Assessing agro-ecological practices using a combination of three sustainability assessment tools
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://d-nb.info/1227329148/34" target="_blank" >https://d-nb.info/1227329148/34</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3220/LBF1612794225000" target="_blank" >10.3220/LBF1612794225000</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Assessing agro-ecological practices using a combination of three sustainability assessment tools
Original language description
The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological transitions in 15 case studies covering a range of different farming systems across Europe. Each case study reflects a different-transition towards agro-ecological farming. The tools applied were COMPAS (an economic farm assessment tool); Cool Farm Tool (a greenhouse gas inventory, water footprint and biodiversity assessment tool); and the SMART Farm Tool (a multidimensional sustainability assessment tool). First results of the use of combined sustainability assessments deepen the understanding of different farming systems. Sustainability performance varies greatly between farms, but overall, agro-ecological farms tend to enhance biodiversity and water quality. For soil quality, no clear patterns could be identified. The same applies to economic performance at different stages of the agro-ecological transition. Quality of life was generally rated medium to high on all investigated farms. The combined sustainability assessment enabled the identification of areas for further policy development. Aligning the tools required harmonising definitions, simplification and assumptions with regard to the input data of the tools.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50200 - Economics and Business
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
LANDBAUFORSCHUNG-JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
ISSN
0458-6859
e-ISSN
2700-8711
Volume of the periodical
70
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
129-144
UT code for WoS article
000629651300004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85105385369