The multifunctionality of agriculture and contractual policies. A comparative analysis of France and the Netherlands

Daniel, François-Joseph; Perraud, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.11.015

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“…These farmers diversify their income with alternative societal functions of agriculture: sustainable energy production, housing goods or animals (garaging), processing of agricultural products, recreation, education and care farming. Nature conservation farmers represent a separate orientation due to the significant role nature conservation plays in Dutch agriculture (Daniel and Perraud 2009). For assigning all individual farms to the farm typology the Geographical Information System for Agricultural Businesses (GIAB) was used, containing all 1,114 arable farms in Flevoland for the year 2008.…”

Section: Classification Farm Types In 2008mentioning

confidence: 99%

Scenarios of long-term farm structural change for application in climate change impact assessment

2012

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Towards 2050, climate change is one of the possible drivers that will change the farming landscape, but market, policy and technological development may be at least equally important. In the last decade, many studies assessed impacts of climate change and specific adaptation strategies. However, adaptation to climate change must be considered in the context of other driving forces that will cause farms of the future to look differently from today's farms. In this paper we use a historical analysis of the influence of different drivers on farm structure, complemented with literature and stakeholder consultations, to assess future structural change of farms in a region under different plausible futures. As climate change is one of the drivers considered, this study thus puts climate change impact and adaptation into the context of other drivers. The province of Flevoland in the north of The Netherlands was used as case study, with arable farming as the main activity. To account for the heterogeneity of farms and to indicate possible directions of farm structural change, a farm typology was developed. Trends in past developments in farm types were analyzed with data from the Dutch agricultural census. The historical analysis allowed to detect the relative importance of driving forces that contributed to farm structural changes. Simultaneously, scenario assumptions about changes in these driving forces elaborated at global and European levels, were downscaled for Flevoland, to regional and farm type level in order to project impacts of drivers on farm structural change towards 2050. Input from stakeholders was also used to detail the downscaled scenarios and to derive historical and future relationships between drivers and farm structural change. These downscaled scenarios and future driver-farm structural change relationships were used to derive quantitative estimations of farm structural change at regional and farm type level in Flevoland. In addition, stakeholder input was used to also derive images of future farms in Flevoland. The estimated farm structural changes differed substantially between the two scenarios. Our estimations of farm structural change provide a proper context for assessing impacts of and adaptation to climate change in 2050 at crop and farm level.

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Section: Classification Farm Types In 2008mentioning

confidence: 99%

Scenarios of long-term farm structural change for application in climate change impact assessment

2012

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“…Conversely, strong multifunctionality pays close attention to the environment and sustainability. Policies developed under the notion of strong multifunctionality attempt to challenge mainstream agriculture and encourage the development of more inclusive, participatory, environmentally friendly, and territory-oriented programs and farming enterprises (Daniel & Perraud, 2009;Renting et al, 2009;Wilson, 2008). Strong multifunctionality is more inclusive, represents nonproductivism, and includes part-time, hobby, and selfsustainable farms as having valid roles in rural and agricultural communities.…”

Section: Public Regulation and Policy Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, this approach has the ability to analyze the food supply chain and the role of multifunctionality in less favored areas, as well as to access various functions within the sustainable development framework. Daniel and Perraud (2009) consider this to be the strongest of the multifunctionality approaches as a result of its greater emphasis on increasing the decision-making power of local communities and allowing the communities' unique development needs and agendas to prevail.…”

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The Relationship Between Different Approaches to Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Choice of Methods: A Critical Review

Korzun

2015

JAFSCD

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Citation: Korzun, M. (2015). The relationship between different approaches to multifunctionality of agriculture and choice of methods: A critical review. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 5(2) AbstractThe concept of multifunctionality in agriculture is significant to both academia and policy development. Agriculture can serve multiple purposes in addition to the production of food and fiber. It can aid in addressing environmental, economic, and social issues faced by rural communities. The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the relationship between how scholars make use of multifunctionality and what methods they apply to the study of this concept. The article first identifies five types of approaches to multifunctionality: a market and economically focused approach, a rural land-use approach, an ecological approach, a public regulation and policy approach, and an actororiented approach. Secondly, applying the method of content analysis, the article examines 50 primary research studies on multifunctionality in the context of agriculture. The hypothesis of this article is that each identified concept of multifunctionality will coincide with a type of method. The article concludes that certain approaches correspond to certain research methods, which can limit the development of multifunctionality as a concept and practice.

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“…While, EU policies to support multifunctionality in agriculture are applied at a national level in France through direct payments and other forms of assistance, importantly for this analysis, different landscape classification instruments designate areas for the multifunctional outcomes of conservation, management and restoration within agrarian landscapes (Jupille and Caporaso 1998;Hervieu 2002;Pinton et al 2007). The EU approach of greater state governance involvement recognises values of retaining and developing some rural communities and agricultural industries beyond the immediacy of short-term economic viability (Potter and Tilzey 2007;Daniel and Perraud 2009). By providing support to farmers to steward the sustainable management of agricultural landscapes and biodiversity, risk is buffered implicitly (Wilson 2008;EC 2009;OECD 2009;Van der Ploeg 2008).…”

Section: Land Use Classificationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Defining Spaces of Resilience within the Neoliberal Paradigm: Could French Land Use Classifications Guide Support for Risk Management Within an Australian Regional Context?

Bardsley

Pech

2012

Hum Ecol

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An effective response to future risk within socioecosystems will require the retention of local diversity, not just in more vulnerable communities on the margins but also in regions vital to industrialised countries. A case study is presented that examines agroecosystem vulnerability to climate change within an Australian multifunctional rural landscape adjacent to the city of Adelaide. The dominant neoliberal governance approach is struggling to account for the levels of risk apparent in the region, even though there is considerable evidence that changes in policy and practice are required. Land use planning mechanisms can explicitly and implicitly support adaptation to risk within vital agroecosystems by defining spaces of complexity and experimentation. A review of French land use policy suggests that appropriate classifications can facilitate support for local diversity and broaden the capacity of farming systems to adapt to risk. Such classifications of spaces valuable for socio-ecological resilience and innovation could become vital tools to integrate into neoliberal governance systems to support anticipatory adaptation to future socio-ecological risk.

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The multifunctionality of agriculture and contractual policies. A comparative analysis of France and the Netherlands

Cited by 30 publications

References 15 publications

Scenarios of long-term farm structural change for application in climate change impact assessment

Scenarios of long-term farm structural change for application in climate change impact assessment

The Relationship Between Different Approaches to Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Choice of Methods: A Critical Review

Defining Spaces of Resilience within the Neoliberal Paradigm: Could French Land Use Classifications Guide Support for Risk Management Within an Australian Regional Context?

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