Co-designing a landscape experiment to investigate diversified cropping systems

Agricultural Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 217, С. 103950 - 103950

Опубликована: Апрель 13, 2024

Intensive food and feed production in sole-cropped, large fields with high fertilizer pesticide inputs to achieve yields, has contributed detrimental environmental impacts. To move towards more sustainable agricultural landscapes, cropping system diversification been suggested as a promising practice for which the use of digital technologies could be potentially beneficial. Understanding impact diversified, newly arranged systems their management requires long-term experimental data at landscape scale practical experiences using are hardly available. Experimental platforms an setup farmers' involvement meet such demands but have not set up many regions nor process designing described systematically. The overall objective this study was describe how platform can co-designed jointly by researchers practitioners understand practices compared current Eastern Brandenburg, Germany. Specifically, we aimed re-design intensively managed field into smaller segments that called patches assess potential co-created experiment focussing on both, practitioners´ scientists´ perspective. We used DEED research cycle (Describe, Explain, Explore Design) conceptual framework co-design patchCROP within commercial farm. Patches were implemented 0.5 ha original based yield soil maps advanced cluster analysis considered heterogeneity. narrow crop sequence diversified integrating new crops, cover crops flower strips five-year rotation. cultivate patches, machinery during first years will replaced over time autonomous robots. Workshops various methods SWOT adjust reduction. revealed opportunities drawbacks develop participative manner from both scientific farming found farmer-centric position focused mainly economic return feasibility future operations field. perspective other hand needs potentials about evaluating dynamic, interdependent or opposing natural processes interactions like productivity, biodiversity ecosystem service changes context. Co-designed experiments simultaneously developed services beyond level, performance quality multiple scales, implications actors. This is step forward extend systems-based single plot on-farm environment, allowing exploration measures long run.

Язык: Английский

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Designing biodiversity-friendly landscapes: the effects of landscape heterogeneity across scales on bird species richness in Taiwan

Landscape Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 40(2)

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

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A two-decade bibliometric review of climate resilience in agriculture using the Dimensions platform

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7(4)

Опубликована: Март 28, 2025

Agriculture must become more climate resilient to handle the difficulties posed by change. This bibliometric review examines significant fields, worldwide collaborations, and research trends from 2004 2024 using Dimensions platform. With a 25.77% yearly growth rate an average of 10.15 citations per document, involving 2,605 authors, it discovers 477 sources contributing 1,000 papers. In support integrated approach concerns, theme map emphasizes crucial role "climate change" its connections "resilience," "policy," "sustainable development." strong positive connection (R2 = 0.7097) linear growth, annual publication trend indicates noteworthy rise in interest adaptive techniques. Important terms like "adaptation" have significantly increased, reflecting changing conversation. Three primary clusters, headed researchers David D. Woods, Andrea Nowak, Zilberman, are visible co-authorship network. Prominent works demonstrate local global effects, as their Local Citation Scores indicate. The word cloud visualization historical citation network highlight between important ideas explain collaborative cumulative character this field's study. offers thorough picture that will direct future research, advise policy, promote cooperation improve agriculture's resilience. By these insights, decision-makers may create successful, fact-based policies eventually food security sustainable development. Based on results, investigations can develop long-lasting efficient solutions.

Язык: Английский

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Role of social capital in agricultural diversification: Implications for sustainable development in rural regions

Sustainable Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 32(5), С. 4844 - 4865

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2024

Abstract Studies have explored social capital (SC) in diverse ways. Still, little is known the literature about how its functional areas, including bonding, bridging and linking relationships, interact to facilitate sustainable development, particularly agricultural diversification. We address this gap by using rural web frameworks (1) analyse factors influencing SC (2) assess relationship between Drawing on a survey of 600 households 60 interviews with key stakeholders from Upper West Ashanti regions Ghana, we found that socioeconomic factors, farm size, remittance, household size education, significantly influence SC. The findings also show farmers depend strongly improve their livelihoods through These implications for achieving SDG targets, poverty reduction (SDG 1) food security 2), regarding accessibility resources, market participation, empowerment, contract farming. Therefore, policies sub‐Saharan Africa should incorporate as critical indicator diversification initiatives development objectives.

Язык: Английский

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Agricultural diversification across spatial levels – A contribution to resilience and sustainability?

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 385, С. 109547 - 109547

Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Higher crop rotational diversity in more simplified agricultural landscapes in Northeastern Germany

Landscape Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 39(4)

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2024

Abstract Context Both crop rotational diversity and landscape are important for ensuring resilient agricultural production supporting biodiversity ecosystem services in landscapes. However, the relationship between is largely understudied. Objectives We aim to assess how spatially organised relation soil, climate, at a regional scale Brandenburg, Germany. Methods used richness, Shannon’s evenness indices per field decade (i.e., diversity) as proxy land use cover types habitat proxies diversity. Soil climate characteristics geographical positions were identify potential drivers of facets. All spatial information was aggregated 10 × km resolution, statistical associations explored with interpretable machine learning methods. Results Crop associated negatively metrics positively soil quality proportion area, even after accounting other variables. Conclusion Our study indicates trade-off (competition space), rotations more diverse simplified landscapes that agriculture good conditions. The respective strategies targets should be tailored corresponding local conditions maintaining or enhancing both jointly gain their synergistic positive impacts on management.

Язык: Английский

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Identifying visions on agricultural diversification: a first step toward sustainable agrifood transformations in the Bauges

Sustainability Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Enhancing profitability, sustainability, and resilience of rice-based cropping systems by including premium quality rice and intensifying and diversifying cropping systems

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025

To increase the profitability and sustainability of rice-based cropping systems in Bangladesh, sustainable intensification through diversifying high-value climate-smart crops/varieties is required. Therefore, a multi-location farmer’s participatory trial was conducted two consecutive years south-west Bangladesh aimed at profitable evaluation. The on-farm included five such as (i) rice-fallow-rice (R-F-R), (ii) rice-mustard-rice (R-M-R), (iii) rice-lentil-mungbean (R-L-M) (iv) rice-wheat-mungbean (R-W-M) (v) rice-relay mustard-rice (R-RM-R). 60 farmers’ fields adjacent districts with similar weather conditions premium quality rice variety/es tested R-M-R R-RM-R systems. We evaluated equivalent yield (REY), profitability, index (SYI), production land use efficiency, protein energy outputs. highest system REY (14.1–14.4 t ha-1) recorded from which to 2015/16. had 20–25% higher than R-F-R lowest (11.2–11.4 ha-1). net return (1610–1879 USD CS R-M-R; however, (1.83–1.99) benefit-cost ratio involved R-L-M it due lower cost involvement this system. SYI (0.84–0.85), followed by R-L-M, value R-W-M (0.75–0.77). protein, energy, were land-use efficiency R-RM-R. study revealed that planting mustard between crops (premium varieties short duration aman), either sole crop or relay aman rice, one most options for

Язык: Английский

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Protein Security and Alternative Crops: Challenges and Perspectives

Food Ethics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Март 8, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Use of atypical plant resources for cattle farming in Western Europe to drive agroecological transition

Agricultural Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 226, С. 104329 - 104329

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2025

Язык: Английский

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