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| Marta-Costa, Ana Alexandra; Poeta, A.. |
| Currently, agricultural farm units are faced with a double and most times contradictory challenge, in order to be successful: on the one hand the invested capital has to be profitable and the economic performance has to be maximised. On the other hand, given the socio-environmental situation, it is necessary to preserve and to protect the environment and natural resources. Given the potential conflict of the two aims, since the satisfaction of one implies the underperformance of the other (and vice versa), the question then is: which is the solution to choose? We intend, in this work, to formulate a farm plan with the purpose of reconciling the criteria of environmental sustainability with that of economic competitiveness. For this achievement we proceed... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Decision taking; Planning; Sustainability; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44252 |
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| Marta-Costa, Ana Alexandra; Lourenco-Gomes, Lina. |
| In a context of growing global threats, from climate change, the depletion and degradation of natural resources, to the recent global economic crisis, consequences of short and long term are being witnessed, which undermine the agriculture sustainability. The systems vulnerability, their inability to resilience and the need for innovation is observed, emphasizing also the most capable systems (more sustainable), offering new opportunities and encouraging more environmentally friendly practices. This work takes as starting point the evolution of economic, environmental and social parameters in farms, in recent years, in order to try to identify the difficulties and the solutions capable of sustaining agriculture in the context of multiple hazards at the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farming sustainability; Swot analysis; Proposals; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114368 |
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