Title | Integrating human dimensions within the LTAR Network to achieve agroecological system transformation |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Meredith G, Bean A.R, Brymer ABentley, Friedrichsen C, Hurst Z |
Journal | Rangelands |
Date Published | 7/3/2021 |
ARIS Log Number | 386754 |
Keywords | agroecosystems, human dimensions, stakeholder engagement, Sustainable intensification, well-being |
Abstract | On the Ground
• Agroecosystem research often focuses on biophysical processes and productivity without incorporating human dimensions research and/or stakeholder engagement.
• Connecting individual and community well-being to agro-innovation research is required for agro-ecological transformation to sustainable intensification.
• Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network sites have historically had varied degrees of human dimensions research within their research plan; however, LTAR's human dimensions capacity has grown.
• To capitalize on this capacity, we propose a four-step framework for the LTAR Network to evolve a cohesive human dimensions strategy that brings together the social and ecological.
• Continued institutional support is required to maintain and further pursue research that will support stakeholder co-developed science that facilitates agroecosystem transformations benefiting society.
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URL | files/bibliography/21-064.pdf |
DOI | 10.1016/j.rala.2021.05.002 |