Nauta, Silke, 2023. A sustainability assessment of an agroforestry system : the economic, environmental and social sustainability of an agroforestry system compared to a conventional, an organic and a perennial cropping system.. Second cycle, A2E. Alnarp: SLU, Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)
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Abstract
The agricultural sector is facing an increasing number of economic, social and environmental
challenges and the development of new sustainable agricultural systems is desired.
Agroforestry is an example of a production system that contributes to the transformation of
current agricultural systems into more sustainable production systems. The aim of this study is to compare the economic, environmental and social sustainability of an agroforestry system to
a conventional, an organic and a perennial cropping system in the south-west of Scania,
Sweden. To assess the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the different cropping systems, a selection of indicators from the DiverIMPACTS sustainability assessment framework is used. This study shows an increase in environmental sustainability for the agroforestry systems compared to the conventional system, the organic system and the perennial system. The economic and social sustainability could be a challenge for agroforestry
systems. However, the increase in diversity of agroforestry systems provides opportunities to
increase the economic sustainability as well as the social sustainability.
| Main title: | A sustainability assessment of an agroforestry system |
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| Subtitle: | the economic, environmental and social sustainability of an agroforestry system compared to a conventional, an organic and a perennial cropping system. |
| Authors: | Nauta, Silke |
| Supervisor: | Dimitrova Mårtensson, Linda-Maria and Chongtham Iman, Raj |
| Examiner: | Prade, Thomas |
| Series: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Volume/Sequential designation: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Level and depth descriptor: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Student's programme affiliation: | LM005 Agroecology - Master's programme 120 HEC |
| Supervising department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101) |
| Keywords: | agriculture, agroecology, cropping systems,, sustainable agriculture, sustainable agricultural systems, agroecosystems, DiverIMPACTS, Sweden |
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-19640 |
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-19640 |
| Language: | English |
| Deposited On: | 22 Dec 2023 08:04 |
| Metadata Last Modified: | 23 Dec 2023 02:00 |
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