TY - BOOK
T1 - Regenerative agriculture in Europe
T2 - An overview paper on the state of knowledge and innovation in Europe
AU - Manshanden, Mark
AU - Jellema, Allard
AU - Sukkel, Wijnand
AU - Hennen, W.H.G.J.
AU - Jongeneel, Roel
AU - Brazao Vieira Alho, Carlos
AU - de Miguel Garcia, Ángel
AU - de Vos, Lotte
AU - Geerling-Eiff, Floor
N1 - Project code 2282200744
This study was carried out by Wageningen Research and was commissioned and financed by a grant from CargillIncorporated
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Regenerative agriculture (RegenAg) is on the rise, aiming to make farming sustainable. But what isRegenAg? How does RegenAg compare to other agricultural concepts? How does RegenAg differ acrossEurope? Can RegenAg be economically viable? And can it be measured? This report identifies that it isdifficult to assess the current state of a concept that does not have a clear definition. We compared RegenAgto agroecology, conservation agriculture and organic farming. The most striking differentiation seems to bethat RegenAg is defined by its outcomes. This provides freedom to farmers, while considering the contextspecificity of RegenAg. Measuring actual outcomes is hard to accomplish and often has a weak relation withfarm level measures. Hybrid measuring approaches based on farm measures in combination with farm datacan be useful. This report concludes with recommendations to consider RegenAg as a set of objectives,rather than a set of measures and to start an EU-wide indicator system.
AB - Regenerative agriculture (RegenAg) is on the rise, aiming to make farming sustainable. But what isRegenAg? How does RegenAg compare to other agricultural concepts? How does RegenAg differ acrossEurope? Can RegenAg be economically viable? And can it be measured? This report identifies that it isdifficult to assess the current state of a concept that does not have a clear definition. We compared RegenAgto agroecology, conservation agriculture and organic farming. The most striking differentiation seems to bethat RegenAg is defined by its outcomes. This provides freedom to farmers, while considering the contextspecificity of RegenAg. Measuring actual outcomes is hard to accomplish and often has a weak relation withfarm level measures. Hybrid measuring approaches based on farm measures in combination with farm datacan be useful. This report concludes with recommendations to consider RegenAg as a set of objectives,rather than a set of measures and to start an EU-wide indicator system.
UR - https://edepot.wur.nl/629483
U2 - 10.18174/629483
DO - 10.18174/629483
M3 - Report
T3 - Report / Wageningen Economic Research
BT - Regenerative agriculture in Europe
PB - Wageningen Economic Research
CY - Wageningen
ER -