Measuring Sustainability of Agricultural Systems at the Farm Level

2015 ◽  
pp. 401-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Gomez ◽  
David E. Swete Kelly ◽  
J. K. Syers ◽  
K. J. Coughlan
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Farm Level

Environmental comprehensive assessment of agricultural systems at the farm level using fuzzy logic: A case study in cane farms in Iran

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Móslem Sami ◽  
Mohammad Javad Shiekhdavoodi ◽  
Mostafa Pazhohanniya ◽  
Foroogh Pazhohanniya
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Comprehensive Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Farm Level

scholarly journals Assessing Sustainability Performance at the Farm Level: Examples from Greek Agricultural Systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Tzouramani ◽  
Stamatis Mantziaris ◽  
Pavlos Karanikolas
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Olive Trees ◽  
The Eu

In recent years, farmers and policymakers have faced ample challenges and have struggled to support the sustainability of the agricultural sector. Sustainable agriculture encompasses multiple concepts, and its performance produces extensive debate about data requirements, appropriate indicators, evaluation methods, and tools. Under the European Union (EU) financed project FLINT (Farm Level Indicators for New Topics in policy evaluation), detailed data have been collected at the farm level to provide broader coverage of sustainability indicators on a wide range of relevant topics to facilitate the assessment of sustainability performance. The approach has been applied in a pilot network of representative farms at the EU level, considering the heterogeneity of the EU farming sector to provide data infrastructure with up to date information for sustainability indicators. This study aims to assess sustainability performance at the farm level in Greece. Representative and dominant agricultural systems, such as permanent crops, olive trees, arable crops, and livestock (sheep) farms, comprise the Greek sample. It uses the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology and attempts to gain insights into the sustainability performance of agricultural systems. The outcome of the sustainability assessment reveals knowledge and develops support for strategic farm choices in order to support both farmers and policymakers towards more sustainable development plans. The results indicate that three typical Mediterranean farming systems, like permanent crops, olive trees, and extensive livestock systems (sheep farms), are more sustainable in contrast to intensive and arable crop farms.

scholarly journals Assessing Sustainability Performance at the Farm Level: Examples from Greek Agricultural Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Tzouramani ◽  
Stamatis Mantziaris ◽  
Pavlos Karanikolas
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Olive Trees ◽  
The Eu

In recent years, farmers and policymakers have faced ample challenges and have struggled to support the sustainability of the agricultural sector. Sustainable agriculture encompasses multiple concepts, and its performance produces extensive debate about data requirements, appropriate indicators, evaluation methods, and tools. Under the European Union (EU) financed project FLINT (Farm Level Indicators for New Topics in policy evaluation), detailed data have been collected at the farm level to provide broader coverage of sustainability indicators on a wide range of relevant topics to facilitate the assessment of sustainability performance. The approach has been applied in a pilot network of representative farms at the EU level, considering the heterogeneity of the EU farming sector to provide data infrastructure with up to date information for sustainability indicators. This study aims to assess sustainability performance at the farm level in Greece. Representative and dominant agricultural systems, such as permanent crops, olive trees, arable crops, and livestock (sheep) farms, comprise the Greek sample. It uses the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology and attempts to gain insights into the sustainability performance of agricultural systems. The outcome of the sustainability assessment reveals knowledge and develops support for strategic farm choices in order to support both farmers and policymakers towards more sustainable development plans. The results indicate that three typical Mediterranean farming systems, namely permanent crops, olive trees, and extensive livestock systems (sheep farms), are more sustainable in contrast to intensive and arable crop farms.

p-EMA (II): evaluating ecological risks of pesticides for a farm-level risk assessment system

Agronomie ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Hart ◽  
Colin D. Brown ◽  
Kathy A. Lewis ◽  
John Tzilivakis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Ecological Risks ◽  
Farm Level

Does basic education students know the importance of agroecology production systems for the conservation of biodiversity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. e04942784
Author(s):  
Andrea Aline Mombach ◽  
Carla Grasiele Zanin Hegel ◽  
Rogério Luis Cansian ◽  
Sônia Beatris Balvedi Zakrzevski
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

The perception of a basic education of the importance of agroecological agricultural systems for human and environmental health is fundamental for changes in consumption habits, the conservation of local biodiversity and long-term social transformation. We analyzed, by utilizing a questionnaire consisting of open and closed questions, the perceptions about agroecological and conventional agricultural production systems in 360 final students of basic education residing in nine Functional Planning Regions of southern Brazil. We used classification categories for answers within thematic axes, expressed in percentages and analyzed by means of Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis tests. In general, students recognize agroecological systems as healthier for their families and for soil and water conservation, largely because they do not use agrochemicals. However, they demonstrated difficulties when arguing their importance for the conservation of biodiversity, ecosystems and for ensuring the food security of populations. Television was the main source of information related to agroecology, mainly for students residing in rural areas, thus pointing out shortcomings in basic education regarding the approach of the theme in schools. Our results show the need to build a complex network of knowledge and discussions on agroecological agricultural systems in basic education, involving changes in student perceptions, behaviors and sustainable choices.

Reducing the Vulnerability of Uzbekistan's Agricultural Systems to Climate Change

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Sutton ◽  
Jitendra P. Srivastava ◽  
James E. Neumann ◽  
Peter Droogers ◽  
Brent Boehlert
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Systems
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