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Journal Article
How to measure the agroecological performance of farming in order to assist with the transition process
2016
Overview
The use of plant protection products enables farmers to maximize economic performance and yields, but in return, the environment and human health can be greatly affected because of their toxicity. There are currently strong calls for farmers to reduce the use of these toxic products for the preservation of the environment and the human health, and it has become urgent to invest in more sustainable models that help reduce these risks. One possible solution is the transition toward agroecological production systems. These new systems must be beneficial economically, socially, and environmentally in terms of human health. There are many tools available, based on a range of indicators, for assessing the sustainability of agricultural systems on conventional farm holdings. These methods are little suitable to agroecological farms and do not measure the performance of agroecological transition farms. In this article, we therefore develop a model for the strategic definition, guidance, and assistance for a transition to agroecological practices, capable of assessing performance of this transition and simulating the consequences of possible changes. This model was built by coupling (i) a decision-support tool and a technico-economic simulator with (ii) a conceptual model built from the dynamics of agroecological practices. This tool is currently being tested in the framework of a Compte d’Affectation Spéciale pour le Développement Agricole et Rural (CASDAR) project (CASDAR: project launched in 2013 by the French Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, on the theme “collective mobilisation for agroecology,” http://agriculture.gouv.fr/Appel-a-projets-CASDAR) using data from farms, most of which are engaged in agroenvironmental process and reducing plant protection treatments since 2008.
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer Nature B.V,Springer Verlag
Subject
/ Agriculture, economy and politics
/ Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
/ Conservation of Energy Resources
/ Crop Protection and Environmental Health: Legacy Management and New Concepts
/ Earth and Environmental Science
/ Farmers
/ Farming
/ Farms
/ Food
/ forestry
/ Humanities and Social Sciences
/ Humans
/ Studies
/ toxicity
