Assessing the multidimensional impacts of agroecological practices in Southeast Asia. A review

IF 6.4 1区 农林科学 Q1 AGRONOMY
Genowefa Blundo-Canto, Daniel Kangogo, Jean-Christophe Castella, Estelle Biénabe, Dimas Fauzi, Alexander Van Der Meer Simo
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Abstract

Agroecological practices are largely recognized as one way of engaging social actors in the co-design and transformation of food systems towards sustainability. Such comprehensive approaches are difficult to evaluate using conventional metrics of agronomic and economic performance, which are only partial judges of the changes they enable. Holistic evaluation frameworks are essential to capture the multidimensional impacts of agroecology and provide evidence for informed decision-making. Identifying methodological gaps remains critical for framework improvement. While systematic reviews on agroecology impacts exist for other regions, Southeast Asia lacks such analysis despite its agricultural importance and unique characteristics. This knowledge gap potentially undermines the effectiveness of agroecological initiatives across Southeast Asia’s diverse agricultural landscapes. In response to this gap, we carried out the first systematic literature review on this topic in Southeast Asia. Our review included 97 papers across diverse disciplines. More than a third of the studies were conducted in Indonesia, with agroforestry accounting for half of the reviewed papers. Comparative land use studies and field experiments each constituted one-third of the research records, with both approaches focused on the plot level. Quasi-experimental evaluations represented merely 5% of the total studies. Half of the studies analyzed impacts of agroecological practices on income, followed by biodiversity and yield; very few assessed socio-cultural indicators. Overall, positive impacts of agroecology were reported, focusing on biodiversity, input efficiency, and soil health. The few studies on integrated crop-livestock farming assessed more diverse impacts, including social values and diets. Key methodological gaps in the holistic evaluation of agroecology in Southeast Asia emerge from this review. Research limitations include predominant plot-level focus, insufficient methodological integration of evaluation approaches, and critically neglected social and cultural dimensions. Additionally, a contextualized definition of agroecology developed and embedded in Southeast Asia farming systems is needed to guide adequate characterization, evaluation and policy formulation. 

评估东南亚农业生态实践的多维影响。回顾
农业生态实践在很大程度上被认为是让社会行动者参与共同设计和粮食系统转型以实现可持续性的一种方式。这种全面的方法很难用传统的农艺和经济绩效指标来评估,这些指标只能部分地判断它们所带来的变化。整体评价框架对于捕捉生态农业的多维影响并为知情决策提供证据至关重要。确定方法上的差距对于框架改进仍然至关重要。虽然其他地区存在对农业生态影响的系统评价,但东南亚缺乏这种分析,尽管其农业重要性和独特性。这种知识差距可能会破坏东南亚多样化农业景观中农业生态倡议的有效性。针对这一空白,我们在东南亚对这一主题进行了首次系统的文献综述。我们的综述包括97篇不同学科的论文。超过三分之一的研究是在印度尼西亚进行的,农林业占被审查论文的一半。土地利用比较研究和田间试验各占研究记录的三分之一,两种方法都侧重于地块水平。准实验评估仅占全部研究的5%。一半的研究分析了农业生态实践对收入的影响,其次是生物多样性和产量;很少评估社会文化指标。总体而言,报告了农业生态学的积极影响,重点是生物多样性、投入效率和土壤健康。为数不多的关于作物-牲畜综合养殖的研究评估了更多样化的影响,包括社会价值和饮食。在东南亚农业生态学的整体评价中,主要的方法差距从这一审查中显现出来。研究的局限包括主要关注情节水平,评估方法的方法整合不足,以及严重忽视社会和文化维度。此外,需要在东南亚农业系统中制定并嵌入农业生态学的背景定义,以指导适当的特征、评估和政策制定。
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Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Agronomy for Sustainable Development 农林科学-农艺学
CiteScore
10.70
自引率
8.20%
发文量
108
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: Agronomy for Sustainable Development (ASD) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of international scope, dedicated to publishing original research articles, review articles, and meta-analyses aimed at improving sustainability in agricultural and food systems. The journal serves as a bridge between agronomy, cropping, and farming system research and various other disciplines including ecology, genetics, economics, and social sciences. ASD encourages studies in agroecology, participatory research, and interdisciplinary approaches, with a focus on systems thinking applied at different scales from field to global levels. Research articles published in ASD should present significant scientific advancements compared to existing knowledge, within an international context. Review articles should critically evaluate emerging topics, and opinion papers may also be submitted as reviews. Meta-analysis articles should provide clear contributions to resolving widely debated scientific questions.
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