scholarly journals A farming systems approach to linking agricultural policies with biodiversity and ecosystem services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José L Santos ◽  
Francisco Moreira ◽  
Paulo F Ribeiro ◽  
Maria J Canadas ◽  
Ana Novais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Agricultural Policies

scholarly journals The Role of Selected Ecosystem Services in Different Farming Systems in Poland Regarding the Differentiation of Agricultural Land Structure

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6673
Author(s):  
Lidia Luty ◽  
Kamila Musiał ◽  
Monika Zioło
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Soil Formation ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Organic System ◽  
Supporting Soil ◽  
Management Method ◽  
The Impact

The functioning of various agroecosystems is nowadays shaped by different farming systems, which may impair their functions, as well as being beneficial to them. The benefits include ecosystem services, defined as economic and noneconomic values gained by humans from ecosystems, through supporting soil formation and nutrient circulation, and the impact of agriculture on climate and biodiversity. Their mutual flow and various disturbances depend on the agroecosystem’s management method, which is associated with the type of management of agricultural land (AL) in individual farms. This paper raises a problem of transformation in the structure of three main farming systems in Poland, in 2004–2018, in relation to the implementation of 16 selected ecosystem services and their scale. Special attention was given to organic farming, as the most environmentally friendly and sustainable. The analysis demonstrates the increase in ALs in that type of production during the analyzed period of time. Disparities of transformation associated with the type of agricultural system were noticeable at the regional level, which were presented in 16 Polish voivodeships. The results of the analysis confirm that the organic system, which is an important carrier of various ecosystem services, gained a stable position. Moreover, areas with integrated farming still do not exceed 0.5% of total agricultural lands in such voivodeships. The analysis of factors influencing the deterioration or disappearance of selected environmental services characterizing agricultural systems indicates the need to depart from an intensive conventional management system.

scholarly journals Quantification and valuation of ecosystem services in life cycle assessment: Application of the cascade framework to rice farming systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 141278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyu Liu ◽  
Bhavik R. Bakshi ◽  
Benedetto Rugani ◽  
Danielle Maia de Souza ◽  
Jane Bare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Valuation Of Ecosystem Services

scholarly journals Contribution of agroecological farming systems to the delivery of ecosystem services

2020 ◽  
Vol 260 ◽  
pp. 109576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny Boeraeve ◽  
Nicolas Dendoncker ◽  
Jean-Thomas Cornélis ◽  
Florine Degrune ◽  
Marc Dufrêne
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Farming Systems

Crop rotations including ley and manure can promote ecosystem services in conventional farming systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Albizua ◽  
Alwyn Williams ◽  
Katarina Hedlund ◽  
Unai Pascual
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Conventional Farming

Novel approaches to evaluate sustainability of pasture-based livestock systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
A. Bernués
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Livestock Farming Systems ◽  
Livestock Systems

Pasture-based livestock systems, often located in High Value Nature farmland areas, hold the greatest potential to deliver public goods across European agricultural systems. They play an important role in preserving agricultural landscapes, farmland biodiversity, cultural heritage, and in sustaining rural development. However, many of these functions are ignored in evaluation frameworks because public goods do not have market price and are often ignored in policy design, so farmers do not get the appropriate incentives to provide them. Different conceptual frameworks can be utilized to evaluate the multiple functions or services of these systems: Multifunctional Agriculture, Ecosystem Services, and Total Economic Value. We analyze the common characteristics of these concepts (e.g. they place human benefits and societal demands at the core of their definitions), their specificities (e.g. use of different units of analysis and spatial-temporal scales), and how they can be embedded in the wider concept of sustainability. Finally, we illustrate how the different concepts can be combined to evaluate pasture-based livestock farming systems from a socio-cultural and economic perspective. The public goods (ecosystem services) provided by representative case studies in Mediterranean and Nordic regions are quantified (also in monetary terms) under different environmental/policy scenarios. The results show that there is a clear underestimation of the socio-cultural and economic values of ecosystem services provided by these farming systems. They also show that the social welfare loss linked to further abandonment of livestock farming, and the associated environmental degradation, is very large. From a societal perspective, it is necessary to jointly measure the biophysical, socio-cultural and monetary values of ecosystem services (market and nonmarket) in order to promote the sustainability of pasture-based livestock systems.

A Systems Approach to Climate Risk in Rainfed Farming Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 75-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hayman ◽  
Jason Crean ◽  
Canesio Predo
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Climate Risk ◽  
Rainfed Farming

Impact Analysis of Amendment Application Under Diversified Agro-Ecological System

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Increasing Risk ◽  
Justice Movements

In alternative agricultural systems such as organic or low-input farming, farmers can build particular forms of relationships that help sustain ecosystem services and social infrastructure more effectively. The authors discuss many of these relationships, including direct marketing, fair trade certification, and food justice movements. An agroecological approach to improve tropical small farming systems must ensure that promoted systems and technologies are suited to the specific environmental and socio-economic conditions of small farmers, without increasing risk or dependence on external inputs. Here in this chapter, the authors have focused on diversified agro-ecological systems.

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