评估贝宁共和国小农蔬菜农场的可持续性:矩阵方法

IF 5.4 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI:10.1016/j.indic.2024.100483
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本研究旨在评估贝宁以蔬菜为基础的农业食品生产系统的可持续性水平,并提出行动建议,以提高蔬菜生产系统的可持续性、食品安全和全年生产。研究采用 "农业开发持久性指数"(IDEA)框架(农场可持续性指数),对不同农业生态区域(主食粗放生产区和蔬菜密集生产区)的 200 名菜农进行了半结构式访谈。大多数接受调查的菜农生产多种作物,包括叶菜类(苋菜、非洲茄子和非洲罗勒)和辣椒,50% 以上的菜农种植辣椒。在生态、社会和经济三个可持续性维度上,受访菜农的平均得分分别为 35 分、41 分和 63 分(满分 100 分)。平均而言,蔬菜农场的三个可持续性维度都处于较低水平,需要加以改进才能达到可接受的标准。贝宁南部蔬菜农场的可持续性得分平均高于北部:南部约 50%的蔬菜农场得分中等,而北部近 75% 的蔬菜农场可持续性水平较低。旨在提高贝宁蔬菜农场可持续性的干预措施应侧重于推广和采用对生态负责的做法,以改善农场生物多样性、水资源保护以及土地和劳动力的有效分配和管理,从而减轻蔬菜生产对环境的影响。
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Assessing sustainability in smallholder vegetable farms in Benin Republic: A matrix approach

This study aims to assess the level of sustainability in vegetable-based agrifood production systems in Benin and to propose actions to enhance sustainability, food safety, and year-round production in the vegetable production systems. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 200 vegetable farmers in contrasting agroecological areas (with areas of extensive production of staples and intensive production of vegetables), using the “Indicateur de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles” (IDEA) framework (an on-farm sustainability index). Most of the surveyed vegetable farmers produced a wide range of crops, including leafy vegetables (amaranth, African eggplant, and African basil) and peppers, grown by more than 50% of the farmers. The average scores achieved by the vegetable farms regarding three dimensions of sustainability—ecological, social, and economic—were 35, 41, and 63, respectively, out of a maximum score of 100. All three sustainability dimensions of the vegetable farms were, on average, at a low level and improvements were needed for them to reach an acceptable standard. The vegetable farms located in the south of Benin had, on average, a higher sustainability score than those in the north: around 50% of vegetable farms in the south had a medium score, while the sustainability level of almost 75% of vegetable farms in the north was low. Interventions seeking to improve the sustainability of vegetable farms in Benin should focus on the promotion and adoption of eco-responsible practices that improve on-farm biodiversity, water conservation, and the effective allocation and management of land and labor, to mitigate the environmental impacts of vegetable production.

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Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
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57 days
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