Landscape agronomy: a new field for addressing agricultural landscape dynamics

Benoît, Marc; Rizzo, Davide; Moonen, Anna-Camilla; Galli, Mariassunta; Lardon, Sylvie; Rapey, Hélène; Thenail, Claudine; Bonari, E.

doi:10.1007/s10980-012-9802-8

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“…First, in most analyses, the social system considered is often reduced to farmers and sometimes their direct advisors, so that social interactions between the farmer and other stakeholders of natural resource management or supply chains are generally not considered, or if they are, it is disconnected from ecological processes that sustain management practices (Lamine et al 2012). Second, interactions among farming systems, the landscape matrix and natural resource management are barely assessed (Benoît et al 2012). …”

Section: Farming Systems and Associated Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing agroecological transitions; A review

Duru

Thérond

Fares

2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Concerns about the negative impacts of productivist agriculture have led to the emergence of two forms of ecological modernisation of agriculture. The first, efficiency-substitution agriculture, aims to improve input use efficiency and to minimise environmental impacts of modern farming systems. It is currently the dominant modernisation pathway. The second, biodiversity-based agriculture, aims to develop ecosystem services provided by biological diversity. It currently exists only as a niche. Here we review challenges of implementing biodiversity-based agriculture: managing, at the local level, a consistent transition within and among farming systems, supply chains and natural resource management. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing conceptual frameworks developed to analyse farming, socialecological and socio-technical systems. Then we present an integrative framework tailored for structuring analysis of agriculture from the perspective of developing a territorial biodiversity-based agriculture. In addition, we propose a participatory methodology to design this agroecological transition at the local level. This design methodology was developed to support a multi-stakeholder arena in analysing the current situation, identifying future exogenous changes and designing (1) targeted territorial biodiversity-based agriculture, (2) the pathway of the transition and (3) the required adaptive governance structures and management strategies. We conclude by analysing key challenges of designing such a complex transition, developing multi-actor and multidomain approaches based on a combination of scientific and experiential knowledge and on building suitable boundary objects (computer-based and conceptual models, indicators, etc.) to assess innovative systems designed by stakeholders.

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Section: Farming Systems and Associated Innovation Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing agroecological transitions; A review

Duru

Thérond

Fares

2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

334

216

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“…In a scientific context, the landscape approach stands in a line of approaches aiming at conceptualizing and evaluating the interconnectedness of societies and their environment, such as the resilience approach [13], the socio-ecological system (SES) analyses [14], the driving forces-actors analyses [15], the landscape agronomy concept [16], integrative planning and modelling [17,18] and sustainable land management [19]. The development of scientific concepts was paralleled by the promotion of integrated management approaches since the 1990s [8], ranging from agrolandscape ecology [20], integrated ecosystem management [21] or the landscape service framework [22].…”

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Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

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Abstract:Recently, the integrated landscape approach has gained increasing interest of the scientific community, as well as of organizations active in the field of sustainable development. However, the enthusiastic welcome is challenged by little consensus on theory, terminology and definitions. Moreover, the operationalization of the approach into practice is a major challenge. In this paper, we present a framework to operationalize the integrated landscape approach in practice by putting a long-term collaboration between scientists and various stakeholder at center stage. Based on encompassing understanding of landscape-level processes and interactions, four pillars addressing different steps of a joint-learning circle are described and illustrated with examples. We consider the integrated landscape approach to be a prime way of targeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but novel forms of collaboration between scientists and other stakeholders based on long-term commitments will be needed for operationalization in practice.

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“…In this sense, the focus of Biosphere Reserves (PROBIDES, 1999;Pezzani, 2007;Ozyavuz & Yazgan, 2010), some categories of IUCN protected areas such as Protected Landscapes (IUCN, 2008), the Regional Natural Parks (SNAP, 2010) and the GIAHS (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) (Koohafkan & Cruz, 2011) are valid options to implement the conservation of Butia palm forests within the framework of integrated biocultural landscape conservation alternatives. Management plans and conservation policies should be framed within a context of sustainable agricultural systems (Dale et al, 2013;Benoit et al, 2012;Baiamonte et al, 2015). …”

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Palm Forest Landscape in Castillos (Rocha, Uruguay): Contributions to the Design of a Conservation Area

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Filippini-Alba²,

Cunha³

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Butia palm forests are considered unique due to their aesthetic value, high biodiversity level and historical, archaeological and cultural value. The lack of regeneration of butia palms caused by cattle overgrazing and natural grasslands replacement by agriculture endangers these palm forests. The aim of this work is to provide information for the proposal of a conservation area in this rural landscape within the framework of sustainable development. This work was developed within the context of a Geographic Information System with thematic information on palm forest density levels, soils, land use aptitude and rural registers. Field surveys were conducted to record the presence of plant species and genetic resources in different vegetation units. The main category of soil cover was natural grasslands, followed by native forests, wetlands and palm forests. Palm forests grow mainly on soil units with poor to rather poor drainage and on arable or non-arable lands under special conditions. We identified 212 farms where the palm forest is found, a high diversity of vegetation units, the presence of 302 native taxa of plants and a significant number of plant genetic resources for various uses. For the designation of a conservation area, we propose 20 priority farms that will ensure that palm forests are well represented regarding ecosystem diversity. We consider the creation of a Protected Landscape, a State Park or a GIAHS to be the best alternatives so as to protect this unique multifunctional landscape.

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Landscape agronomy: a new field for addressing agricultural landscape dynamics

Cited by 112 publications

References 66 publications

Designing agroecological transitions; A review

Designing agroecological transitions; A review

Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application

Palm Forest Landscape in Castillos (Rocha, Uruguay): Contributions to the Design of a Conservation Area

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