The environmental sustainability of national cropping systems: From assessment to policy impact evaluation |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Agronomist Freelance—Viterbo, Italy;2. Department for Innovation in Biological Agro Food and Forest system (DIBAF)—Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy;3. Department of Economics and Management (DEIM)—Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy;1. Dipartimento di Economia e Impresa- DEIM, Università della Tuscia,Via del Paradiso 47, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO, V.le delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy;3. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Cra 27 #64-60 Manizales, Caldas, Colombia;4. Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei Sistemi Biologici Agroalimentari e Forestali – DIBAF, Università della Tuscia, Via S. C. De Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy;1. Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark;2. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;1. Belarusian State Technological University, Department of Economics and Plant Management, Belarus;2. Belarusian State Technological University, Production Organization and Real Estate Economics Department, Sverdlov Street 13a, 220006 Minsk, Belarus;3. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Economic and Regional Policy, Oczapowskiego Street 4, 10-724 Olsztyn, Poland;4. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Real Estate Management and Regional Development, Prawocheńskiego Street 15, 10-724 Olsztyn, Poland;1. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China;2. Sugar Cane Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 363 Lingquan East Road, Kaiyuan 661660, China;3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;4. Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China;5. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), East and Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China;6. Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany;7. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Southeast Asia Regional Office, JL. CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindang Barang, Bogor 16115, Indonesia;8. School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand;1. Aalto University School of Engineering, Department of Built Environment, P.O. Box 12200, 00076 Aalto, Finland;2. Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, National Land Survey of Finland, Geodeetinrinne 2, 02430 Masala, Finland |
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| Abstract: | The European political framework of the last decade aims to drive agriculture towards economic and environmental sustainability. Thus, European institutions have paid great attention to environmental impact assessment and to the definition of a complex indicator capable of restoring the multidimensional nature of environmental sustainability.In this work, a possible methodology for assessing the environmental sustainability of European national cropping systems by a synthetic indicator is provided. More specifically, the environmental impact of agriculture is assessed through a synthetic indicator, whose definition is based on a methodological improvement of the ecological footprint approach, which quantifies the balance between exploitation and availability of natural resources used in agriculture.The analysis shows how national cropping systems can contribute to Europe’s environmental impact through agriculture. To assess an eventual relationship between agriculture’s environmental performance and the ability to support more sustainable agriculture at the national level, the results are then compared with the subsidies for agro-environmental measures provided by the second pillar of the CAP. In addition, the synthetic indicator chosen for the study, giving the possibility of quantifying the dynamic of the environmental impact of agriculture between two different periods, permits the analysis of the possible causes that may have generated the observed changes.The implications of this approach should stimulate new reflections on the significance of the ecological relationships embodied into agricultural production and the environmental role of farmers. |
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| Keywords: | Ecological footprint Environmental impact Cap policy Crop system Agro-environmental measures |
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