Sustainability assessment of cropping systems: A field-based approach on family farms. Application to maize cultivation in Southeast Asia

Lairez, Juliette; Affholder, François; Scopel, Éric; Leudpanhane, Bounma; Wéry, Jacques

doi:10.1016/j.eja.2022.126716

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“…Social value was expressed as the contribution of family farms in promoting the local economy, reducing social inequality and increasing the protection of local customs and crafts, including empowerment, equitable inclusion and spiritual culture (Paskewitz, 2021). Ecological value related to natural resources, environmental pollution and biodiversity (Chmieliński et al, 2022), expressed in the extent to which family farms conserved soil organic matter, reduced energy consumption and pollution levels (Buendía et al, 2023;Lairez et al, 2023), and used agricultural technologies that can reduce carbon emissions (Godoy-Durán et al, 2017;Yu et al, 2023).…”

Section: Background 21 Family Farm Sustainabilitymentioning

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Network embeddedness, entrepreneurial bricolage, and family farm sustainability

Duan,

Wang,

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Family farm sustainability is an essential guarantee for increasing the resilience of food systems. Based on the network embeddedness theory and entrepreneurial bricolage theory, an exploratory longitudinal case study was adopted. The value-creating behaviors of family farms in different entrepreneurial periods were described and a process model of family farms sustainability with network embeddedness and entrepreneurial bricolage was constructed. The study revealed that family farms faced resource constraints such as shortage of element resources, insufficient market resources and lack of knowledge resources during the induction, start-up, and growth periods, respectively. In order to overcome resource constraints in different entrepreneurial periods, family farms employed multiple network embeddedness ways including relational embeddedness, structural embeddedness and cognitive embeddedness to seek help from actors in the rural social network. Family farms embedded in multiple networks used the entrepreneurial bricolage strategy of “element bricolage – market bricolage – institutional bricolage” to continuously acquire production elements, improve brand awareness, optimize processing techniques and promote the convergence of three industries. Family farms benefited from a win-win result with actors through network embeddedness and entrepreneurial bricolage, and created economic, social and ecological values eventually. The study offers fresh insights into the dynamics of rural entrepreneurship.

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Section: Background 21 Family Farm Sustainabilitymentioning

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Network embeddedness, entrepreneurial bricolage, and family farm sustainability

Duan,

Wang,

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…[5][6][7][35][36][37]. Notwithstanding, the economic, social and ecological benefits of family farms can also be disturbed by various influencing factors [6,7,[35][36][37]40,41]. For instance, mechanisms and tools of agricultural policy, agricultural mechanization, crop establishment, wage labor, quality capabilities of agricultural managers, level of internal management, rural financial credit system, satisfaction of social service demand, support for agricultural science and technology, and quality and safety of agricultural products, etc.…”

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“…For instance, mechanisms and tools of agricultural policy, agricultural mechanization, crop establishment, wage labor, quality capabilities of agricultural managers, level of internal management, rural financial credit system, satisfaction of social service demand, support for agricultural science and technology, and quality and safety of agricultural products, etc. [40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. As it should be, objectively speaking, the development of family farms in different countries and regions at different stages of development is affected by natural, social, economic, cultural, technical and other factors.…”

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Sustainable Development between Demonstration Farm and Agricultural Labor Productivity: Evidence from Family Farms in the Mountainous Area of Western China

Huang

Hu²,

Huang

2023

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Agricultural labor productivity is an important indicator that reflects the sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas. Demonstration farms provide an important link between small-scale farmers and modern agriculture in mountainous area of western China, which is playing an important role in improving labor productivity. This paper focuses on using the PSM-logit model and sensitivity analysis to empirically test the causal relationship between demonstration farms and labor productivity, and a micro-large sample of 1823 family farms was adopted. The highlighted findings are as follows: the average labor productivity of the demonstration farm is 2.8 times higher than that of the non-demonstration farm. There is a significant positive correlation between demonstration farms and labor productivity. Utilizing demonstration farms, when all control variables are added, can remarkably promote farm income by CNY301458 on average. In the matched sample, and under scenarios controlling for other covariates, we saw that demonstration farms can significantly enhance the farm income of CNY285108, CNY288509, and CNY291077 on average, respectively, after taking the radius matching, the kernel matching, and the nearest neighbor matching. The research inspired us to enhance the demonstrative establishment of family farms and accelerate the rate at which comprehensive development benefits are derived from demonstration farms. The results of this research could provide a policy reference for the promotion of high-quality development and the sustainable development of family farms in China and serve as an experience reference for promoting sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas globally.

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“…The quantity of sediment loss that happens in thinly vegetated fallows, such as recently abandoned farmland, can be massive and substantial which may delay the optimal time for nutrient accretion in the soil. During the period of fallowing, nutrient rich topsoil can be lost to soil erosion, which, if left unchecked, could affect soil fertility resulting in lower crop yields for subsequent farming [12,13]. The washing away of the topsoil and the fertile soil layer could also affect the fertility of the soil and make it unproductive for crop production [14,15].…”

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Runoff, Sediment Loss and the Attenuating Effectiveness of Vegetation Parameters in the Rainforest Zone of Southeastern Nigeria

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The research was conducted to assess the pace of sediment loss in deserted 3-, 5- and 10-year-fallow traditional farmlands, as well as cultivated farmlands, in a remote forested zone in southern Nigeria. During the 2012 rainy and cropping season, field measurements of sediment and runoff caused by rainfall were carried out. Pearson’s correlation revealed that crown cover positively and significantly correlated with runoff on the cultivated farmland (r = 0.652, p < 0.01). The results showed that the vegetation characteristics assessed on the different fallows explained 73.1%, 89.9%, 53.7% and 86.7% of the runoff variations. In addition, Pearson’s correlation demonstrated that girth explained sediment loss on the 5-year fallow (r = 0.807, p < 0.01), while a strong positive and significant association existed between sediment loss and crown cover on the farmland plot (r = 0.835, p < 0.01). The vegetation components were mutually responsible for 48.4%, 84.3%, 95.1% and 85.9% of the changes in sediment enrichment on the 5-year-, 10-year-, 3-year-fallow and cultivated farmland, respectively. The study found that mature/older fallows had a more substantial attenuating impact on soil erosion control than younger fallows.

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Sustainability assessment of cropping systems: A field-based approach on family farms. Application to maize cultivation in Southeast Asia

Cited by 5 publications

References 105 publications

Network embeddedness, entrepreneurial bricolage, and family farm sustainability

Network embeddedness, entrepreneurial bricolage, and family farm sustainability

Sustainable Development between Demonstration Farm and Agricultural Labor Productivity: Evidence from Family Farms in the Mountainous Area of Western China

Runoff, Sediment Loss and the Attenuating Effectiveness of Vegetation Parameters in the Rainforest Zone of Southeastern Nigeria

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