Abstract Managing the transition from conventional agriculture to agroecology needs to account for the diversity of farming systems. Here we evaluate whether indicators based on agrodiversity and implementation of agroecological practices can discriminate types of farms with different trajectories in the context of the agroecological transition. The indicators tested were coupled with production factor, performance and strategy variables to better target their need for innovation. We propose a composite indicator that captures the main agroecological practices implemented within the study area: the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Data was collected from 215 farms selected on the basis of their production strategy and their diversity. Eight variables related to production factors (farm size, equipment number, total and family labor), performance (total gross margin per hectare), surface devoted to implementing agroecological practices (SAEP), diversity (number of species produced), and local context integration (proportion of affiliation to professional organizations) were used to perform correlation and multivariate analyses (PCA and cluster analysis). The two PCAs (one with and one without SAEP included in the analysis) grouped agroecological practices, diversity, family labor and gross margin per hectare variables and opposed them against production-factor variables (farm size, total labor, and equipment number). Five farm clusters were identified when including the agroecological practices indicator in the analysis, i.e., 1) small diversified family farms, 2) medium-sized diversified family farms, 3) medium-sized diversified entrepreneurial farms, 4) medium-sized specialized entrepreneurial farms, and 5) large specialized entrepreneurial farms, and these clusters showed different degrees of agroecological and diversity practice implementation. Two extreme strategies of agroecological improvement were identified between large farms with high levels of production factors mainly oriented toward a light transition based on perpetuating existing agricultural models, and small family farms with high levels of diversification that already implement agroecological practices. Limits of this new composite indicator are discussed, and avenues for improvement are proposed.

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了解法属西印度群岛实施农业生态实践策略多样性的类型学

摘要 管理从传统农业到农业生态学的过渡需要考虑到农业系统的多样性。在这里，我们评估基于农业多样性和农业生态实践实施的指标是否可以在农业生态转型的背景下区分具有不同轨迹的农场类型。测试的指标与生产要素、绩效和战略变量相结合，以更好地满足他们的创新需求。我们提出了一个综合指标，用于捕捉研究区域内实施的主要农业生态实践：瓜德罗普岛和马提尼克岛的法属加勒比群岛。从根据生产策略和多样性选择的 215 个农场收集数据。与生产要素相关的八个变量（农场规模、设备数量、总劳动力和家庭劳动力）、绩效（每公顷总毛利率）、用于实施农业生态实践的面积 (SAEP)、多样性（生产的物种数量）和当地环境整合（隶属于专业组织的比例）被用于执行相关性和多变量分析（PCA 和聚类分析）。两个 PCA（一个有和一个没有包含在分析中的 SAEP）将农业生态实践、多样性、家庭劳动力和每公顷毛利率变量分组，并将它们与生产要素变量（农场规模、总劳动力和设备数量）相对立。在分析中包括农业生态实践指标时，确定了五个农场集群，即 1) 小型多元化家庭农场，2) 中型多元化家庭农场，3) 中型多元化创业农场，4）中型专业创业农场，5）大型专业创业农场，这些集群表现出不同程度的农业生态和多样性实践实施。在具有高水平生产要素的大型农场和主要面向基于延续现有农业模式的轻度转型的大型农场和已经实施农业生态实践的高度多样化的小型家庭农场之间确定了两种极端的农业生态改善策略。讨论了这个新的综合指标的局限性，并提出了改进的途径。在具有高水平生产要素的大型农场和主要面向基于延续现有农业模式的轻度转型的大型农场和已经实施农业生态实践的高度多样化的小型家庭农场之间确定了两种极端的农业生态改善策略。讨论了这个新的综合指标的局限性，并提出了改进的途径。在具有高水平生产要素的大型农场和主要面向基于延续现有农业模式的轻度转型的大型农场和已经实施农业生态实践的高度多样化的小型家庭农场之间确定了两种极端的农业生态改善策略。讨论了这个新的综合指标的局限性，并提出了改进的途径。