Farmers’ soil management decisions: Approaches for assessing environmental, social and economic sustainability at farm level

Carolina  Alfonsín; Martin  Banse; Jo Bijttebier; Javier  Calatrava; Ricardo  Méndez Escobar; Paul Swagemakers; Hilde Wustenberghs; Eija  Pouta

Farmers’ soil management decisions: Approaches for assessing environmental, social and economic sustainability at farm level

Carolina Alfonsín, Martin Banse, Jo Bijttebier, Javier Calatrava, Ricardo Méndez Escobar, Paul Swagemakers, Hilde Wustenberghs, Eija Pouta

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Farmers are the key decision makers in soil management. In their decisions, they can take into account the multiple dimensions of sustainability: monetary revenue that farm production generates; protection and enhancement of natural resources, such as soil quality; and social and cultural aspects of farming. In this chapter, we briefly discuss the approaches that can be used to understand, predict and facilitate farmers’ decision-making: economic approach; theory of planned behaviour from social psychology; and lifecycle analysis, focusing on environmental aspects of production and sustainability
assessment that integrates various aspects of sustainability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactions between agricultural management and soil biodiversity : an overview of current knowledge
Editors	Diego Soto-Gómez , Merrit Shanskiy, David Fernández-Calviño
Number of pages	9
Publisher	Universidade de Vigo
Publication date	Apr-2021
Pages	148-156
ISBN (Electronic)	9788409256327
Publication status	Published - Apr-2021

Keywords

B410-soil-science
land owners
farmer behavior
economic decision
sustainability
life cycle assessment

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Alfonsín, C., Banse, M., Bijttebier, J., Calatrava, J., Méndez Escobar, R., Swagemakers, P., Wustenberghs, H., & Pouta, E. (2021). Farmers’ soil management decisions: Approaches for assessing environmental, social and economic sustainability at farm level. In D. Soto-Gómez , M. Shanskiy, & D. Fernández-Calviño (Eds.), Interactions between agricultural management and soil biodiversity: an overview of current knowledge (pp. 148-156). Universidade de Vigo.

Alfonsín, Carolina ; Banse, Martin ; Bijttebier, Jo et al. / Farmers’ soil management decisions : Approaches for assessing environmental, social and economic sustainability at farm level. Interactions between agricultural management and soil biodiversity: an overview of current knowledge. editor / Diego Soto-Gómez ; Merrit Shanskiy ; David Fernández-Calviño . Universidade de Vigo, 2021. pp. 148-156

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