de heer Gaio Cesare Pacini : An environmental-economic framework to support multi-objective policymaking


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10 Jun 2003 13:30

Unit: Wageningen University

Location: Aula (gebouw 362), Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen

Promotor: prof.dr.ir. R.B.M. Huirne (Economics of animal health and food safety)prof.dr. C. Vazzana ()

Co Promotor: dr.ir. G.A.A. Wossink (WU / North Carolina State University, USA)

There is a growing awareness in present-day society of the potential of sustainable farming systems to enhance wildlife and the landscape and to decrease environmental harm caused by farming practices. EU commitment to integrate environmental considerations into agricultural political agenda has resulted in the adoption of environmental cross-compliance and agri-environment support schemes. Sustainability can only be achieved through multi-objective policy tools. The main objective of the present research is to provide an environmental-economic framework for the design and evaluation of agricultural policy schemes aimed at the operationalisation of sustainability in agricultural areas. The research involved designing and applying (1) an environmental accounting information system (EAIS), and (2) an integrated ecological-economic model to evaluate sustainability of farming systems. The EAIS and the model were applied to three case study farms in Tuscany representing organic, integrated and conventional farming systems. The use of relevant information to back policy decisions is discussed.

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