We’re thrilled to share that Youssef Touri‘s conceptual paper — 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 — has just been published in the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, a milestone for our project and a meaningful step toward integrating the economic value of ecosystem services into 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬.
🌱 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠?
This is a question at the heart of sustainable agriculture — and the focus of our new research. Farms don’t just produce food. They also provide 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: things like pollination, clean water, carbon storage, and biodiversity. These services are vital for society, but improving them often means farmers must change how they manage their land.
To make sense of this complexity, we developed a 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 that puts ecosystem services at the centre of 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 — linking them with 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 in one picture.
💡 Why does this matter?
Because understanding these connections helps farmers, advisors, and policymakers design farming systems that work for 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭.
This framework tries to offer a solid basis for future research and farm models that can better support sustainable agriculture — farming that works for nature, food, and people.
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/euXqvZrQ