From stakeholders narratives to modelling plausible future agricultural systems. Integrated assessment of scenarios for Camargue, Southern France

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2017, Pages 292-307

  Delmotte, Sylvestre ^a   Couderc, Vincent ^a   Mouret, Jean Claude ^a   Lopez Ridaura, Santiago ^a,b   Barbier, Jean Marc ^a   Hossard, Laure ^a  

^a UMR INNOVATION   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bio economic model; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Multi criteria assessment; Participatory approach

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FOOD SECURITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FARMING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RICE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 85003441745     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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