Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality

Debonne, Niels; Vliet, Jasper van; Metternicht, Graciela; Verburg, Peter H.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102221

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“…Urbanisation has in some cases led to more formal and more complex market linkages, as a result of the changing infrastructure needed to connect consumers with producers. More complex markets linkages involve more actors, such as brokers and processors, between farmers and consumers (Debonne et al 2021a ). Some rural and peri-urban households living close to cities benefit from these market linkages, as it provides opportunities to diversify their incomes in the lengthier value chains, such as in processing and transporting of agricultural products (Diao et al 2019 ; Djurfeldt 2015 ; Afriyie et al 2014 ).…”

Section: Impacts Of Urbanisation On Food Systemsmentioning

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Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods

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Dengerink²,

Vliet

2021

Food Sec.

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Urbanisation is changing food systems globally, and in particular in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This transformation can affect rural livelihoods in multiple ways. Evidence on what enabling conditions are needed to materialise the opportunities and limit risks is scattered. Here we review scientific literature to elaborate on how urbanisation affects food systems, and on the enabling conditions that subsequently shape opportunities for rural livelihoods. We find that urbanisation leads to a rising and changing food demand, both direct and indirect land use changes, and often to more complex market linkages. Evidence shows that a wide range of enabling conditions can contribute to the materialisation of opportunities for rural livelihoods in this context. Reviewed evidence suggests that the connectivity to urban centres is pivotal, as it provides access to finance, inputs, information, services, and off-farm employment. As a result, physical and communication infrastructure, the spatial pattern of urbanisation, and social networks connecting farmers to markets are identified as important enabling factors for the improvement of rural livelihood outcomes. Our findings suggest that coordinated and inclusive efforts are needed at different scales to make sure rural livelihoods benefit from urbanisation and food system transformation.

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Section: Impacts Of Urbanisation On Food Systemsmentioning

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Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods

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2021

Food Sec.

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“…'Smallholder development' refers to cases where smallholder farmers decided on changing their land use or land management activities by themselves. While these decision are likely affected by a myriad of drivers, including also policies, the main agency for making land use decisions in this land governance regime is with the smallholder farmer (Debonne et al 2021). The other three land governance regimes are characterized by agency lying primarily outside the farmers' households.…”

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Socioeconomic outcomes of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia

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Verburg

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Agricultural land use is transforming rapidly in Southeast Asia, often supported by development policies aiming primarily at economic growth. However, the socioeconomic outcomes of these changes for smallholder farmers remain unclear. Here, we systematically review cases of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia to assess their socioeconomic outcomes and potential trade-off and synergies in these outcomes. Of the 126 reviewed cases, we find mostly positive outcomes for income (SDG 1, 100 cases) and employment (SDG 8, 11 cases), while outcomes on health (SDG 3, 9 cases) were mixed, and outcomes for food security (SDG 2, 44 cases), gender equality (SDG 5, 13 cases), and economic equality (SDG 10, 14 cases) were mostly negative. Studies describing multiple outcomes show indications of synergies between income and food security, and between income and employment, but also potential trade-offs between income and economic equality. In addition, we find that economic land concessions result in multiple negative outcomes more often than other types of land governance regimes. The results provide evidence that economic gains from agricultural land use change often come at a cost of other dimensions of sustainable development.

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“…Soil degradation is usually recognized in six biophysical processes: water erosion, wind erosion, excess of salt, chemical degradation, physical degradation, and biological degradation [162]. All these processes are mainly caused by unsustainable agricultural practices, including incorrect land or water management [163] and the abuse of chemical fertilizers [164]. These processes have an immediate on-site impact, rendering the lands pauperized in quality and unable to support plant growth [162].…”

Section: Microbial Biostimulants As a Solution To Limit Land Degradation And Unsustainable Agriculturementioning

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“…A concrete answer was given by the land degradation neutrality (LDN), proposed by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which set out the ambition to maintain or increase the amount and quality of land resources by compensating for any land degradation with land restoration [ 163 ]. The only way to achieve LDN and sustainable land management (SLM) is by ensuring available instruments are able to maintain proper agricultural input use.…”

Section: Microbial Biostimulants As a Solution To Limit Land Degradation And Unsustainable Agriculturementioning

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Microbial Biostimulants as Response to Modern Agriculture Needs: Composition, Role and Application of These Innovative Products

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Mannino

Contartese³

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An increasing need for a more sustainable agriculturally-productive system is required in order to preserve soil fertility and reduce soil biodiversity loss. Microbial biostimulants are innovative technologies able to ensure agricultural yield with high nutritional values, overcoming the negative effects derived from environmental changes. The aim of this review was to provide an overview on the research related to plant growth promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) used alone, in consortium, or in combination with organic matrices such as plant biostimulants (PBs). Moreover, the effectiveness and the role of microbial biostimulants as a biological tool to improve fruit quality and limit soil degradation is discussed. Finally, the increased use of these products requires the achievement of an accurate selection of beneficial microorganisms and consortia, and the ability to prepare for future agriculture challenges. Hence, the implementation of the microorganism positive list provided by EU (2019/1009), is desirable.

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Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality

Cited by 32 publications

References 112 publications

Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods

Urbanisation as driver of food system transformation and opportunities for rural livelihoods

Socioeconomic outcomes of agricultural land use change in Southeast Asia

Microbial Biostimulants as Response to Modern Agriculture Needs: Composition, Role and Application of These Innovative Products

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