Multifunctional Agriculture and the Relationship Between Different Functions

Zhen, Lin; Sheng, Wenping; Wang, Chao; Zhang, Lulu

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54957-6_4

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“…To increase the yields, agricultural practices must be intensified. High intensified agricultural practices can, however, lead to excessive inputs of chemical fertilizers such as nitrogen and phosphor, which ultimately results in deteriorated quantity and quality of groundwater [39]. This creates a soil resources competition/conflict between forestry and agricultural sectors and a water resources competition/conflict between the ecological and the social systems.…”

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Decoding the Wickedness of Resource Nexus Problems—Examples from Water-Soil Nexus Problems in China

2018

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Managing environmental resources in a nexus manner is typically denoted as a highly wicked problem. Such denotations are, however, barely based on clearly defined dimensions and degrees of wickedness. This hinders the application of effective policy and governance strategies to address nexus problems in practice. This study provides a conceptually thorough analysis of the wickedness of resource nexus problems, taking specific water-soil nexus problems in the Loess plateau in China as an example. Analyses are based on a clear operationalization of wicked problems, as provided in the literature on public policies, the nexus, and the case study area. Results show that resource nexus problems generally fulfill the theoretical criteria of wicked problems, namely the existence of highly conflicting goals, high system complexity, and high informational uncertainty. Consequently, traditional policy and governance strategies to address wicked problems such as participatory modes of governance may be fruitful in order to deal with resource nexus problems in general and in the Loess plateau, more particularly.

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Decoding the Wickedness of Resource Nexus Problems—Examples from Water-Soil Nexus Problems in China

2018

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“…That is, altering one function of the land system may come at the sacrifice of others [24], and may even jeopardize the overall stability and security of the land system [25]. Rational harmonization of production-living-ecological function (PLEF) is not only a definite way to tackle land use conflicts [26], but also important for spatial planning and making management decisions regarding land, sustainable development of agriculture, and human welfare improvement [27,28]. Currently, in the study of PLES, scholars have gradually shifted from qualitative research in the early stage to a combination of qualitative and quantitative research.…”

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Spatial-Temporal Change and Synergy/Trade-Off Relationship of “Production–Living–Ecological” Space along the Sino-Vietnamese Border

Pang

Zhang

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The internal trade-off of land space is caused by the competition of land use for multiple functions, such as agricultural production, economic development and ecological protection. In response to this common problem, this study uses a positive and negative assignment method and a more refined evaluation scale to analyze the spatial and temporal variation characteristics and synergy/trade-off relationship of production–living–ecological space in the Sino-Vietnamese border area from 2000 to 2020. The results show that: (1) There was great regional diversity in the evolution characteristics of the Sino-Vietnamese border. Production space (PS) and living space (LS) presented prominent expansion, and ecological space (ES) was shrinking. (2) From 2000 to 2020, the degree of synergy between PS and LS has increased gradually. The trade-off relationship between PS and ES has shown different fluctuation intensities. The synergy/trade-off relationship between LS and ES has changed, and its trade-off intensity has continuously increased. (3) On the spatial scale, the PS and LS trade-off areas are mostly distributed in the central and western regions with higher altitudes, and the spatial pattern of the synergy zone is expanding. The synergy and trade-off relationship between PS and ES are relatively stable over time. The area of the trade-off between LS and ES has expanded gradually. In conclusion, the synergy/trade-off relationship between the PLES functions has strong consistency with regional economic and social development, which can serve as a scientific basis for the healthy and sustainable development of land space.

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Nutrient cycling in multifunctional agroecosystems with the use of plant cocktail as cover crop and green manure in the semi-arid

Filho¹,

Filho²,

Salviano³

et al. 2019

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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Plant cocktails used as cover crop present a significant multifunctional resource compared to monoculture, which may increase functional diversity within crop rotation and is particularly effective for designing mixtures with characteristics that increase the multifunctionality and sustainability of the agroecosystem. The objective was to evaluate sustainable agroecosystems models that improve the efficiency of nutrient cycling for crops. The treatments were arranged in four blocks in a split-plot design with two soil management (tillage and no-till) systems and three cropping systems (2 plant cocktails [PCs] and 1 natural vegetation [NV]). C/N ratio, lignin content, dry biomass (DB) production and decomposition, nutrients accumulation and mineralization by PCs and NV were evaluated. Decomposition and release of nutrients were monitored by the litterbag-method. PCs had a DB production twice higher than NV, essential for the adoption of no-tillage systems. The order of nutrient release was K> N> Ca> P> Mg. PCs as cover crops and green manure, with or without predominance of legumes and use of a no-tillage system, could be a technological strategy in agroecosystems for nutrients cycling in semi-arid regions.

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Multifunctional Agriculture and the Relationship Between Different Functions

Cited by 3 publications

References 50 publications

Decoding the Wickedness of Resource Nexus Problems—Examples from Water-Soil Nexus Problems in China

Decoding the Wickedness of Resource Nexus Problems—Examples from Water-Soil Nexus Problems in China

Spatial-Temporal Change and Synergy/Trade-Off Relationship of “Production–Living–Ecological” Space along the Sino-Vietnamese Border

Nutrient cycling in multifunctional agroecosystems with the use of plant cocktail as cover crop and green manure in the semi-arid

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