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Impacts of irrigation efficiency improvement on water use, water consumption and response to water price at field level
(Elsevier, 2018)
Increasing irrigation efficiency has been suggested as a solution in water scarce areas but its potential rebound effect (increased ex-post water consumption) is receiving growing attention; paradoxically, although improved ...
Gender and Cross-Scale Differences in the Perception of Social-Ecological Systems
(MDPI, 2018)
The sound management of Social-Ecological Systems (SESs) requires a deep knowledge of
the system and its dynamics, but effective strategies also need to include the perceptions of the local
actors. These perceptions are ...
The Magnitude and Cost of Groundwater Metering and Control in Agriculture
(MDPI, 2018)
Volumetric pricing as envisaged within the Water Framework Directive (60/2000) is a
considerable challenge in terms of irrigation in Mediterranean regions, since a large share of the
water source is groundwater. Enforcing ...
Review and Analysis of Alternatives for the Valorisation of Agro-Industrial Olive Oil By-Products
(MDPI, 2018)
By-products and waste from olive production (agriculture) and the olive oil industry
(mills and refineries) are an important environmental issue in Mediterranean areas. Industrial
waste and by-products contain highly ...
Sustainability accounting regulation in Spanish public sector organizations
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
In 2011, the Spanish government made sustainability accounting mandatory for public sector organizations. This paper documents why, despite the new legislation, the quantity and quality of sustainability accounting practices ...
Quality, satisfaction, and loyalty indices
(Emerald, 2018)
This study developed a universal model to evaluate the quality of, satisfaction with and loyalty to destinations among tourists. It also demonstrated the model’s applicability.Cause and effect relationships were identified ...
Short food supply chains for local food: a difficult path
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Agri-food globalization is having a serious adverse impact on small- and medium-sized family
farms in the province of Málaga (southern Spain), 43% of which have disappeared over the
last 10 years. Short food supply chains ...
Optimal design of agri-environmental schemes under asymmetric information for improving farmland biodiversity
(Wiley, 2018)
Information asymmetry is one of the main obstacles to the effective design and implementation of agri-environmental schemes (AES). The literature has generally addressed this issue through the use of principal-agent models ...