Sustainability of agricultural systems on ecological and conventional farms in Costa Rica.

 

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著者: Fallas, Greivin, Chacón, Mario, Castro, Jonathan
フォーマット: artículo original
状態:Versión publicada
出版日付:2009
その他の書誌記述:Sustainability of agricultural systems on ecological and conventional farms in Costa Rica. This research developed and validated a methodology to analyze sustainability in 17 farms located in seven Costa Rican municipalities. Farm size varied between 1,40 hectares and 17,2 hectares; the land was in use in ecological and conventional cultivation systems in coffee, sugar cane, vegetables, and cattle ranching. The methodology was developed by characterization of management systems and evaluation of sustainability indicators. In order to characterize the management system, the information compiled between 2004 and 2007 was analyzed in five major aspects: human, social, natural, economic, and physical. The sustainability analysis allowed 15 indicators to be organized under the attributes of: stability, adaptability, productivity, efficiency, participation, organization, and ecosystem services. Only the ecological farms are sustainable. We recommend this method for use in other tropical countries.
国:Portal de Revistas UNED
機関:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
言語:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/228
オンライン・アクセス:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/228
Access Level:acceso abierto
キーワード:Sustainable development
sustainability indicators
ecological agriculture
conventional agriculture
Desarrollo sostenible
indicadores de sostenibilidad
agriculturaecológica
agricultura tradicional.