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Diversity and drivers of crop diversification pathways of European farms

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  • Revoyron, Eva
  • Le Bail, Marianne
  • Meynard, Jean-Marc
  • Gunnarsson, Anita
  • Seghetti, Marco
  • Colombo, Luca

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Diversified cropping systems are a main pillar of agroecological practices, but their development is hindered by technological lock-in of agri-food systems around a few major crops. There are only a few examples where minor crops successfully developed and stabilized in a given agricultural region. The underlying change processes at play in these situations are not well known.

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  • Revoyron, Eva & Le Bail, Marianne & Meynard, Jean-Marc & Gunnarsson, Anita & Seghetti, Marco & Colombo, Luca, 2022. "Diversity and drivers of crop diversification pathways of European farms," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:201:y:2022:i:c:s0308521x22000750
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103439
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