CONSTRUCTION OF AN INDEX SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT IN SMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMS

作     者：Xiaoxia GUO Chong WANG Fusuo ZHANG Xiaoxia GUO;Chong WANG;Fusuo ZHANG

作者机构：College of Resources and Environmental SciencesNational Academy of Agriculture Green DevelopmentKey Laboratory of Plant−Soil InteractionsMinistry of EducationChina Agricultural UniversityBeijing 100193China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering》 (农业科学与工程前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第9卷第4期

页      面：511-522,I0009页

学科分类：120301[管理学-农业经济管理] 12[管理学] 1203[管理学-农林经济管理] 

基　　金：supported by China Scholarship Council(201913043) 

主　　题：indicator aggregation multi-indicator smallholder agriculture sustainability assessment weighting method 

摘      要：Smallholder farming systems are important for global food security,but these faces multiple environmental challenges hindering sustainable *** sustainable smallholder agriculture issues have been widely discussed and addressed by scientists globally,harmonized approaches in evaluating sustainability are still *** paper proposes a five-step process for constructing a sustainability assessment method for smallholder farming systems,namely definition of system boundary&functional unit,indicator selection,indicator weighting,indicator conversion,and indicator *** paper summarizes the state-of-art progresses in agricultural sustainability assessment at different stages,and systematically discussed the benefits and limitations of weighting and aggregation ***,this evaluation process should be useful by providing rational and comprehensive results for quantifying the sustainability of smallholder farming systems,and will contribute to practice by providing decision-makers with directions for improving sustainable strategies.