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    Developing farm-level sustainability indicators for Ireland using the Teagasc National Farm Survey

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    Ryan, Mary
    Hennessy, Thia
    Buckley, Cathal
    Dillon, Emma
    Donnellan, Trevor
    Hanrahan, Kevin
    Moran, Brian
    Keyword
    agriculture
    farm survey data
    sustainability indicators
    Date
    2016-12-30
    
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11019/1151; https://doi.org/10.1515/ijafr-2016-0011
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    Ryan, M., Hennessy, T., Buckley, C., et al. (2016). Developing farm-level sustainability indicators for Ireland using the Teagasc National Farm Survey. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 55(2), pp. 112-125, doi:10.1515/ijafr-2016-0011
    Abstract
    In the context of an expanding, export-dependent agri-food sector, indicators of sustainable development and intensification are necessary to measure, assess and verify the comparative advantage afforded by Ireland’s natural pastoral-based food production systems. Such indicators are also necessary to ensure that we produce more food with less adverse impacts on the Irish environment, climate and society. This article outlines the development of farm-level indicators that refect the multifaceted nature of sustainability, which is encompassed in economic, environmental and social indicators. The role of innovation in farm sustainability was also examined. A comparison of indicators across Irish farm systems showed that dairy farms, followed by tillage farms, tended to be the most economically and socially sustainable farm systems. In relation to greenhouse gas emissions in particular, the top-performing dairy farms, in an economic sense, also tended to be the best-performing farms from an environmental sustainability perspective. This trend was also evident in relation to the adoption of innovative practices on farm, which was found to be strongly correlated with economic performance.
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