How to improve the adoption, performance and sustainability of ecological farming

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6462474
• Publication Date: 2022-04-29
• Authors: Latruffe, Laure; Legras, Sophie; Barnes, Andrew; Kantelhardt, Jochen; Tzanopoulos, Joseph; Krupin, Vitaliy; Paracchini, Maria...; Rega, Carlo; Schaller, Lena; Toma, Luiza; Vranken, Liesbet; Zawalińska, Katar...; Bailey, Alastair; Bormpoudakis, Dim...; Bakucs, Zoltan; Bigot, Geneviève; Billaudet, Larissa; Böhm, Michael; Britz, Wolfgang; Chitea, Mihai; Davidova, Sophia; Desjeux, Yann; Duval, Julie; Duvaleix, Sabine; Jeanneaux, Philippe; Hansson, Helena; Heinrichs, Julia; Henderson, Stuart; Hostiou, Nathalie; Jacquot, Anne-Lise; Leduc, Gaëlle; Manevska-Tasevska...; Matthews, Peter; Niedermayr, Andreas; Ryan, Mary; Thompson, Bethan; Tzouramani, Irene; Van Ruymbeke, Kato; Védrine, Lionel; Veslot, Jacques; Viaggi, Davide
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 330; [SDV.SA.AEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agriculture, economy and politics; 15. Life on land; [SDV.SA.AEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agriculture; economy and politics; 12. Responsible consumption

This deliverable D7.6 of the LIFT project is the final scientific deliverable of the project that was carried out during four years from May 2018 till April 2022. The deliverable summarises the methodologies used and the key results for the main research activities that were carried out in LIFT: definition of ecological agriculture; adoption of ecological approaches; farm performance of ecological agriculture; territorial sustainability of ecological agriculture; trade-offs and synergies across sustainability dimensions and scales; impact of policies; role of stakeholders. Recommendations in terms of policies, data and research needs, are then provided.