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Guide for the evaluation of agroecology

A method for assessing its effects and the conditions necessary for its development

by Laurent Levard (editorial coordination)
february 2023
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Summary

The Agroecology Evaluation Guide offers a methodological approach and tools to assess the effects of agroecological practices and systems on the agri-environmental and socio-economic results of agriculture, as well as the conditions for the development of agroecology. It aims to help actors in development to better design their projects, programs and public policies in favor of agroecology, to facilitate the creation of references (results and conditions of development) and to support farmers in evaluating more precisely the results of their practices, thus helping them make decisions. 

The guide is divided into three parts. The first part presents the general approach of one-time assessment and follow-up-evaluation. The second part consists of assessment sheets about either the different elements on which agroecology is likely to have an impact in the agro-environmental and socio-economic fields, or else about the conditions of its development. The third part offers methodological additions in the form of tool worksheets. 

This book is the result of a collaboration between the teams of the GTAE (Agrisud International, AVSF, Cari and Gret), AgroParisTech, Cirad, IRD and the Institut Agro Montpellier. 

 

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This book is available in English: Guide for the evaluation of agroecology

Table of contents

Introduction

PART 1 - GENERAL APPROACHES FOR ONE-OFF EVALUATIONS AND FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Chapter 1 - General methodological principles

Chapter 2 - General approach for one-off evaluations

Chapter 3 - General approach for monitoring and evaluation

PART 2 EVALUATION SHEETS

Chapter 4 - Agro-environmental evaluation

→ Evaluation Sheet 1. Crop yields (direct measurement)
→ Evaluation Sheet 2. Soil health
→ Evaluation Sheet 3. Water-management performance at plot level
→ Evaluation Sheet 4. Regulation of bio-aggressors
→ Evaluation Sheet 5. Agricultural biodiversity
→ Evaluation Sheet 6. Reducing exposure to pesticides

Chapter 5 - Socio-economic evaluation

→ Evaluation Sheet 7. Crop and livestock yields (estimate according to stakeholders)
→ Evaluation Sheet 8. Economic performance from the farmer’s point of view (crop- and livestock-production activities)
→ Evaluation Sheet 9. Economic performance from the farmer’s point of view (agricultural production system)
→ Evaluation Sheet 10. Value chains and organisation of trade
→ Evaluation Sheet 11. Attractiveness of agriculture for young people
→ Evaluation Sheet 12. Job retention and creation
→ Evaluation Sheet 13. Autonomy
→ Evaluation Sheet 14. Food security
→ Evaluation Sheet 15. Farm resilience and ability to adapt to climate change

Chapter 6 - Evaluation of the conditions necessary for the development of agro ecology

PART 3 TOOL SHEETS

→ Tool sheet 1. Guide for interpreting the agrarian landscape and establishing zoning
→ Tool sheet 2. Guide for interviews on the past and current situation of the territory
→ Tool sheet 3. Inventory and description of agroecological practices
→ Tool sheet 4. Grid for analysing issues linked to a key feature of the territory
→ Tool sheet 5. Developing a typology of farms
→ Tool sheet 6. Information to gather during case studies and tools for formatting that information
→ Tool sheet 7. Presentation of the spreadsheet for automated economic calculation and its user manual
→ Tool sheet 8. Characterisation of the degree of agro ecologisation of farms

General bibliography

List of authors

Press

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Features

Language(s): French

Publisher: Éditions Quae

Co-publisher: Gret

Published: 23 february 2023

Reference Book: 02873

Reference eBook [PDF]: 02873NUM

EAN13 Book: 9782759236459

EAN13 eBook [PDF]: 9782759236466

DOI eBook [PDF] : 10.35690/978-2-7592-3646-6

Interior: Colour

Format (in mm) Book: 160 x 240

Pages count Book: 320

Pages count eBook [PDF]: 320

Weight (in grammes): 730

Size: 42.6 MB (PDF)

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