What is regenerative agriculture?

Cusworth, George; Garnett, Tara

doi:10.56661/2d7b8d1c

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“…Therefore, transitions challenge producers that are diverging from the status quo by going against the specialization trend (as BR5 expressed; see Section 3.3). As in regenerative agriculture, the transitions towards ICLS require a commitment to change connected with attitudes for improving the practices over a journey (Cusworth and Garnett 2023). These authors also recognize integrating livestock in cropping areas as one of the five practices towards regenerating natural ecological functions.…”

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Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process

Moojen,

Ryschawy,

Wulfhorst

et al. 2024

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS) are more complex to properly manage than specialized farming systems due to multiple interactions between crops, livestock, and grassland. Despite individual and structural barriers to adopting sustainable ICLS, some innovative producers have successfully conducted integrated production practices. In this context, a research gap exists in understanding the motivations and incentives for transitioning to such systems. This study aims to address ICLS adoption barriers by analyzing the trajectory, achievements, and thought processes of 15 producers practicing ICLS. Our objectives were to (1) highlight producers’ perceptions of ICLS levers and barriers and (2) identify turning point factors that enabled producers to overcome the barriers. We used a unique set of cases in three continental regions (southern Brazil, the northern Great Plains region in the United States, and southern France) and conducted semi-structured interviews. Interviewees emphasized that ICLS imply dealing with barriers ranging from mindset change to operational adaptations, but they also emphasized the rewarding nature of ICLS when properly managed. All their trajectories had important turning points, such as programs or initiatives, human influence, and broader social and economic reasons that resulted in shifts in their production practices and thought processes. The cases also highlighted that integrating crops and livestock positively impacted family producers’ business outcomes, soil health, and livelihood options. Still, individual barriers, including operational management, and structural barriers, including stakeholder awareness and commitment, must be overcome. Encouraging initiatives that offer a systemic approach and promote knowledge exchange can address part of ICLS adoption barriers. Initiatives must embrace a broader innovation ecosystem, having extension teams in close contact with researchers and stakeholders to assist producers in providing support for a more sophisticated level of management that ICLS require. Overall, we found commonalities in consciousness and proactiveness in remarkable cases that could inspire broader sustainability transitions.

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Section: Innovative Icls Producers Bucking Agricultural Specializationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process

Moojen,

Ryschawy,

Wulfhorst

et al. 2024

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…Regenerative agriculture has a large overlap with organic agriculture especially in the holistic approach of farming, but though organic farming has regenerative principles in its core, regenerative farming does not rely only on organic principles. Regen Ag is mentioned to be more holistic, inclusive and expansive than organic, especially in the social justice and cultural equity realms Quora (2019), Terra Genesis International 2 .…”

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Regenerative agriculture - a case study : Application and analyses of regenerative versus conventional agriculture in a case study in De Hoeksche Waard, the Netherlands

Heesmans,

Hendriks,

Barbieri

et al. 2023

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Het rapport beschrijft wat regeneratieve en conventionele landbouw kan betekenen in de Nederlandse context. Daarnaast laat het rapport de feitelijke en potentiele voordelen van regeneratieve akkerbouw ten opzichte van conventionele akkerbouw zien met betrekking tot bodemkoolstofvastlegging voor een praktische case study op een Nederlandse boerderij op zeeklei.The report describes what regenerative and conventional agriculture can mean in a Dutch context and shows the actual and potential benefit of regenerative agriculture compared to conventional agriculture with respect to soil carbon sequestration for a practical case study of a Dutch farm on marine clay soils in the Netherlands.

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What is regenerative agriculture?

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Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process

Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process

Regenerative agriculture - a case study : Application and analyses of regenerative versus conventional agriculture in a case study in De Hoeksche Waard, the Netherlands

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