COMPARISON OF AGROECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS
COMPARISON OF AGROECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS
The formulation of the concept of sustainability indicates the need to consider in a integral and global way the productive processes, as well as, the obtaining of sustainability measures. In this way lists of indicators and characteristics that they should have were made. Concepts, criteria and met...
| Translated title: | COMPARACIÓN DE MARCOS DE EVALUACIÓN DE AGROECOSISTEMAS |
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| Journal Title: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
| First author: | Alejandro Javier Tonolli |
| Other Authors: | César Sergio Ferrer Gonzalez |
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| Language: | English |
| Get full text: | http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2519 |
| Resource type: | Journal Article |
| Source: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems; Vol 21, No 3 (Year 2018). |
| DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/urn:ISSN:1870-0462-tsaes.v21i3.2519 |
| Publisher: | Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán |
| Usage rights: | Reconocimiento (by) |
| Categories: | Life Sciences --> Agriculture, Dairy --AMP-- Animal Science Life Sciences --> Agriculture, Multidisciplinary Life Sciences --> Agronomy |
| Abstract: | The formulation of the concept of sustainability indicates the need to consider in a integral and global way the productive processes, as well as, the obtaining of sustainability measures. In this way lists of indicators and characteristics that they should have were made. Concepts, criteria and methodologies were then proposed to select / derive / build indicators that define the sustainability indexes or that were part of different sustainability evaluation frameworks. In Latin America, systems have been developed to evaluate agroecosystems with an unequal degree of conceptualization and rigor, and also with different criteria. Since these systems have been fairly analyzed in their conceptual phase as well as in their applied phase, in this article we propose to compare the "Framework for the evaluation of natural resource management systems incorporating sustainability indicators" (MESMIS) and the framework "Evaluation of agroecosystems through sustainability indicators", looking for similarities and differences between them, in order to highlight their advantages and limitations. As a general conclusion it is stated that none of the two frameworks presents in general, overcoming characteristics. However, the systemic approach present in the MESMIS framework gives it greater heuristic power. |
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| Translated abstract: | La formulación del concepto de sustentabilidad señaló la necesidad de considerar en forma integral y global los procesos productivos, como así también, la obtención de medidas de la sustentabilidad. De este modo se construyeron listas de indicadores y características que debían tener los mismos. Luego se propusieron conceptos, criterios y métodos para seleccionar/ derivar/construir indicadores que conformaran índices de sustentabilidad o que fueran parte de diferentes marcos de evaluación de sustentabilidad. En Latinoamérica se han desarrollado sistemas para evaluar agroecosistemas con desigual grado de conceptualización y rigurosidad, y también con disímiles criterios. Dado que dichos sistemas han sido escasamente analizados tanto en su fase conceptual como en su fase aplicada, en el presente artículo se propone comparar el “Marco para la evaluación de sistemas de manejo de recursos naturales incorporando indicadores de sustentabilidad” (MESMIS) y el marco “Evaluación de agroecosistemas mediante indicadores de sustentabilidad”, buscando semejanzas y diferencias entre los mismos, en clave de resaltar sus ventajas y sus limitantes. Como conclusión general se afirma que ninguno de los dos marcos presenta, en términos globales, características superadoras. No obstante, el enfoque sistémico presente en el marco MESMIS le otorga mayor poder heurístico. |
