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Sustainability assessment. to evaluate sustainability issues (social, economic, environmental) associated with the selected initiatives at farm level.
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to evaluate sustainability issues (social, economic, environmental) associated with the selected initiatives at farm level. • An indicator set will be developed, including environmental, social and economic indicators in order to evaluate and compare the different initiatives.
Literature • Vast • A lot of indicator systems • environmental • OECD, EEA • Irena • Research projects (AE-Footprint) • Policy Evaluation • Eurostat (2000), DG Agriculture and Rural Development (2000) Common criteria.. • CMEF
Main points 1 • Stiglitz, Sen, Fitoussi 2009 • Commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress • Monetarised but also physical • CMEF the same
Main points 2 • Indicator based assessment • Policy oriented assessment • Multicriteria Analysis
MCA • Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) techniques • Participatory approach • Complex assessment exercises. (ODPM, 2000, Carey et al. 2003; Finn et al., 2009; Knickel et al., 2009; Park et al., 2004; Primdahl et al., 2003).
1st stage • Identify sustainability issues • Environmental • Social • Economic • WHO? • Local stakeholders (Scenario building)
2nd stage • Dimensions X Issues • WHO? • Local stakeholders (Scenario building)
Stage 3 Inventory of regional sustainability indicator systems (issue based) • WHO? • WP3 Leader + Contribution of (case study) site specific indicators (if available)
Stage 4 • Selection of appropriate indicators/indicator systems Criteria for selection (Farmpath teams proposed by WP3) Selection (NSPG)