Do Smallholder, Mixed Crop-Livestock Livelihoods Encourage Sustainable Agricultural Practices? A Meta-Analysis
| Autor: | Thomas Rudel, Amy M. Lerner, Oh-Jung Kwon, Megan McGroddy, Diana V. Burbano, Michael Peters, D. White, Manuel Silva Luna, Idupulapati M. Rao, Maryline Boval, Mario Cuchillo, Birthe K. Paul |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Rutgers University [Camden], Rutgers University System (Rutgers), Hanyang University, International Center for Tropical Agriculture [Colombie] (CIAT), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR), Modélisation Systémique Appliquée aux Ruminants (MoSAR), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], University of Virginia, Princeton University, Research for development and conservation, Partenaires INRAE, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán - National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition Salvador Zubiran [Mexico], Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias [Mexico] (INIFAP) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
agriculture durable
Integrated farming Conservation agriculture polyculture élevage [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Smallholders Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network agro-ecology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences lcsh:Agriculture Sustainable agriculture méta analyse mixed crop-livestock farming sustainable agriculture conservation agriculture smallholders [INFO]Computer Science [cs] 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation 2. Zero hunger Global and Planetary Change Ecology Agroforestry business.industry Mixed crop-livestock farming lcsh:S Farm Systems Ecology Group 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Agroécologie 15. Life on land Livelihood Agriculture Sustainability 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Business Mixed farming Agro-ecology |
| Zdroj: | Land 5 (2016) 1 Land Land, MDPI, 2016, 5 (1), pp.6. ⟨10.3390/land5010006⟩ Land, 5(1) Land, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 6 (2016) Land (Basel) 1 (5), 6. (2016) Land; Volume 5; Issue 1; Pages: 6 |
| ISSN: | 2073-445X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/land5010006⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; As calls for bolstering ecosystem services from croplands have grown more insistent during the past two decades, the search for ways to foster these agriculture-sustaining services has become more urgent. In this context we examine by means of a meta-analysis the argument, proposed by Robert McC. Netting, that small-scale, mixed crop-livestock farming, a common livelihood among poor rural peoples, leads to environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. As predicted, mixed crop-livestock farms exhibit more sustainable practices, but, contrary to predictions, a small scale of operation does not predict sustainability. Many smallholders on mixed crop-livestock farms use sustainable practices, but other smallholders practice a degrading, input-scarce agriculture. Some large farm operators use soil-conserving, minimum-tillage techniques while other large operators ignore soil-conserving techniques and practice an industrialized, high chemical input agriculture. The strength and pervasiveness of the link in the data between mixed crop-livestock farming and sustainable agricultural practices argues for agricultural policies that promote mixed crop-livestock livelihoods. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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