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Transition to legume‑supported farming in Europe through redesigning cropping systems

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Notz, Inka
Topp, Cairistiona F. E.
Schuler, Johannes
Alves, Sheila
Gallardo, Leonardo Amthauer
Dauber, Jens
Haase, Thorsten
Hargreaves, Paul R.
Hennessy, Michael
Iantcheva, Anelia
Jeanneret, Philippe
Kay, Sonja
Recknagel, Jürgen
Rittler, Leopold
Vasiljević, Marjana
Watson, Christine A.
Reckling, Moritz
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Legume-supported cropping systems afect environmental, production, and economic impacts. In Europe, legume production is still marginal with grain legumes covering less than 3% of arable land. A transition towards legume-supported systems could contribute to a higher level of protein self-sufciency and lower environmental impacts of agriculture. Suitable approaches for designing legume-supported cropping systems are required that go beyond the production of prescriptive solutions. We applied the DEED framework with scientists and advisors in 17 study areas in nine European countries, enabling us to describe, explain, explore, and redesign cropping systems. The results of 31 rotation comparisons showed that legume integration decreased N fertilizer use and nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) in more than 90% of the comparisons with reductions ranging from 6 to 142 kg N ha−1 and from 1 to 6 kg N2O ha−1, respectively. In over 75% of the 24 arable cropping system comparisons, rotations with legu...mes had lower nitrate leaching and higher protein yield per hectare. The assessment of above-ground biodiversity showed no considerable diference between crop rotations with and without legumes in most comparisons. Energy yields were lower in legume-supported systems in more than 90% of all comparisons. Feasibility and adaptation needs of legume systems were discussed in joint workshops and economic criteria were highlighted as particularly important, refecting fndings from the rotation comparisons in which 63% of the arable systems with legumes had lower standard gross margins. The DEED framework enabled us to keep close contact with the engaged research-farmer networks. Here, we demonstrate that redesigning legume-supported cropping systems through a process of close stakeholder interactions provides benefts compared to traditional methods and that a large-scale application in diverse study areas is feasible and needed to support the transition to legume-supported farming in Europe.

Keywords:
DEED / environment / economics / multi-criteria assessment / crop rotation / participation
Source:
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023, 43, 12-
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  • Springer
Funding / projects:
  • Legumes Translated - Translating knowledge for legume-based farming for feed and food systems. (EU-817634)

DOI: 10.1007/s13593-022-00861-w

ISSN: 1774-0746; 1773-0155

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AU  - Haase, Thorsten
AU  - Hargreaves, Paul R.
AU  - Hennessy, Michael
AU  - Iantcheva, Anelia
AU  - Jeanneret, Philippe
AU  - Kay, Sonja
AU  - Recknagel, Jürgen
AU  - Rittler, Leopold
AU  - Vasiljević, Marjana
AU  - Watson, Christine A.
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PY  - 2023
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Notz, I., Topp, C. F. E., Schuler, J., Alves, S., Gallardo, L. A., Dauber, J., Haase, T., Hargreaves, P. R., Hennessy, M., Iantcheva, A., Jeanneret, P., Kay, S., Recknagel, J., Rittler, L., Vasiljević, M., Watson, C. A.,& Reckling, M.. (2023). Transition to legume‑supported farming in Europe through redesigning cropping systems. in Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Springer., 43, 12.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00861-w
Notz I, Topp CFE, Schuler J, Alves S, Gallardo LA, Dauber J, Haase T, Hargreaves PR, Hennessy M, Iantcheva A, Jeanneret P, Kay S, Recknagel J, Rittler L, Vasiljević M, Watson CA, Reckling M. Transition to legume‑supported farming in Europe through redesigning cropping systems. in Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 2023;43:12.
doi:10.1007/s13593-022-00861-w .
Notz, Inka, Topp, Cairistiona F. E., Schuler, Johannes, Alves, Sheila, Gallardo, Leonardo Amthauer, Dauber, Jens, Haase, Thorsten, Hargreaves, Paul R., Hennessy, Michael, Iantcheva, Anelia, Jeanneret, Philippe, Kay, Sonja, Recknagel, Jürgen, Rittler, Leopold, Vasiljević, Marjana, Watson, Christine A., Reckling, Moritz, "Transition to legume‑supported farming in Europe through redesigning cropping systems" in Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 43 (2023):12,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00861-w . .

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