| Title: |
Multi-criteria assessment of integrating legumes into cropping systems across Europe |
| Authors: |
Notz, Inka; Alves, Sheila; Haase, Thorsten; Hargreaves, PR; Hennessy, Michael; Iantcheva, Anelia; Recknagel, Juergen; Rittler, Leopold; Schuler, Johannes; Topp, CFE; Vasiljevic, Marjana; Wolf, Fritz; Reckling, Moritz |
| Source: |
Notz, I, Alves, S, Haase, T, Hargreaves, PR, Hennessy, M, Iantcheva, A, Recknagel, J, Rittler, L, Schuler, J, Topp, CFE, Vasiljevic, M, Wolf, F & Reckling, M 2021, 'Multi-criteria assessment of integrating legumes into cropping systems across Europe', Paper presented at Legume Science and Practice 2, 1/09/21 - 3/09/21. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Subject Terms: |
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger; name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth; name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production; name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production |
| Description: |
Integration of legumes into European agricultural systems would diversify the highly specialized cropping systems that are dominated by cereals and increase resource efficiency of agricultural systems. By providing high quality protein for food and feed as well as regulating and supporting services, legumes contribute essential ecosystem services. In order to assess the overall effects of legumes in agricultural systems, it is necessary to consider how legumes are integrated in cropping systems and evaluate the impacts of this integration. As legumes influence the production of other crops in the rotation and as the interaction of legumes are multiplex, an assessment of the cropping system that considers multiple criteria is required. The objective of this work was to assess the impacts of changes in crop rotations through the integration of legumes using cropping systems implemented in practice. We used a multi-actor approach to incorporate the knowledge of a range of legume experienced actors representing value chains with soybean, pea, faba bean, lupin and forages for food and feed and evaluate thereby the role of legumes in crop rotations of diverse systems from Ireland in the West to Ukraine in the East. Within the research process we firstly identified region-specific crop rotations with cultivation techniques based on expert opinion in the 17 different study areas. One rotation representing the current farming without legumes and at least one alternative legume-based crop rotation was specified per region. Secondly, a valid set of indicators was developed, including environmental, economic and agronomic indicators. The indicators were calculated for each cropping system at the rotational level, considering pre-crop effects i.e. adapted N fertilizer application rates and yields. Finally, the cropping system assessment compared current farming practices to legume-based alternatives. Trade-offs and synergies between different indicators e.g. gross margins and N fertilizer use were identified. On average, ... |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Availability: |
https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/2cb44394-95fb-4db8-bc39-c80916976829; https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/ws/files/43617791/Legumes_FINAL_PROG_ABSTRACTS.pdf |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.3E2CE5A6 |
| Database: |
BASE |