Conceptual approach to assess farm-level sustainability in the Hungarian organic sector

Mészáros, Dóra; Landert, Jan; Sipos, Balázs; Schader, Christian; Podmaniczky, László; Baumgart, Lukas

doi:10.15414/afz.2015.18.si.37-39

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“…Analyses of production systems using SAFA have been carried out with regard to Hungarian organic farming [16], aimed at defining a conceptual framework for measuring all aspects of sustainability among a sample of farms. Also, an evaluation of agri-environmental indicators to guide the decisions of agricultural operators through agricultural policy initiatives was also recently carried out in the Czech Republic [17], where methodological difficulties in introducing and implementing sustainable farming practices emerged.…”

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Analysis of Relationships and Sustainability Performance in Organic Agriculture in the United Arab Emirates and Sicily (Italy)

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Climate change, recurrent economic and financial crises and food security issues are forcing society to look at the increasingly widespread use of “sustainable” production practices. These are often translated into innovations for businesses that are not always easily achievable other than through specific investments. This work sets out to assess the sustainability performance of organic farms, which represent a sustainable production model in terms of values, standards, practices and knowledge on the ground. The research was carried out in two geographical contexts (the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sicily, Italy) which have certain environmental and socio-economic issues in common, particularly in productive sectors representative of organic agriculture. This was done with the help of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA, in the rest of the text) framework and social network analysis to study the sustainability performance of organic farms within non-structured local production systems in the form of formal enterprise networks that, on the contrary, operate with a recognized and common aim. The results demonstrate both their attainment of excellence and the existence of criticalities, thus, identifying routes to possible improvement.

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confidence: 99%