Author:
Spörri Martina,El Benni Nadja,Mack Gabriele,Finger Robert
Abstract
AbstractLand use intensity determines the provision of multiple important ecosystem services of agriculture. In Switzerland, agricultural policy developments have aimed and still aim to extensify agricultural systems and especially grassland use. We here provide a spatial and temporal analysis of changes in grassland use intensity and discuss them in the context of agricultural policy developments to assess potential policy impacts. We use farm-level census data over a period of 19 years. Spatio-temporal patterns of in- and extensification are investigated visually and by global and local Moran’s I measures. We find that while average changes in grassland use intensity are small, there is a substantial increase in the heterogeneity of grassland use intensity strategies over time, as indicated by increasing interquantile ranges of yearly boxplots. Our results suggest that both in- and extensification are profitable strategies for farmers within the given policy framework. Furthermore, Moran’s I measures show the emergence of regional clusters of in- and extensification. These intensification clusters possibly amplify environmental problems. Our analysis therefore highlights the need for spatial assessments of agricultural policies, i.e. local adverse environmental effects of intensive grassland use should be targeted by spatially tailored policy measures.
Funder
European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme
Agroscope
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Global and Planetary Change
Reference69 articles.
1. Allan E, Manning P, Alt F, Binkenstein J, Blaser S et al (2015) Land use intensification alters ecosystem multifunctionality via loss of biodiversity and changes to functional composition. Ecol Lett 18(8):834–843. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12469
2. Anselin L (1995) Local indicators of spatial association—LISA. Geogr Anal 27(2):93–115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.1995.tb00338.x
3. Baronti S, Ungaro F, Maienza A, Ugolini F, Lagomarsino A et al (2022) Rotational pasture management to increase the sustainability of mountain livestock farms in the Alpine region. Reg Environ Change 22(2):50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-01896-1
4. Beckmann M, Gerstner K, Akin-Fajiye M, Ceaușu S, Kambach S et al (2019) Conventional land-use intensification reduces species richness and increases production: a global meta-analysis. Glob Change Biol 25(6):1941–1956. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14606
5. Binder S, Mann S (2019) Wie fördern die Kantone ihre Landwirtschaft. Agrarforschung Schweiz 10:308–313. From https://www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2019/09/wie-foerdern-die-kantone-ihre-landwirtschaft/. Accessed 31 December 2022
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献