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Towards quantification of ecological sustainability in farming systems analysis

✍ Scribed by J.P.T. Dalsgaard; C. Lightfoot; V. Christensen

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 563 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 0925-8574
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(94)00057-c

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✦ Synopsis

A tentative list of ecological attributes; diversity, cycling, stability and capacity, is proposed for quantification and ranking of farming systems along a hypothetical scale of increasing ecological sustainability. The modelling and preliminary analysis of four rice-based systems from the Philippines, two on-station experimental systems and two smallholder farms, confirms our intuitive perception of ecological sustainability and suggests a framework for further research into the area. This approach to farming systems analysis indicates that the route to an ecologically sustainable agriculture relies more on the principles of applied agro-ecology and less on the application of external agrochemical inputs. The practice is here termed integrated resources management and shares many of the characteristics of the agro-ecological engineering approach to integrated agriculture-aquaculture farming pioneered in China.

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