Bernard Laetitia auteur aut IRD Trap Jean auteur aut IRD Autfray P. auteur aut IRD Ripoche A. auteur aut IRD Audouin S. auteur aut IRD Müller B. auteur aut IRD Bélières J.F. auteur aut IRD Razafimahatratra M. auteur aut IRD Rabary B. auteur aut IRD Randriamanantsoa R. auteur aut IRD Ratsiatosika O. auteur aut IRD Razanamalala K. auteur aut IRD Razafindrakoto M. auteur aut IRD Razafimbelo T. auteur aut IRD Salgado P. auteur aut IRD Blanchart Eric auteur aut IRD text bookSection eng text/pdf reformatted digital access An experiment has been designed in the Highlands of Madagascar with the aim to produce multi-criteria indicators of performance of agroecological practices. In this experiment, different traditional and innovative practices were tested in field conditions with the assumption that practices that enhance soil biodiversity and soil ecological processes are the one that best promote plant production, yield and sustainability. Both ecological and agronomic performances were confronted with socio-economic performance defined by farmers in order to propose innovative practices adoptable by farmers. A 2-year field experiment with 16 different practices, replicated 4 times, was designed in the Highlands of Madagascar with upland rice as the main crop. Many soil and plant parameters were measured: 73 parameters to describe soil biodiversity and soil ecological processes, 19 descriptors to measure rice production, nutrition and yield, and 8 socio-economic descriptors. This study led to the production of a useful indicator allowing to evaluate an agroecological practice on the way it promotes soil health and especially soil biodiversity, crop yield and socio-economical requirements which are the main limits for practice adoption. We measured interesting relations between soil ecological descriptors and agronomic descriptors. specialized MADAGASCAR 076 068 021 098 382-388 Rome FAO 2021 Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity, Rome (ITA), 2021/04/19-22 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084443 10.4060/cb7374en 978-92-5-135218-2 [F B010084443] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084443 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-12/010084443.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2022-02-24 2022-12-21 fdi:010084443 fre