Environmental sustainability indicators for cash-crop farms in Quebec, Canada: A participatory approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 677-686

  Thivierge, Marie Noëlle ^a   Parent, Diane ^a   Bélanger, Valérie ^a   Angers, Denis A ^b   Allard, Guy ^a   Pellerin, Doris ^a   Vanasse, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bar chart; Cropping system; Decision aid tool; End use validation; On farm assessment; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PEST CONTROL; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

BAR CHART; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DECISION AIDS; END-USES; ON-FARM ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CASH CROPPING; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84903317352     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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