How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis
- Autores
- Rotolo, Gloria Claudia; Montico, Sergio; Francis, C.A.; Ulgiati, Sergio
- Año de publicación
- 2015
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- inglés
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- artículo
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- Descripción
- Pampas region grows more than 80% of Argentina's main crops, with maize (Zea maiz L.), soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producing crop and landscape homogeneity that reduces biodiversity, agricultural system resilience and current and future regional welfare. With growing population and markets, there is a call for new agricultural patterns to meet increased food demand, together with concern for reducing environmental impact and improving social welfare. These challenges need rigorous approaches to measuring technological change costs and benefits as well as evaluating environmental impact of farmers' management practices. The objectives of this study are: [1] to evaluate resource use and environmental impact of current agricultural patterns in the northern part of Pampas region, [2] to contrast this with agricultural systems of previous decades, and [3] to analyze the incidence on space and time scales of the different proportions of land allocated to these three crops. Life cycle evaluations of cropping systems enlarge the scope of the analysis and help identify how problems might be solved. We utilize the SUMMA (SUstainability Multimethod Multiscale Assessment) framework for assessing the performance of integrated crop production in the northern Pampas in the years 1986–87, 1995–96, and 2009–10 based on actual land use data, compared to current systems with similar proportions of land distribution for the three crops, and to a wheat/soybean annual system. We also simulate other potential alternative land distribution scenarios. Results indicate a worsening of 9 to 12 out of 15 environmental indicators per unit of area (density of impacts), while there is an improvement per unit of product or income. The grain yield accounted in energy per hectare increased three times in relation to the year of reference (1986), while the energy demand decreased by 32%, blue water demand increased 50%. Acidification increased more than twice (7.99 kg SO2 eq./ha), while carbon emissions (982 kg CO2 eq./ha in 2009) decreased. These results provide a benchmark for further studies where new alternatives of crop distribution may prove environmentally and economically desirable choices for farmers in the Pampas.
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Fil: Rotolo, Gloria Claudia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Oliveros; Argentina
Fil: Montico, Sergio. Univesidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Department of Land Science and Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Argentina
Fil: Francis, C.A. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Department of Plant and Environmental Science; Noruega. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ulgiati, S. Parthenope University. Department of Sciences and Technologies; Italia - Fuente
- Agricultural systems 141 : 79-93. (December 2015)
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Asignación de Tierras
Tecnología
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Agricultura
Land Allocation
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysisRotolo, Gloria ClaudiaMontico, SergioFrancis, C.A.Ulgiati, SergioAsignación de TierrasTecnologíaInnovaciónSostenibilidadAgriculturaLand AllocationTechnologyInnovationSustainabilityAgricultureRegión PampeanaSustentabilidadPampas region grows more than 80% of Argentina's main crops, with maize (Zea maiz L.), soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producing crop and landscape homogeneity that reduces biodiversity, agricultural system resilience and current and future regional welfare. With growing population and markets, there is a call for new agricultural patterns to meet increased food demand, together with concern for reducing environmental impact and improving social welfare. These challenges need rigorous approaches to measuring technological change costs and benefits as well as evaluating environmental impact of farmers' management practices. The objectives of this study are: [1] to evaluate resource use and environmental impact of current agricultural patterns in the northern part of Pampas region, [2] to contrast this with agricultural systems of previous decades, and [3] to analyze the incidence on space and time scales of the different proportions of land allocated to these three crops. Life cycle evaluations of cropping systems enlarge the scope of the analysis and help identify how problems might be solved. We utilize the SUMMA (SUstainability Multimethod Multiscale Assessment) framework for assessing the performance of integrated crop production in the northern Pampas in the years 1986–87, 1995–96, and 2009–10 based on actual land use data, compared to current systems with similar proportions of land distribution for the three crops, and to a wheat/soybean annual system. We also simulate other potential alternative land distribution scenarios. Results indicate a worsening of 9 to 12 out of 15 environmental indicators per unit of area (density of impacts), while there is an improvement per unit of product or income. The grain yield accounted in energy per hectare increased three times in relation to the year of reference (1986), while the energy demand decreased by 32%, blue water demand increased 50%. Acidification increased more than twice (7.99 kg SO2 eq./ha), while carbon emissions (982 kg CO2 eq./ha in 2009) decreased. These results provide a benchmark for further studies where new alternatives of crop distribution may prove environmentally and economically desirable choices for farmers in the Pampas.EEA OliverosFil: Rotolo, Gloria Claudia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Oliveros; ArgentinaFil: Montico, Sergio. Univesidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Department of Land Science and Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; ArgentinaFil: Francis, C.A. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Department of Plant and Environmental Science; Noruega. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture; Estados UnidosFil: Ulgiati, S. Parthenope University. Department of Sciences and Technologies; Italia2018-05-29T14:13:34Z2018-05-29T14:13:34Z2015-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X15300172http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/25060308-521Xhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2015.08.005Agricultural systems 141 : 79-93. (December 2015)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess2025-09-29T13:44:19Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/2506instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-09-29 13:44:19.866INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Asignación de Tierras Tecnología Innovación Sostenibilidad Agricultura Land Allocation Technology Innovation Sustainability Agriculture Región Pampeana Sustentabilidad |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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How land allocation and technology innovation affect the sustainability of agriculture in Argentina Pampas: an expanded life cycle analysis |
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Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Montico, Sergio Francis, C.A. Ulgiati, Sergio |
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Rotolo, Gloria Claudia |
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Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Montico, Sergio Francis, C.A. Ulgiati, Sergio |
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Montico, Sergio Francis, C.A. Ulgiati, Sergio |
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Asignación de Tierras Tecnología Innovación Sostenibilidad Agricultura Land Allocation Technology Innovation Sustainability Agriculture Región Pampeana Sustentabilidad |
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Asignación de Tierras Tecnología Innovación Sostenibilidad Agricultura Land Allocation Technology Innovation Sustainability Agriculture Región Pampeana Sustentabilidad |
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Pampas region grows more than 80% of Argentina's main crops, with maize (Zea maiz L.), soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producing crop and landscape homogeneity that reduces biodiversity, agricultural system resilience and current and future regional welfare. With growing population and markets, there is a call for new agricultural patterns to meet increased food demand, together with concern for reducing environmental impact and improving social welfare. These challenges need rigorous approaches to measuring technological change costs and benefits as well as evaluating environmental impact of farmers' management practices. The objectives of this study are: [1] to evaluate resource use and environmental impact of current agricultural patterns in the northern part of Pampas region, [2] to contrast this with agricultural systems of previous decades, and [3] to analyze the incidence on space and time scales of the different proportions of land allocated to these three crops. Life cycle evaluations of cropping systems enlarge the scope of the analysis and help identify how problems might be solved. We utilize the SUMMA (SUstainability Multimethod Multiscale Assessment) framework for assessing the performance of integrated crop production in the northern Pampas in the years 1986–87, 1995–96, and 2009–10 based on actual land use data, compared to current systems with similar proportions of land distribution for the three crops, and to a wheat/soybean annual system. We also simulate other potential alternative land distribution scenarios. Results indicate a worsening of 9 to 12 out of 15 environmental indicators per unit of area (density of impacts), while there is an improvement per unit of product or income. The grain yield accounted in energy per hectare increased three times in relation to the year of reference (1986), while the energy demand decreased by 32%, blue water demand increased 50%. Acidification increased more than twice (7.99 kg SO2 eq./ha), while carbon emissions (982 kg CO2 eq./ha in 2009) decreased. These results provide a benchmark for further studies where new alternatives of crop distribution may prove environmentally and economically desirable choices for farmers in the Pampas. EEA Oliveros Fil: Rotolo, Gloria Claudia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Oliveros; Argentina Fil: Montico, Sergio. Univesidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Department of Land Science and Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences; Argentina Fil: Francis, C.A. Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Department of Plant and Environmental Science; Noruega. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture; Estados Unidos Fil: Ulgiati, S. Parthenope University. Department of Sciences and Technologies; Italia |
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Pampas region grows more than 80% of Argentina's main crops, with maize (Zea maiz L.), soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producing crop and landscape homogeneity that reduces biodiversity, agricultural system resilience and current and future regional welfare. With growing population and markets, there is a call for new agricultural patterns to meet increased food demand, together with concern for reducing environmental impact and improving social welfare. These challenges need rigorous approaches to measuring technological change costs and benefits as well as evaluating environmental impact of farmers' management practices. The objectives of this study are: [1] to evaluate resource use and environmental impact of current agricultural patterns in the northern part of Pampas region, [2] to contrast this with agricultural systems of previous decades, and [3] to analyze the incidence on space and time scales of the different proportions of land allocated to these three crops. Life cycle evaluations of cropping systems enlarge the scope of the analysis and help identify how problems might be solved. We utilize the SUMMA (SUstainability Multimethod Multiscale Assessment) framework for assessing the performance of integrated crop production in the northern Pampas in the years 1986–87, 1995–96, and 2009–10 based on actual land use data, compared to current systems with similar proportions of land distribution for the three crops, and to a wheat/soybean annual system. We also simulate other potential alternative land distribution scenarios. Results indicate a worsening of 9 to 12 out of 15 environmental indicators per unit of area (density of impacts), while there is an improvement per unit of product or income. The grain yield accounted in energy per hectare increased three times in relation to the year of reference (1986), while the energy demand decreased by 32%, blue water demand increased 50%. Acidification increased more than twice (7.99 kg SO2 eq./ha), while carbon emissions (982 kg CO2 eq./ha in 2009) decreased. These results provide a benchmark for further studies where new alternatives of crop distribution may prove environmentally and economically desirable choices for farmers in the Pampas. |
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