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Land, Volume 5, Issue 1
March 2016 - 6 articles
Cover Story: As calls for bolstering ecosystem services from croplands have grown more insistent during the past two decades, the search for ways to foster these agriculture-sustaining services has become more urgent. In this context, we examine, by means of a meta-analysis, the argument that small-scale, mixed crop-livestock farming—a common livelihood among poor rural peoples—leads to environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. Mixed crop-livestock farms do exhibit more sustainable practices, but, contrary to predictions, a small scale of operation does not predict sustainability. Many smallholders use sustainable practices, but others practice a degrading, input-scarce agriculture. The link between mixed crop-livestock farming and sustainable agriculture argues for agricultural policies that promote mixed crop-livestock livelihoods. View the paper
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Land - ISSN 2073-445X