Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change

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Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. / Bohan, David A.; Schmucki, Reto; Abay, Abrha Teklay; Termansen, Mette; Bane, Miranda; Charalabidis, Alice; Cong, Rong-Gang; Derocles, Stephane A.P.; Dorner, Zita; Forster, Matthieu; Gibert, Caroline; Harrower, Colin; Oudoire, Geoffroy; Therond, Olivier; Young, Juliette; Zalay, Mihály; Pocock, Michael J.O.

In: Advances in Ecological Research, Vol. 65, 2021, p. 169-244.

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Bohan, DA, Schmucki, R, Abay, AT, Termansen, M, Bane, M, Charalabidis, A, Cong, R-G, Derocles, SAP, Dorner, Z, Forster, M, Gibert, C, Harrower, C, Oudoire, G, Therond, O, Young, J, Zalay, M & Pocock, MJO 2021, 'Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change', Advances in Ecological Research, vol. 65, pp. 169-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

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Bohan, D. A., Schmucki, R., Abay, A. T., Termansen, M., Bane, M., Charalabidis, A., Cong, R-G., Derocles, S. A. P., Dorner, Z., Forster, M., Gibert, C., Harrower, C., Oudoire, G., Therond, O., Young, J., Zalay, M., & Pocock, M. J. O. (2021). Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. Advances in Ecological Research, 65, 169-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

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Bohan DA, Schmucki R, Abay AT, Termansen M, Bane M, Charalabidis A et al. Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. Advances in Ecological Research. 2021;65:169-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.01.002

Author

Bohan, David A. ; Schmucki, Reto ; Abay, Abrha Teklay ; Termansen, Mette ; Bane, Miranda ; Charalabidis, Alice ; Cong, Rong-Gang ; Derocles, Stephane A.P. ; Dorner, Zita ; Forster, Matthieu ; Gibert, Caroline ; Harrower, Colin ; Oudoire, Geoffroy ; Therond, Olivier ; Young, Juliette ; Zalay, Mihály ; Pocock, Michael J.O. / Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change. In: Advances in Ecological Research. 2021 ; Vol. 65. pp. 169-244.

Bibtex

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title = "Designing farmer-acceptable rotations that assure ecosystem service provision in the face of climate change",
abstract = "We believe that approaches to landscape modification should explicitly include farmers, given their understanding of landscape management practices, and consider climate change, so that the landscapes are designed for future environmental conditions. Climate change is an existential threat to farmers and current patterns of arable agriculture, leading to increases in the variability of agricultural productivity and crop failure. The performance of many of the crops that are currently highly productive will decline significantly and the geographical envelopes within which these crops can be grown are expected to shift northwards in Europe. Farmers will likely be faced with a choice: either leave farming or modify the crops that are grown, adopting new cultivars or species able to be cultivated profitably under future climatic conditions. We hypothesised that farmers do not adopt new crops or cultivars individually but use crops within sequences, called rotations, which are agronomically well understood. We know from past research that changes to rotations will lead to changes in biodiversity and the ecosystem services furnished by farmland, both within a field and at landscape scales. Here, we show how we might: use farmer knowledge of crop agronomy to propose future crop rotations in the light of climate change predictions; model these crop rotations to estimate likely effects on economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services; and validate these predictions through empirical study in regions where the rotations are already used. A workflow of co-development would have the benefit of generating practical rotations built on farmer knowledge and demonstrate empirically the predicted economic and ecological effects, markedly increasing the likely credibility of the results for farmers. Such a methodology has the potential to transform future sustainable agricultural landscapes.",
author = "Bohan, {David A.} and Reto Schmucki and Abay, {Abrha Teklay} and Mette Termansen and Miranda Bane and Alice Charalabidis and Rong-Gang Cong and Derocles, {Stephane A.P.} and Zita Dorner and Matthieu Forster and Caroline Gibert and Colin Harrower and Geoffroy Oudoire and Olivier Therond and Juliette Young and Mih{\'a}ly Zalay and Pocock, {Michael J.O.}",
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AU - Termansen, Mette

AU - Bane, Miranda

AU - Charalabidis, Alice

AU - Cong, Rong-Gang

AU - Derocles, Stephane A.P.

AU - Dorner, Zita

AU - Forster, Matthieu

AU - Gibert, Caroline

AU - Harrower, Colin

AU - Oudoire, Geoffroy

AU - Therond, Olivier

AU - Young, Juliette

AU - Zalay, Mihály

AU - Pocock, Michael J.O.

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N2 - We believe that approaches to landscape modification should explicitly include farmers, given their understanding of landscape management practices, and consider climate change, so that the landscapes are designed for future environmental conditions. Climate change is an existential threat to farmers and current patterns of arable agriculture, leading to increases in the variability of agricultural productivity and crop failure. The performance of many of the crops that are currently highly productive will decline significantly and the geographical envelopes within which these crops can be grown are expected to shift northwards in Europe. Farmers will likely be faced with a choice: either leave farming or modify the crops that are grown, adopting new cultivars or species able to be cultivated profitably under future climatic conditions. We hypothesised that farmers do not adopt new crops or cultivars individually but use crops within sequences, called rotations, which are agronomically well understood. We know from past research that changes to rotations will lead to changes in biodiversity and the ecosystem services furnished by farmland, both within a field and at landscape scales. Here, we show how we might: use farmer knowledge of crop agronomy to propose future crop rotations in the light of climate change predictions; model these crop rotations to estimate likely effects on economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services; and validate these predictions through empirical study in regions where the rotations are already used. A workflow of co-development would have the benefit of generating practical rotations built on farmer knowledge and demonstrate empirically the predicted economic and ecological effects, markedly increasing the likely credibility of the results for farmers. Such a methodology has the potential to transform future sustainable agricultural landscapes.

AB - We believe that approaches to landscape modification should explicitly include farmers, given their understanding of landscape management practices, and consider climate change, so that the landscapes are designed for future environmental conditions. Climate change is an existential threat to farmers and current patterns of arable agriculture, leading to increases in the variability of agricultural productivity and crop failure. The performance of many of the crops that are currently highly productive will decline significantly and the geographical envelopes within which these crops can be grown are expected to shift northwards in Europe. Farmers will likely be faced with a choice: either leave farming or modify the crops that are grown, adopting new cultivars or species able to be cultivated profitably under future climatic conditions. We hypothesised that farmers do not adopt new crops or cultivars individually but use crops within sequences, called rotations, which are agronomically well understood. We know from past research that changes to rotations will lead to changes in biodiversity and the ecosystem services furnished by farmland, both within a field and at landscape scales. Here, we show how we might: use farmer knowledge of crop agronomy to propose future crop rotations in the light of climate change predictions; model these crop rotations to estimate likely effects on economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services; and validate these predictions through empirical study in regions where the rotations are already used. A workflow of co-development would have the benefit of generating practical rotations built on farmer knowledge and demonstrate empirically the predicted economic and ecological effects, markedly increasing the likely credibility of the results for farmers. Such a methodology has the potential to transform future sustainable agricultural landscapes.

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