relation: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/57176/
title: How to square the circle? A conceptual framework synergising strategies for circular agriculture to tackle climate change and enhance overall on-farm sustainability
creator: O‘Keeffe, Sinéad
creator: Stein, Sophie
creator: Curran, Michael
creator: Baumgart, Lukas
creator: Zikeli, Sabine
creator: Siegmund-Schultze, Marianna
subject:  Recycling, balancing and resource management
subject:  Social aspects
subject:  Air and water emissions
subject:  Biodiversity and ecosystem services
subject: Farm nutrient management
description: There is an urgent need to change the current extractive and resource-intensive agricultural practices. Adopting circular practices within the agricultural system could provide multiple benefits of slowing global climate change, reducing extractive practices and helping farmers to adapt to a changing climate. However, there are still many barriers for farmers to adopt these desired circular agriculture (CA) practices, among others, a lack of information about on-farm circular practices. There is a need to support farmers in recognising which strategies can increase the circularity of their farm and what this means in terms of their farms’ climate neutrality and its long-term sustainability. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to develop a novel conceptual framework to facilitate a broader and integrated understanding of how on-farm CA strategies and practices contribute to the goals of climate change mitigation and on-farm sustainability, thus supporting farmers in transitioning their farms towards greater circularity.
date: 2025-08
type: Journal paper
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
rights: cc_by_4
identifier: /id/eprint/57176/1/O%E2%80%98Keeffe%20et%20al.%20-%202025%20-%20How%20to%20square%20the%20circle%20A%20conceptual%20framework%20s%201.pdf
identifier:    O‘Keeffe, Sinéad; Stein, Sophie; Curran, Michael; Baumgart, Lukas; Zikeli, Sabine and Siegmund-Schultze, Marianna   (2025) How to square the circle? A conceptual framework synergising strategies for circular agriculture to tackle climate change and enhance overall on-farm sustainability.   Ambio, 54 (8), pp. 1334-1352.        
relation: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02154-4
relation: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02154-4
identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02154-4