Pesticide-free agriculture as a new paradigm for research

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 42(1)

Published: Jan. 27, 2022

Abstract Reducing pesticide use has become a goal shared by several European countries and major issue in public policies due to the negative impacts of pesticides on environment human health. However, since most agri-food sector relies these countries, substantially reducing is complex issue. To overcome this situation, we argue that agricultural research role play must adopt pesticide-free paradigm expect deep impact use. In article, explain why new needed outline fronts it will help address. These are related five strategies: (1) redesigning cropping systems enhance prophylaxis, (2) diversifying biocontrol strategies associated business models, (3) broadening scope plant breeding include functional biodiversity evolutionary ecology concepts, (4) setting goals for machinery digital technologies, (5) supporting development private initiatives transition toward systems. The corresponding activities be managed conjointly develop systemic coupled innovations, which essential significantly. We therefore provide examples cross-cutting objectives combine while also highlighting need interdisciplinary projects. By doing so, an overall orientation achieve sustainable agriculture.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society, and Policy

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(11), P. 6260 - 6260

Published: June 1, 2021

Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development. Despite this growing interest AFS, comprehensive analyses of scholarly literature are hard to find. Therefore, present systematic review delineated contours research strand and analyzed how it relates sustainability. A search performed Web Science January 2020 yielded 1389 documents, 1289 were selected underwent bibliometric topical analyses. The analysis was informed by SAFA (Sustainability Assessment Food Agriculture systems) approach FAO structured along four dimensions viz. environment, economy, society culture, policy governance. shows an increasing AFS with exponential increase publications number. However, study field is north-biased dominated researchers organizations from developed countries. Moreover, suggests that while environmental aspects sufficiently addressed, social, economic, political ones generally overlooked. paper ends providing directions for future listing some topics be integrated into a comprehensive, multidisciplinary agenda addressing multifaceted (un)sustainability AFS. It makes case adopting holistic, 4-P (planet, people, profit, policy) agri-food system studies.

Language: Английский

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The next era of crop domestication starts now

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120(14)

Published: March 27, 2023

Current food systems are challenged by relying on a few input-intensive, staple crops. The prioritization of yield and the loss diversity during recent history domestication has created contemporary crops cropping that ecologically unsustainable, vulnerable to climate change, nutrient poor, socially inequitable. For decades, scientists have proposed as solution address these challenges global security. Here, we outline possibilities for new era crop domestication, focused broadening palette diversity, engages benefits three elements domestication: crops, ecosystems, humans. We explore how suite tools technologies at hand can be applied renew in existing improve underutilized domesticate bolster genetic, agroecosystem, system diversity. Implementing requires researchers, funders, policymakers boldly invest basic translational research. Humans need more diverse Anthropocene-the process help build them.

Language: Английский

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Analysis of landrace cultivation in Europe: A means to support in situ conservation of crop diversity

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 267, P. 109460 - 109460

Published: Feb. 3, 2022

During the last century, progressive substitution of landraces with modern, high yielding varieties, led to a dramatic reduction in situ conserved crop diversity Europe. Nowadays there is limited and scattered information on where are cultivated. To fill this gap lay groundwork for regional landrace conservation strategy, more than 19,335 geo-referenced cultivation sites were collated from 14 European countries. According collected data, 141 herbaceous 48 tree species cultivated across Europe: Italy (107 species), Greece (93), Portugal (45) Spain (44) hold highest numbers. Common bean, onion, tomato, potato apple main interest covered As about 19.8% protected areas Natura 2000 network. We also got evidence that 16.7% 19.3% varieties agricultural vegetables currently cultivated, respectively. Results GIS analysis allowed identification 1261 cells (25 km × 25 km) including all sites, distributed biogeographical regions. Data study constitute largest ever produced database situ-maintained first attempt create an inventory entire The availability such resource will serve better planning actions development policies protect foster their use.

Language: Английский

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A research agenda for scaling up agroecology in European countries

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 42(3)

Published: June 1, 2022

Abstract A profound transformation of agricultural production methods has become unavoidable due to the increase in world’s population, and environmental climatic challenges. Agroecology is now recognized as a challenging model for systems, promoting their diversification adaptation socio-economic contexts, with consequences entire agri-food system development rural urban areas. Through prospective exercise performed at large interdisciplinary institute, INRAE, research agenda agroecology was built that filled gap through its ambition interdisciplinarity. It concerned six topics. For genetics, there need study genetic aspects complex systems (e.g., mixtures genotypes) develop breeding them. landscapes, challenges lie effects heterogeneity multiple scales, multifunctionality design agroecological landscapes. Agricultural equipment digital technologies show high potential monitoring dynamics agroecosystems. modeling, include approaches complexity, consideration spatial temporal dimensions representation cascade from cropping practices ecosystem services. The transition farms calls modeling observational well creating new methods. Integration into food raises issues product specificity, consumer behavior organization markets, standards public policies. In addition, transversal priorities were identified: (i) generating sets biological data, participatory mechanisms, are appropriate designing (ii) collecting using coherent data enable assessment vulnerability, resilience risk order evaluate performance contribute scaling up. main lessons learned this collective can be useful scientific community engaged agroecology.

Language: Английский

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Agroecological approaches to sustainable development

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: Nov. 21, 2024

Agroecology has emerged as a fundamental paradigm for developing innovative solutions to major global concerns such food security, biodiversity loss, and climate change. The core subject of conservation emphasizes agroecology’s role in the preservation native species, pollinators, beneficial creatures through practices agroforestry, cover crops, decreased chemical inputs. Agroecological principles polyculture, crop diversity, integrated pest control help improve security by increasing stability nutrition. encourages carbon sequestration, soil health, greenhouse gas reductions, resulting climate-resilient farming systems. literature review revealed that no article thoroughly discusses all critical hitting challenges, change, single study can be addressed using agroecological principles. This attempts make connection between numerous challenges may solved techniques order facilitate sustainable growth while protecting environment. examines benefits incorporating methodologies into agriculture, with an emphasis on agroecosystem resilience, improving socioeconomic circumstances smallholder farmers, rural livelihoods, local communities, contributing change mitigation. It provides complete concepts their advantages, making it excellent guide policymakers, academics, practitioners who is working build resilient system. emerges light hope, boosting agricultural output also environment, ultimate goal achieving harmonious cohabitation mankind natural world.

Language: Английский

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Networking agrobiodiversity management to foster biodiversity-based agriculture. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 41(1)

Published: Jan. 7, 2021

Language: Английский

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Exploring the emergence of participatory plant breeding in countries of the Global North – a review

The Journal of Agricultural Science, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 159(5-6), P. 320 - 338

Published: July 1, 2021

Abstract Participatory plant breeding (PPB), commonly applied in the Global South to address needs of underserved farmers, refers active collaboration between researchers, farmers and other actors throughout process. In spite significant public private investments crop variety improvement North, PPB is increasingly utilized as an approach cropping system needs. The current study conducted a state-of-the-art review, including comprehensive inventory projects five case studies, explore emergence North inform future efforts. Case studies included maize ( Zea mays ), tomato Solanum lycopersicum Brassica crops oleracea wheat Triticum aestivum ) potato tuberosum ). review identified 47 across United States, Canada Europe 22 species representing diverse biology. Improved adaptation organic farming systems addressing principles values agriculture emerged consistent themes. While presented evidence that has expanded diversity farmer's access improved varieties, obstacles also challenges sustained funding well regulatory barriers commercial distribution varieties. Agronomic improvements were only one lens motivating PPB, with many identifying goals conservation genetic diversity, farmers' seed sovereignty avoidance certain techniques. authors conclude multidisciplinary needed fully understand social, political agroecological influences driving factors impacting success.

Language: Английский

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Pathways to Advance Agroecology for a Successful Transformation to Sustainable Food Systems

Springer eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 341 - 359

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Territorial embeddedness of sustainable agri-food systems: A systematic review

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 41

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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