Fostering local crop-livestock integration via legume exchanges using an innovative integrated assessment and modelling approach based on the MAELIA platform

Rui Catarino, Olivier Therond, Jérémy Berthomier, Maurice Miara, Emmanuel Mérot, Renaud Misslin, Paul Vanhove, Jean Villerd and Frédérique Angevin

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 189, issue C

Abstract: Crop diversification is now well-recognised as a strong lever to address the environmental challenges currently faced by agriculture. Connecting and fostering local exchanges between specialised arable crop and livestock farms can support the diversification of crops and relocate animal feeding with local protein (vs. soya supplements). However, the trade-offs and synergies between individual and collective objectives and performances generated by this system are still largely unknown. Innovative tools that consider the spatiotemporal heterogeneity underpinning the daily functioning of farms are needed to explore the implications of exchange scenarios.

Keywords: Agroecological transition; Decision support system; Multi-criteria analysis; Participatory design; Agent-based modelling; Social-ecological system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103066

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