Embedding the integrated assessment of agricultural systems in a companion modeling process to debate and enhance their sustainability

Hossard, Laure; Tardivo, Caroline; Barbier, Jean-Marc; Cittadini, Roberto; Delmotte, Sylvestre; Page, Christophe Le

doi:10.1007/s13593-021-00744-6

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“…These practices will create environmentally firm soil which produces top-quality crops. There is a massive demand for such quality crops, and the farmers reach a better profit-cost ratio (Hossard et al 2022). H 12 : Organic farming ensures a majority of the crops give above-average yields while conserving the environment leading to sustainable profits.…”

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Supply chain modelling in organic farming for sustainable profitability

Chitra¹,

Balasudarsun²,

Sathish³

et al. 2023

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Globally, people started gravitating toward organic food as health consciousness rose. From the farm to the consumer's fork, organic food is produced using a comprehensive method. Organic farming has provided farmers and producers with many opportunities, but there are still difficulties concerning the cost of production and distribution. Due to environmental sustainability challenges, climate change, soil fertility, biological assortment, and consumer well-being, organic farming is attracting more attention than conventional farming. Organic farming can be done using standardised methods and has many common issues with conventional farming. Organic farming has some unique problems as well. With the right strategies, careful planning, and government assistance, many difficulties faced by farmers can be addressed. The downstream material flow of the supply chain, and in particular demand estimation, market price, and identifying customer segments, has been identified as a significant problem in organic farming. Massive losses have been incurred along with the entire supply chain a due to the inadequate demand estimation that has caused surpluses and shortages in the produce. A few farmers have resolved the cash flows and material information controlling problem. This article proposes various related hypotheses associated with identifying customer segments, forecasting demand for the product, and profitability as market price changes in the crop.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supply chain modelling in organic farming for sustainable profitability

Chitra¹,

Balasudarsun²,

Sathish³

et al. 2023

AGR ECON-CZECH

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“…While detailed information on the model itself and the main results obtained through its use are described in Hossard et al (2022), our objective here is to highlight some of the necessary conditions of success when bringing together different stakeholders with the aim of co-producing new insights for local agricultural development. In the paper we first describe the collaborative approach, and we highlight the way we manage and monitor it.…”

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“…The simulation outputs appeared to be reasonably accurate considering the estimates of economic performances suggested by the participants. However, the multi-criteria evaluation revealed lower environmental performance (more plant protection treatments and more greenhouse gas emissions; see Hossard et al (2022) for more details). Thus, this controversy has brought the debate into a more open field of sustainability and questioned more than just economic rationality, challenging the 'mainstream' model, and advocating that inclusive development also includes both ecological and social wellbeing (Pouw & Gupta, 2017).…”

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How to intensify collaboration in a participatory modelling process to collectively design and evaluate new farming systems

Barbier,

Tardivo,

Delmotte

et al. 2024

Ital J Agronomy

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Agricultural research is expected to foster agro-ecological transitions. For that purpose, methodologies of participative integrated assessment of new farming and cropping systems are requested. However, the territory level and the stakeholders’ participation are often not sufficiently embraced. Based on the companion modeling approach, a group of researchers from different disciplines experimented an approach where researchers and stakeholders collaborated intensively all along the process of design and use of the model. The researchers selected a small rural area where agriculture plays a major role (Valensole plateau, south of France) and where they had not carried out any investigation before. In such conditions, we argue that the interactions between researchers and stakeholders involved in the co-design from scratch of a simulation model stimulate a collective reflection about the sustainability of current and alternative farming systems. This article describes the different phases of the process from stakeholders’ enrolment until the final discussion of the results provided by the model. It underlines the conditions that favored the emergence of consensus and the production of a new set of knowledge. It emphasizes how the discordances between data and disagreements between stakeholders were used to stimulate collective debates and underlines the role played by the model. Finally, the article discusses the drawbacks that the approach did not overcome.

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“…The analysis shows that almost all sectors of an agro-industrial complex of developed countries are dominated by large corporations and financial and industrial groups that control 40-80 % of national markets. The most widespread are the following models of agro-industrial integration (Hossard et al, 2022;Agriculture…, 2019):…”

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Experience of Agro-Associations in Economically Developed Countries

Mustafa Alhanaqtah

2023

IJAREMS

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The importance of the study is determined by the fact that agricultural producers have a practical need for joint activities to realize their economic interests. In order to develop effective economic tools for the development of integration in the agricultural complex of any country, it is necessary to study the foreign experience of its organization and functioning. The purpose of the article is to study best practices and systematize the main characteristic features of modern integration relations in the agro sector of economically developed countries. The methodology of the study is comparative analysis of the main characteristics of integration associations in the agro-industrial sector of economically developed countries. Regarding research findings, the main characteristics of modern cooperative and integration relations are systematized. The scientific novelty of this systematization is that it makes it possible to objectively assess the initial foundations, and organizational and economic base of various associations, and determine the most appropriate ones for specific business conditions. This systematization gives an idea of a wide variety of forms of cooperation and areas of cooperative activity in the world practice and further allows to opt for and adapt the most acceptable and effective management mechanisms for the conditions of a particular country. The findings of the study can be used in countries where there is not yet a fully developed cooperative sector in the agro-industrial production system.

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Embedding the integrated assessment of agricultural systems in a companion modeling process to debate and enhance their sustainability

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

Supply chain modelling in organic farming for sustainable profitability

Supply chain modelling in organic farming for sustainable profitability

How to intensify collaboration in a participatory modelling process to collectively design and evaluate new farming systems

Experience of Agro-Associations in Economically Developed Countries

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