Development of agri-environmental indicators to assess dairy farm sustainability in Quebec, Eastern Canada

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 421-430

  Bélanger, Valérie ^a   Vanasse, Anne ^a   Parent, Diane ^a   Allard, Guy ^a   Pellerin, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agri environmental indicators; Dairy farms; Delphi method; On farm monitoring tool; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAIRY FARMING; DAIRY FARMS; DELPHI METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOCUS GROUPS; MONITORING TOOLS; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; POTENTIAL INDICATORS; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FARMS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DAIRY FARMING; DELPHI ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84861335170     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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