Bengtsson, Jan
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Review article2010Peer reviewed
Jackson, Louise; Noordwijk, Meine van; Bengtsson, Jan; Foster, William; Lipper, Leslie; Pulleman, Mirjam; Said, Mohammed; Snaddon, Jake; Vodouhe, Raymond
Rapid changes in land use, food systems, and livelihoods require social-ecological systems that keep multiple options open and prepare for future unpredictability. Sustainagility refers to the properties and assets of a system that sustain the ability (agility) of agents to adapt and meet their needs in new ways. In contrast, sustainability tends to invoke persistence along current trajectories, and the resilience to return to current baselines. With three examples, the use and conservation of agrobiodiversity is explored along temporal, spatial, and human institutional scales for its role in sustainagility: first, farmers' seed systems; second, complex pollination systems; and third, wildlife conservation in agricultural areas with high poverty. Incentives are necessary if agrobiodiversity is to provide benefits to future generations.
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2010, Volume: 2, number: 1-2, pages: 80-87
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
SDG1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Agricultural Science
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2010.02.007
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/60815