Exploring the Connections between Agroecological Practices and Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Literature Review

Palomo-Campesino, Sara; González, José A.; García‐Llorente, Marina

doi:10.3390/su10124339

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“…According to Palomo-Campesino et al [34], agroecosystems reflects interactions between society and nature, however, inappropriate management can have negative consequences for the agrosystem. The content of available phosphorus in the soil changed more significantly.…”

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Changes in the Regulating Ecosystem Service on the Contaminated Site Used for Energy Purposes

Makovníková¹,

Houšková²,

Pálka³

et al. 2020

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Soil cleaning, the ability of the soil to immobilize the risk elements, belongs to important agroecosystem services in terms of protection of the hydrosphere and plant production from contamination. Dynamic monitoring of selected indicators of soil quality was realized in a special network of site on soil used for planting fast growing willow (Salix viminalis). Monitoring of the study site Kuchyňa (Mollic Fluvisol) is running since 2010 year. The fast-growing willow was planted on an area of about 43 hectares. Study site Kuchyňa belonged to the degraded contaminated sites, at the time of planting (the total contents of the risk elements were as follows: Cd 1.016 mg•kg −1 , Zn 199.000 mg•kg −1 , Ni 51.500 mg•kg −1) There were positive changes in the total content of cadmium, zinc and nickel (in 2018 year), the zinc content decreased by 27% compared to 2010, the nickel content was lower by 23% and the Cd content by 57% in comparison to 2010 year, these elements have a declining trend during the monitored period. The remediation ability of the willow in relation to the risk elements was manifested by the accumulation of these elements in the wood mass and by their decrease in the soil below the limit value. The regulatory ecosystem service, the potential for the immobilisation of the risk elements, was evaluated based on the sum of the assessment of the contamination potential and the sorption potential of soil. The decrease of the total content of risk elements in the soil below the limit value was manifested in the increase of the potential of the agroecosystem regulatory service, the potential of risk element immobilisation, from very low category to medium category. If willow cultivation continued in the next decade, the value of risk element Zn would most likely reach the value 73 mg•kg −1 , which is less than 50% of the limit value, based on the results of the predictive model.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in the Regulating Ecosystem Service on the Contaminated Site Used for Energy Purposes

Makovníková¹,

Houšková²,

Pálka³

et al. 2020

OJE

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“…Crop diversification faces a typical situation of socio-technical lock-in of dominant food regimes [16]. It could be a pillar of agroecological transition, as it potentially has multiple sustainability benefits, such as reduced yield gaps and dependency on external inputs, increased biodiversity, limited economic risks, more varied landscapes, and enhanced provision of diverse ecosystem services [16,32,34]. Despite such well-known benefits, various studies have shown the adoption of diversification practices to be limited by barriers at all levels of food systems.…”

Section: Contrasting Food System Innovation Settings For Crop Diversimentioning

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Innovating within or outside dominant food systems? Different challenges for contrasting crop diversification strategies in Europe

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Innovations supporting a shift towards more sustainable food systems can be developed within the dominant food system regime or in alternative niches. No study has compared the challenges faced in each context. This paper, based on an analysis of 25 cases of European innovations that support crop diversification, explores the extent to which barriers to crop diversification can be related to the proximity of innovation settings with dominant food systems. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of interviews and participatory brainstorming, we highlight 46 different barriers to crop diversification across the cases, at different levels: production; downstream operations from farm to retailing, marketing and consumers; and contracts and coordination between actors. To characterise the diversity of innovation strategies at food system level, we introduce the concept of "food system innovation settings" combining: (i) the type of innovative practice promoted at farm level; (ii) the type of value chain supporting that innovation; and (iii) the type of agriculture involved (organic or conventional). Through a multiple correspondence analysis, we show different patterns of barriers to crop diversification according to three ideal-types of food system innovation settings: (i) "Changing from within", where longer rotations are fostered on conventional farms involved in commodity supply chains; (ii) "Building outside", where crop diversification integrates intercropping on organic farms involved in local supply chains; and (iii) "Playing horizontal", where actors promote alternative crop diversification strategies-either strictly speaking horizontal at spatial level (e.g. strip cropping) or socially horizontal (arrangement between farmers)-without directly challenging the vertical organisation of dominant value chains. We recommend designing targeted research and policy actions according to the food systems they seek to develop. We then discuss further development of our approach to analyse barriers faced in intermediate and hybrid food system configurations.

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“…At last, studies showed that habitat heterogeneity affects the level of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes [1,7,102,103]. Both abandonment and intensification of Satoyama elements cause biodiversity loss.…”

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“…It has long been criticized as the major driving force of biodiversity loss [1][2][3]. However, recent research showed that traditional agricultural landscapes can maintain rich biodiversity and provide a bundle of ecosystem services [4][5][6][7]. Generally, the traditional agricultural landscape commonly encompasses the multiple uses of natural, semi-natural, and artificial ecosystems [8], where crop cultivated plots and adjacent vegetation and habitats are often integrated into a well-managed mosaic-like production landscape [9].…”

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Crises of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Satoyama Landscape of Japan: A Review on the Role of Management

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Satoyama is a Japanese term used to describe the traditional rural landscape in Japan. It has changed continuously from overuse to underuse stages under the development of economy and society, which caused the loss of both biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this paper, we summarized the interactions of biodiversity and ecosystem services affected by human management in Satoyama landscape. The results indicate: (1) the concepts of Satoyama forests and Satoyama landscape varied with researchers and their objectives. The most popular one is a mosaic landscape consisting of Satoyama (secondary) forests, rice paddies, grassland, ponds, irrigating systems, and rural settlements; (2) traditional management regimes on Satoyama landscape were the disturbing mechanisms to provide multiple ecosystem services, as well as a series of semi-natural habitats for species; (3) due to significant progress in economy and technology in Japan, the aging problems of farmers, industrialized agriculture, the import of ecosystem services and goods from international markets, and global climate changes eventually caused the simplification of crop plants, the invasion of alien species, the fragmentation of habitats, and the decreasing of ecosystem services;(4) future research should pay more attention to the complex mechanisms of biodiversity crises and ecosystem services at the landscape scale, considering pattern-process relationships.

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Exploring the Connections between Agroecological Practices and Ecosystem Services: A Systematic Literature Review

Cited by 66 publications

References 63 publications

Changes in the Regulating Ecosystem Service on the Contaminated Site Used for Energy Purposes

Changes in the Regulating Ecosystem Service on the Contaminated Site Used for Energy Purposes

Innovating within or outside dominant food systems? Different challenges for contrasting crop diversification strategies in Europe

Crises of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Satoyama Landscape of Japan: A Review on the Role of Management

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