Contribution of agronomy to land management issues - A Comparison of five interdisciplinary PhD theses

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Contribution of agronomy to land management issues

A comparison of five interdisciplinary PhD theses

E Marraccini • D Rizzo • M Debolini • C Planchat • A Toillier

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2 land management issues | LMIs

catchment protection area

water agency boundaries

municipal boundaries

single farm plots

other plots

woods, hedges

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3 agronomy & land management

• Need to articulate LMIs to different levels of analysis → landscape perspective (Lardon et al. 2012)

• Increasing attention of agronomy to LMIs (bibliographic review)

→ new societal expectations, research gaps

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4 COMPARING PhDs | research & education

• 2009-2011

• different facets of the landscape perspective on LMIs:

– multifunctionality of agriculture

– management priorities & planning

– environmental roles of farming systems

to analyze how recent agronomic research is facing LMIs & the implications for education

→ local LMIs

→ farming systems involved

→ spatial levels of analysis

→ disciplines & methods

→ stakeholders involvement

meta-analysis of 5 thesis… …comparing them on:

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5 RESULTS | land management issues

• different approaches to LMIs – Supporting decision of local stakeholders

→ early SH integration – Better understanding of local dynamics

≠ levels of SH integration – Producing knowledge to design new indicators

→ few SH integration

• challenging to deal with – multiple case studies (local or international)

– LMIs dynamics multiple spatial scales

examples from Planchat 2009

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• working at multiple spatial scales – to assess the consistency of the results

– to test adaptations of methods

– verifying different local answers to LMIs

RESULTS | spatial scales

• need to integrate the interactions of – non agricultural dynamics

(e.g. ecological, urban sprawl)

– other actors than farmers

level of policy implementation

agroecozone (intermediate level)

farm management level

examples from Marraccini 2009

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7 RESULTS | interdisciplinarity

• adaptation of methods and tools from different disciplines

– quantitative & qualitative spatial representations

– stakeholders surveys

– multi-criteria analysis

• outsourcing the educational needs – intensive programs and PhD courses

on inter- and transdisciplinarity – PhD course on reflexivity – doctoral schools in landscape agronomy

examples from Rizzo 2009

maps of management hotspots

agronomic analysis & supports

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8 DISCUSSIONS | educational needs

to tackle LMIs and to deal with “field reality” in a landscape perspective PhD students are challenged to adapt disciplinary knowledge

harmonizing detailed results

and holistic approaches

diversifying the toolbox to include participatory approaches

& “metric” methods

widening the educational career implies some

difficulties to get published

reinforcing the publication strategy

What are the shared bases to deal with

“landscape disciplines”?

Are the PhD publications enhancing the reflexivity

on the landscape perspective?

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What are your experiences ?

What are the shared bases to deal with

“landscape disciplines”?

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Are the PhD publications enhancing the reflexivity

on the landscape perspective?