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Considering agro-ecosystems as ecological funds for collective design: New perspectives for environmental policy

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  • Elsa T. Berthet

    (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, SADAPT - Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech, Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University - McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • Blanche Segrestin

    (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Gordon M. Hickey

    (Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University - McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

Abstract

Enhancing agro-ecosystem sustainability raises difficult challenges for environmental policy: it requires both increasing knowledge on these complex systems to design effective solutions and coordinating stakeholders with diverging interests. However, most existing environmental policies consider ecosystems' desirable properties as given, leading ecosystem managers to favor "turnkey" solutions. How could public policy better support local collective initiatives aiming at reconciling agriculture and the environment? This paper presents an empirical case study from western France, in which a partnership between an agricultural cooperative and an ecological research center resulted in a collective design initiative. We conceptually model this initiative drawing upon recent design theories and Georgescu-Roegen's ‘fund-flow' model, defining ‘ecological funds' as the starting point of a collective design process. The results highlight the importance of developing policy instruments that can better support local innovation processes through greater democratization. Adopting a design approach to sustainable agricultural landscape management could be particularly fruitful in situations where collective action is necessary but where there is no common good recognized as such, and no existing community identified.

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  • Elsa T. Berthet & Blanche Segrestin & Gordon M. Hickey, 2016. "Considering agro-ecosystems as ecological funds for collective design: New perspectives for environmental policy," Post-Print hal-01305924, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01305924
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.04.005
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    1. Pigford, Ashlee-Ann E. & Hickey, Gordon M. & Klerkx, Laurens, 2018. "Beyond agricultural innovation systems? Exploring an agricultural innovation ecosystems approach for niche design and development in sustainability transitions," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 116-121.
    2. Sonia MILEVA & Teodora GEORGIEVA, 2022. "Sectoral innovation system of agribusiness in Bulgaria – main challenges and perspectives," Access Journal, Access Press Publishing House, vol. 3(3), pages 307-338, July.
    3. Berthet, Elsa T. & Bretagnolle, Vincent & Gaba, Sabrina, 2022. "Place-based social-ecological research is crucial for designing collective management of ecosystem services," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
    4. Elsa T. Berthet & Sara Bosshardt & Lise Malicet-Chebbah & Gaëlle van Frank & Benoit Weil & Blanche Segrestin & Pierre Rivière & Léa Bernard & Elodie Baritaux & Isabelle Goldringer, 2020. "Designing Innovative Management for Cultivated Biodiversity: Lessons from a Pioneering Collaboration between French Farmers, Facilitators and Researchers around Participatory Bread Wheat Breeding," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-19, January.
    5. Della Rossa, Pauline & Mottes, Charles & Cattan, Philippe & Le Bail, Marianne, 2022. "A new method to co-design agricultural systems at the territorial scale - Application to reduce herbicide pollution in Martinique," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
    6. Ilaria Zambon & Massimo Cecchini & Enrico Maria Mosconi & Andrea Colantoni, 2019. "Revolutionizing Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: The Role of Energy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-11, September.
    7. Berthet, Elsa T. & Hickey, Gordon M., 2018. "Organizing collective innovation in support of sustainable agro-ecosystems: The role of network management," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 44-54.
    8. Elsa E. Berthet & Sara Bosshardt & Lise Malicet-Chebbah & Gaëlle van Frank & Benoit Weil & Blanche Segrestin & Pierre Riviere & Léa Bernard & Elodie Baritaux & Isabelle Goldringer, 2020. "Designing Innovative Management for Cultivated Biodiversity: Lessons from a Pioneering Collaboration between French Farmers, Facilitators and Researchers around Participatory Bread Wheat Breeding," Post-Print hal-02445107, HAL.

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