Regenerative Agriculture as an Opportunity for Resilience, Biodiversity and Socioeconomic in a Changing World
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 405
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cultural landscapes; modelling; ecosystem services
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Interests: social-ecological system; land use change; ecosystem services; biocultural diversity; rural abandonment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Currently, we live into a new geological era: the Anthropocene, a time of fast and global changes in the biosphere. Among the main global drivers of change, land-use intensification in agrarian landscapes is seen as a key strategy to feed humanity, but this has important ecological and social impacts. In this context, regenerative agriculture is a solution to conventional agriculture. In recent years, scientific interest in regenerative food systems and agricultural practices has been growing. Regenerative agriculture is focused on the enhancement of soil health, taking into account the capture of carbon to mitigate climate change and biodiversity, but also to contribute to provisioning, regulation and cultural ecosystem services, enhancing the social and economic dimensions of food production. Therefore, regenerative agriculture not only has an environmental dimension, supporting resilience, but also a socioeconomic perspective with a linkage in the territory (farmers and consumers). The present Special Issue will focus on recent advancements in regenerative agriculture with an emphasis on soil health, climate change mitigation, biodiversity, water and ecosystem services. Research papers, communications, and review articles are all welcome. In particular, we encourage contributions covering the relationships among regenerative agriculture and environmental and socioeconomic aspects.
Prof. Dr. Pedro Aguilera
Dr. Cristina Quintas-Soriano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil organic matter
- carbon sequestration
- water in regenerative agriculture
- diversification of land uses
- livestock and regenerative agriculture
- ecosystem services
- social-ecological resilience
- biodiversity
