1. Landscape Agronomy: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead, from a European Perspective
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Claudine Thenail, Anna-Camilla Moonen, Sylvie Lardon, Elisa Marraccini, Davide Rizzo, Biodiversité agroécologie et aménagement du paysage (UMR BAGAP), Ecole supérieure d'Agricultures d'Angers (ESA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Rennes Angers, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Center of Plant Sciences, Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa] (SSSUP), Territoires (Territoires), AgroParisTech-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali - Universita Udine (DISA), Università degli Studi di Udine - University of Udine [Italie], Innovation, Territoire, Agriculture et Agro-industrie, Connaissance et Technologie (INTERACT), UniLaSalle, Laboratoire d'étude des Interactions Sol - Agrosystème - Hydrosystème (UMR LISAH), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier
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Policy-making, Integrated approach, Natural resource management, Farm management, Agriculture ,Policy-making ,Farm management ,[SDV.SA.AGRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy ,Agriculture ,Policymaking ,Natural resource management ,[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography ,Integrated approach - Abstract
International audience; Landscape Agronomy is expected to contribute to the observation, understanding and support of agriculture at the landscape level. The conceptual model of Landscape Agronomy was developed to integrate assessment and monitoring beyond the farm level and across multiple temporal and spatial scales. In this chapter, we evaluate the relevance of the Landscape Agronomy conceptual model by analysing three issues of integrated governance and public action. The three examples highlight the three parts of the conceptual model: (a) core agricultural landscape dynamics, illustrated by farmers’ collective projects of agroecological transition; (b) the three poles of the conceptual model—practices, resources and patterns—illustrated by Integrated Pest Management as an example of requirements for sustainable agroecosystem management; and (c) temporal and spatial interactions, illustrated by the concept of territorial circularity as a way to integrate landscape-based management into global issues related to nutrient cycles. Although it captures the key issues addressed by such perspectives, the Landscape Agronomy conceptual model still faces some challenges, such as explicit consideration of temporal dimensions and explicit inclusion of new (invisible) patterns emerging from newly available data and digitalisation.
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- 2022
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