A methodological proposal of the Sustainolive international research project to drive Mediterranean olive ecosystems toward sustainability

作者：Anna De Luca, Nathalıe Iofrıda, Manuel González de Molina, Emanuele Spada, Pablo Domouso, Gıacomo Falcone, Gıovannı Gulısano, Roberto García‐Ruiz · 发表于：Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3389/fsufs.2023.1207972 · 被引用次数：20 · 研究领域：Edible Oils Quality and Analysis、Land Use and Ecosystem Services、Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Mediterranean olive growing characterizes, identifies, and can sustain the socioeconomic viability of rural areas, not only through the production of primary products but also through the management of renewable natural resources, and the conservation of landscape and biodiversity. However, high levels of mechanization, monocultures, intensive farming techniques, and the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are threatening the environment and affecting rural communities in turn. In the last years, the agroecological discourse emerged as a transdisciplinary science merging agronomy, ecology, and socioeconomic sciences with the purpose of responding to socioeconomic and environmental concerns, responding to the globalized industrial food processing and intensive agriculture. In this context, the research project Sustainolive, guided by an international consortium of stakeholders from academia and the productive sector, has the aim of promoting sustainability in the olive oil sector through the implementation and promotion of innovative and technological solutions based on agroecological concepts. Through an innovative, transdisciplinary, and multi-actor approach, Sustainolive combines different types of knowledge (e.g., scientific, empirical, and traditional), disciplines (ranging from engineering to the humanities), and methodological approaches (e.g., Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment, Social Agrarian Metabolism and multicriterial analysis tools) to provide practica...