Deconstructing criteria and assessment tools to build agri-sustainability indicators and support farmers’ decision-making process

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 182, Issue , 2018, Pages 1080-1094

  Bonisoli, Lorenzo ^a   Galdeano Gómez, Emilio ^b   Piedra Muñoz, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MACHALA   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture sustainability; Indicators criteria; Sustainability assessment; Sustainability frameworks; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM; ASSESSMENT TOOL; BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FRAMEWORK SELECTION; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85043570150     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.055     Document Type: Review

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