From cropping and farming systems research to ecoregional approaches for integrated natural resources management : developing the agricultural system concept [Preprint]

This is a framework paper proposing a conceptual and methodological approach for INRM at the agricultural system level. After a definition of the natural resources management (NRM) and agricultural system (AS) concepts, the authors argue that a key issue in NRM research is to identify dynamically the conditions for a co-viability of bio-physical changes and socio-economic as well as institutional transformations of agricultural systems. To achieve such a goal, they think that a new interdisciplinary, or even transdisciplinary, action-research paradigm and framework is essential to integrate knowledge across bio-physical sciences, ecology and social sciences at several pertinent and complementary levels of organization. Past experiences in systems research applied to agriculture and recent advances in science and technology can help to reach this goal. Following an assessment of the contemporary challenges and breakthrough in NRM research, the current trends in systems approaches applied to agroecosystem management at complementary scales are briefly presented. Then, a description of the principles of integrated natural resources management (INRM) with an ecoregional approach is followed by a discussion of the obstacles to the implementation of INRM research methodologies. Based on recent experiences, several propositions to avoid such obstacles are also proposed.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Trébuil, Guy, Kam, Suan Pheng
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	s.n.
Subjects:	F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/528407/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/528407/1/document_528407.pdf
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