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Examining multi-functionality for crop yield and ecosystem services in five systems of agroecological intensification
Abstract
Agroecological intensification (AEI) integrates ecological principles and biodiversity management into farming systems with the aims of increasing farm productivity, reducing dependency on external inputs, and sustaining or enhancing ecosystem services. This review develops an analytic framework to characterize the fulfilment of these objectives by documenting the co-occurrence of positive, neutral, and negative outcomes for crop yield and nine regulating ecosystem services. We provide an illustrative examination of the framework, evaluating evidence for yield and ecosystem service outcomes across five AEI systems: conservation agriculture, holistic grazing management, organic agriculture, precision agriculture, and system of rice intensification (SRI). We reviewed 104 studies containing 245 individual comparisons between AEI and contrasting farming systems. In three of the five AEI systems, conservation agriculture, precision agriculture, and SRI, more than half of reviewed comparisons reported ‘win-win’ outcomes, enhancement of both yield and ecosystem services, or ‘win-neutral’ outcomes relative to contrasting farming systems. The review presents substantial evidence that the five AEI systems can contribute to multi-functional agriculture by increasing ecosystem service provision, or reducing negative externalities associated with agriculture, while maintaining or increasing yields. A framework such as the one presented here can help guide decision-makers considering how best to implement multi-functional agriculture so that both crop yield and ecosystem service delivery can be maintained or increased.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Garbach, K., Milder, J. C., DeClerck, F. A. J., Montenegro de Wit, M., Driscoll, L., & Gemmill-Herren, B.
- Affiliations
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT (IT)
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- World Agroforestry Center, Nairobi, Kenya
- Corresponding author
- Garbach, Kelly
- Venue
- International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-04-28
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 11-28
- ISSN
- 1473-5903 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-762X
- OpenAlex
- W2342557752
- Cited by
- 198
- References
- 110
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 12.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (publishedVersion)
- CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Keywords
- agroecological intensification, multifunctionality, crop yield, ecosystem services, regulating services, conservation agriculture, organic farming, precision agriculture, System of Rice Intensification
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