Browsing ARTICLES CIENTÍFICS by Author "Varela, Elsa"
Now showing items 1-12 of 12
-
Assessing consumers' preferences for beef and lamb meat linked to wildfire prevention services
Lecegui, Antonio; Olaizola, Ana M.; Varela, Elsa (Meat Science, 2023-09-19) Economia AgroalimentàriaMeat from silvopastoral systems, due to its provision of numerous ecosystem services such as wildfire risk reduction in Mediterranean forests, can address societal growing demands for meat produced with ... -
Disentangling the role of management practices on ecosystem services delivery in Mediterranean silvopastoral systems: Synergies and trade-offs through expert-based assessment
Lecegui, Antonio; Olaizola, Ana M.; Varela, Elsa (Forest Ecology and Management, 2022-05-11) Economia AgroalimentàriaSilvopastoral systems (SPS) emerge with a renewal interest in the Mediterranean for their promotion of multifunctionality through a variety of ecosystem services (ES). However, the understanding of how ... -
Extensive Mediterranean agroecosystems and their linked traditional breeds: Societal demand for the conservation of the Majorcan black pig
Varela, Elsa; Kallas, Zein (Land Use Policy, 2021-11-05) Economia AgroalimentàriaExtensive outdoor low-intensity livestock farming systems are the principal form of management of high natural value farmland in Europe. Their marginalisation and poor recognition in policies and markets, ... -
Implementing the livelihood resilience framework: An indicator-based model for assessing mountain pastoral farming systems
Lecegui, Antonio; Olaizola, Ana María; López-i-Gelats, Feliu; Varela, Elsa (Agricultural Systems, 2022-03-25) Economia AgroalimentàriaOngoing decreases in family farms and livestock numbers in European mountain areas are linked to multiple interconnected challenges. The continuity of such farms concerns society at large since they ... -
Livelihood strategies of cacao producers in Ecuador: Effects of national policies to support cacao farmers and specialty cacao landraces
Díaz-Montenegro, José; Varela, Elsa; Gil, José María (Journal of Rural Studies, 2018-08-09) Economia AgroalimentàriaThis study identifies the livelihood strategies pursued by small cacao farmers in the Guayas coastal region inEcuador, where two distinct cacao varieties are grown: thefineflavor variety, Cacao Nacional ... -
Marketing strategies to self-sustainability of autochthonous swine breeds from different EU regions: a mixed approach using the World Café technique and the Analytical Hierarchy Process
Rivera-Toapanta, Evelyn; Kallas, Zein; Čandek-Potokar, Meta; Gonzalez, Joel; Gil, Marta; Varela, Elsa; Faure, Justine; Cerjak, Marija; Urška, Tomažin; Aquilani, Chiara; Lebret, Bénédicte; Karolyi, Danijel; Pugliese, Carolina; Gil, José Maria (Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2021-09-02) Qualitat i Tecnologia AlimentàriaExtensive and semi-extensive production based on local swine breeds such as Majorcan Black Pig, Cinta Senese, Gascon, Krškopolje and Turopolje is becoming extremely rare and on the verge of disappearing ... -
Payment for Targeted Grazing: Integrating Local Shepherds into Wildfire Prevention
Varela, Elsa; Górriz-Mifsud, Elena; Ruiz-Mirazo, Jabier; López-i-Gelats, Feliu (Forests, 2018-07-30) Economia AgroalimentàriaWildfires are one of the most prominent risks for Mediterranean forests, reducing the flow of ecosystem services and representing a hazard for infrastructure and human lives. Several wildfire prevention ... -
Promoting biodiversity values of small forest patches in agricultural landscapes: Ecological drivers and social demand
Varela, Elsa; Verheyen, Kris; Vicialdés, Alicia; Soliño, Mario; Jacobsen, Jette B.; De Smedt, Pallieter; Ehrmann, Steffen; Gärtner, Stefanie; Górriz, Elena; Decocq, Guillaume (Science of The Total Environment, 2017-11-23) Economia AgroalimentàriaSmall forest patches embedded in agricultural (and peri-urban) landscapes in Western Europe play a key role for biodiversity conservation with a recognized capacity of delivering a wide suite of ecosystem ... -
Societal preferences for the conservation of traditional pig breeds and their agroecosystems: Addressing preference heterogeneity and protest responses through deterministic allocation and scale-extended models
Varela, Elsa; Kallas, Zein (Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021-12-30) Economia AgroalimentàriaWe assess preferences of inhabitants of the island of Majorca (Spain) for the conservation of traditional, ex-tensively reared Majorcan Black Pigs and the linked agro-ecosystem, using ... -
Targeted policy proposals for managing spontaneous forest expansion in the Mediterranean
Varela, Elsa; Pulido, Fernando; Moreno, Gerardo; Zavala, Miguel Á. (Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020-10-15) Economia AgroalimentàriaRecent forest expansion in Euro‐Mediterranean countries predominantly results from secondary succession in abandoned farmland, rather than from artificial afforestation. This major forest transition ... -
Unravelling opportunities, synergies, and barriers for enhancing silvopastoralism in the Mediterranean
Varela, Elsa; Oleizola, Ana M.; Blasco, Isabel; Capdevila, Carmen; Lecegui, Antonio; Casasús, Isabel; Bernués, Alberto; Martín-Collado, Daniel (Land Use Policy, 2022-04-16) Economia AgroalimentàriaSilvopastoral systems combine wood perennials with forage and livestock. These multipurpose wood-pasture habitats represent an important part of European bio-cultural and ecological heritage. However, ... -
Zonal travel cost approaches to assess recreational wild mushroom picking value: Trade-offs between online and onsite data collection strategies
Govigli, Valentino Marini; Górriz-Mifsud, Elena; Varela, Elsa (Forest Policy and Economics, 2019-03-04) Economia AgroalimentàriaMushroom picking is a growing recreational activity in Europe. Since the institutional environment moves towards regulating mycological resources, estimating the value of this ecosystem service becomes ...