Yara Shennan-Farpón , Audrey Vion-Loisel , Arnout van Soesbergen , Elena López-Gunn , Celia García Asenjo , Hedwig van Delden , Caitlin Douglas , Mark Mulligan
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Understanding regenerative agriculture in Europe: An analysis of academic literature, stakeholder perceptions and policy comparing Spain and the UK
Europe’s food and agricultural systems face multiple threats, from soil degradation, to water availability, high input costs and changing agricultural policy and trade environments. At the same time, the environmental degradation associated with agriculture threatens biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services to millions of people. Regenerative agriculture is gaining popularity, reflecting an approach which aims to reduce agriculture’s impact on the environment, improve soil health and maintain the sustainability of production. While ongoing changes to UK and EU policy landscapes aim to encourage sustainable transformation of food systems and agriculture, uncertainty remains across the diverse stakeholder groups involved (practitioners, scientists, and policy-makers) around the definition of regenerative agriculture, the practices associated with it, and its outcomes. This lack of consensus and documented evidence can influence attitudes and create barriers to uptake. In this paper, we combine a review of key UK and EU agricultural policies, literature review, and analysis of participatory stakeholder processes in Spain and the UK to determine whether policy developments adequately reflect perceived barriers, motivations and understanding of regenerative agricultural practices. We find very limited presence of regenerative agriculture and descriptions of practices commonly associated with it in both EU and UK policies. Evidence from stakeholders and peer-reviewed literature suggest regenerative agriculture is more commonly discussed in a UK context, and uptake of regenerative agriculture and knowledge-sharing between farmers in Spain is lower compared to the UK. Clearer guidelines on practices and methods, and evidence on the barriers, incentives and outcomes in using regenerative agriculture are needed from the science and policy-making communities to promote successful and effective changes across the sector and prevent misguided and inconsistent labelling of production systems.
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Environmental Science & Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.