Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(3), P. e0104 - e0104
Published: June 4, 2024
Aim
of
study:
This
study
proposes
a
crop
diversification
innovative
business
model
based
on
stakeholder
preferences
towards
different
incentive
alternatives.
Area
South-East
Spain.
Material
and
methods:
Citrus
intercropping
practices
in
Spain
has
been
used
as
case
study.
Stakeholders’
for
incentives
were
investigated
by
using
multicriteria
approach,
those
results
integrated
into
the
development
canvas.
Main
results:
Including
environmental
within
operational
programmes
producer
organizations
is
seen
most
preferred
over
which
canvas
developed.
Research
highlights:
The
establishment
opportunities
would
facilitate
overcoming
adoption
barriers
along
agrifood
value
chain
promote
health
sustainable
food
systems.
Agronomy for Sustainable Development,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
45(1)
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Abstract
Increasing
our
understanding
of
farm
resilience
drivers
to
climate-related
risks
is
critical
for
designing
innovative
systems,
especially
smallholders
that
are
highly
vulnerable
climatic
hazards
and
expected
follow
a
pathway
toward
sustainable
development.
However,
the
literature
fragmented
on
concepts
methods
measure
resilience.
Moreover,
quantitative
assessments
options
enhance
climate
scarce.
Resilience
can
be
defined
as
ability
system
recover,
reorganize
evolve
following
external
stresses
disturbances.
Such
definition
applied
systems.
In
this
study,
we
systematically
reviewed
how
changes
in
resilience-enhancing
attributes
(reserves,
openness,
modularity,
tightness
feedbacks
diversity)
impacted
performance
risks,
with
specific
attention
smallholder
farms.
Our
analysis
showed
studies
assessed
using
agricultural
economic
dimensions
performance,
often
excluding
socio-environmental
dimensions.
To
assess
average
value
indicators
was
most
commonly
employed,
sometimes
combined
variability
metrics
or
probability
exceeding
threshold.
Improving
one
attribute
increased
dimension
given
metric
studies,
but
some
opposite
effect.
The
lack
comprehensive
exploring
different
their
impact
several
diverse
prevents
robust
conclusion
improve
risks.
Therefore,
recommend
pay
more
resilience,
including
systematic
investigation
temporal
performance.
Finally,
emphasize
need
focus
recovery
farms
after
disturbance,
goal
achieving
growth
rather
than
simply
reverting
current
state
food
insecurity
poverty.
Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 109 - 142
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
Agroforestry,
which
integrates
trees
and
shrubs
into
agricultural
systems,
presents
significant
environmental
economic
advantages.
This
chapter
explores
its
current
state
future
in
temperate
boreal
regions,
each
with
unique
climates
challenges.
In
areas,
practices
like
alley
cropping,
silvopasture,
windbreaks
enhance
soil
health,
reduce
erosion,
boost
biodiversity,
while
also
providing
ecological
services
such
as
carbon
sequestration
wildlife
habitats.
Boreal
agroforestry
adapts
to
harsh
shelterbelts
reforestation,
focusing
on
cold-resistant
species
improve
fertility
manage
snow
cover.
Challenges
include
high
initial
investment
maintenance
costs
limited
options
due
extreme
cold
areas.
Ongoing
research
technological
advancements
promise
address
these
challenges,
innovations
selection
policy
support
expected
the
sustainability
productivity
of
benefiting
both
conservation
agriculture.
Frontiers in Earth Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: March 13, 2025
The
establishment
of
national
parks
is
a
critical
measure
for
natural
ecological
protection
in
China,
significantly
contributing
to
biodiversity
conservation
and
regional
sustainable
development.
However,
the
analysis
temporal-spatial
variations
ecosystem
services
within
parks,
along
with
factors
influencing
these
variations,
remains
largely
overlooked.
This
gap
limits
effectiveness
refined
management
parks.
Using
Hainan
Tropical
Rainforest
National
Park
(HTRNP)
as
case
study,
this
study
integrates
geospatial
ArcGIS
InVEST
model
evaluate
regulating
(RESs)
from
2000
2020
at
5-year
intervals.
examines
temporal
evolution
patterns
spatial
distribution
RESs,
utilizing
LightGBM
identify
primary
driving
services.
findings
reveal
following:
(1)
Temporally,
RESs
exhibit
significant
fluctuations,
trend
“initial
decline
followed
by
subsequent
rise”.
Climate
regulation
accounted
highest
proportion
61.4%,
water
soil
retention.
(2)
Spatially,
eastern
central
regions
are
slightly
higher
than
those
western
region,
demonstrating
consistency
across
different
years.
HTRNP
show
strong
clustering
effect
(Moran’s
I
>
0.5,
Z
2.58),
hotspots
(H-H)
regions,
cold
spots
(L-L)
northern
regions.
(3)
In
terms
factors,
including
annual
precipitation
(PRE)
potential
evapotranspiration
(PET)
alongside
socio-economic
such
land
use
cover
(LULC)
Human
Footprint
Index
(HFI),
make
marginal
contributions
RESs.
Specifically,
demonstrate
strongest
correlation
LULC,
positive
PRE,
negative
correlations
PET
HFI.
explores
dynamic
changes
providing
scientific
guideline
future
planning
effective
decisions
HTRNP.
Journal of Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
384, P. 125629 - 125629
Published: May 3, 2025
Given
agriculture's
direct
dependence
on
nature,
the
climate
change
effects
agroecosystems
may
reduce
(in
quantity
and/or
quality)
agroecosystem
services
and
increase
disservices.
To
achieve
a
transition
pathway
for
sustainable
intensification,
best
management
practices
(BMPs)
should
be
considered.
These
even
more
necessary
in
intensified
irrigated
agroecosystems,
especially
water-scarce
areas
such
as
semi-arid
Mediterranean
region.
There
is
knowledge
gap
understanding
role
of
BMPs
impact
abatement
these
agroecosystems.
In
this
context,
aim
paper
to
characterize
based
analysis
disservices
six
BMPs.
A
set
representative
indicators
have
been
selected
quantified
by
using
data
from
statistics,
interviews
with
farmers,
specialized
literature,
geographic
information
systems
life
cycle
analysis.
addition,
correlation
has
carried
out
identify
synergies
trade-offs
between
each
Results
show
that
adoption
would
enhance
provision
services.
Specifically,
establishment
perimeter
hedgerows
or
application
biological
control
improve
biodiversity,
whereas
crop
diversification
recreation
The
also
serve
disservices,
use
organic
fertilization
mitigate
eutrophication
regulated
deficit
irrigation
water
use.
specific
BMP
expected
benefit
one
service
not
same
effect
another
type
disservice,
vice
versa.
results
enable
decision-makers
agriculture
develop
agri-environmental
policies
response
anticipate
benefits
burdens
their
farms.
