combating farmland abandonment · 2018. 9. 26. · [email protected]. web. . eduardo corbelle...

Combating farmland abandonmentCan we shift towards a proactive approach?

Eduardo Corbelle Rico

Laboratorio do territorio (LaboraTe)Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

LANDNET Conference 2014Belgrade, 23–25 June

Eduardo Corbelle Rico (LaboraTe-USC) Combating farmland abandonment LANDNET 2014 Conference 1 / 18

Highlights• Underlying causes 6= triggering events/processes• We often act on underlying causes• Complementary approaches may be considered


Outline

1 Farmland abandonment: causes and facilitatorsExamplesRisk of farmland abandonment: indicators

2 Instruments to combat farmland abandonmentExamples

3 Final remarks


Farmland abandonment: Definition

“A cessation of management which leads to undesirable changes inbiodiversity and ecosystem services”

Terres & Nissini, 2013. Assessing the risk of farmland abandonment in the EU


Causes: Relatively well known

Underlying causes• Biophysical aspects• Farm and parcel structure

TriggersSubstantial changes:• Technological• Social or economic• Political or institutional• ...


Example: technological change

Photos: R.M. Anderson, 1925; L.M. Bugallo, 2009.


Example: technological change

Industrialization of farming• Spatial specialization• Changes in the location of farming• Intensification / extensification


Technology or policy change?Example: accession of Spain to EEC in 1986

100 Km

Corbelle, Butsic, Enríquez & Radeloff, under review.


Technology or policy change?Example: accession of Spain to EEC in 1986

Percentage of each class in 1956, 1984, and 2009

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Policy or catastrofic changes?Example: collapse of Soviet Union and Chernobyl accident

Hostert, Kuemmerle, Prishchepov, Sieber, Lambin & Radeloff, 2011. Env. Res. Letters, 6(4).


Monitoring underlying causes: IRENA operation

Agro-Environmental Indicator 14: Risk of farmland abandonmentDrivers:

1 Weak land market2 Farm income under regional average3 Low investment in the farm4 Age of farm holder5 Low farmer qualification6 Previous trend of farmland abandonment7 Remoteness, difficult access, and low population density8 Low farm size9 Farm enrolment in specific schemes

Terres & Nissini, 2013. Assessing the risk of farmland abandonment in the EU


AEI 14: Empirical assessment

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Corbelle & Crecente, 2014. Land Use Policy, 38.


How to prevent farmland abandonment?The focus on underlying causes

European rural development policy• Payment for areas with natural handicaps• Financial support for land consolidation,

afforestation, and early retirement

Answer by Mr Ciolos, on behalf of the Commission, to a written parliamentary question in January 2011.


Example 1: Land Bank of Galicia, Spainhttp://sitegal.xunta.es


Example 2: MobilizaTe

Heat map: area (ha) fulfillingrequirements in a 2 km radius

Participants• U. Santiago Compostela• Foundation “Juana de Vega”• Land Bank of Galicia• Caja Rural (financial entity)• Cooperatives and farms

Initial requirements• Maize productivity >9 Tm / ha• Land currently not in use


Example 3: algorithm for multiple parcel exchange

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Example 3: algorithm for multiple parcel exchange

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Final comments

• We often focus on underlyingcauses of abandonment(...which is right)

• Complementary approachesmay help


[email protected]

Webhttp://laborate.usc.es

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