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Regenerative Agriculture: Insights and Challenges in Farmer Adoption

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datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Outras Engenharias e Tecnologias
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dc.contributor.authorMoisés, Cristiano
dc.contributor.authorArrobas, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorTsitos, Dimitrios
dc.contributor.authorPinho, Diogo
dc.contributor.authorRezende, Raiza Figueiredo
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Manuel Ângelo
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-14T16:51:24Z
dc.date.available2025-11-14T16:51:24Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractRegenerative agriculture has emerged as a new organic farming movement, initially difficult to distinguish from similar approaches. Its core concerns, such as ecosystem degradation caused by intensive farming, align with those of many other organic systems. However, regenerative agriculture prioritizes soil health, biodiversity, and social equity, setting itself apart through its scalability and flexibility. Unlike other ecological farming methods, often limited to smaller scales, regenerative agriculture aims to be implemented on large farms, typically major contributors to pollution due to reliance on external inputs like fertilizers and pesticides. Notably, regenerative certification standards are more flexible, allowing the use of industrially synthesized inputs under specific conditions, provided that regenerative principles are upheld. This review systematically examines seven core regenerative practices: no-tillage farming, crop rotation, cover cropping, green manures, intercropping, perennial cover systems, and integrated crop-livestock systems. It outlines the practical advantages and ecological benefits of each, while identifying key adoption challenges, including costs, farm size, and institutional barriers. The paper argues that addressing these issues, particularly concerning scale and socio-economic constraints, is essential for broader adoption. By synthesizing recent evidence, this review clarifies the distinctiveness of regenerative agriculture and highlights pathways for its scalable implementation.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are grateful to the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) for the financial support from national funds FCT/MCTES to CIMO (UIDB/AGR/00690/2020) and SusTEC (LA/P/0007/2020). It was also funded by AVINA Stiftung for funding Associação Rehavida to implement the project “Arbo-Innova—Regenerative Intensive Almonds & Olive Pilots”.
dc.identifier.citationMoisés, Cristiano; Arrobas, Margarida; Tsitos, Dimitrios; Pinho, Diogo; Rezende, Raiza Figueiredo; Rodrigues, Manuel Ângelo (2025). Regenerative Agriculture: Insights and Challenges in Farmer Adoption. Sustainability and Climate Change. ISSN 2071-1050. 17:16, p. 1-22
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su17167235
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/35077
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.relationAssociate Laboratory for Sustainability and Tecnology in Mountain Regions
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectSoil health
dc.subjectConservation agriculture
dc.subjectCrop rotation
dc.subjectCover crops
dc.subjectIntercropping
dc.subjectIntegrated crop-livestock
dc.titleRegenerative Agriculture: Insights and Challenges in Farmer Adoption
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleSustainability
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