The alignment of agricultural and nature conservation policies in the European Union

I Hodge, J Hauck, A Bonn - Conservation Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Europe is a region of relatively high population density and productive agriculture subject to
substantial government intervention under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Many …

Methodologies for the sustainability assessment of agricultural production systems, with a focus on rice: a review

O Gharsallah, C Gandolfi, A Facchi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The intensification of agricultural production is connected to the increased use of fertilizers,
pesticides, irrigation water, and energy. Among all cropping systems, rice cultivation is …

Deliver smart, not more! Building economically sustainable competitiveness on the ground of high agri-food trade specialization in the EU

M Constantin, J Sapena, A Apetrei, SR Pătărlăgeanu - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Competitiveness has always been a multifaceted illusive concept, which has made it a real
challenge for scholars and practitioners to find the most suitable measurement tools to …

Deconstructing corporate environmental, social, and governance performance: Heterogeneous stakeholder preferences in the food industry

M Luque‐Vílchez, JA Gómez‐Limón… - Sustainable …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance assessment has emerged as a
way to analyze corporate sustainability. However, the literature suggests that stakeholders …

Do differential payments for agri-environment schemes affect the environmental benefits? A case study in the North-Eastern Italy

F Bartolini, D Vergamini, D Longhitano, A Povellato - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Promoting sustainable agricultural systems, maintaining biodiversity, and establishing
measures to counteract climate change are the clear objectives of the future Common …

Building a composite indicator to measure environmental sustainability using alternative weighting methods

JA Gómez-Limón, M Arriaza, MD Guerrero-Baena - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Environmental sustainability in agriculture can be measured through the construction of
composite indicators. However, this is a challenging task because these indexes are heavily …

Development of agri-environmental footprint indicator using the FADN data: Tracking development of sustainable agricultural development in Eastern Europe

V Dabkiene, T Balezentis, D Streimikiene - Sustainable Production and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emphasis put on environmental issues of the European Union (EU) agricultural sector in
the strategies like the European Green Deal, Biodiversity and Farm to fork strategy give new …

Design rules for successful governmental payments for ecosystem services: Taking agri-environmental measures in Germany as an example

C Meyer, M Reutter, B Matzdorf, C Sattler… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to financial environmental policy
instruments that have played important roles in solving agri-environmental problems …

An indicator-based method for quantifying farm multifunctionality

PS Andersen, H Vejre, T Dalgaard, J Brandt - Ecological Indicators, 2013 - Elsevier
Production of food and fibres has traditionally been the main function of agriculture. In the
last decades an increased focus on the importance of other functions has been discussed …

Current use of impact models for agri-environment schemes and potential for improvements of policy design and assessment

J Primdahl, JP Vesterager, JA Finn, G Vlahos… - Journal of environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Agri-Environment Schemes (AES) to maintain or promote environmentally-friendly farming
practices were implemented on about 25% of all agricultural land in the EU by 2002. This …