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D5.6 Impacts of improved strategies and policy options on the resilience of farming systems across the EU

Reidsma, Pytrik; Paas, Wim; Accatino, Francesco; Appel, Franziska; Black, Jasmine; Bijttebier, Jo; Gavrilescu, Camelia; Kopainsky, Birgit; Krupin, Vitaliy; Manevska Tasevska, Gordana; Meuwissen, Miranda; Ollendorf, Franziska; Peneva, Mariya; Senni, Saverio; Severini, Simone; Soriano, Bárbara; Urquhart, Julie; Vigani, Mauro; Zawalińska, Katarzyna; Zinnanti, Cinzia;
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Abstract

Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously  unimaginable, such as the Covid19 crisis. The aim of this paper is to assess responses of farming  systems (FS) to this crisis and to assess them from the perspective of resilience thinking. We build  on  a  resilience  framework  developed  in  the  SURE‐Farm  project  and  on  ongoing  resilience  assessments in 11 FS across Europe through which we have an in‐depth understanding of the  ‘pre‐Covid19 situation’ in each FS. This includes insights whether an FS has an enabling (or  constraining) environment, who are the relevant system actors beyond farms, and what are the  social, economic and ecological functions to be delivered by the system. The analysis allows us to  understand which resilience resources and strategies were mobilised in different FS and thereby  to explain differences in the ability of FS to cope with and respond to the crisis. Furthermore, the  approach enables us to put crisis responses in a broader resilience perspective and to assess  whether responses might enhance (or constrain) future resilience. Thus, our analysis allows to  draw policy and industry relevant conclusions how to increase resilience of farming systems.  

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Publisher: SURE‐Farm

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Reidsma, Pytrik
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Paas, Wim
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Accatino, Francesco
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Appel, Franziska
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Black, Jasmine
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Bijttebier, Jo
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Gavrilescu, Camelia
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Kopainsky, Birgit
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Krupin, Vitaliy
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics
Meuwissen, Miranda
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Ollendorf, Franziska
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Peneva, Mariya
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Senni, Saverio
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Severini, Simone
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Soriano, Bárbara
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Urquhart, Julie
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Vigani, Mauro
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Zawalińska, Katarzyna
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Zinnanti, Cinzia
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UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science
Economics

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/108325