Indicators used for assessment of the ecological dimension of sustainable arable farming - review

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Indicators used for assessment of the ecological dimension of sustainable arable farming - review

Original language description

The paper reviews the basic indicators for arable farming sustainability assessment, analyses depth of detail, way of calculation, input data intensity, expression of the result and its evaluation. Focus is on indicators of nutrients, organic matter andenergy balance, use of pesticides, soil protection and biodiversity, which we consider as basic issues from environmental and agronomic viewpoint. It is important to fi nd a compromise between exactness of calculation and feasibility of input data. It also appears that risk of errors at using a method increases with its complexity. According to experience from practice, indicators based on assessment of environmental impacts of management are preferred to the indicators based on evaluation of farmer practices, although the need for input data is higher. The link with the objectives for this kind of indicators is direct and the choice of intervention is left to the farmer. Indicators allowing expression of the impact per unit area as wel

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GC - Plant growing, crop rotation

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/QH92242" target="_blank" >QH92242: Indicators and methods used for sustainability assessment of arable farming systems in conditions of the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

ISSN

1211-8516

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

LIX

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

247-256

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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