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Journal Article
Actionable knowledge for ecological intensification of agriculture
2016
Overview
Ecological intensification of agriculture (EI) aims to conserve and promote biodiversity and the sustainable use of associated ecosystem services to support resourceâefficient production. In many cases EI requires fundamental changes in farm and landscape management as well as the organizations and institutions that support agriculture. Ecologists can facilitate EI by engaging with stakeholders and, in the process, by generating âactionable knowledgeâ (that is, knowledge that specifically supports stakeholder decision making and consequent actions). Using three case studies as examples, we propose four principles whereby science can improve the delivery of actionable knowledge for EI: (1) biodiversity conservation helps to ensure the delivery of ecosystem services, (2) management of ecosystem services benefits from a landscapeâscale approach, (3) ecosystem service tradeâoffs and synergies need to be articulated, and (4) EI is associated with complex social dynamics involving farmers, governments, researchers, and related institutions. These principles have the potential to enhance adoption of EI, but institutional and policy challenges remain.
Publisher
Ecological Society of America,Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Subject
Alterra - Vegetatie, bos- en landschapsecologie
/ Alterra - Vegetation, forest and landscape ecology
/ Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
/ farmers
/ farms
/ Leerstoelgroep Farming Systems Ecology
/ Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology
/ Natuurbeheer en Plantenecologie
/ PE&RC
/ Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation
/ Plantenecologie en Natuurbeheer
