Sustainability assessment

• to evaluate sustainability issues (social, economic, environmental) associated with the selected initiatives at farm level.

• An indicator set will be developed, including environmental, social and economic indicators in order to evaluate and compare the different initiatives.

Literature

• Vast• A lot of indicator systems

– environmental• OECD, EEA• Irena • Research projects (AE-Footprint)

– Policy Evaluation• Eurostat (2000), DG Agriculture and Rural

Development (2000) Common criteria..• CMEF

Main points 1

• Stiglitz, Sen, Fitoussi 2009

• Commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress 

• Monetarised but also physical

• CMEF the same

Main points 2

• Indicator based assessment

• Policy oriented assessment

• Multicriteria Analysis

MCA

• Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) techniques

• Participatory approach

• Complex assessment exercises. (ODPM, 2000, Carey et al. 2003; Finn et al., 2009; Knickel et al., 2009; Park et al., 2004; Primdahl et al., 2003).

1st stage

• Identify sustainability issues– Environmental– Social– Economic

• WHO?– Local stakeholders (Scenario building)

2nd stage

• Dimensions X Issues

• WHO?– Local stakeholders (Scenario building)

Sustainability issues identified→

Social: 1. Maintenance of

population2. EquityInstitutional1. Transparency2. Participation

Economic1.

Competitiveness

Environmental……..…….

Technological

Identify changes of trends in technology, artefacts, as well as processes, procedures, ways to do things, e.tc.

Stage 3

Inventory of regional sustainability indicator systems (issue based)

• WHO?

• WP3 Leader + Contribution of (case study) site specific indicators (if available)

Stage 4

• Selection of appropriate indicators/indicator systems

Criteria for selection (Farmpath teams proposed by WP3)

Selection (NSPG)