Trajectories of Legumes insertion in farms: methodological framework for the analysis of long-term changes
Résumé
Despite their potential agronomic, economic and environmental benefits, legume crops are locked out of current agri-food systems in Europe. This paper provides a methodological framework to understand changes in legume cultivation in farms over long time periods. We formalise four distinct agronomic-coherence classes with regard to legumes in farms, based on the type of crop sequences and on quantitative indicators for the level of legumes insertion. We define farms’ trajectories of change regarding legume crops as a succession of agronomic-coherence phases and transition periods. The framework is then used to formalise the trajectory of a mixed crop-livestock farm in Burgundy (France). Finally, we discuss the potential uses of this framework to understand the drivers and processes of change related to legumes on a larger sample of farms, and ultimately to promote and support legumes insertion in farms.
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