Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation?

Z Steinmetz, C Wollmann, M Schaefer… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Plastic mulching has become a globally applied agricultural practice for its instant economic
benefits such as higher yields, earlier harvests, improved fruit quality and increased water …

[HTML][HTML] Planting systems for modern olive growing: Strengths and weaknesses

R Lo Bianco, P Proietti, L Regni, T Caruso - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of fully mechanizing olive harvesting has been pursued since the 1970s to
cope with labor shortages and increasing production costs. Only in the last twenty years …

Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment: A method to assess the emissions and environmental impacts of agricultural systems and products

T Nemecek, A Roesch, M Bystricky, P Jeanneret… - … International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Agricultural production, which dominates the environmental impacts of the food
sector, has specific characteristics that need to be considered in life cycle assessment (LCA) …

Ready-to-use green polyphenolic extracts from food by-products

M Panić, MR Stojković, K Kraljić, D Škevin… - Food chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
To establish environmentally friendly polyphenolic extracts from grape and olive pomace,
natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) were used coupled with alternative energy sources …

Environmental challenges of intensive woody crops: The case of super high-density olive groves

J Guerrero-Casado, AJ Carpio, FS Tortosa… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Super high-density olive groves (> 800 trees ha− 1) are rapidly expanding in olive oil
producer countries, which entails a strong modification of the olive growing system with …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability of plastic in agriculture

C Maraveas - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article investigates the environmental sustainability of plastic nets in agricultural
environments based on published experimental data. This article focuses on biodegradable …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) in the olive oil value chain: A descriptive review

L El Joumri, N Labjar, M Dalimi, S Harti, D Dhiba… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Olive oil is considered to be one of the main nutritional components in the Mediterranean
diet, which led to an increase in its production, and then it is playing a crucial role in socio …

Application of water footprint to olive growing systems in the Apulia region: a comparative assessment

G Pellegrini, C Ingrao, S Camposeo, C Tricase… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
Agriculture is acknowledged worldwide as a great contributor to global emissions of
greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular …

Optimization of olive growing practices in Spain from a life cycle assessment perspective

M Romero-Gámez, J Castro-Rodríguez… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, the Spanish olive sector has undergone deep changes regarding agronomic
practices. Olive grove cultivation tends to move from traditional low-density to new high …

Effects of compost, olive mill wastewater and legume cover cropson soil characteristics, tree performance and oil quality of olive trees cv. Chemlali grown under …

H Chehab, M Tekaya, M Ouhibi, M Gouiaa… - Scientia …, 2019 - Elsevier
Utilisation of compost, olive mill wastewater and legume cover crops in an organic mature
olive grove cv Chemlali was tested from 2013 to 2015 crop** seasons. Olive trees were …