Assessing agricultural sustainability using the six-pillar model: Iran as a case study

A. Farshad; J.A. Zinck

doi:10.1201/9781420041514-13

Assessing agricultural sustainability using the six-pillar model: Iran as a case study

A. Farshad, J.A. Zinck

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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Abstract

A sustainable agricultural system is a system that is politically and socially acceptable, economically viable, agrotechnically adaptable, institutionally manageable, and environmentally sound. Satisfying all these sustainability requirements and the relevant analytical criteria is a complex endeavor; so complex that it may never be implemented for any one system or region. Less comprehensive methods of sustainability assessment, which focus on a particular facet, are more practical to implement but result in greater uncertainty about the overall sustainability of the agroecosystem (Farshad and Zinck, 1993; Zinck and Farshad, 1995).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agroecosystem Sustainability
Subtitle of host publication	Developing Practical Strategies
Editors	S.R. Gliessman
Place of Publication	Boca Raton, USA
Publisher	CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)
Pages	137-151
ISBN (Print)	0-8493-0894-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420041514-13
Publication status	Published - 2000

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ADLIB-ART-80
ESA

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Assessing agricultural sustainability using the six-pillar model: Iran as a case study

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