Evidence library of meta-analytical literature assessing the sustainability of agriculture – a dataset

In the last two decades, an exponentially growing number of meta-analyses (MAs) synthesize thousands of peer-reviewed studies on the environmental impacts of farming practices (FPs). This paper describes the iMAP-FP evidence library, a comprehensive dataset on the effects of 34 categories of FPs (su...

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Published in:Scientific data 2024-09, Vol.11 (1), p.979-13, Article 979
Main Authors: Schievano, Andrea, Pérez-Soba, Marta, Bosco, Simona, Montero-Castaño, Ana, Catarino, Rui, Chen, Mathilde, Tamburini, Giovanni, Landoni, Beatrice, Mantegazza, Otho, Guerrero, Irene, Bielza, Maria, Assouline, Michael, Koeble, Renate, Dentener, Frank, Van der Velde, Marijn, Rega, Carlo, Furlan, Andrea, Paracchini, Maria Luisa, Weiss, Franz, Angileri, Vincenzo, Terres, Jean-Michel, Makowski, David
Format: Article
Language:English
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704/172/4081
706/1143
706/648/496
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Data Descriptor
Datasets
Environmental Sciences
Global Changes
Humanities and Social Sciences
Libraries
Life Sciences
Livestock
Meta-Analysis as Topic
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Water use
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Summary:In the last two decades, an exponentially growing number of meta-analyses (MAs) synthesize thousands of peer-reviewed studies on the environmental impacts of farming practices (FPs). This paper describes the iMAP-FP evidence library, a comprehensive dataset on the effects of 34 categories of FPs (such as agronomic practices, cropping and livestock systems, land management options and mitigation techniques) on 34 impacts including climate mitigation, soil health, environmental pollution, water use, nutrients cycling, biodiversity, and agricultural productivity. Through systematic screening, 570 MAs published since 2000 were selected and categorized according to the type of FP. We assessed their impacts, the geographic regions covered, and their quality. We extracted 3,811 effects and their statistical significance associated with sustainable FPs (intervention) compared to a control (typically conventional agriculture) across 223 different intervention-control pairs. Our dataset is accompanied with an online free-access library, which includes a catalogue of synthetic reports summarizing the available evidence on each evaluated FP.
ISSN:2052-4463
2052-4463
DOI:10.1038/s41597-024-03682-6