Measuring the socio-economic and environmental outcomes of regenerative agriculture across spatio-temporal scales.

Summary

This paper, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, addresses the methodological challenge of measuring outcomes from regenerative agriculture systems across varying spatial and temporal scales. Drawing on a multidisciplinary author team spanning ecology, soil science, economics, and food systems, it likely proposes or evaluates frameworks for integrating socio-economic and environmental indicators within regenerative agriculture assessment. The paper contributes to a growing evidence base on how regenerative approaches can be monitored, compared, and reported in a rigorous and policy-relevant manner.

UK applicability

Given the author affiliations — which include UK-based institutions such as the University of Sheffield (Leake) and other UK research bodies — the paper is likely grounded in or directly relevant to UK farming contexts, making it pertinent to UK agricultural policy discussions around Environmental Land Management schemes and regenerative practice uptake.

Key measures

Socio-economic indicators (e.g. farm income, livelihoods); environmental outcomes (e.g. soil health, biodiversity, carbon sequestration); spatio-temporal scaling frameworks

Outcomes reported

The study likely examines frameworks and indicators for assessing regenerative agriculture outcomes across socio-economic and environmental dimensions, spanning multiple spatial and temporal scales. It probably evaluates how existing metrics capture trade-offs and co-benefits across farm, landscape, and policy levels.

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