Combining agroecology and bioeconomy to meet the societal challenges of agriculture

Faucon, Michel-Pierre; Aussenac, Thierry; Debref, Romain; Firmin, Stéphane; Houben, David; Marraccini, Elisa; Sauvée, Loïc; Trinsoutrot-Gattin, Isabelle; Gloaguen, Romain

doi:10.1007/s11104-023-06294-y

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“…These bio-based production methods and new processes should generate new biomolecules for biostimulation, biocontrol, and fertilization (e.g., struvite, integrated biochar-compost), leading to innovation in crop protection [32]. The bioeconomy and agroecology could also constitute a synergistic solution for the further development of these new climate-smart agricultural systems, as reported by Faucon et al [33]. They reported on the ecological role of crop diversification, waste recycling, and biomass transformation for agroecological development.…”

Section: Governance and System Changementioning

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Global Food Security and Sustainability Issues: The Road to 2030 from Nutrition and Sustainable Healthy Diets to Food Systems Change

Varzakas,

Smaoui

2024

Foods

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The accomplishment of food/nutrition security for all across sustainable food systems (SFS) is tied to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SFS is connected to all SDGs via the traditional framework of social inclusion, economic development, environmental safety, inclusivity, and the development of sustainable food systems. We suggest that, for the world to achieve sustainable development, a shift to SFS is necessary to guarantee food/nutrition security for all, while operating within planetary boundaries to protect ecosystems and adapt to and mitigate climate change. Therefore, there is a requirement for original approaches that implement systemic and more participatory methods to engage with a wider range of food system stakeholders. However, the lack of skills and tools regarding novel methodologies for food system transformation is a key obstacle to the deployment of such approaches in practice. In the first part of this review, a summary of some challenges that occur in the governance of food system transformation is given. Through a case study of plant-based proteins and their biological and chemical modification as diets shift towards alternative proteins, we demonstrate that resource-efficient food systems and food waste, through system transformation, are useful in understanding both (i) how food system transformation has ensued and (ii) how the required transformation is prohibited. Finally, we discuss the implications of food system transformation in terms of nutrition and sustainable healthy diets, which are needed to achieve changes in food safety systems in the future. The linkage of food and the environment is evident, focusing on nutrition and sustainable healthy diets. This cannot be accomplished without system change and research towards new foods and, more specifically, new proteins such as plant-based ones and their biological and chemical modification.

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Section: Governance and System Changementioning

confidence: 95%

Global Food Security and Sustainability Issues: The Road to 2030 from Nutrition and Sustainable Healthy Diets to Food Systems Change

Varzakas,

Smaoui

2024

Foods

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Soil Fertility, Physiological Traits, and Fruit Quality of Morinda citrifolia as Influenced by Agroecological Management Practices in a Tropical Ferralsol

Dantas,

de Souza,

Coaracy

et al. 2024

Agric Res

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Status of Soil Physicochemical Properties in Forests and Savannas Restored Using the Ecosystem‐Based Adaptation Approach in Eastern Rwanda

Nsengimana,

Mukangango,

Habiyaremye

et al. 2024

Applied and Environmental Soil Science

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The concept of soil quality was developed to describe the capacity of soil to perform ecosystem functions properly. Nowadays, soil quality is affected by climate change effects. To remediate the problem, the ecosystem‐based adaptation approach (EbA) was initiated to restore degraded ecosystems. In Rwanda, the approach was initiated in 2016 to restore degraded wetlands, savannas, and forests. However, nothing is known about how the restoration improved soil quality. This research aims to reveal the status of soil physicochemical properties in restored forests and savannas in Eastern Rwanda. Soil cores were collected and analyzed for soil pH, electrical conductivity, ammonium, nitrates, total nitrogen, organic carbon, available phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, cation exchange capacity, structure, texture, and soil water content. Results indicated that the restored and natural forests offer better conditions of soil properties. The restored forest (plot A) had lower level of soil pH and had higher electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, organic carbon, available phosphorus, calcium, potassium, magnesium, cation exchange capacity, and sandy loam soil type. The nonrestored forest (plot B) was rich in ammonium, silt, water content, and sandy loam soil type, while the natural forest (plot C) was rich in soil pH, electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, organic carbon, calcium, magnesium, cation exchange capacity, and soil water content and had loam soil compared to plots A and B. In savannas, all plots were similar in vegetation type and tree species. Higher levels of ammonium were found in plots A and C. The available phosphorus and potassium content was significantly higher in plot A than in the plots B and C. In all savanna plots, soil was sandy loam. Like in the forests, sodium was the same in all plots. We recommend future studies to validate these findings.

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Combining agroecology and bioeconomy to meet the societal challenges of agriculture

Cited by 4 publications

References 121 publications

Global Food Security and Sustainability Issues: The Road to 2030 from Nutrition and Sustainable Healthy Diets to Food Systems Change

Global Food Security and Sustainability Issues: The Road to 2030 from Nutrition and Sustainable Healthy Diets to Food Systems Change

Soil Fertility, Physiological Traits, and Fruit Quality of Morinda citrifolia as Influenced by Agroecological Management Practices in a Tropical Ferralsol

Status of Soil Physicochemical Properties in Forests and Savannas Restored Using the Ecosystem‐Based Adaptation Approach in Eastern Rwanda

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