Participatory integrated assessment of scenarios for organic farming at different scales in Camargue, France

Delmotte, Sylvestre; Barbier, Jean Marc; Mouret, Jean-Claude; Page, Christophe Le; Wéry, Jacques; Chauvelon, Philippe; Sandoz, Alain; Ridaura, Santiago López

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.009

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“…ICMR, 2010 ). The integration of the PFA ratio with other indicators, for example measurements of environmental externalities or ecological services provision, could also facilitate an improved understanding the primary trade-offs and synergies that may result from development interventions ( Hammond et al, 2016 , Paul et al, 2016 , Delmotte et al, 2016 ). Further research should therefore consider inclusion of such multi-criteria analysis, which could be implemented alongside more advanced scenario analyses considering layered development interventions and/or by incorporating crop and livestock simulation modeling.…”

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Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

López-Ridaura

Frelat

Wijk

et al. 2018

Agricultural Systems

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One of the great challenges in agricultural development and sustainable intensification is the assurance of social equity in food security oriented interventions. Development practitioners, researchers, and policy makers alike could benefit from prior insight into what interventions or environmental shocks might differentially affect farmers' food security status, in order to move towards more informed and equitable development. We examined the food security status and livelihood activities of 269 smallholder farm households (HHs) in Bihar, India. Proceeding with a four-step analysis, we first applied a multivariate statistical methodology to differentiate five primary farming system types. We next applied an indicator of food security in the form of HH potential food availability (PFA), and examined the contribution of crop, livestock, and on- and off-farm income generation to PFA within each farm HH type. Lastly, we applied scenario analysis to examine the potential impact of the adoption of ‘climate smart’ agricultural (CSA) practices in the form of conservation agriculture (CA) and improved livestock husbandry, and environmental shocks on HH PFA. Our results indicate that compared to livestock interventions, CA may hold considerable potential to boost HH PFA, though primarily for wealthier and medium-scale cereal farmers. These farm HH types were however considerably more vulnerable to food insecurity risks resulting from simulated drought, while part-time farmers and resource-poor agricultural laborers generating income from off-farm pursuits were comparatively less vulnerable, due in part to their more diversified income sources and potential to migrate in search of work. Our results underscore the importance of prior planning for development initiatives aimed at increasing smallholder food security while maintaining social equity, while providing a robust methodology to vet the implications of agricultural interventions on an ex ante basis.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

López-Ridaura

Frelat

Wijk

et al. 2018

Agricultural Systems

137

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“…The European farmers are led in their decision-making in terms of their land management by subsidies. And therefore, any change into the right direction of agriculture management strategies will need the incentive of funding by subsidies (Delmotte et al, 2016;Gutzler et al, 2015).…”

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An economic, perception and biophysical approach to the use of oat straw as mulch in Mediterranean rainfed agriculture land

Cerdà

Rodrigo‐Comino

Giménez‐Morera

et al. 2017

Ecological Engineering

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Soil erosion is a key cause of land degradation in agriculture lands; and it is a worldwide threat that must be solved by means of nature-based strategies to be able to achieve sustainability. The use of mulches can be a solution, but there is a lack of information on long-term effects of the use of straw. Furthermore, little is known about the perception of farmers and the economic cost on the implantation of straw as a conservation measure. Eight paired plots were selected in Sierra de Enguera on an agriculture field to determine the effect of straw cover on soil erosion. Four plots were tilled three times per year (Control) and four plots were not ploughed and 0.125 kg m −2 y −1 of oat straw cover was applied yearly (Straw). The plots were established in 2002, and runoff and sediment was continuously collected after each rainfall event from 2004 till 2014 when the two managements were applied. The results show an immediate effect of the straw mulches as in these plots the runoff (from 7.7 till 5.9%) and soil erosion (from 47 till 26 Mg ha −1 y −1) was reduced already in the first year. The combined effect of the use of straw yearly and the no-tillage strategy resulted in a reduction of the sediment yield, and 11 years later soil erosion rates were two orders of magnitude lower than in the control plot. However, the perception of the farmers on the use of straw is very negative and they claim that subsidies need to be implemented, as the cost of straw mulch is 1.9 times more expensive than traditional tillage.

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“…In such studies, new cropping and livestock systems, combining scientific knowledge with the empirical knowledge of local actors (e.g., men and women farmers, extension services) directly involved, are analyzed and tested. Such studies have shown that the design of innovative agricultural systems has to involve technical, social, and organizational changes and to be analyzed and implemented with stakeholders at multiple levels (Delmotte et al, 2016;Moraine et al, 2016). Participatory mechanisms such as multiactor innovation platforms associated with exploration tools, such as modeling tools or on-farm experiments, are key in such processes to facilitate mediation and the development of a common language among partners (Dabire et al, 2016).…”

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Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change

Andrieu

Howland

Acosta-Alba

et al. 2019

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The literature is increasing on how to prioritize climate-smart options with stakeholders but relatively few examples exist on how to co-design climate-smart farming systems with them, in particular with smallholder farmers. This article presents a methodological framework to co-design climate-smart farming systems with local stakeholders (farmers, scientists, NGOs) so that large-scale change can be achieved. This framework is based on the lessons learned during a research project conducted in Honduras and Colombia from 2015 to 2017. Seven phases are suggested to engage a process of co-conception of climate-smart farming systems that might enable implementation at scale: (1) "exploration of the initial situation," which identifies local stakeholders potentially interested in being involved in the process, existing farming systems, and specific constraints to the implementation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA); (2) "co-definition of an innovation platform," which defines the structure and the rules of functioning for a platform favoring the involvement of local stakeholders in the process; (3) "shared diagnosis," which defines the main challenges to be solved by the innovation platform; (4) "identification and ex ante assessment of new farming systems," which assess the potential performances of solutions prioritized by the members of the innovation platform under CSA pillars; (5) "experimentation," which tests the prioritized solutions on-farm; (6) "assessment of the co-design process of climate-smart farming systems," which validates the ability of the process to reach its initial objectives, particularly in terms of new farming systems but also in terms of capacity building; and (7) "definition of strategies for scaling up/out," which addresses the scaling of the co-design process. For each phase, specific tools or methodologies are used: focus groups, social network analysis, theory of change, life-cycle assessment, and on-farm experiments. Each phase is illustrated with results obtained in Colombia or Honduras.

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Participatory integrated assessment of scenarios for organic farming at different scales in Camargue, France

Cited by 34 publications

References 38 publications

Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

An economic, perception and biophysical approach to the use of oat straw as mulch in Mediterranean rainfed agriculture land

Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change

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