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Measuring the social and ecological performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands: Progress and plans for an indicator framework in the LTAR network

Sheri Spiegal, Nicholas P. Webb, Elizabeth H. Boughton, Raoul K. Boughton, Amanda L. Bentley Brymer, Patrick E. Clark, Chandra Holifield Collins, David L. Hoover, Nicole Kaplan, Sarah E. McCord, Gwendŵr R. Meredith, Lauren M. Porensky, David Toledo, Hailey Wilmer, J. D. Wulfhorst, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer · 2022 · Rangelands

Summary. The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network developed an indicator framework to measure how agricultural innovations on rangelands perform across five domains: environment, productivity, economics, human condition, and social outcomes. The framework compares management innovations against site-specific benchmarks applicable to grazinglands worldwide. A key challenge remains scaling measurements from fine scales like individual ranches to broader landscape and community levels.

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Spiegal, S., Webb, N. P., Boughton, E. H., Boughton, R. K., Brymer, A. L. B., Clark, P. E., Collins, C. H., Hoover, D. L., Kaplan, N., McCord, S. E., Meredith, G. R., Porensky, L. M., Toledo, D., Wilmer, H., Wulfhorst, J. D., & Bestelmeyer, B. T.. (2022). Measuring the social and ecological performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands: Progress and plans for an indicator framework in the LTAR network. Rangelands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.005

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DOI
10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.005
Countries
United States
Regions
North America
Categories
climate-and-environment, food-systems, rural-data-and-definitions
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2026-04-28