean Area-CAMA”. It aims to understand the reasons and the research needs that limit a large CA diffusion in the Mediterranean countries. CAMA aims to provide significant advances to CA through multidisciplinary research at the field and farm scales (with main emphasis on smallholder), encompassing a socio-economic analysis of the reasons that obstacle the CA diffusion, legume crop improvement as a component of improved CA cropping systems, and a network of long-term experiments on CA and soil characteristic modification. Its results will be available to scientific and farming communities.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/5/1112conservation agriculturesocio-economyparticipatory approachcropping systemslegume cropsnitrogen and water use efficiencies |
| spellingShingle | Michele Rinaldi Ana Sofia Almeida Jorge Álvaro Fuentes Mohamed Annabi Paolo Annicchiarico Mirko Castellini Carlos Cantero Martinez Maria Gabriela Cruz Giuseppe D’Alessandro Thomas Gitsopoulos Danilo Marandola Mathieu Marguerie Salah Lamouchi Mourad Latati Antonio Lopez Francos Rachid Moussadek Luciano Pecetti Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area Agronomy conservation agriculture socio-economy participatory approach cropping systems legume crops nitrogen and water use efficiencies |
| title | Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_full | Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_fullStr | Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_short | Open Questions and Research Needs in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_sort | open questions and research needs in the adoption of conservation agriculture in the mediterranean area |
| topic | conservation agriculture socio-economy participatory approach cropping systems legume crops nitrogen and water use efficiencies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/5/1112 |
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