A systems framework for characterizing farm sustainability

Hansen, James; Jones, J. W.

doi:10.1016/0308-521x(95)00036-5

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“…A more serious drawback of our method is perhaps that we have not taken into account temporal effects: a full analysis of sustainability should include temporal effects [75]. In this paper we feel justified in leaving out temporal aspects because we are interested in relative sustainability.…”

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Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

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For farmers, the application of Precision Agriculture (PA) technology is expected to lead to an increase in profitability. For society, PA is expected to lead to increased sustainability. The objective of this paper is to determine for a number of common PA practices how much they increase profitability and sustainability. For potato production in The Netherlands, we considered variable rate application (VRA) of soil herbicide, fungicide for late blight control, sidedress N, and haulm killing herbicide. For olive production in Greece, we considered spatially variable application of P and K fertilizer and lime. For each of the above scenarios, we quantified the value of outputs, the cost of inputs, and the environmental costs. This allowed us to calculate profit as well as social profit, where the latter is defined as revenues minus conventional costs minus the external costs of production. Social profit can be considered an overall measure of sustainability. Our calculations show that PA in potatoes increases profit by 21% (420 € ha −1 ) and social profit by 26%. In olives, VRA application of P, K, and lime leads to a strong reduction in nutrient use and although this leads to an increase in sustainability, it has only a small effect on profit and on social profit. In conclusion, PA increases sustainability in olives and both profitability and sustainability in potatoes.

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“…Invoking the Lynam and Herdt principle implies that individual subsystems need not all be sustainable for global sustainability to be achieved (Hardaker, 1997). Although sustainability is an important concern on several spatial scales (Lowrance et al, 1986;Lynam and Herdt, 1989), it is particularly relevant at farm level (Hansen and Jones, 1996). Societal views of sustainability change over time.…”

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Identifying and ranking attributes that determine sustainability in Dutch dairy farming

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Abstract. Recent developments in agriculture have stirred up interest in the concept of ''sustainable'' farming systems. Still it is difficult to determine the extent to which certain agricultural practices can be considered sustainable or not. Aiming at identifying the necessary attributes with respect to sustainability in Dutch dairy farming in the beginning of the third millennium, we first compiled a list of attributes referring to all farming activities with their related side effects with respect to economic, internal social, external social, and ecological sustainability. A wide range of people (i.e., experts and stakeholders) were consulted to contribute to our list of attributes. Our consultation showed that only one attribute was selected for economic and internal social sustainability: profitability and working conditions, respectively. The list for external social sustainability contained 19 attributes and the list for ecological sustainability contained 15 attributes. To assess their relative importance, the same experts and stakeholders ranked the attributes for external social and ecological sustainability by using a questionnaire. The most important attributes for external social sustainability were food safety, animal health, animal welfare, landscape quality, and cattle grazing. For ecological sustainability they were eutrophication, groundwater pollution, dehydration of the soil, acidification, and biodiversity. The present method for identifying and ranking attributes is universal and, therefore, can be used for other agricultural sectors, for other countries, and for other time periods.

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“…Nous retenons la déinition suivante de l'agriculture durable : la capacité du système agricole à maintenir sa productivité et son utilité pour la société dans le long terme. Cette déinition comprend deux volets : la durabilité autocentrée, qui vise la pérennité à long terme du système agricole lui-même (Hansen et Jones, 1996), et la durabilité étendue qui concerne la contribution de ce système à la durabilité du territoire local auquel il appartient (Godard et Hubert, 2002). …”

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Diversité des logiques de fonctionnement et durabilité des exploitations en agriculture biologique

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A systems framework for characterizing farm sustainability

Cited by 91 publications

References 7 publications

Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

Can Precision Agriculture Increase the Profitability and Sustainability of the Production of Potatoes and Olives?

Identifying and ranking attributes that determine sustainability in Dutch dairy farming

Diversité des logiques de fonctionnement et durabilité des exploitations en agriculture biologique

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