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Towards quantification of ecological sustainability in farming systems analysis
Abstract
- 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
- External link to download this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/0925-8574(94)00057-C
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Date
- 1993
Author
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Dalsgaard, J.P.T.
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Lightfoot, C.
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Christensen, V.
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Type
- Journal Article
Publisher
- MSSA, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia