Converting to organic viticulture increases cropping system structure and management complexity

cg.contactanne.merot@inra.fren_US
cg.contributor.centerMontpellier SupAgro - SupAgroen_US
cg.contributor.centerFrench National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Sad-Paysage - INRAE - Sad-Paysageen_US
cg.contributor.funderFrench National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Sad-Paysage - INRAE - Sad-Paysageen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteMontpellier SupAgro - SupAgroen_US
cg.coverage.countryFRen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Europeen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593-017-0427-9en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1774-0746en_US
cg.journalAgronomy for Sustainable Developmenten_US
cg.subject.agrovocfarming systemsen_US
cg.subject.agrovoccropping systemsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocagroecologyen_US
cg.subject.agrovocorganic farmingen_US
cg.subject.agrovocgrapesen_US
cg.volume37:19en_US
dc.contributorWery, Jacquesen_US
dc.creatorMerot, Anneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-22T13:23:28Z
dc.date.available2018-05-22T13:23:28Z
dc.description.abstractOrganic viticulture is an effective cultivation method that can reduce the environmental impacts of grape growing while maintaining profitability. For some vineyards, simple adjustments can suffice to make the conversion to organic farming; however, for most, major changes in system structure and management must be implemented. Here, we showed for the first time that converting to organic viticulture impacts vineyard complexity. We used six complexity indicators to assess modifications to cropping system structure and management: number of fields, number of difficult-to-manage fields, vineyard area, number of field interventions, number of technical management sequences, and number of management indicators. These six indicators were assessed through interviews carried out with winegrowers from 16 vineyards between 2008 and 2012. Changes in vineyard performances during conversion were also measured. We demonstrate that conversion to organic viticulture increased the complexity of vineyard structure and management for the 16 vineyards surveyed. While this increase allowed agronomic performances in all vineyards to be maintained, it also came with an increase in labor requirements (of up to 56%) compared to conventional agriculture. We conclude that the six indicators are appropriate for assessing changes in vineyard complexity and could be extended to all agricultural systems to better anticipate the implications of organic farming conversion for a farm’s biophysical, technical, and decisional subsystems.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/348f552cb7f4b39ccaad582fc6f261d0en_US
dc.identifier.citationAnne Merot, Jacques Wery. (1/6/2017). Converting to organic viticulture increases cropping system structure and management complexity. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 37: 19.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/8233
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag (Germany)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.sourceAgronomy for Sustainable Development;37:19,(2017)en_US
dc.subjectconversionen_US
dc.subjectcomplexityen_US
dc.subjectcropping system managementen_US
dc.subjectnumber of fieldsen_US
dc.subjecttechnical operationsen_US
dc.titleConverting to organic viticulture increases cropping system structure and management complexityen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2017-05-17en_US
dcterms.issued2017-06-01en_US
mel.impact-factor4.503en_US

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