Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture
Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural...
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| author | Rasmussen, LV Grass, I Mehrabi, Z Smith, OM Bezner-Kerr, R Blesh, J Garibaldi, LA Isaac, ME Kennedy, CM Wittman, H Batáry, P Buchori, D Cerda, R Chará, J Crowder, DW Darras, K DeMaster, K Garcia, K Gómez, M Gonthier, D Hidayat, P Hipólito, J Hirons, M |
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| description | Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and environmental outcomes. Drawing from 24 studies in 11 countries across 2655 farms, we show how five diversification strategies focusing on livestock, crops, soils, noncrop plantings, and water conservation benefit social (e.g., human well-being, yields, and food security) and environmental (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services, and reduced environmental externalities) outcomes. We found that applying multiple diversification strategies creates more positive outcomes than individual management strategies alone. To realize these benefits, well-designed policies are needed to incentivize the adoption of multiple diversification strategies in unison. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:2f6e788f-bb77-493c-8bd0-24163e3b5f412024-04-29T10:33:20ZJoint environmental and social benefits from diversified agricultureJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:2f6e788f-bb77-493c-8bd0-24163e3b5f41EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science2024Rasmussen, LVGrass, IMehrabi, ZSmith, OMBezner-Kerr, RBlesh, JGaribaldi, LAIsaac, MEKennedy, CMWittman, HBatáry, PBuchori, DCerda, RChará, JCrowder, DWDarras, KDeMaster, KGarcia, KGómez, MGonthier, DHidayat, PHipólito, JHirons, MAgricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and environmental outcomes. Drawing from 24 studies in 11 countries across 2655 farms, we show how five diversification strategies focusing on livestock, crops, soils, noncrop plantings, and water conservation benefit social (e.g., human well-being, yields, and food security) and environmental (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services, and reduced environmental externalities) outcomes. We found that applying multiple diversification strategies creates more positive outcomes than individual management strategies alone. To realize these benefits, well-designed policies are needed to incentivize the adoption of multiple diversification strategies in unison. |
| spellingShingle | Rasmussen, LV Grass, I Mehrabi, Z Smith, OM Bezner-Kerr, R Blesh, J Garibaldi, LA Isaac, ME Kennedy, CM Wittman, H Batáry, P Buchori, D Cerda, R Chará, J Crowder, DW Darras, K DeMaster, K Garcia, K Gómez, M Gonthier, D Hidayat, P Hipólito, J Hirons, M Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
| title | Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
| title_full | Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
| title_short | Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
| title_sort | joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture |
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