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Pour en finir avec la vitesse: plaidoyer pour la vie en proximité
Un panorama des questions relatives à la transformation des mobilités, des crises sociales qu'elle soulève, avec notamment le mouvement des gilets jaunes et l'immobilisation forcée due à la pandémie de Covid-19, jusqu'à ses effets négatifs (fatigue, inégal ...
Editions de l'Aube, collection poche Mikros2023Using machine learning to generate an open-access cropland map from satellite images time series in the Indian Himalayan region
Crop maps are crucial for agricultural monitoring and food management and can additionally support domain-specific applications, such as setting cold supply chain infrastructure in developing countries. Machine learning (ML) models, combined with freely-av ...
Amsterdam2023De haut en bas. Approfondissement d’un territoire pastoral: la fabrication du fromage de Bex à Anzeindaz (VD)
Dans le chablais vaudois, le long du bassin versant de l’Avançon, entre le massif Alpin des Diablerets et la plaine du Rhône, de nombreuses pratiques agricoles ont pu voir le jour, mais sont aujourd’hui mises à mal par les difficultés économiques du métier ...
2020Effects of Sphagnum Leachate on Competitive Sphagnum Microbiome Depend on Species and Time
Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Vincent Eric Jules Jassey, Constant Signarbieux, Bjorn Jozef Maria Robroek, Samuel Thomas Gabriel Hamard
Plant specialized metabolites play an important role in soil carbon (C) and nutrient fluxes. Through anti-microbial effects, they can modulate microbial assemblages and associated microbial-driven processes, such as nutrient cycling, so to positively or ne ...
2019GeoFarmer: A monitoring and feedback system for agricultural development projects
Farmers can manage their crops and farms better if they can communicate their experiences, both positive and negative, with each other and with experts. Digital agriculture using internet communication technology (ICT) may facilitate the sharing of experie ...
ELSEVIER SCI LTD2019Catchment land cover influences macroinvertebrate food-web structure and energy flow pathways in mountain streams
Tom Ian Battin, Christopher Robinson
- Understanding how different food resources sustain stream food webs is fundamental towards increasing our knowledge on trophic structure and energy flow pathways in fluvial ecosystems. 2. Food webs in small mountain streams are sustained by autochthonou ...
Mapping Maize Evapotranspiration at Field Scale Using SEBAL: A Comparison with the FAO Method and Soil-Plant Model Simulations
The surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL) has been successfully applied to estimate evapotranspiration (ET) and yield at different spatial scales. However, ET and yield patterns have never been investigated under highly heterogeneous conditions ...
2018Transition of the Swiss Phosphorus System towards a Circular Economy — Part 1: Current State and Historical Developments
Claudia Rebeca Binder Signer, Jonas Ramon Mehr
Current phosphorus (P) use in European countries is highly dependent on mineral P imports and not sustainably managed. In order to identify and implement measures for sustainable P management, a comprehensive understanding of national P flows and stocks an ...
2018A WebGIS platform for the monitoring of Farm Animal Genetic Resources (GENMON)
Stéphane Joost, Giona Matasci, Ivo Widmer
Background In 2007, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) initiated the Global plan of action for Farm Animal Genetic Resources (FAnGR). The main goal of this plan is to reduce further loss of genetic diversity in farm animals, ...
Public Library of Science2017THE GOOD GROWTH PLAN FARM NETWORK – MONITORING RESOURCE EFFICIENCY OF CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
The FAO estimates that food supplies need to increase by 70% to feed a growing population of 9 billion people by 2050. The changes in agricultural practices required to grow more tend to exert higher demand on resources and put eco-system services at risk ...
A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017