How can landscape management be enhanced by farming systems? A landscape agronomy perspective

摘要: Agronomists are faced to the multiple stakeholders’ landscape design as a rising issue in management of farming systems. Furthermore, European Landscape Convention (ELC) has formally acknowledged expectations local stakeholders and decision-makers for greater support protect, manage plan landscapes. A renewed perspective agronomy on research recently tried tackle this challenge. This perspective, called “landscape agronomy” (LA), strives widen again agronomic spatial focus beyond field or farm landscape. For that, LA proposed conceptual model agricultural landscapes relate practices natural resources with continuous reshaping land use patterns operated by farmers. Interpreting ELC definition accordingly, we consider that character results uppermost from practices. On underpinning assumption have further developed characterize some units rural spaces. Our aim is articulate In paper, after short presentation model, analyze features example elementary unit. Finally, discuss how systems can help structure interaction other disciplines, such geography ecology.