Prospects for Agroecology in Europe Perspectives de l'agroécologie en Europe Perspektiven für die Agrarökologie in Europa

IF 2.4 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Alan Matthews
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Agroecology is not a new concept. Its rising prominence, however, is linked to greater societal awareness of environmental pressures associated with agricultural practices, a decline in the number of farmers, the growing market power of major corporate businesses, and links between ill-health and patterns of food consumption. In this context, agroecology is proposed as an alternative and sustainable model for agricultural production and for organising food systems. However, the uptake of agroecological practices in Europe is low. Fewer than 3 per cent of all farms have been defined as agroecological by achieving a pre-determined threshold on all five of key management principles. Economic viability, specifically the return to labour, will be a key factor in determining the attractiveness of agroecological practices to farmers and ultimately the farming system chosen. If current market conditions and economic incentives prove to be insufficient to promote the uptake of agroecological practices, then the associated non-market or social benefits may be key in generating appropriate rewards to farmers adopting these systems.

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欧洲农业生态学展望欧洲农业生态学前景
农业生态学并不是一个新概念。然而,它的日益突出与社会对与农业实践相关的环境压力的认识提高、农民数量的减少、主要企业的市场力量的增强以及健康不良与食品消费模式之间的联系有关。在这种背景下,农业生态学被认为是农业生产和粮食系统组织的一种替代和可持续的模式。然而,欧洲对农业生态实践的接受程度很低。通过在所有五项关键管理原则上达到预先确定的阈值,只有不到3%的农场被定义为农业生态农场。经济可行性,特别是劳动力的回归,将是决定农业生态实践对农民的吸引力以及最终选择的农业系统的关键因素。如果目前的市场条件和经济激励措施被证明不足以促进农业生态实践的采用,那么相关的非市场或社会效益可能是为采用这些制度的农民创造适当奖励的关键。
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EuroChoices
EuroChoices AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-
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期刊介绍: EuroChoices is a full colour, peer reviewed, outreach journal of topical European agri-food and rural resource issues, published three times a year in April, August and December. Its main aim is to bring current research and policy deliberations on agri-food and rural resource issues to a wide readership, both technical & non-technical. The need for this is clear - there are great changes afoot in the European and global agri-food industries and rural areas, which are of enormous impact and concern to society. The issues which underlie present deliberations in the policy and private sectors are complex and, until now, normally expressed in impenetrable technical language.
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