Agroecological practice; Agroecological transition; Conventional farming; Ecosystem service indicators; Horticulture; Sustainability; Global and Planetary Change; Geography, Planning and Development; Ecology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Nature and Landscape Conservation; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Abstract :
[en] Agricultural intensification has strongly impacted ecosystems and accelerated the process of global change. Consequently, agroecological practices are being increasingly adopted. Agroecological practices are biodiversity-based solutions that aim to generate sustainable and resilient agroecosystems, which could enhance the supply of ecosystem services. This study compared agroecological and conventional horticultural farms in terms of agroecological practices and ecosystem services supply. We conducted biophysical samplings and interviews on 24 agroecological and conventional farms over two summers in the Madrid Region (Spain). We used multiple indicators as proxies of the supply of 12 ecosystem services, and we identified the agricultural practices applied at each farm. We found that agroecological farmers applied more agroecological practices compared to conventional farmers, and agroecological farms had a higher potential to supply regulating, provisioning, and cultural services. Some agroecological practices, such as crop diversification, light tillage, and the use of organic pesticides, were associated with enhancing soil fertility, pest control, and pollination services. Our study provided empirical evidence that agroecological practices enhance ecosystem services at horticultural farms, which is extremely relevant to upscaling agroecology in the current context of ongoing European policy reforms.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Palomo-Campesino, Sara ; Department of Applied Research and Agricultural Extension, Madrid Institute for Rural, Agricultural and Food Research and Development (IMIDRA), Alcalá de Henares, Spain ; Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
García-Llorente, Marina; Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain ; Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain ; Fractal Collective, Madrid, Spain
Hevia, Violeta; Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Boeraeve, Fanny ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Biodiversité et Paysage
Dendoncker, Nicolas; University of Namur, Department of Geography, Namur, Belgium
González, José A. ; Social-Ecological Systems Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain ; Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Language :
English
Title :
Do agroecological practices enhance the supply of ecosystem services? A comparison between agroecological and conventional horticultural farms
We acknowledge all the farmers for their time, collaboration, and kindness. We also acknowledge Inés Gutiérrez Briceño, Irene Pérez Ramírez, Jorge Ortega Marcos, and Salomé Carle for their invaluable help during the field work. Sara Palomo-Campesino was funded by a grant from the Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology, co-funded by the Social European Fund (FPI-INIA). This work was also supported by AgroecologiCAM project funded by the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and Madrid Regional Government under the Rural Development Programme (RDP-CM 2014-2020); by SIMBIOSIS API-AGRO project funded by the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and Madrid Regional Government under the Rural Development Programme (RDP-CM 2014-2020); by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N_81819, by the project entitled: Co-design of novel contract models for innovative agri-environmental-climate measures and for valorisation of environmental public goods; and by SAVIA project (Sowing Alternatives for Agro-ecological Innovation) funded by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Dirección General de Investigación e Innovación de la Consejería de Educación e Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid (SI1/PJI/2019-00444).Sara Palomo-Campesino was funded by a grant from the Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology, co-funded by the Social European Fund (FPI-INIA). This work was also supported by AgroecologiCAM project funded by the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and Madrid Regional Government under the Rural Development Programme (RDP-CM 2014-2020); by SIMBIOSIS API-AGRO project funded by the European Union, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and Madrid Regional Government under the Rural Development Programme (RDP-CM 2014-2020); by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N_81819, by the project entitled: Co-design of novel contract models for innovative agri-environmental-climate measures and for valorisation of environmental public goods; and by SAVIA project (Sowing Alternatives for Agro-ecological Innovation) funded by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Dirección General de Investigación e Innovación de la Consejería de Educación e Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid (SI1/PJI/2019-00444).
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