Combining a typology and a conceptual model of cropping system to explore the diversity of relationships between ecosystem services: The case of erosion control in coffee-based agroforestry systems in Costa Rica

Meylan, Louise; Mérot, Anne; Gary, Christian; Rapidel, Bruno

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2013.02.002

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“…The municipality of Terra Roxa exhibited the lowest monthly variation between Q1 (Quartile 1) and Q3, especially in July, with a variation of 43 mm. By contrast, this municipality had the highest concentration of outliers (13) and extremes (5). Toledo exhibited the largest variation between quartiles, in May, with a difference of 202 and 566 mm between the maximum and minimum values.…”

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Agroclimatic Risk Zoning of Avocado (Persea americana) in the Hydrographic Basin of Paraná River III, Brazil

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Fruticulture is a prominent component of Brazilian agriculture. Studies have shown that climatic variability and its impact on the physiological development of plant species are fundamental for planning the agricultural calendar, resource conservation, and sustainable management of production. In this context, one of the first criterion for planting a crop is agroclimatic zoning, since it provides information on climate-related risks and aids decision-making and agricultural planning. The objective of this study was to carry out climatic risk zoning for avocado (Persea americana Mill.) in the basin of Paraná River III, Paraná State, Brazil. Meteorological data from 43 stations, from 1976 to 2018, were used. The climatic risk analysis was based on the requirements of the avocado for precipitation, water balance, average annual temperature, and frost tolerance. Statistical and geoprocessing techniques ensured full regional coverage of data and contributed to decision-making. The results identified favorable climatic conditions for all climatic variables in the western part of the river basin. Despite water deficits in some months, rainfall and water balance were not restrictive for avocado production in the region. Avocado tree cultivation is not recommended in the eastern part of the basin, where there is a considerable risk of frost.

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Agroclimatic Risk Zoning of Avocado (Persea americana) in the Hydrographic Basin of Paraná River III, Brazil

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“…Soil particle distribution was 47% ± 3.1 clay, 30% ± 2.3 silt and 23% ± 5.0 sand at a depth of 10 cm and 40% ± 5.3 clay, 30% ± 1.2 silt and 29% ± 6.2 sand at a depth of 40 cm (Meylan et al, 2013). The average soil bulk density was 1.35 ± 0.08 g cm À3 for the first 30 cm in depth (Nespoulous, 2011).…”

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Temporal dynamics of runoff and soil loss on a plot scale under a coffee plantation on steep soil (Ultisol), Costa Rica

Villatoro-Sánchez¹,

Bissonnais²,

Moussa³

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Journal of Hydrology

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“…Building a conceptual model is meant to be complementary to this descriptive process: The variables describing the state of the system need to be chosen; the relationships between them, with the outputs (ecosystem services) and with the factors (environment, practices) that determine them, need to be described. The conceptual model presents and makes explicit our implicit understanding of the system, coming, at least partly, from academic knowledge and can be used to test hypotheses and explore scenarios (Meylan et al 2013). Obviously, the statistical description of the cropping systems, their performance and, hopefully, some state variables will then be required to test the validity of the relationships that were included, in a way similar to agronomic analysis (Rapidel et al 2006).…”

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Analysis of ecosystem services trade-offs to design agroecosystems with perennial crops

Rapidel

Ripoche

Allinne

et al. 2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Agroecosystems represent 38 % of global land use. Agroecosystems are located close to human settlements and are managed to produce food and fibers, traded in markets. Agroecosystems also produce other goods and services essential to human beings, such as climate regulation, flood mitigation, and landscape amenity. Economists and ecologists have developed the ecosystem services framework to foster the provision of these non-commercial services. Scientists can therefore help decision makers to develop sustainable ecosystems by studying ecosystem services. Here, we analyze the trade-offs of ecosystem services of farming systems. We discuss case studies of mixed perennial crops. The set of ecosystem services provided by these agroecosystems depends on their composition, structure, and management. Complex rule-based management will be required if winegrowers are to maintain an adequate set of ecosystem services across contrasting climatic years. Innovations including cover crops in banana systems can fulfill most of the objective set but will rely on increased farm labor. We then discuss the advantages, challenges, and opportunities to include the description of relations between ecosystem services in cropping system design. We propose to extend the yield gap analysis to ecosystem services, as a service gap analysis. This extension faces methodological questions about the potential provision of a service in a region. We conclude on the challenges that need to be faced if we want to use ecosystem services trade-offs to improve the contribution of agricultural systems to human well-being. (Résumé d'auteur

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Combining a typology and a conceptual model of cropping system to explore the diversity of relationships between ecosystem services: The case of erosion control in coffee-based agroforestry systems in Costa Rica

Cited by 53 publications

References 42 publications

Agroclimatic Risk Zoning of Avocado (Persea americana) in the Hydrographic Basin of Paraná River III, Brazil

Agroclimatic Risk Zoning of Avocado (Persea americana) in the Hydrographic Basin of Paraná River III, Brazil

Temporal dynamics of runoff and soil loss on a plot scale under a coffee plantation on steep soil (Ultisol), Costa Rica

Analysis of ecosystem services trade-offs to design agroecosystems with perennial crops

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