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Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems: Current status and way forward

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Title Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems: Current status and way forward
 
Creator Klapwijk, C.J.
Wijk, Mark T. van
Rosenstock, Todd S.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Thornton, Philip K.
Giller, Ken E.
 
Subject agriculture
farming systems
 
Description Trade-off analysis has become an increasingly important approach for evaluating system level outcomes of agricultural production and for prioritizing and targeting management interventions in multifunctional agricultural landscapes. We review the state-of-the-art for trade-off analysis, assessing different techniques by exploring a concrete example of trade-offs around the use of crop residues in smallholder farming systems. The techniques for performing trade-off analyses have developed substantially in recent years aided by mathematical advancement, increased computing power, and emerging insights into systems behaviour. Combining different techniques allows the assessment of aspects of system behaviour via various perspectives, thereby generating complementary knowledge. However, this does not solve the fundamental challenge: trade-off analyses without substantial stakeholder engagement often have limited practical utility for informing practical decision-making. We suggest ways to integrate approaches and improve the potential for societal impact of future trade-off analyses.
 
Date 2014-02
2013-12-27T17:29:06Z
2013-12-27T17:29:06Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Klapwijk, C.J., Wijk, M.T. van, Rosenstock, T.S., Asten, P.J.A. van, Thornton, P.K. and Giller, K.E. 2014. Analysis of trade-offs in agricultural systems: Current status and way forward. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 6:110-115.
1877-3435
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34286
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.012
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 110-115
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability