STOP PUSHING NATURE BACK ?
Contribution of diversified farming
systems to the delivery of ecosystem
services
Contribution of a research to
agricultural transition
Prof. Nicolas DendonckerProf. Marc DufrênePhD Student Fanny Boeraeve
LOCKED INTO DISCIPLINES
INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICE
ASSESSMENT
Structure&
ProcessesFunctions Services Benefits Values
Ecosystems & Biodiversity Humans
Biophysical ES assessment Social ES valuation
Are there different synergies and tradeoffs among ES in diversified farming systems?
BIOPHYSICAL ES ASSESSMENT
Agricultural system Ecosystem services
SOCIAL ES ASSESSMENT
People’s satisfaction
Is the stakeholders’ satisfaction different in diversified farming systems?
Agricultural system
STANDARDIZED AND CONTROLLED
CONDITIONS
EXPERIMENTS ON REAL FARMS
FIELD THESIS COMMITTEE
SOME PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES
HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS COMPLEXITY?
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
-2 -1 0 1 2
-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
PC1 = 60%
PC
2 =
13
%
Farm-set 1CFSFarm-set 1
DFS
Farm-set 2CFS
Farm-set 2DFS
Farm-set 3CFS
Farm-set 3DFS
Biomass
Biodiversity
InfrastructuresQualityH2O
Erosion
• Biophysical ES assessment
• Social ES valuation
Infrastructures(hiker)
Infrastructures(hunter)
Infrastructures(farmers)
Lime
Initial plan