A rapid, spatially explicit approach to describe cropping systems dynamics at the regional scale

How to Address the Sustainability Transition of Farming Systems? A Conceptual Framework to Organize Research

“…To parameterize farmers' decisions about irrigating and other agricultural operations, we surveyed several farmers and conducted a transversal analysis to define generic decision rules for each combination of cropping system × soil × irrigation equipment situation (A10: [86]). An additional study was conducted to develop a faster method, based on interviews with a few key informants, to apply MAELIA to several watersheds (A11: [87]).…”

Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) Data Allows Identification of Crop Sequence Patterns and Diversity in Organic and Conventional Farming Systems

“…By identifying crop sequences in regions, it is possible to understand economic constraints and drivers of diversity of management practices in organic and conventional farming systems (Steinmann and Dobers, 2013). By using a regional approach, for example at the watershed scale, it is possible to encompass the variation in local conditions and how it affects cropping systems (Rizzo et al, 2019). Further knowledge of the productivity of the region can help distinguish zones where different proportions of crop types occur.…”

Modeling drivers of farming system trajectories in Mediterranean peri-urban regions: Two case studies in Avignon (France) and Pisa (Italy)

“…In most cases, these dynamics are identified through land use and land cover change analysis (e.g. Bajocco et al, 2012;Delattre et al, 2020;Kefalas et al, 2019;Marraccini et al, 2015), whereas land use management and spatially-explicit information about agricultural and farming practices are seldom considered, even though they are relevant to understand the actual impact on ecosystem services, instead of the potential one (Rizzo et al, 2019;Temme and Verburg, 2011). Moreover, there are still some gaps of knowledge on how divergent development trajectories act on the same areas (Debolini et al, 2018).…”