Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe

There is an increasing demand to study the long-term effects of land use from both local farm and wider societal and environmental perspectives. This study applied an approach to evaluate both the financial profitability of arable, agroforestry, and tree-only systems and the wider societal benefits...

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Autores: Giannitsopoulos, M.L., Graves, A.R., Burgess, P.J., Crous-Duran, J., Moreno, G., Herzog, F., Palma, J.H.N., Kay, S., García de Jalón, S.
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:Carbon sequestration
Ecosystem services
Land-use
Nitrogen leaching
Soil erosion
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spelling Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in EuropeGiannitsopoulos, M.L.Graves, A.R.Burgess, P.J.Crous-Duran, J.Moreno, G.Herzog, F.Palma, J.H.N.Kay, S.García de Jalón, S.Carbon sequestrationEcosystem servicesLand-useNitrogen leachingSoil erosionThere is an increasing demand to study the long-term effects of land use from both local farm and wider societal and environmental perspectives. This study applied an approach to evaluate both the financial profitability of arable, agroforestry, and tree-only systems and the wider societal benefits over a period of 30-60 years. The biophysical inputs and yields from the three systems were modelled for three case study sites in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Switzerland, using a tree and crop simulation model called Yield-SAFE. A bio-economic model called Farm-SAFE was then used to compare the financial (EAVF) and economic (or societal) equivalent annual values (EAVE) by including monetary values for five environmental externalities: carbon dioxide emissions, carbon sequestration, soil erosion by water, and nitrogen and phosphorus balances. Across the three case studies, arable farming generated higher farm incomes than the agroforestry or tree-only systems, but the arable systems also created the greatest environmental costs. By comparison the agroforestry and tree-only systems generated lower CO2 emissions and sequestered more carbon. Applying monetary values to the environmental externalities meant that the EAVE of the agroforestry and tree-only systems were greater or similar to that for the arable system in the UK case study. In Spain, the slow predicted growth of the trees meant that, even after including the environmental externalities, the arable system created greater societal benefit than the agroforestry and tree-only systems. In Switzerland, including the environmental externalities increased the attraction of the tree-only system, but the high subsidies for arable and agroforestry systems meant that the EAVE for the agroforestry and arable systems were the most attractive from a farmer’s perspective. A breakeven analysis was used to determine the environmental externality values at which the agroforestry and tree-only systems produced the same societal return as the arable system in each case study. In the UK, a carbon price of ₠16 (t CO2)-1 allowed the EAVE of the agroforestry system to attain parity with the arable EAVE. In both the UK and Spain, an environmental nitrogen cost of ₠3-6 (kg N)-1 was sufficient for the EAVE of the agroforestry and tree-only systems to match those of arable farming. Because trees on farms provide ‘‘economies of multifunction’’ for environmental benefits, the breakeven values will be less if environmental benefits are considered together as packages. The described approach provides a method for governments and others to examine the cost effectiveness of new agri-environment measures.We acknowledge support of the European Commission through the AGFORWARD FP7 research project (AGroFORestry that Will Advance Rural Development; Contract No. 613520 ).ElsevierEuropean Commission202220222020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/58045reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/613520https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122283info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Españaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/580452026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
title Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
spellingShingle Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
Giannitsopoulos, M.L.
Carbon sequestration
Ecosystem services
Land-use
Nitrogen leaching
Soil erosion
title_short Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
title_full Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
title_fullStr Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
title_full_unstemmed Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
title_sort Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Giannitsopoulos, M.L.
Graves, A.R.
Burgess, P.J.
Crous-Duran, J.
Moreno, G.
Herzog, F.
Palma, J.H.N.
Kay, S.
García de Jalón, S.
author Giannitsopoulos, M.L.
author_facet Giannitsopoulos, M.L.
Graves, A.R.
Burgess, P.J.
Crous-Duran, J.
Moreno, G.
Herzog, F.
Palma, J.H.N.
Kay, S.
García de Jalón, S.
author_role author
author2 Graves, A.R.
Burgess, P.J.
Crous-Duran, J.
Moreno, G.
Herzog, F.
Palma, J.H.N.
Kay, S.
García de Jalón, S.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv European Commission
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Carbon sequestration
Ecosystem services
Land-use
Nitrogen leaching
Soil erosion
topic Carbon sequestration
Ecosystem services
Land-use
Nitrogen leaching
Soil erosion
description There is an increasing demand to study the long-term effects of land use from both local farm and wider societal and environmental perspectives. This study applied an approach to evaluate both the financial profitability of arable, agroforestry, and tree-only systems and the wider societal benefits over a period of 30-60 years. The biophysical inputs and yields from the three systems were modelled for three case study sites in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Switzerland, using a tree and crop simulation model called Yield-SAFE. A bio-economic model called Farm-SAFE was then used to compare the financial (EAVF) and economic (or societal) equivalent annual values (EAVE) by including monetary values for five environmental externalities: carbon dioxide emissions, carbon sequestration, soil erosion by water, and nitrogen and phosphorus balances. Across the three case studies, arable farming generated higher farm incomes than the agroforestry or tree-only systems, but the arable systems also created the greatest environmental costs. By comparison the agroforestry and tree-only systems generated lower CO2 emissions and sequestered more carbon. Applying monetary values to the environmental externalities meant that the EAVE of the agroforestry and tree-only systems were greater or similar to that for the arable system in the UK case study. In Spain, the slow predicted growth of the trees meant that, even after including the environmental externalities, the arable system created greater societal benefit than the agroforestry and tree-only systems. In Switzerland, including the environmental externalities increased the attraction of the tree-only system, but the high subsidies for arable and agroforestry systems meant that the EAVE for the agroforestry and arable systems were the most attractive from a farmer’s perspective. A breakeven analysis was used to determine the environmental externality values at which the agroforestry and tree-only systems produced the same societal return as the arable system in each case study. In the UK, a carbon price of ₠16 (t CO2)-1 allowed the EAVE of the agroforestry system to attain parity with the arable EAVE. In both the UK and Spain, an environmental nitrogen cost of ₠3-6 (kg N)-1 was sufficient for the EAVE of the agroforestry and tree-only systems to match those of arable farming. Because trees on farms provide ‘‘economies of multifunction’’ for environmental benefits, the breakeven values will be less if environmental benefits are considered together as packages. The described approach provides a method for governments and others to examine the cost effectiveness of new agri-environment measures.
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