Eco-efficiency in the agricultural landscape of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff and Silke Hüttel

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 220, issue C

Abstract: Intensified agricultural production systems relying on larger field sizes and homogeneous landscapes result in land degradation, biodiversity losses, and impaired ecosystem services, particularly regulating services such as water and climate regulation. A multifunctional landscape composition and configuration promises higher ecosystem functionality by balancing ecological and economic provisioning functionality for food, fuel, and fiber. However, to the best of our knowledge, not much is known about the synergies and trade-offs of different landscape compositions and configurations and landscape designs providing ecosystem functionality in economic and ecological dimensions.

Keywords: Agricultural landscapes; Eco-efficiency; Improvement potentials of ecosystem services; IACS data; Spatial patterns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104062

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