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10.1007/bf01788452

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Developing an integrated approach to enhance the d

Authors: Riccardo Simoncini
Publish Date: 2008/07/15
Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 153-167
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It is widely acknowledged that the implementation of the majority of agrienvironmental measures AEMs does not allow for the quantification of expected environmental benefits thereby undermining the possibilities to assess both their effectiveness and efficiency The objective of this paper is to show how an approach to develop agrienvironmental measures based on the multifunctional character of agroecosystem is useful to overcome the difficulties in assessing expected environmental benefits In the following sections the main theoretical concepts underlying the actual European model of multifunctional agriculture are introduced Following a critique of some aspects of the current analysis of the joint production of environmental noncommodities the rationale to operate a shift of focus from multifunctionality of agriculture to that of agroecosystems is proposed Finally the methodology developed by the AEMBAC project based on the assessment of impacts exerted by agriculture on the capacity of local agroecosystem to perform environmental functions is presented to explain how this shift of focus facilitates the assessment of the delivering of multiple environmental goods and servicesThe author gratefully acknowledge financial support for the AEMBAC project from the EU 5th Framework Programme 1998–2002 contract ref QLRT199931666 the Swiss Federal Ministry for Science and Education contract no 000579 and the Nando Peretti Foundation

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