Assessing the sustainability of wheat-based cropping systems using simulation modelling: sustainability = 42?

cg.contactcarina.moeller@utas.edu.auen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Center for Development Research - BOKU - CDRen_US
cg.contributor.centerThe Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - DAWRen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Tasmania, Tasmanian Institute for Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.centerUniversity of Hohenheim, Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropicsen_US
cg.contributor.centerCSIRO Plant Industryen_US
cg.contributor.funderDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - DAADen_US
cg.contributor.funderEiselen Foundation Ulmen_US
cg.contributor.funderMinistry for Science, Research and Art of Baden-Wuerttembergen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-013-0228-2en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1862-4065en_US
cg.issn1862-4057en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalSUSTAINABILITY SCIENCEen_US
cg.volume9en_US
dc.contributorSauerborn, Joachimen_US
dc.contributordeVoil, Peteren_US
dc.contributorManschadi, Ahmaden_US
dc.contributorPala, Mustafaen_US
dc.contributorMeinke, Holgeren_US
dc.creatorMoeller, Carinaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-22T22:41:49Z
dc.date.available2022-03-22T22:41:49Z
dc.description.abstractConcepts of agricultural sustainability and possible roles of simulation modelling for characterising sustainability were explored by conducting, and reflecting on, a sustainability assessment of rain-fed wheat-based systems in the Middle East and North Africa region. We designed a goal-oriented, model-based framework using the cropping systems model Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM). For the assessment, valid (rather than true or false) sustainability goals and indicators were identified for the target system. System-specific vagueness was depicted in sustainability polygons-a system property derived from highly quantitative data-and denoted using descriptive quantifiers. Diagnostic evaluations of alternative tillage practices demonstrated the utility of the framework to quantify key bio-physical and chemical constraints to sustainability. Here, we argue that sustainability is a vague, emergent system property of often wicked complexity that arises out of more fundamental elements and processes. A 'wicked concept of sustainability' acknowledges the breadth of the human experience of sustainability, which cannot be internalised in a model. To achieve socially desirable sustainability goals, our model-based approach can inform reflective evaluation processes that connect with the needs and values of agricultural decision-makers. Hence, it can help to frame meaningful discussions, from which actions might emerge.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationCarina Moeller, Joachim Sauerborn, Peter deVoil, Ahmad Manschadi, Mustafa Pala, Holger Meinke. (5/10/2013). Assessing the sustainability of wheat-based cropping systems using simulation modelling: sustainability = 42. Sustainability Science, 9 (1), pp. 1-16.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/67241
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer (part of Springer Nature)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.sourceSUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE;9,(2013) Pagination 1-16en_US
dc.subjectapsimen_US
dc.subjectmiddle east and north africa regionen_US
dc.subjecttillage systemsen_US
dc.subjectsustainability conceptsen_US
dc.subjecthuman valuesen_US
dc.subjectvague propertyen_US
dc.subjectemergent propertyen_US
dc.subjectwicked complexityen_US
dc.subjectboundary worken_US
dc.titleAssessing the sustainability of wheat-based cropping systems using simulation modelling: sustainability = 42?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2013-10-05en_US
dcterms.extent1-16en_US
mel.impact-factor6.367en_US

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