Technological Lock-In and Pathways for Crop Diversification in the Bio-Economy

Magrini, Marie-Benoît; Béfort, Nicolas; Nieddu, Martino

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“…Additionally, there is a need for investment in adapting reception and storage infrastructures to manage both sorting and the flow of mixed or separated seeds. This specific investment is only feasible for economic operators in the value chain if production volumes are large enough to generate economies of a scale capable of amortizing investment costs [84]. At this stage, it is mainly the collectors or cooperatives that encounter logistical difficulties.…”

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Barriers and Levers to Developing Wheat–Pea Intercropping in Europe: A Review

Mamine

Farès

2020

Sustainability

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Beyond the ecosystem benefits of diversification through wheat–pea intercropping, this review analyzes the barriers and levers to its adoption and diffusion. The present review shows that structuring the value chain around the products of this innovative cropping system faces a set of technical (i.e., varietal selection, phytosanitary issue control, crop management sequence, collection management, and storage), economic (i.e., cost, price, market opportunities, and contracting), and public policy (i.e., subsidies for ecosystem services provided by intercropping) obstacles that contribute to its slow adoption and dissemination in Europe. However, the value chain resulting from the wheat–pea intercropping system has levers to be exploited at all levels, particularly in terms of its competitive advantages, ecosystem benefits, and superior product quality. The results of this review help to identify priorities that actors of the value chain can address to better focus their efforts on significant problems and solutions that can accelerate the adoption and dissemination of this agroecological system.

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Section: Difficulties In Collection and Storagementioning

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Barriers and Levers to Developing Wheat–Pea Intercropping in Europe: A Review

Mamine

Farès

2020

Sustainability

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“…Furthermore, some studies focus on value chain steps such as the development of biomass production or processing. Examples include Magrini et al [55], who address biomass production by exploring the main lock-in effects that limit the widespread occurrence of cropping diversity; or Giurca and Spath [56], who analyze weaknesses and required policies related to the development of lignocellulosic biorefining in Germany. An example of a publication that focuses on the transition towards a bioeconomy in general is a study conducted by Bosman and Rotmans [57], which compared governance efforts to promote the transition towards a bioeconomy in the Netherlands and Finland.…”

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Studying the Transition towards a Circular Bioeconomy—A Systematic Literature Review on Transition Studies and Existing Barriers

2020

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The European Commission’s strategic long-term vision for 2050, “A Clean Planet for All”, identifies the bioeconomy and the circular economy as key strategic areas for achieving a climate-neutral economy. Focus is given to the sustainability of biomass and the circularity of materials. However, in order to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable bio-based circular economy and to unlock its potential, strong accompanying measures are required. These should be designed based on a systematic understanding of transition drivers and barriers. This paper, after providing a systematic review of transition research on the circular bioeconomy, focuses on the identification and classification of transition barriers, clustering them into relevant categories. Moreover, it provides a comparison of the barriers identified by various frameworks.

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“…The theory of increasing returns to adoption shows that the logic of economies of scale has supported the development of large-scale collection, transformation, and distribution infrastructure (Magrini et al 2016(Magrini et al , 2018. Even when these economies of scale are not "economically" achieved, stakeholders' belief in this principle has encouraged the geographic concentration of infrastructure over time.…”

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“…For example, adopting a new pulse crop in crop rotations in a territory to reduce the use of synthetic fertilisers, strengthen crop biodiversity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but can be hindered if consumers are not accustomed to eating pulses, or by a lack of transformation infrastructure, or of suitable supply circuits, ultimately leading to low pay for farmers. Those economic non-incentives do not encourage pulse farming (Magrini et al 2016(Magrini et al , 2018.…”

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“…This analysis is important, considering that little research on transitions has focused on the agricultural and food sectors (Picard and Tanguy 2016;Elzen et al 2017). Moreover, most of the analysis scales used are still the territory, the production basin (Bui et al 2016), or even an entire sector of agricultural activity (Elzen et al 2011;Magrini et al 2016Magrini et al , 2018, whereas the scale of the farm, which is nonetheless the central and essential link in any agroecological transition, tends to be overlooked (Chantre and Cardona 2014). This reflection will thus show that it is necessary to analyse the different variants of this agroecological transition on these different levels, from the agri-food system down to the farm scale, and that new conceptual and methodological developments in the fields of agronomy and system zootechnics are needed.…”

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Agroecological Transition from Farms to Territorialised Agri-Food Systems: Issues and Drivers

Magrini

Martin

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Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design

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Agroecological transition corresponds to a systemic transformation consisting in the ecologisation of agriculture and food. It concerns multiple stakeholders (farmers, supply chains, natural resource managers, etc.) and is characterised by a deliberate political intention to bring about change. This chapter highlights a set of determinants of agroecological transition at play in transforming the techniques and the values underpinning both agricultural production and food consumption choices -both of which can lead to various new agri-food systems. Based on the literature on transition studies, we focus on several considerations that could help stakeholders to better engage in such a process: (i) transition takes place over time intervals that vary, depending on the analysis scale (the farm or the agri-food system as a whole); (ii) transition is complex, systemic and requires changes of the whole sociotechnical regime; (iii) transition implies strong connections between nicheinnovations and the dominant sociotechnical regime; and (iv) changes in values and individuals' abilities are fundamental drivers. Hence, by focusing on the plurality of factors and stakeholders at work, we unpack the complexity of this transition, and in this way help the stakeholders to design and execute it. To conclude, we examine specific issues around the governance of agroecological transition.

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Technological Lock-In and Pathways for Crop Diversification in the Bio-Economy

Cited by 16 publications

References 28 publications

Barriers and Levers to Developing Wheat–Pea Intercropping in Europe: A Review

Barriers and Levers to Developing Wheat–Pea Intercropping in Europe: A Review

Studying the Transition towards a Circular Bioeconomy—A Systematic Literature Review on Transition Studies and Existing Barriers

Agroecological Transition from Farms to Territorialised Agri-Food Systems: Issues and Drivers

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