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Nitrogen metabolism of an Indian village based on the comparative agriculture approach: How characterizing social diversity was essential for understanding crop-livestock integration

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  • Aubron, Claire
  • Vigne, Mathieu
  • Philippon, Olivier
  • Lucas, Corentin
  • Lesens, Pierre
  • Upton, Spencer
  • Salgado, Paulo
  • Ruiz, Laurent

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Addressing the environmental impact of agriculture requires a comprehensive analysis of the system at stake, and accounting for the social diversity (i.e. social groups involved in farming and relationships between them) is particularly important for designing efficient policies aimed at mitigating these impacts. However, the integration of this diversity in environmental assessments remains challenging, partly due to the lack of frameworks for combining data and concepts belonging to bio-technical and social sciences.

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  • Aubron, Claire & Vigne, Mathieu & Philippon, Olivier & Lucas, Corentin & Lesens, Pierre & Upton, Spencer & Salgado, Paulo & Ruiz, Laurent, 2021. "Nitrogen metabolism of an Indian village based on the comparative agriculture approach: How characterizing social diversity was essential for understanding crop-livestock integration," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:193:y:2021:i:c:s0308521x21001712
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103218
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