relation: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/10155/
title: Sustainability assessment for organic farming - integrating financial, environmental, social and animal welfare benchmarking
creator: Lampkin, N
creator: Fowler, S M
creator: Jackson, A
creator: Jeffreys, I
creator: Lobley, M
creator: Measures, M
creator: Padel, S
creator: Reed, M
creator: Roderick, S
creator: Woodward, L
subject:  Knowledge management
subject:  Social aspects
subject:  Health and welfare
subject:  Farm economics
description: Real improvement in agricultural sustainability requires that its assessment should involve more than monitoring changes for research and policy evaluation purposes. Producers need practical information and guidance on how to change their systems to affect non-fi nancial and fi nancial outcomes. Recent organic farming benchmarking projects have shown how practical tools can be developed with the participation of stakeholders: these include farm income and fi nancial benchmarking projects at University of Wales, Aberystwyth; animal welfare assessments at Duchy College; socio-economic foot-printing at the University of Exeter; and fi rst attempts to combine the different elements including environmental aspects by Mark Measures Associates and Elm Farm Research Centre. The experiences from these projects provide a basis for developing coherent, integrated approaches to sustainability assessment at farm level, with the aim of developing practical management tools.
publisher: Association of Applied Biologists
contributor: Atkinson, C
contributor: Ball, B
contributor: Davies, D H K
contributor: Rees, R
contributor: Russell, G
contributor: Stockdale, E A
contributor: Watson, C A
contributor: Walker, R
contributor: Younie, D
date: 2006
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/10155/1/Sustainability_assessment_for_organic_farming_-_integrating_financial%2C_environmental%2C_social_and_animal_welfare_benchmarking.pdf
identifier:    Lampkin, N; Fowler, S M; Jackson, A; Jeffreys, I; Lobley, M; Measures, M; Padel, S; Reed, M; Roderick, S and Woodward, L    (2006) Sustainability assessment for organic farming - integrating financial, environmental, social and animal welfare benchmarking.   In: Atkinson, C; Ball, B; Davies, D H K; Rees, R; Russell, G; Stockdale, E A; Watson, C A; Walker, R and Younie, D (Eds.)  Aspects of Applied Biology 79, What will organic farming deliver? COR 2006, Association of Applied Biologists, pp. 9-13.