Joint environmental and social benefits diversified agriculture.
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| Title: | Joint environmental and social benefits diversified agriculture. |
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| Authors: | Rasmussen, Laura Vang, Grass, Ingo, Mehrabi, Zia, Smith, Olivia M., Bezner-Kerr, Rachel, Blesh, Jennifer, Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro, Isaac, Marney E., Kennedy, Christina M., Wittman, Hannah, Batáry, Péter, Buchori, Damayanti, Cerda, Rolando, Chará, Julián, Crowder, David W., Darras, Kevin, DeMaster, Kathryn, Garcia, Karina, Gómez, Manuel, Gonthier, David |
| Source: | Science (pre-March 2025). 4/5/2024, Vol. 384 Issue 6691, p87-93. 7p. 4 Diagrams. |
| Subjects: | Agriculture, Water conservation, Ecosystem services, Well-being, Food security, Agricultural diversification |
| Abstract: | Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and environmental outcomes. Drawing from 24 studies in 11 countries across 2655 farms, we show how five diversification strategies focusing on livestock, crops, soils, noncrop plantings, and water conservation benefit social (e.g., human well-being, yields, and food security) and environmental (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services, and reduced environmental externalities) outcomes. We found that applying multiple diversification strategies creates more positive outcomes than individual management strategies alone. To realize these benefits, well-designed policies are needed to incentivize the adoption of multiple diversification strategies in unison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just Earth system boundaries. Here, we estimated how agricultural diversification simultaneously affects social and environmental outcomes. Drawing from 24 studies in 11 countries across 2655 farms, we show how five diversification strategies focusing on livestock, crops, soils, noncrop plantings, and water conservation benefit social (e.g., human well-being, yields, and food security) and environmental (e.g., biodiversity, ecosystem services, and reduced environmental externalities) outcomes. We found that applying multiple diversification strategies creates more positive outcomes than individual management strategies alone. To realize these benefits, well-designed policies are needed to incentivize the adoption of multiple diversification strategies in unison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00368075 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.adj1914 |
