Manifestations and underlying drivers of agricultural land use change in Europe

J Van Vliet, HLF de Groot, P Rietveld… - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural land use in Europe has changed considerably in the last decades. However, our
understanding of agricultural land use changes, especially changes in land use intensity, is …

Resilience and why it matters for farm management

I Darnhofer - European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This paper examines the concept of resilience and its increasing use in the face of both
economic uncertainty and climate change, and applies it to farm management. Resilience is …

Capturing farm diversity with hypothesis-based typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development

S Alvarez, CJ Timler, M Michalscheck, W Paas… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Creating typologies is a way to summarize the large heterogeneity of smallholder farming
systems into a few farm types. Various methods exist, commonly using statistical analysis, to …

Understanding the nested, multi-scale, spatial and hierarchical nature of future climate change adaptation decision making in agricultural regions: a narrative literature …

G Lyle - Journal of Rural Studies, 2015 - Elsevier
Historically, innovation in industrialised agricultural landscapes has been slow. Likewise,
future climate change adaptation (CCA) will also be slow if complex interactions highlighted …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of change in mountain agriculture: A thirty-year analysis of trajectories of evolution of cattle farming systems in the Spanish Pyrenees

E Muñoz-Ulecia, A Bernués, I Casasús, AM Olaizola… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mountain regions are characterized by complex interrelations between human and natural
systems. Political and socioeconomic drivers at various scales affect mountain farming …

Trajectories of French field crop farmers moving toward sustainable farming practices: change, learning, and links with the advisory services

E Chantre, A Cardona - Agroecology and Sustainable Food …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Criticism of field crop farming based on the intensive use of pesticides and fertilizers is
growing. Yet, the processes of change toward the ecologization of farming practices are …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of a generalised farm typology to aid selection, targeting and scaling of onfarm research

KL Hassall, F Baudron, C MacLaren, JE Cairns… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Farm typologies are often used to reduce the complexity in categorising diverse farming
systems, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The resulting typologies can then be used in …

Paths to last in mixed crop–livestock farming: lessons from an assessment of farm trajectories of change

J Ryschawy, N Choisis, JP Choisis, A Gibon - Animal, 2013 - cambridge.org
Mixed crop–livestock systems, combining livestock and cash crops at farm level, are
considered to be suitable for sustainable intensification of agriculture. Ensuring the survival …

A landscape perspective on sustainability of agricultural systems

VH Dale, KL Kline, SR Kaffka, JWA Langeveld - Landscape ecology, 2013 - Springer
Agricultural sustainability considers the effects of farm activities on social, economic, and
environmental conditions at local and regional scales. Adoption of more sustainable …

Transitional pathways towards input reduction on French field crop farms

E Chantre, M Cerf, M Le Bail - International Journal of Agricultural …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Reducing the use of pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture has become a key issue in many
European countries. How have farmers engaged in this type of process modified their …