A protocol for evaluating the sustainability of agri-food production systems - A case study on potato production in peri-urban agriculture in the Netherlands

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 315-321

  Van Asselt, E D ^a   Van Bussel, L G J ^a   Van Der Voet, H ^a   Van Der Heijden, G W A M ^a   Tromp, S O ^a   Rijgersberg, H ^a   Van Evert, F ^a   Van Wagenberg, C P A ^a   Van Der Fels Klerx, H J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agri food chain; Economic dimensions; Environmental; Indicators; Social; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURES; POLICY DECISIONS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SOCIAL; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; PERIURBAN AREA; POLICY MAKING; POTATO; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

NETHERLANDS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84901228007     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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