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dc.contributor.author | MORETTI, Michele | - |
dc.contributor.author | De Boni, Annalisa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Roma, Rocco | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fracchiolla, Mariano | - |
dc.contributor.author | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-01T09:00:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-01T09:00:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Agricultural systems, 144, p. 144-155 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0308-521X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/21364 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Several indicators and methods are already applied for sustainability assessment in agriculture. The links between sustainability indicators, agricultural management and policies are not well explained. The aim of this study is to combine biophysical and monetary sustainability assessment tools to support agriculture policy decision-making. Three methodological steps are considered: i) the environmental impacts of farms are assessed using terrestrial acidification, freshwater eutrophication, soil and freshwater ecotoxicity as well as natural land transformation; ii) the most relevant indicators of agriculture damages on ecosystems quality are aggregated into an index; iii) the farms' index scores are integrated with farm assets, land and labor, into the Sustainable Value approach (SVA), as indicator of natural resources used by farms. As a case study, the methodology was applied to arable farms with and without animal husbandry of the “Alta Murgia” National Park. The crop farms, in our sample, have a higher sustainable value using their economic and environmental resources. Mixed farms need to improve their resources use efficiency. Although crop farms have lower land-use efficiency compared to mixed farms, our results suggest supporting, by means of policy options, the specialized crop farms that, on average, perform better in terms of ecosystems quality preservation. Finally, we find that Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to soundly measure the environmental impacts clearly enriches the SVA. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | We would like to thank the editor and the anonymous referees for their helpful suggestions and insightful comments that have significantly improved the paper. The authors want to thank the "Alta Murgia" Park Authority for the support in this study and all farmers that collaborated with the authors providing data. Moreover, the authors want to thank Dr. Sylvestre Njakou Djomo for the useful discussion and suggestion to build the LCA model. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.rights | © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.subject.other | farm sustainability; ecosystem quality damage; sustainable value; integrated assessment | - |
dc.title | Integrated assessment of agro-ecological systems: The case study of the “Alta Murgia” National park in Italy | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 155 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 144 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 144 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Moretti, M (reprint author), Univ Bari Aldo Moro, Dept Agroenvironm & Terr Sci, Via Amendola 165-A, I-70126 Bari, Italy. michele.moretti@uhasselt.be | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.02.007 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000373553100014 | - |
item.fullcitation | MORETTI, Michele; De Boni, Annalisa; Roma, Rocco; Fracchiolla, Mariano & VAN PASSEL, Steven (2016) Integrated assessment of agro-ecological systems: The case study of the “Alta Murgia” National park in Italy. In: Agricultural systems, 144, p. 144-155. | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2017 | - |
item.contributor | MORETTI, Michele | - |
item.contributor | De Boni, Annalisa | - |
item.contributor | Roma, Rocco | - |
item.contributor | Fracchiolla, Mariano | - |
item.contributor | VAN PASSEL, Steven | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.accessRights | Restricted Access | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 0308-521X | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1873-2267 | - |
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