Exploring, Assessing and Utilizing the Multifunctional Value of Agricultural Heritage Systems
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Systems and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural heritage; ecosystem services; ecological compensation; ecological agriculture; agroecosystem; sustainable livelihoods
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ecological economics; agricultural heritage conservation; rural sustainable development; food security
Interests: sustainable livelihoods; agroecosystem management; livelihood-resource nexus; agricultural heritage system conservation; biosphere reserve development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to advances in science and technology and intensive utilization of land, significant agricultural achievements have been attained at the expense certain eco-agricultural and environmental problems. It has also been noted that some traditional ingenious farming methods are uniquely advantageous in the adaptation to climate change, ecosystem services’ supply and environmental protection. Humans have realized the importance of conserving traditional agro-technologies, bio-resources and unique agro-landscapes. In 2002, the FAO launched the “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)” initiative. After 20 years, GIAHS has not only preserved outstanding agricultural landscapes for the development of modern and efficient ecological agriculture, maintained recoverable ecosystems, inherited high-value traditional knowledge and cultural activities but also preserved agricultural biodiversity of global significance, providing the basis for the multifunctional development of modern and efficient ecological agriculture, and also diversified the livelihoods of local residents.
This Special Issue focuses on the excavation and evaluation of the multifunctional value of agricultural heritage systems and the contribution of the dynamic development of agricultural heritage systems to rural revitalization. This Special Issue will include interdisciplinary studies embracing agriculture with disciplines of ecology and environment science, sociology, economics and management, culture, sustainable tourism, etc. All types of articles, such as original research, opinions and reviews, are welcome.
Dr. Moucheng Liu
Dr. Yongxun Zhang
Dr. Lun Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural heritage systems
- multifunctional value
- ecological agriculture
- ecosystem services
- agricultural economy
- agricultural history
- sustainable livelihoods
- heritage tourism
- rural revitalization
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