European Green Deal Strategies for Agriculture in Dynamic Urbanised Landscapes
Land,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
14(2), С. 424 - 424
Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025
Land
use
change
and
agricultural
management
have
a
considerable
impact
on
land
patterns
greenhouse
gas
(GHG)
emissions
in
dynamic
urbanised
landscapes.
This
study
evaluated
sustainable
allocation
strategies
line
with
the
European
Green
Deal.
A
constrained
cellular
automata
model
was
employed
to
assess
impacts
of
Business-as-Usual
(BAU),
Sharing
(LSH),
Sparing
(LSP)
scenarios,
using
open-access
data
from
Flanders
(Belgium).
Under
BAU,
urban
expansion
reduced
unregistered
by
495
km2,
leading
higher
GHG
despite
an
11%
increase
green
space.
LSH
increased
space
36%
enhanced
landscape
diversity,
while
LSP
improved
habitat
coherence
24%.
Livestock-related
methane
(3.09
Mt
CO2e)
dominated
emissions,
comprising
more
than
75%
total,
cattle
responsible
for
73%
emissions.
Nitrous
oxide
1.60
CO2e
1.44
1.43
(LSP),
1.42
(LSH)
CO2e.
Forest
sequestration
offset
up
34%
total
removing
−1.35
Deal
measures
mitigated
all
achieving
highest
gains.
The
results
highlight
need
spatial
that
integrate
practices
balance
productivity,
nature
conservation,
climate
action
under
Язык: Английский
Simulating policy mixes to reduce soil erosion and land abandonment in marginal areas: A case study from the Liguria Region (Italy)
Land Use Policy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
143, С. 107188 - 107188
Опубликована: Май 13, 2024
Despite
ambitious
EU
initiatives
like
the
European
Green
Deal
and
new
soil
strategy
aiming
to
enhance
health
protection,
effectiveness
of
Common
Agricultural
Policy
(CAP)
in
addressing
degradation,
biodiversity
loss,
climate
impacts
remains
limited,
especially
mountainous
vulnerable
regions
Liguria,
Italy.
This
study
evaluates
CAP's
measures—Enhanced
Conditionality
(EC),
Eco-schemes
(ES),
Agri-Environmental
Schemes
(AES)—through
a
bioeconomic
model,
assessing
potential
for
policy
mixes
preventing
land
abandonment
mitigating
erosion
exacerbated
by
change.
Our
analysis
reveals
that
integrating
action-based
results-based
payments
within
AES,
alongside
EC
novel
ES,
can
significantly
conservation
efforts
prevent
environmentally
sensitive
areas.
The
introduces
nuanced
approach
design
evaluation
examining
differential
include
innovative
instruments
target
hobbyist
small-scale
farmers—a
segment
often
overlooked
design.
inclusion
is
shown
be
crucial
landscape
preservation
enhancing
environmental
performance
agricultural
lands.
results
demonstrate
synergies
between
various
CAP
critical
role
fostering
flexible
approaches
stewardship
among
farmers.
advanced
mixes,
which
includes
different
blend
mandatory
voluntary
with
show
reduction
erosion,
showcasing
importance
stewardship.
At
opposite,
scenarios
without
interventions,
simulations
suggest
marked
increase
abandonment,
emphasizing
measures
sustaining
use.
contributes
valuable
insights
refinement,
suggesting
more
integrated
framework
necessary
meet
immediate
challenges
align
EU's
overarching
sustainability
ambitions.
research
highlights
adaptive
mechanisms
respond
complex
interplay
change,
practices,
efforts,
thereby
contributing
resilience
agriculture
its
landscapes.
Язык: Английский
Farm-level acceptability of contract attributes in agri-environment-climate measures for biodiversity conservation
Journal of Rural Studies,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
112, С. 103448 - 103448
Опубликована: Окт. 12, 2024
Язык: Английский
The role of behavioural factors in accepting agri-environmental contracts – Evidence from a Q-method and thematic analysis in Germany
Ecological Economics,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
231, С. 108544 - 108544
Опубликована: Фев. 10, 2025
Язык: Английский
Impacts of organizational support on rice farmers’ adoption of green production technologies—implications for food security and environmental sustainability
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
9
Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025
Introduction
The
relentless
focus
on
maximizing
production
has
exacerbated
ecological
challenges,
including
agricultural
surface
pollution,
soil
crusting,
and
farmland
degradation,
which
increasingly
threaten
sustainable
development.
Agricultural
green
technologies
are
essential
for
balancing
food
security
with
environmental
sustainability.
Methods
This
study
examines
the
role
of
organizational
support
in
fostering
farmers’
adoption
technologies,
using
survey
data
from
1,426
rice
farmers
Jiangxi
Province,
China.
Ordered
logit
moderated
mediation
models
reveal
a
robust
positive
effect
technology
adoption,
even
after
addressing
endogeneity
concerns.
Results
discussion
findings
highlight
that
is
more
pronounced
among
insurance
those
primarily
engaged
farming.
Mechanistic
analysis
shows
operation
scale
partially
mediates
relationship
between
accounting
7.76%
total
effect.
Furthermore,
social
capital
acts
as
moderator,
amplifying
impact
and,
subsequently,
adoption.
These
results
underscore
need
to
enhance
measures,
promote
moderate-scale
farming,
cultivate
critical
strategies
advancing
practices.
Язык: Английский
Technological innovations for biodiversity monitoring and the design of agri-environmental schemes
Biological Conservation,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
305, С. 111069 - 111069
Опубликована: Март 10, 2025
Язык: Английский
European Union agro-climate policies toward sustainability: Analyzing emission trends and land use dynamics (1990–2021)
Resources Environment and Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 100239 - 100239
Опубликована: Май 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
New pathways for improved delivery of public goods from agriculture and forestry
Bio-based and Applied Economics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(1), С. 3 - 11
Опубликована: Май 21, 2024
This
special
issue
of
Bio-based
and
Applied
Economics
(BAE)
features
a
selection
five
papers
developed
within
the
EU
H2020
project
‘CONtract
SOLutions
for
Effective
lasting
delivery
agri-environmental-climate
public
goods
by
agriculture
forestry’
(CONSOLE)
(H2020-RUR-2018-2,
GA
No.
817949).
CONSOLE
has
been
comprehensively
investigating
effectiveness,
efficiency
longevity
innovative
contract
solutions
provision
Agri-Environmental
Climate
Public
Goods
(AECPGs),
acceptance
such
contracts
amongst
European
farmers
stakeholders,
as
well
drivers
mechanisms
influencing
implementation.
Язык: Английский
Farmers‘ Perceived Economic and Non-Economic Costs of Their Biodiversity Measures
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Farmers'
willingness
to
continue
participation
in
their
agri-environmental
program
and
maintain
biodiversity
measures
the
long
term
is
shaped
by
nature
of
costs
they
perceive
during
implementation.
Research
emphasizes
need
account
for
both
economic
non-economic
costs,
but
holistic
assessments
which
put
these
into
relation
farmers'
varied
perceptions
remain
lacking.
To
capture
plurality
perceived
as
well
viewpoints
farmers
have
we
applied
Q-methodology
across
four
European
study
areas.
Building
upon
scientific
literature
expert
interviews,
defined
a
Q-set
comprising
41
cost
aspects
from
dimensions,
i.e.
financial,
management-related,
psychological/emotional
social
costs.
34
with
different
socio-demographic
farming
background
Q-sorted
aspects.
Elicited
showed
that
experiences
are
either
most
impacted
uncertainty,
unproductiveness,
lack
support,
administrative
burden,
underpayment,
or
non-conformity.
Findings
emphasize
high
heterogeneity
needs
when
implementing
measure,
within
The
systematic
insights
structure
established
this
Q
can
guide
research
policy-makers
who
aim
holistically
explore
evaluate
well-targeted
ways
improve
programs.
Язык: Английский