Abandoned farmlands as components of rural landscapes: An analysis of perceptions and representations

Benjamin, Karyne; Bouchard, André; Domon, Gérald

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.04.009

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“…4 Yuan RMB a year calculated as Equation (3) and MNFI P is 136,154. 3 Yuan RMB a year as Equation (1). Eventually, we obtained that MA min is mean 0.71 ha per family, i.e., any member of the family may not work on non-farm jobs in cities again if a family has an extra 0.71 ha for IRFDC.…”

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“…In the past few decades, with industrialization and agri-technology progress, many traditional agricultural systems have been replaced by modern ones or abandoned by farmers due to low profits and tiring work processes [1][2][3][4][5]. However, environmental problems and food unsafety caused by modern agriculture [6,7] and sustainability of traditional agriculture identified by many studies [8][9][10][11] have prompted people to pay renewed attention to traditional agriculture.…”

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A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Zhang

Min

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:Heritage conservation is an important recurring research theme on agricultural heritage systems. Improving the income of farmers from agriculture is regarded as an effective conservation approach. This study examined how the improved rice-fish-duck coculture (IRFDC) promotes the protection of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System (HHRTS) by keeping farmers farming in their hometowns. A semi-structural interview and a questionnaire survey were used to collect data on agricultural input-outputs and household employment in HHRTS. As a result, a fairly large proportion of HHRTS rice terraces were used for the hybrid rice monoculture (HRM) with chemical inputs, and most of these rice terraces were wasted for half a year on account of being left unused; the IRFDC requires considerable time input for farming and breeding, but barely needs any chemical inputs. IRFDC entails a higher cost than HRM, but also has a higher return than HRM. Driving a family to do full-time farming requires extra more than 0.71 ha rice terraces for IRFDC. In conclusion, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHSs) can be used for protecting terraces from abandonment and destruction by improving agricultural economic benefits for farmers. At present, a shortage of laborers in HHRTS sites is false. Agricultural heritage sites do not actual need so many people if peasant households can do large-scale farming.

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A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Zhang

Min

et al. 2017

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“…While natural revegetation often occurs rapidly on these lands, the resulting understory communities are generally considered as biologically impoverished relative to the original forest because of their (i) altered composition and poor richness of species with high conservation value (Flinn and Vellend, 2005;Singleton et al, 2001), and (ii) low forestry potential D'Orangeville et al, 2008). In part because of negative societal perceptions of abandoned farmlands (Benjamin et al, 2007;Hunziker, 1995), these lands are often converted into agricultural fields or into plantations by rapid afforestation. Abandoned agricultural lands being a transitional stage, vegetation development greatly varies in time and space, from herb-dominated communities to communities dominated by shrubs and pioneer trees (Benjamin et al, 2005;Flinn and Vellend, 2005).…”

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Can plantations develop understory biological and physical attributes of naturally regenerated forests?

Aubin

Messier

Bouchard

2008

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Plant functional types Understory floraVertical structure A B S T R A C TWith an increasing proportion of natural forests being replaced by plantations, there is a need to determine their potential to fulfill ecological purposes other than wood production.This study evaluated the extent to which deciduous and coniferous plantations develop understory attributes comparable to those of naturally regenerated stands. A functional group approach was used to synthesise species responses in terms of their ecological traits.Multivariate analyses of ecological traits revealed 16 emergent groups that shared common traits associated with a similar life history strategy. Responses of these groups, understory structure, and understory environmental conditions to plantation types and stand stages were analyzed and compared to naturally regenerated stands. Clear associations of trait responses to stand developmental stages and plantation types emerged. Light-demanding and wind-dispersed species groups were associated with early-successional stages, while woody groups, ferns and ant-dispersed spring-flowering herbs were associated with latesuccessional stages. Analyses also revealed an indicator group associated with old naturally regenerated forest. The understory functional groups and environmental conditions of deciduous plantations converged toward those of old naturally regenerated forests. However, understory structure in deciduous plantations remained poorly developed and richness of the indicator group was low compared to unplanted stands. Conifer plantations, currently the most common plantation type in the northern hardwood biome, showed a completely different pathway of understory development. Modifications to current plantation management practices are proposed to help recreate or maintain natural understory biological and physical attributes.

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“…Regarding the cultivation style, Howley [37] and Howley et al [38] concluded that people provide higher evaluations of traditional, more extensive farming landscapes than more modern, intensive farming ones. In general, evaluations are lower if landscapes consist of homogeneous monocultures [18,[39][40][41]. Arriaza et al [42] reported that the visual quality of the landscape increases as a function of the percentage cover of vegetation.…”

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Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions

Pouta

Grammatikopoulou

Hurme

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Better recognition of public perceptions is called for in developing policies that affect landscape qualities, such as agri-environmental policies. The present study focused on the evaluation of typical agricultural landscapes in Finland. We utilized and operationalized the visual landscape quality scales introduced by Tveit et al. (2006) and further explored how these scales can be applied in citizen evaluation of agricultural landscapes. From landscape data collected via an Internet survey, we analysed whether and how the attributes of agricultural landscapes were linked to their evaluation. The results demonstrated that visual concepts such as openness, naturalness, species richness and the impression of being taken care of were significantly associated with six landscape attributes, i.e., grain, cattle, bales, farmhouses, buses and disturbances. A relationship between key landscape concepts and normative evaluation was found. The normative pleasantness of the landscape also significantly associated with individual landscape attributes and the socio-demographic characteristics of the perceivers.

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Abandoned farmlands as components of rural landscapes: An analysis of perceptions and representations

Cited by 74 publications

References 28 publications

A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

A Conservation Approach of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): Improving Traditional Agricultural Patterns and Promoting Scale-Production

Can plantations develop understory biological and physical attributes of naturally regenerated forests?

Assessing the Quality of Agricultural Landscape Change with Multiple Dimensions

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