Frédéric Décosse. Persistent unfree labour in French intensive agriculture An historical overview of the ’OFII’ temporary farmworkers programme. ALESSANDRA CORRADO; CARLOS DE CASTRO; DOMENICO PERROTTA. Migration and Agriculture: Mobility and change in the Mediterranean area, ROUTLEDGE, pp.183-197, 2016, 9781138962231. <https://www.routledge.com/Migration-and-Agriculture-Mobility-andchange-in-th...

Aim Global conservation assessments recognize the mediterranean biome as a priority for the conservation of the world’s biodiversity. To better direct future conservation efforts in the biome, an improved understanding of the location, magnitude and trend of key threats and their relationship with species of conservation importance is needed. Location Mediterranean-climate regions in California...

Sotirios Fragkostefanakis1, Panagiotis Kalaitzis1, Dimitrios Gerasopoulos2* and Anastasios S. Siomos3 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Department of Horticultural Genetics, GR-73100 Chania, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Science and Technology, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agri...

Many recent reviews and meta-analyses of N2O emissions do not include data from Mediterranean studies. In this paper we present a meta-analysis of the N2O emissions from Mediterranean cropping systems, and propose a more robust and reliable regional emission factor (EF) for N2O, distinguishing the effects of water management, crop type, and fertilizer management. The average overall EF for Medi...

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most areas of the world where rainfall is limiting are characterized by low agricultural output and, ironically, high population growth rates that generate increased food de-mand. arid and semi-arid regions permit a range of vegetative biomass production, from rainfed crops to native pasture, and sparse steppe shrubs to true desert. given the harsh climatic conditions in areas such as west asia...

The precipitation climatology and the underlying climate mechanisms of the eastern Mediterranean, West Asia, and the Indian subcontinent are reviewed, with emphasis on upper and middle tropospheric flow in the subtropics and its steering of precipitation. Holocene climate change of the region is summarized from proxy records. The Indian monsoon weakened during the Holocene over its northernmost...

The paper reviews recent evidence on climate change and the role of greenhouse gases (GHG). Historical evidence indicates that climate change is not a new phenomenon and Mediterranean ecosystems have shown considerable resilience to past climate changes. The 21st century can be regarded as an era of climate change in which concerns about climate are accompanied by other drivers relating to glob...