GAEC implementation in the EU: situation and perspectives

Vincenzo, Angileri; Lebailly, Philippe; Serafini, Francesco

doi:10.4081/ija.2011.6.s1.e2

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“…In the final measure it was opted for a discriminatory approach, reducing the impact on small farms but also the diversifying impact. Because of this contradiction and because there are other ways to achieve soil-and ecosystem resilience (Angileri et al, 2011), which possibly yield similar diversity effects as the EC's proposal, further research on complementary mechanisms should be conducted, including the implemented exemption for farms practicing rotation and interchange of land (Council of the European Union, 2013c) and other types of landscape diversification (Lin, 2011).…”

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Simulating farm level response to crop diversification policy

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a b s t r a c tOne of the new political instruments of the upcoming European Common Agricultural Policy-reform is the crop diversification measure. To comply with this measure, arable farmers will have to grow a minimum number of crops on their land, in given proportions. In this paper a non-parametric simulation model is developed to predict land cover changes while tackling the self-selection problem. Farmers' behaviour is based on their closest peer's behaviour. A comparison between the results on diversity, measured through the Shannon Diversity Index, and the policy impact on farms, shows a clear trade-of and a potential for targeting.

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“…The European Union developed a subsidiary programme to stimulate farmers to keep their grasslands free of shrubs by introducing management practices (Angileri et al. ). In Romania, additional agri‐environment payments are available for grassland maintenance through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (http://www.madr.ro/en/).…”

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Resprouting of woody species encroaching temperate European grasslands after cutting and burning

Michielsen

Szemák

Fenesi

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Applied Vegetation Science

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Questions: Are there interspecific differences in resprouting after cutting and burning among woody species encroaching temperate grasslands? Are alien woody species more successful than natives in their resprouting after the two treatments proposed to control shrub encroachment? Is resprouting influenced by age of the individuals? Does resprouting differ between cutting and burning?Location: Temperate grasslands encroached by shrubs, Transylvania, Romania. Methods:We investigated the resprouting after cutting or burning of four shrub species (Cornus sanguinea, Crataegus monogyna, Prunus spinosa and Rosa canina) encroaching grasslands in field sites 3 yr following treatments. We compared the resprouting ability of shrubs between species and treatments and analysed the relationship between the number of resprouts and stump diameter, as a proxy for age. In a common garden experiment on 1-yr-old individuals we compared resprouting after cutting and burning between three native (C. sanguinea, C. monogyna and P. spinosa) and three alien woody species (Ailanthus altissima, Elaeagnus angustifolia and Hippophae rhamnoides) during one growing season.Results: C. monogyna produced the largest number of resprouts in the field study, and H. rhamnoides in the experimental study. Overall, resprouting ability of alien woody species did not differ from that of natives. In the field study, we found an increasing number of resprouts with increasing stump diameter, and the rate of increase in the number of resprouts was highest in C. monogyna. We detected no difference in the resprouting of woody species between cutting and burning treatments either in the field or in the experimental study. Conclusions:Our study suggests that the success of encroachment control in grasslands does not depend on treatment type, but on the woody species composition and age of individuals. Grasslands encroached by C. monogyna or H. rhamnoides will be more labour-intensive to restore and maintain free of shrubs. Restoration measures should be implemented in the early stage of shrub encroachment since younger shrubs have lower resprouting ability. Burning and cutting may be equally effective in controlling shrub encroachment, but treatments should be more intensive than in the current study in order to damage the resprouting buds and arrest resprouting.

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“…Similarly, the EU Water Framework Directive uses five classifications to evaluate water quality status (high, good, moderate, poor and bad) among all water bodies (surface and groundwater) in EU Member States, and requires all Member States to reach "good" ecological, quantitative, and chemical status and protected area objectives by 2027 (Carvalho et al, 2019). Besides mandatory requirements under the EU Nitrates Directive (an agriculture-focused section of the Water Framework Directive), voluntary agri-environmental measures have been increasingly integrated into the EU Common Agricultural Policy since the late 1980's (Hart et al, 1994;Angileri et al, 2011;Meyer et al, 2014), while the more recent integration of compulsory environmental cross-compliance regulations reflects the EU's efforts to pursue its environmental targets (Solazzo and Pierangeli, 2016;Bertoni et al, 2018). Soil scientists have made significant contributions to policymakers' understanding of these problems in recent decades (Keesstra et al, 2016;Lal et al, 2021;Bouma et al, 2022).…”

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Optimization and reflexivity in interdisciplinary agri-environmental scholarship

Chiles

Drohan

Cibin

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionThe Chesapeake Bay and Upper Bann watersheds in the United States and Northern Ireland, respectively, exemplify how agricultural systems contribute to groundwater and surface water pollution, which leads in turn to water quality issues in downstream water bodies. Interdisciplinary research, public outreach, and stakeholder engagement have received increased attention and consideration as pragmatic approaches for addressing these types of complex agri-environmental dilemmas. However, such approaches are far from guaranteed to improve water quality, as political-economic constraints, power asymmetries, cultural differences, divergent incentives, research gaps, and personality differences all complicate the process, and this can ultimately impact water quality efforts.MethodsWe present a holistic approach to addressing these challenges in the Chesapeake Bay and Upper Bann watershed management efforts by integrating the methodological strategies of optimization and reflexivity. Our use of these approaches, widely recognized as respective successful practices in quantitative and qualitative research, is novel in that it focuses directly on the researchers themselves as they discuss, evaluate, and develop potential solutions for complex agri-environmental water quality dilemmas. More specifically, our quantitative optimization is explored via a Functional Land Management (FLM) approach to land and natural resources management, while our qualitative reflexivity is explored through the process of participant observation.ResultsThis paper provides a behind-the-scenes perspective on how interdisciplinary teams can improve their cooperation efficiency when addressing complex agri-environmental issues. In being reflexive, we sought to “optimize” on the methodological, ethical, social, and environmental possibilities of our scholarship. We found that our reflexive work on this project furthered our interest in FLM, a tool that embraced complexity and creativity over rigidity and oversimplification - the very same principles that guided our reflexive work.DiscussionThroughout our collaborative investigation of FLM as a potential solution to soil and water quality issues, we came to appreciate that in order to better understand agri-environmental challenges issues, we also needed to better understand ourselves—our own disciplinary, cultural, and ethical standpoints. Reflexive approaches to research can provide practical guidance in this process by encouraging us to critique and analyze our assumptions, our methodologies, and the socio-historical context of our research.

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GAEC implementation in the EU: situation and perspectives

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Simulating farm level response to crop diversification policy

Simulating farm level response to crop diversification policy

Resprouting of woody species encroaching temperate European grasslands after cutting and burning

Optimization and reflexivity in interdisciplinary agri-environmental scholarship

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