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Sustainable intensification measures promise ecological improvements of farming while maintaining profitability. That is, farms should be able to produce at a higher ecological efficiency without losses in economic efficiency. Based on a theoretical framework, we investigate this promise...
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The issue of adequate assessment of socio-economic and ecological sustainability of divers agricultural holdings is … almost 93% of workforce in the sectors. This article applies a holistic framework and assesses sustainability of farms of … sustainability is justified and method outlined. After that assessment is made of integral, governance, economic, social …
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sustainable agriculture. The ability to measure and assess the sustainability of farms can be considered as the first step in the …This methodical paper discusses the procedure for developing the farm sustainability index using data from surveys and … sustainability index of farms uses variables characterizing the environmental, economic and social dimension of sustainability. In …
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agrarian sustainability level in different administrative, geographical and ecological regions, subsectors of agriculture, and … impact of institutional environment on agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria. The interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics … and natural environment affect quite unequally farms of different types, individual subsectors of agriculture, and …
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Agriculture uses more land and water than any other human activity, and our consumption demands continue to grow even … cents of our food dollar, and their share has been falling. Agriculture is our biggest source of water pollution, and a … legal counsel for the WI Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for 28 years. Author Jim VandenBrook (retired …
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concept is a huge challenge due to the nature of market mechanism. This concept also applies to agriculture, which is a … complex system. Sustainable agriculture should be considered at the different levels of vertical order - in particular at the … determines the hierarchy of objectives for agriculture sustainable development and measures to achieve them. Economic objectives …
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years 2014-2020 in the context of its potential influence on environmental pressure of agriculture. The final solutions of … development measures. They were analysed in the context of chances and threats for environmental sustainability. The general … directed to the support for sustainable agriculture development. …
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agriculture and assess the level of governance sustainability of Bulgarian agriculture at national, sub-sectoral, regional …” Governance Pillar of agrarian sustainability. Governance sustainability of Bulgarian agriculture is at a good but close to the …The importance of “good governance” for achieving agrarian sustainability has been increasingly studied in the last two …
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climate change on agrarian sustainability. This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics and … assesses the impact of major elements of institutional environment and climate change on agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria … and climate change on agrarian sustainability were evaluated. Finally, conclusions with implications for further research …
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This report reviews the evidence base on how agricultural policies impact environmental sustainability and productivity … of the agriculture sector, including the potentially contradictory signals policies may send. It considers impacts for … impacts of land use choice. Beyond this, policies can also affect agriculture’s environmental performance by stimulating (or …
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