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Supporting and massifying agroecology practices with an operational toolbox the French case study
Article number
1355_35
Pages
277 – 286
Language
English
Abstract
Agroecology can response to numerous current challenges, but requires a more massive farmer engagement.
Even if plenty of agronomy practices are researched in limited context, it is most important to deploy practices at large scale also to consolidate and even improve the technical-economic approaches.
This paper describe farmer needs and transformation change model.
Then is proposed an operational toolbox based on an existing French network called Carbone Fertile – Centre National dAgroécologie of 10,000 farms covering each type of production: cereals, livestock, vine, fruit and vegetables.
The toolbox combines dissemination, training and assessment tools.
Dissemination is organized through a YouTube Channel developed by Ver de Terre Production with 10.000 views per day and more than 8 million views since his creation.
A wiki platform called tripleperformance.fr complete dissemination thanks to a participative platform allowing knowledge sharing but also farm experiment description.
Experiments are followed by farmers or students collecting agronomic, economic and environmental data.
The better results in a variety of regions offer a portfolio of success stories allowing a better farmer engagement.
Farmers training is realized through on-site and digital learning sessions.
Assessment of farm practices is proposed at a field level with a humic balance to model carbon flows.
Field diagnostics are completed with observation methods and low cost measurement tools.
At farm level is proposed a sustainability assessment tool named Indiciades to represent holistic performance, thanks to the comparison with other groups.
An economical and agronomic decision support system is under development to get a full operational toolbox.
The results of this approach is the ability to massify access to agroecology thanks to self-training and self-assessment tools.
The approach highlights the best local farm practices and success stories, that helps individual farmersRSQUO engagement but also farmersRSQUO groups dynamics.
As a perspective, this toolbox should be internationally disseminated and its effects should be measured through behavior and sociological studies.
Even if plenty of agronomy practices are researched in limited context, it is most important to deploy practices at large scale also to consolidate and even improve the technical-economic approaches.
This paper describe farmer needs and transformation change model.
Then is proposed an operational toolbox based on an existing French network called Carbone Fertile – Centre National dAgroécologie of 10,000 farms covering each type of production: cereals, livestock, vine, fruit and vegetables.
The toolbox combines dissemination, training and assessment tools.
Dissemination is organized through a YouTube Channel developed by Ver de Terre Production with 10.000 views per day and more than 8 million views since his creation.
A wiki platform called tripleperformance.fr complete dissemination thanks to a participative platform allowing knowledge sharing but also farm experiment description.
Experiments are followed by farmers or students collecting agronomic, economic and environmental data.
The better results in a variety of regions offer a portfolio of success stories allowing a better farmer engagement.
Farmers training is realized through on-site and digital learning sessions.
Assessment of farm practices is proposed at a field level with a humic balance to model carbon flows.
Field diagnostics are completed with observation methods and low cost measurement tools.
At farm level is proposed a sustainability assessment tool named Indiciades to represent holistic performance, thanks to the comparison with other groups.
An economical and agronomic decision support system is under development to get a full operational toolbox.
The results of this approach is the ability to massify access to agroecology thanks to self-training and self-assessment tools.
The approach highlights the best local farm practices and success stories, that helps individual farmersRSQUO engagement but also farmersRSQUO groups dynamics.
As a perspective, this toolbox should be internationally disseminated and its effects should be measured through behavior and sociological studies.
Authors
V. Levavasseur
Keywords
massify agroecology, farmer engagement, toolbox, dissemination, success stories, multi-actor approach, co-design, open data
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