A New Framework to Assess Sustainability of Soil Improving Cropping Systems in Europe

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 729
• Main Authors: Alaoui, Abdallah, Hallama, Moritz, Bär, Roger, Panagea, Ioanna, Bachmann, Felicitas, Pekrun, Carola, Fleskens, Luuk, Kandeler, Ellen, Hessel, Rudi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; costs and benefits; Cover crops; Crop rotation; Cropping systems; Decision trees; Economics; Environmental effects; Environmental indicators; Farms; Flexibility; Literature reviews; Methodology; overall sustainability; Profitability; Seeds; Society; Soil improvement; Soils; Sustainability; sustainability framework; Sustainable agriculture; Variables; Europe

Assessing agricultural sustainability is one of the most challenging tasks related to expertise and support methodologies because it entails multidisciplinary aspects and builds on cultural and value-based elements. Thus, agricultural sustainability should be considered a social concept, reliable en...