Agricultural sustainability: A review of concepts and methods

MG Lampridi, CG Sørensen, D Bochtis - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a methodological framework for the systematic literature review of
agricultural sustainability studies. The framework synthesizes all the available literature …

Organic and conventional agriculture: a useful framing?

C Shennan, TJ Krupnik, G Baird… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we examine the debate surrounding the role for organic agriculture in future
food production systems. Typically represented as a binary organic–conventional question …

Financial ratios as indicators of economic sustainability: A quantitative analysis for Swiss dairy farms

A Zorn, M Esteves, I Baur, M Lips - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
In agriculture, a rising number of sustainability assessments are available that also comprise
financial ratios. In a literature review of farm management textbooks, taking account of the …

Environmental sustainability assessment in agricultural systems: A conceptual and methodological review

E Soulé, P Michonneau, N Michel… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the sustainable development movement gains traction, many initiatives have aimed to
provide support with sustainability assessment methods using a loosely structured set of …

Sustainability of diversified organic crop** systems—challenges identified by farmer interviews and multi-criteria assessments

C Rodriguez, LM Dimitrova Mårtensson… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diversification of crop** and farming systems is a central agroecological principle, which
may improve resource use efficiency, reduce pests and diseases, diversify income sources …

The choice of the sustainability assessment tool matters: differences in thematic scope and assessment results

EM de Olde, EAM Bokkers, IJM de Boer - Ecological economics, 2017 - Elsevier
While the number of farm-level sustainability assessment tools is growing rapidly, concerns
are raised on whether the assessment results of different tools present similar and valid …

Sustainability assessment of smallholder agroforestry indigenous farming in the Amazon: A case study of Ecuadorian kichwas

M Heredia-R, B Torres, J Cayambe, N Ramos, M Luna… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the Amazon, the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (YBR) is considered a natural and cultural
diversity hotspot. It is populated by several indigenous groups, including the Kichwa, who …

The sustainability dimensions in intelligent urban transportation: a paradigm for smart cities

L Reyes-Rubiano, A Serrano-Hernandez… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The transportation sector has traditionally been considered essential for commercial
activities, although nowadays, it presents clear negative impacts on the environment and …

Benchmarking agri-food sustainability certifications: Evidences from applying SAFA in the Ecuadorian banana agri-system

L Bonisoli, E Galdeano-Gómez, L Piedra-Muñoz… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Certified products are a possible way to obtain and improve sustainability. Nevertheless,
their effectiveness in enhancing agri-system sustainability is strongly questioned in the …

Deconstructing criteria and assessment tools to build agri-sustainability indicators and support farmers' decision-making process

L Bonisoli, E Galdeano-Gómez… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the review of academic literature, numerous papers present either a list of indicator criteria
or partially revised sustainability assessment tools of agri-food systems. However, neither a …