Discussion of “Exceptional snowfalls and the assessment of accidental loads for structural design” by Sadovsky et al. [C...
Published in Cold Regions Science and Technology
Implementing ecological intensification in fish farming: definition and principles from contrasting experiences
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Ecological intensification is a new concept in agriculture that addresses the double challenge of maintaining a level of production sufficient to support needs of human populations and respecting the environment in order to conserve the natural world and human quality of life. This article adapts this concept to fish farming using agroecological pr...
How to organize plant breeding to favor crop's diversification ?
This project focuses on innovation in the seed industry, in a context where it is desirable to diversify agricultural production. It is now well recognized that crop diversification is an important leverage for successfully deintensifying agriculture (i.e. limiting the use of fertilizersand pesticides) while maintaining a sufficient level of produc...
Amendment of soil by biochars and activated carbons to reduce chlordecone bioavailability in piglets
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Chlordecone (Kepone or CLD) is a highly persistent pesticide formerly used in French West Indies. Nowadays high levels of this pesticide are still found in soils which represent a subsequent source of contamination for outdoor-reared animals. In that context, sequestering matrices like biochars or activated carbons (ACs) are believed to efficiently...
Evaluation of a spatialized agronomic model in predicting yield and N leaching at the scale of the Seine-Normandie Basin...
Published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
The EU directive has addressed ambitious targets concerning the quality of water bodies. Predicting water quality as affected by land use and management requires using dynamic agro-hydrogeological models. In this study, an agronomic model (STICS) and a hydrogeological model (MODCOU) have been associated in order to simulate nitrogen fluxes in the S...
Unsupervised Classification Algorithm for Early Weed Detection in Row-Crops by Combining Spatial and Spectral Informatio...
In agriculture, reducing herbicide use is a challenge to reduce health and environmental risks while maintaining production yield and quality. Site-specific weed management is a promising way to reach this objective but requires efficient weed detection methods. In this paper, an automatic image processing has been developed to discriminate between...
Cell biology of aquaporins in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
As molecular players involved into the water transport through biological membranes, aquaporins (AQPs) have a role and are regulated in stress response. They were deeply investigated in plants and particularly in rice. Using functional genetic approach, we generated 5 transgenic rice lines based on Nipponbare cultivar, by overexpressing a single AQ...
Case-based Reasoning for Forecasting the Allocation of Perennial Biomass Crops
A farmer's decision to plant new perennial biomass crops is a complex process that involves numerous parameters and can change the food / non-food balance. The paradigm of case-based reasoning is able to deal with the kind of complex and sparse information that is available in this situation, to model and forecast the allocation of these crops.
Habiter une vitrine métropolitaine. Les habitants de Lyon Confluence, entre acteurs et figurants du marketing urbain lyo...
Cette contribution interroge la réception sociale du marketing urbain à travers le cas de Confluence. Conçu comme un démonstrateur de l'excellence métropolitaine lyonnaise, ce projet s'accompagne d'une intense communication destinée tant aux investisseurs français et étrangers qu'aux habitants de la ville et du quartier. À partir de 22 entretiens a...
La médiatisation des luttes anti-barrages (1945-2014). Représentations de territoires et d'environnements menacés
Depuis les années 80, les barrages sont de plus en plus contestés en raison de leurs impacts territoriaux et environnementaux. La lutte contre ces ouvrages s'ancre souvent dans un espace précis, celui du site concerné. Mais les acteurs impliqués doivent aussi parvenir à montrer la valeur globale des enjeux. Ces controverses font circuler des représ...
