Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept

Akakpo Koladé, Ameur Fatah, Bouarfa Sami, Leauthaud Crystèle. 2024. Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems : 1-20.

Résumé : Substantial improvements in resource-use efficiency and conservation are required to fulfill the rising and evolving global food demand, while addressing environmental degradation issues. Agroecology has emerged as a promising pathway to tackle these challenges. A binary stance often prevails in traditional discussions on agricultural transitions, where conventional farming is pitted against agroecological cropping. The reality is that farming practices blend conventional and agroecological features, hence are hybrid. Here we propose a conceptual representation of hybrid farming, that combines diverse farming practices from contrasting agricultural models, aiming to meet production goals. A schematic representation is provided and illustrated by a case study located in the Merguellil downstream plain region in central Tunisia. Hybrid farming involves multiple combinations of agroecological and conventional farming practices with a range of different outlooks and objectives. In the case study, farmers implemented these combinations to increase their income and mitigate risks. The blend of practices used in hybrid farming is not static and can be ever-changing. Various factors, such as shifting socioeconomic and environmental conditions, market trends and interactions with upstream and downstream supply chains fuel this dynamism.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : agroécologie, diversification, agroécosystème, agriculture durable, pratique agricole, système de culture, système d'exploitation agricole, fertilisation

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Tunisie

Mots-clés libres : Agricultural transition, Conventional agriculture, Farming systems, Mixed practices, Tunisia

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Agences de financement hors UE : Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of Morocco, Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement Technologique

Programme de financement européen : FP7

Projets sur financement : (FRA) Vulnérabilités et capacités adaptatives de l'agriculture irrigué au Maghreb, (EU) Coordination of the Agricultural Research in the Mediterranean

Auteurs et affiliations

• Akakpo Koladé, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-8034-9629 - auteur correspondant
• Ameur Fatah, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)
• Bouarfa Sami, INRAE (FRA)
• Leauthaud Crystèle, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/613039/)

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