IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v12y2020i17p6962-d404589.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Barriers and Levers to Developing Wheat–Pea Intercropping in Europe: A Review

Author

Listed:
  • Fateh Mamine

    (UMR Selmet, INRAE-ACT, 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France)

  • M’hand Farès

    (UMR Selmet, INRAE-ACT, 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France)

Abstract

Beyond the ecosystem benefits of diversification through wheat–pea intercropping, this review analyzes the barriers and levers to its adoption and diffusion. The present review shows that structuring the value chain around the products of this innovative cropping system faces a set of technical (i.e., varietal selection, phytosanitary issue control, crop management sequence, collection management, and storage), economic (i.e., cost, price, market opportunities, and contracting), and public policy (i.e., subsidies for ecosystem services provided by intercropping) obstacles that contribute to its slow adoption and dissemination in Europe. However, the value chain resulting from the wheat–pea intercropping system has levers to be exploited at all levels, particularly in terms of its competitive advantages, ecosystem benefits, and superior product quality. The results of this review help to identify priorities that actors of the value chain can address to better focus their efforts on significant problems and solutions that can accelerate the adoption and dissemination of this agroecological system.

Suggested Citation

  • Fateh Mamine & M’hand Farès, 2020. "Barriers and Levers to Developing Wheat–Pea Intercropping in Europe: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-19, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:17:p:6962-:d:404589
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6962/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/17/6962/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Daniel Hassan & Sylvette Monier-Dilhan, 2006. "National brands and store brands: Competition through public quality labels," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(1), pages 21-30.
    2. Chatellier, Vincent & Guyomard, Herve, 2012. "The legislative proposals of the CAP reform (October 2011): first analysis," INRAE Sciences Sociales, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (INRAE), Departement Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et Alimentation, Espace et Environnement (SAE2), vol. 2011, pages 1-11, February.
    3. Rachel Guillain & Sophie Legras & Elsa Martin, 2017. "Usages agricoles diversifiés du sol : le rôle des effets de voisinage," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 68(3), pages 409-433.
    4. Maria Espinosa‐Goded & Jesús Barreiro‐Hurlé & Eric Ruto, 2010. "What Do Farmers Want From Agri‐Environmental Scheme Design? A Choice Experiment Approach," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(2), pages 259-273, June.
    5. Gershon Feder & Rinku Murgai & Jaime B. Quizon, 2004. "Sending Farmers Back to School: The Impact of Farmer Field Schools in Indonesia," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 26(1), pages 45-62.
    6. Gómez-Baggethun, Erik & de Groot, Rudolf & Lomas, Pedro L. & Montes, Carlos, 2010. "The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice: From early notions to markets and payment schemes," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(6), pages 1209-1218, April.
    7. Reed, Mark S. & Moxey, Andrew & Prager, Katrin & Hanley, Nick & Skates, James & Bonn, Aletta & Evans, Chris D. & Glenk, Klaus & Thomson, Ken, 2014. "Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 9(C), pages 44-53.
    8. Chatellier, Vincent & Guyomard, Herve, 2012. "The October 2011 Legislative Proposals for CAP Reform: A French Point of View," 126th Seminar, June 27-29, 2012, Capri, Italy 126988, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    9. Magrini, Marie-Benoit & Anton, Marc & Cholez, Célia & Corre-Hellou, Guenaelle & Duc, Gérard & Jeuffroy, Marie-Hélène & Meynard, Jean-Marc & Pelzer, Elise & Voisin, Anne-Sophie & Walrand, Stéphane, 2016. "Why are grain-legumes rarely present in cropping systems despite their environmental and nutritional benefits? Analyzing lock-in in the French agrifood system," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 152-162.
    10. Franck Aggeri & Armand Hatchuel, 2003. "Ordres socio-économiques et polarisation de la recherche dans l'agriculture : pour une critique des rapports science/société," Post-Print halshs-00644599, HAL.
    11. Marie-Benoît Magrini & Marc Anton & Célia Cholez & Gérard Duc & Guenaelle Hellou & Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy & Jean-Marc Meynard & Élise Pelzer & Anne-Sophie Voisin & Stéphane Walrand, 2017. "Transition vers des systèmes agricole et agroalimentaire durables : quelle place et qualification pour les légumineuses à graines ?," Revue française de socio-Economie, La découverte, vol. 0(1), pages 53-75.
    12. Meynard, Jean-Marc & Jeuffroy, Marie-Hélène & Le Bail, Marianne & Lefèvre, Amélie & Magrini, Marie-Benoit & Michon, Camille, 2017. "Designing coupled innovations for the sustainability transition of agrifood systems," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 330-339.
    13. K. Ann Bybee-Finley & Matthew R. Ryan, 2018. "Advancing Intercropping Research and Practices in Industrialized Agricultural Landscapes," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 8(6), pages 1-24, June.
    14. Frederic Ang & Simon M. Mortimer & Francisco J. Areal & Richard Tiffin, 2018. "On the Opportunity Cost of Crop Diversification," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 69(3), pages 794-814, September.
    15. Schomers, Sarah & Matzdorf, Bettina, 2013. "Payments for ecosystem services: A review and comparison of developing and industrialized countries," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 6(C), pages 16-30.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Meunier, Clémentine & Martin, Guillaume & Barnaud, Cécile & Ryschawy, Julie, 2024. "Bucking the trend: Crop farmers' motivations for reintegrating livestock," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
    2. Ahmed Abdalla & Mathias Becker & Till Stellmacher, 2023. "The Contribution of Agronomic Management to Sustainably Intensify Egypt’s Wheat Production," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-15, April.
    3. Aubron, Claire & Vigne, Mathieu & Philippon, Olivier & Lucas, Corentin & Lesens, Pierre & Upton, Spencer & Salgado, Paulo & Ruiz, Laurent, 2021. "Nitrogen metabolism of an Indian village based on the comparative agriculture approach: How characterizing social diversity was essential for understanding crop-livestock integration," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    4. Uttam Khanal & Kerry J. Stott & Roger Armstrong & James G. Nuttall & Frank Henry & Brendan P. Christy & Meredith Mitchell & Penny A. Riffkin & Ashley J. Wallace & Malcolm McCaskill & Thabo Thayalakuma, 2021. "Intercropping—Evaluating the Advantages to Broadacre Systems," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-20, May.
    5. Meunier, Clémentine & Casagrande, Marion & Rosiès, Blandine & Bedoussac, Laurent & Topp, Cairistiona F.E. & Walker, Robin L. & Watson, Christine A. & Martin, Guillaume, 2022. "Interplay: A game for the participatory design of locally adapted cereal–legume intercrops," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Rodríguez-Ortega, T. & Olaizola, A.M. & Bernués, A., 2018. "A novel management-based system of payments for ecosystem services for targeted agri-environmental policy," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 34(PA), pages 74-84.
    2. Revoyron, Eva & Le Bail, Marianne & Meynard, Jean-Marc & Gunnarsson, Anita & Seghetti, Marco & Colombo, Luca, 2022. "Diversity and drivers of crop diversification pathways of European farms," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 201(C).
    3. Cholez, Celia & Pauly, Olivier & Mahdad, Maral & Mehrabi, Sepide & Giagnocavo, Cynthia & Bijman, Jos, 2023. "Heterogeneity of inter-organizational collaborations in agrifood chain sustainability-oriented innovations," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
    4. Thomas, Alban & Lamine, Claire & Allès, Benjamin & Chiffoleau, Yuna & Doré, Antoine & Dubuisson-Quellier, Sophie & Hannachi, Mourad, 2020. "The key roles of economic and social organization and producer and consumer behaviour towards a health-agriculture-food-environment nexus: recent advances and future prospects," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), vol. 101(1), August.
    5. Johanna Norris & Bettina Matzdorf & Rena Barghusen & Christoph Schulze & Bart van Gorcum, 2021. "Viewpoints on Cooperative Peatland Management: Expectations and Motives of Dutch Farmers," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-16, December.
    6. Sheng, Jichuan & Qiu, Wenge & Han, Xiao, 2020. "China’s PES-like horizontal eco-compensation program: Combining market-oriented mechanisms and government interventions," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 45(C).
    7. Hoogstra, A.G. & Silvius, J. & de Olde, E.M. & Candel, J.J.L. & Termeer, C.J.A.M. & van Ittersum, M.K. & de Boer, I.J.M., 2024. "The transformative potential of circular agriculture initiatives in the North of the Netherlands," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
    8. Campanhão, Ligia Maria Barrios & Ranieri, Victor Eduardo Lima, 2019. "Guideline framework for effective targeting of payments for watershed services," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 93-109.
    9. Angeon, Valérie & Casagrande, Marion & Navarrete, Mireille & Sabatier, Rodolphe, 2024. "A conceptual framework linking ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems and socio-technical systems to understand the relational and spatial dynamics of the reduction of pesticide use in agrifood ," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 213(C).
    10. Géraldine Froger & Valérie Boisvert & Philippe Méral & Jean-François Le Coq & Armelle Caron & Olivier Aznar, 2015. "Market-Based Instruments for Ecosystem Services between Discourse and Reality: An Economic and Narrative Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(9), pages 1-17, August.
    11. Van Hecken, Gert & Bastiaensen, Johan & Windey, Catherine, 2015. "The frontiers of the debate on Payments for Ecosystem Services: a proposal for innovative future research," IOB Discussion Papers 2015.05, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
    12. Li, Zhi & Liu, Pengfei & Swallow, Stephen K., 2017. "Supporting Private Provision of Ecosystem Services through Contracts: Evidence from Lab and Field Experiments," 2018 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 266300, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    13. Coralie Calvet & Claude Napoleone & Jean-Michel Salles & Syndhia Mathé & Hélène Rey-Valette & Leslie Carnoye & Rita Lopes & Valérie Boisvert & Philippe Méral & Jean-François Le Coq & Armelle Caron & O, 2015. "Ecosystem Services and Institutional Dynamics," Post-Print hal-03023959, HAL.
    14. Marie-Benoit Magrini & Hugo Fernandez-Inigo & Antoine Doré & Olivier Pauly, 2021. "How institutional food services can contribute to sustainable agrifood systems? Investigating legume-serving, legume-cooking and legume-sourcing through France in 2019," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer, vol. 102(3), pages 297-318, September.
    15. Cheng Chen & Hannes J. König & Bettina Matzdorf & Lin Zhen, 2015. "The Institutional Challenges of Payment for Ecosystem Service Program in China: A Review of the Effectiveness and Implementation of Sloping Land Conversion Program," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(5), pages 1-28, May.
    16. Marie-Benoît Magrini & Guillaume Cabanac & Matteo Lascialfari & Gael Plumecocq & Marie-Josephe Amiot & Marc Anton & Gaelle Arvisenet & Alain Baranger & Laurent Bedoussac & Jean-Michel Chardigny & Géra, 2019. "Peer-Reviewed Literature on Grain Legume Species in the WoS (1980–2018): A Comparative Analysis of Soybean and Pulses," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-37, December.
    17. Tyllianakis, Emmanouil & Martin-Ortega, Julia, 2021. "Agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity and environmental protection: How we are not yet “hitting the right keys”," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    18. Ma, Zhao & Bauchet, Jonathan & Steele, Diana & Godoy, Ricardo & Radel, Claudia & Zanotti, Laura, 2017. "Comparison of Direct Transfers for Human Capital Development and Environmental Conservation," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 498-517.
    19. Driss Ezzine-de-Blas & Sven Wunder & Manuel Ruiz-Pérez & Rocio del Pilar Moreno-Sanchez, 2016. "Global Patterns in the Implementation of Payments for Environmental Services," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(3), pages 1-16, March.
    20. Pelzer, Elise & Bonifazi, Mathilde & Soulié, Marion & Guichard, Laurence & Quinio, Maude & Ballot, Remy & Jeuffroy, Marie-Hélène, 2020. "Participatory design of agronomic scenarios for the reintroduction of legumes into a French territory," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:17:p:6962-:d:404589. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.