Measuring the Social and Ecological Performance of Agricultural Innovations on Rangelands: Progress and Plans for an Indicator Framework in the LTAR Network

The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network launched the LTAR Agricultural Performance Indicator Framework to evaluate how agricultural innovations perform relative to sustainable intensification goals in five domains: Environment, Productivity, Economic, Human Condition, and Social. Here we descri...

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Published inRangelands Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 334 - 344
Main Authors Spiegal, Sheri, Webb, Nicholas P., Boughton, Elizabeth H., Boughton, Raoul K., Bentley Brymer, Amanda L., Clark, Patrick E., Collins, Chandra Holifield, Hoover, David L., Kaplan, Nicole, McCord, Sarah E., Meredith, Gwendŵr, Porensky, Lauren M., Toledo, David, Wilmer, Hailey, Wulfhorst, JD, Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Littleton Society for Range Management 01.10.2022
Elsevier Inc
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adaptation
Agricultural ecosystems
Agricultural performance indicators
Agricultural practices
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Benchmarks
Business metrics
Climate change
Collaboration
Collaborative approaches
Coupled human-natural systems
Ecological effects
Environmental economics
Experiments
Indicators
Innovations
Knowledge
Livestock
Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR)
Measurement methods
Performance evaluation
Rangelands
Stakeholders
Sustainable intensification
Working groups
United States > US
Coupled human-natural systems
Benchmarks
Agricultural performance indicators
Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR)
Collaborative approaches
Sustainable intensification
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Summary:The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network launched the LTAR Agricultural Performance Indicator Framework to evaluate how agricultural innovations perform relative to sustainable intensification goals in five domains: Environment, Productivity, Economic, Human Condition, and Social. Here we describe our progress and plans for measuring the performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands. We present a method for measuring outcomes of management innovations against site-specific benchmarks, which can be applied in grazinglands worldwide. LTAR typically studies management on fine scales (ecological site, ranch); how to measure effects on broad scales (landscape, community) remains a persistent question. LTAR's Agricultural Performance Indicator Framework will evolve with stakeholder engagement.
ISSN:0190-0528
1551-501X
DOI:10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.005