Soil-Improving Cropping Systems for Sustainable and Profitable Farming in Europe

Land

Julián Cuevas¹  Annemie Elsen²  Francisco Areal³  Mark S. Reed³  Jane Mills⁴  Jasmine E. Black⁴  Charlotte-Anne Chivers⁴  Tommy Dalgaard⁵  Ilaria Piccoli⁶  Guido Wyseure⁷  Ioanna S. Panagea⁷  Martin A. Bolinder⁸  Zoltan Toth⁹  Jerzy Lipiec^1,10  Abdallah Alaoui^1,11  Moritz Hallama^1,12  Ellen Kandeler^1,12  Luca Montanarella^1,13  Melanie Muro^1,14  Jannes Stolte^1,15  Hedwig van Delden^1,16  Aristeidis Koutroulis^1,17  Jantiene E. M. Baartman^1,18  Luuk Fleskens^1,18  Lilian O’Sullivan^1,19  Marius Heinen^2,20  Falentijn Assinck^2,20  Oene Oenema^2,20  Simone Verzandvoort^2,20  Rudi Hessel^2,20  Erik van den Elsen^2,20 

[1] Agronomy Department, CeiA3, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain;Bodemkundige Dienst van België, Willem de Croylaan 48, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium;Centre for Rural Economy, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK;Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ, UK;Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Alle 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark;Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy;Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium;Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), P.O. Box 7044, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;Georgikon Campus Keszthely, Institute of Agronomy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary;Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland;Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland;Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Department, University of Hohenheim, Emil Wolff Str. 27, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany;Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Via E. Fermi, 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy;Milieu Consulting SRL, Chau. de Charleroi 112, 1060 Brussels, Belgium;Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Oluf Thesens vei 43, 1433 Ås, Norway;Research Institute for Knowledge Systems (RIKS), Hertogsingel 11A, 6211 NC Maastricht, The Netherlands;School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Akrotiri Campus, Chania 731 00, Crete, Greece;Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands;Teagasc, Environment, Crops, Environment & Land Use Programme, Johnstown Castle, Co., Y35 TC97 Wexford, Ireland;Wageningen Environmental Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands;

关键词: soil quality;    sustainable soil management;    adoption;    crop management;    environmental dimension;    sociocultural dimension;   

DOI  :  10.3390/land11060780

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Soils form the basis for agricultural production and other ecosystem services, and soil management should aim at improving their quality and resilience. Within the SoilCare project, the concept of soil-improving cropping systems (SICS) was developed as a holistic approach to facilitate the adoption of soil management that is sustainable and profitable. SICS selected with stakeholders were monitored and evaluated for environmental, sociocultural, and economic effects to determine profitability and sustainability. Monitoring results were upscaled to European level using modelling and Europe-wide data, and a mapping tool was developed to assist in selection of appropriate SICS across Europe. Furthermore, biophysical, sociocultural, economic, and policy reasons for (non)adoption were studied. Results at the plot/farm scale showed a small positive impact of SICS on environment and soil, no effect on sustainability, and small negative impacts on economic and sociocultural dimensions. Modelling showed that different SICS had different impacts across Europe—indicating the importance of understanding local dynamics in Europe-wide assessments. Work on adoption of SICS confirmed the role economic considerations play in the uptake of SICS, but also highlighted social factors such as trust. The project’s results underlined the need for policies that support and enable a transition to more sustainable agricultural practices in a coherent way.

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