A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems
Irrigated agriculture is a key activity for the long-term survival of human-environmental systems and the assessment of agricultural sustainability has been gaining increasing relevance. In spite of several proposals developed, there is not a holistic approach that can be generally applied to assess...
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| author | Paula Antunes Rui Santos Inês Cosme Anna Osann Alfonso Calera Dirk De Ketelaere Anna Spiteri Miguel Fernández Mejuto Joaquín Andreu Andrea Momblanch Pasquale Nino Silvia Vanino Violeta Florian Mihai Chitea Cem Polat Çetinkaya Meiry Sayuri Sakamoto Milton Kampel Luis Alberto Palacio Sanchez Alaa El-din Abdin Ravikumar Alanasiddaiah Sashikumar Nagarajan |
| author_facet | Paula Antunes Rui Santos Inês Cosme Anna Osann Alfonso Calera Dirk De Ketelaere Anna Spiteri Miguel Fernández Mejuto Joaquín Andreu Andrea Momblanch Pasquale Nino Silvia Vanino Violeta Florian Mihai Chitea Cem Polat Çetinkaya Meiry Sayuri Sakamoto Milton Kampel Luis Alberto Palacio Sanchez Alaa El-din Abdin Ravikumar Alanasiddaiah Sashikumar Nagarajan |
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| description | Irrigated agriculture is a key activity for the long-term survival of human-environmental systems and the assessment of agricultural sustainability has been gaining increasing relevance. In spite of several proposals developed, there is not a holistic approach that can be generally applied to assess sustainability of irrigated agricultural areas. In this paper we present a framework and associated indicators for the assessment of sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems in different contexts and locations. The framework covers four main sustainability dimensions: environmental integrity, economic resilience and profitability, social wellbeing and good governance. This approach was tested in 10 agricultural areas in eight different countries that represent a wide variety of situations in terms of agricultural development, environmental conditions, socio-economic settings and political contexts, but that share the fact that water use is a critical aspect for agricultural development. The obtained results illustrate the usefulness of the proposed framework to obtain a holistic picture of sustainability in irrigated agriculture areas, even in situations of poor data availability. It is also an excellent starting point for the construction of roadmaps towards more sustainable agricultural systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-806117efb04d4968abfdda5653804d1e2022-12-21T22:48:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Food & Agriculture2331-19322017-01-013110.1080/23311932.2017.13235421323542A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systemsPaula Antunes0Rui Santos1Inês Cosme2Anna Osann3Alfonso Calera4Dirk De Ketelaere5Anna Spiteri6Miguel Fernández Mejuto7Joaquín Andreu8Andrea Momblanch9Pasquale Nino10Silvia Vanino11Violeta Florian12Mihai Chitea13Cem Polat Çetinkaya14Meiry Sayuri Sakamoto15Milton Kampel16Luis Alberto Palacio Sanchez17Alaa El-din Abdin18Ravikumar Alanasiddaiah19Sashikumar Nagarajan20Universidade Nova de LisboaUniversidade Nova de LisboaUniversidade Nova de LisboaUniversidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)Integrated Resources Management Co Ltd (IRMCo)Integrated Resources Management Co Ltd (IRMCo)Diputación Provincial de Alicante-Hydrological Cycle Department (DPA-DCH)Research Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering – Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaResearch Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering – Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaConsiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA)Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA)Institute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Romanian AcademyInstitute of Agricultural Economics (IAE), Romanian AcademyInternational Engineering, Research, Software and Consultancy Firm (EA-TEK)Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos (FUNCEME)Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)Servicios de Estudios en Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. de C.V. (SEISSA)National Water Research Center-Strategic Research Unit (NWRC-SRU)Bangalore University (BU-UVCE)Bangalore University (BU-UVCE)Irrigated agriculture is a key activity for the long-term survival of human-environmental systems and the assessment of agricultural sustainability has been gaining increasing relevance. In spite of several proposals developed, there is not a holistic approach that can be generally applied to assess sustainability of irrigated agricultural areas. In this paper we present a framework and associated indicators for the assessment of sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems in different contexts and locations. The framework covers four main sustainability dimensions: environmental integrity, economic resilience and profitability, social wellbeing and good governance. This approach was tested in 10 agricultural areas in eight different countries that represent a wide variety of situations in terms of agricultural development, environmental conditions, socio-economic settings and political contexts, but that share the fact that water use is a critical aspect for agricultural development. The obtained results illustrate the usefulness of the proposed framework to obtain a holistic picture of sustainability in irrigated agriculture areas, even in situations of poor data availability. It is also an excellent starting point for the construction of roadmaps towards more sustainable agricultural systems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2017.1323542sustainability assessmentirrigated agricultureindicators and frameworksustainable food production |
| spellingShingle | Paula Antunes Rui Santos Inês Cosme Anna Osann Alfonso Calera Dirk De Ketelaere Anna Spiteri Miguel Fernández Mejuto Joaquín Andreu Andrea Momblanch Pasquale Nino Silvia Vanino Violeta Florian Mihai Chitea Cem Polat Çetinkaya Meiry Sayuri Sakamoto Milton Kampel Luis Alberto Palacio Sanchez Alaa El-din Abdin Ravikumar Alanasiddaiah Sashikumar Nagarajan A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems Cogent Food & Agriculture sustainability assessment irrigated agriculture indicators and framework sustainable food production |
| title | A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems |
| title_full | A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems |
| title_fullStr | A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems |
| title_short | A holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems |
| title_sort | holistic framework to assess the sustainability of irrigated agricultural systems |
| topic | sustainability assessment irrigated agriculture indicators and framework sustainable food production |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2017.1323542 |
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