The influence of farming technique on cropland: A new approach for the Ecological Footprint |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Agriculture, Forest, Nature and Energy, University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo De Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;2. Global Footprint Network, 312 Clay Street 94601, Oakland, CA, USA;3. Department in Economics and Management, University of Tuscia, Via San Carlo 32, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;1. Department of Physics, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria;2. Centre for Energy Research and Training, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria;1. Truven Health Analytics, Bethesda, MD;2. Sanofi US, Bridgewater, NJ;3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY;4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY;5. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA;1. School of Environmental and Public Affairs, University of Nevada Las Vegas, United States;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada Las Vegas, United States;1. Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom;2. Technological Innovation Group, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain;3. Biomedical Informatics Research Area, Digitalica Salud SL, Seville, Spain;4. The European Institute for Health Records (EuroRec), Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium;1. School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK;2. Farm Systems & Environment, Low Road, Wortwell, Harleston, IP20 0HJ, UK;3. Salle Farms Co. Ltd, Manor Farm, Salle, Reepham, NR10 4SF, UK;1. Joniskelis Experimental Station, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Joniskelis, LT-39301, Pasvalys distr., Lithuania;2. Experimental Station, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Rapsu str. 7, LT-53363 Noreikiskes, Kaunas distr., Lithuania;3. Yunnan Flower Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2238 Beijing Road, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, Post code: 650205, China;4. Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Safety, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Studentu str. 15A, LT-53361 Akademija, Kaunas distr., Lithuania |
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| Abstract: | The relationship between farming management and the overexploitation of natural resources is often a theme of discussion in the environmental sciences. Moreover, farmers’ choices – driven by consumer demand – have a significant effect on the agricultural production system.The Ecological Footprint methodology as it currently implemented assumes that all cropland activities are sustained by the capacity of the ecosystem, basing both demand and capacity calculations on the exact same flow accounting. This causes some confusion in the evaluation of the ecological performance of farming because it appears that this activity has no consequences on the planet.This paper proposes a solution to this duality caused by the current methodological assumption about croplands, and investigates the influence of different farming techniques on Ecological Footprint results. Starting from the concept of an embodied footprint in production, we propose a new approach for the evaluation of farming performance. This approach permits an estimation of the impact of farming activity, linked to the farmers’ technique, and a calculation of the crop Footprint in reference to the production capacity of the natural system.Building on the central methodology of the Ecological Footprint, we provide a different evaluation system and show case study results for comparison. |
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