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Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition
Agronomy for Sustainable Development ( IF 7.3 ) Pub Date : 2022-03-23 , DOI: 10.1007/s13593-021-00737-5
Kajsa Resare Sahlin , Johannes Carolus , Karin von Greyerz , Ida Ekqvist , Elin Röös

Eating “less but better” meat can be a strategy to guide meat consumption in Western or high-income countries towards sustainability, but what “better” means depends on the perspective. Multiple studies and reports suggest that agroecological farming systems could contribute to a broad range of sustainability benefits, but few studies have examined the implications for people and nature following trade-offs between sustainability priorities at the farm level. Therefore, this study explored the effects on a broad range of sustainability themes following agroecological transition on a case farm in east-central Sweden. We applied a novel mixed-methods approach, combining the indicator-based SMART-Farm tool with additional quantitative and qualitative analysis of the farm’s climate impact, contribution to global food security, economic performance, and working conditions. The results showed improvements for aspects within environmental, social, economic, and governance-related sustainability dimensions, with corroborating results across methods. The case farm thus served as an example of transition to a more sustainable production system, but as expected, there were both trade-offs and synergies between sustainability aspects. Negative effects were found for economic aspects at the farm and societal level. For this case, one may conclude that “better” meat production both supports and depends on, a more sustainable farm; but that “better” meat and a more sustainable farm cannot be viewed in isolation from the wider food system. Also, “better” can be described by several states along a transition pathway. Key contributions of the study are threefold, a) articulation of the links between agroecology and the concept “less but better,” b) empirically demonstrating synergies and trade-offs in striving for more sustainable meat production, and c) a novel methodological approach for sustainability assessment.



中文翻译:

在实践中提供“更少但更好”的肉类——农业生态转型农场的案例研究

吃“少但更好”的肉可以成为引导西方或高收入国家肉类消费走向可持续发展的策略,但“更好”的含义取决于视角。多项研究和报告表明,农业生态农业系统可以带来广泛的可持续性效益,但很少有研究研究在农场层面的可持续性优先事项之间进行权衡后对人与自然的影响。因此,本研究探讨了在瑞典中东部的一个案例农场进行农业生态转型后对广泛可持续性主题的影响。我们采用了一种新颖的混合方法,将基于指标的 SMART-Farm 工具与对农场气候影响、对全球粮食安全的贡献、经济绩效、和工作条件。结果表明,环境、社会、经济和治理相关的可持续性维度的各个方面都有所改善,并在各种方法中得到了证实的结果。因此,案例农场是向更可持续的生产系统过渡的一个例子,但正如预期的那样,可持续性方面之间存在权衡和协同作用。在农场和社会层面发现了对经济方面的负面影响。对于这种情况,人们可能会得出结论,“更好的”肉类生产既支持又依赖于更可持续的农场;但是,不能将“更好”的肉类和更可持续的农场与更广泛的食品系统分开看待。此外,“更好”可以用过渡路径上的几个状态来描述。该研究的主要贡献有三方面,

更新日期:2022-03-23
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