TY - GEN
AU - Klasen, Stephan
AU - Meyer, Katrin M.
AU - Dislich, Claudia
AU - Euler, Michael
AU - Faust, Heiko
AU - Gatto, Marcel
AU - Hettig, Elisabeth
AU - Melati, Dian N.
AU - Jaya, I. Nengah Surati
AU - Otten, Fenna
AU - Pérez-Cruzado, César
AU - Steinebach, Stefanie
AU - Tarigan, Suria
AU - Wiegand, Kerstin
TI - Economic and ecological trade-offs of agricultural specialization at different spatial scales
KW - Agrarindustrie
KW - Landwirtschaft
KW - ökologischer Landbau
KW - ökologische Folgen
KW - ökologisches System
KW - Wirtschaftlichkeit
KW - Indonesien
KW - Südostasien
KW - Agrarsektor
KW - Monokultur
KW - Umweltschaden
KW - Kautschuk
KW - Palmöl
PY - 2016
N2 - Veröffentlichungsversion
N2 - begutachtet (peer reviewed)
N2 - In: Ecological Economics ; 122 (2016) ; 111-120
N2 - Specialization in agricultural systems can lead to trade-offs between economic gains and ecosystem functions. We suggest and explore a conceptual framework in which economic gains can be maximized when production activities are specialized at increasingly broader scales (from the household to the village, region or above), particularly when markets for outputs and inputs function well. Conversely, more specialization likely reduces biodiversity and significantly limits ecosystem functions. When agricultural specialization increases and moves to broader scales as a result of improved infrastructure and markets or other drivers, ecosystem functions can also be endangered at broader spatial scales. Policies to improve agricultural incomes may influence the level of specialization at different scales and thus affect the severity of the trade-offs. This paper takes Jambi province in Indonesia, a current hotspot of rubber and oil palm monoculture, as a case study to illustrate these issues. We empirically show that the level of specialization differs across scales with higher specialization at household and village levels and higher diversification towards the province level. We discuss ways to resolve trade-offs between economic gains and ecological costs, including landscape design, targeted policies, and adoption of long-term perspectives.
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