A whole-systems approach for assessing measures to improve arable ecosystem sustainability

作     者：C.Hawes G.S.Begg P.P.M.Iannetta A.J.Karley G.R.Squire 

作者机构：James Hutton InstituteInvergowrieDundeeDD25DA UK 

出 版 物：《Ecosystem Health and Sustainability》 (生态系统健康与可持续性（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第2卷第12期

页      面：1-8页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：This work is funded through the Scottish Govern-ment Underpinning Capacity and Strategic Research Programme 

主　　题：arable food webs crop yield financial margins invertebrates soil sustainability weeds. 

摘      要：There is increasing pressure on the agricultural industry to maintain or increase production of high-quality food while maintaining long-term environmental *** and EU policies and practices have been developed and implemented in an attempt to improve the sustainability and efficiency of arable farming and satisfy these potentially conflicting ***,to the authors’knowledge,there has been no attempt to quantify whether new interventions have the desired effect on improving sustainability at a whole-systems *** studies focus on one,or a few,elements of a specific system and therefore fail to account for trade-offs and conflicts between the many different interacting ***,we propose a whole-systems approach based on a suite of indicators for a complete and holistic assessment of the efficacy of policies to improve economic,environmental,and ecological sustainability.