The Framing of Sustainability in Sustainability Assessment Frameworks for Agriculture

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ID4446403
AuthorsElin Slätmo (0000-0001-6107-3949, Department of Urban and Rural Development Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences P.O. Box 7012 SE‐750 07 Uppsala Sweden, corresponding author), Klara Fischer (0000-0001-6590-4025, Department of Urban and Rural Development Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences P.O. Box 7012 SE‐750 07 Uppsala Sweden), Elin Röös (0000-0002-3482-2286, Department of Energy and Technology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences P.O. Box 7032 SE‐750 07 Uppsala Sweden)
Year2017
Volume57
Issue3
Pages378-395
Publication date2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/soru.12156
OpenAlexW2550290691
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited72

Various frameworks for assessing sustainability in agriculture have emerged in recent years. We analysed how sustainability is framed as a governing concept for agriculture within three such frameworks. The results suggest that in all three frameworks sustainability is perceived as a fixed, definable end goal, rather than a process, and its assumed that if all stake holders understand each other and are informed about the negative impacts of agriculture, sustainability will be achieved. The characteristics of the assessment frameworks, which are primarily developed by and based on expert knowledge, provide limited possibilities for farmers to influence how sustainable agriculture is framed and acted upon, limiting the utility of the frameworks. A number of challenges that need to be solved for successful implementation were uncovered, including how assessment frameworks should be used in practice and identification of conflicts between different goals in relation to assessment results

Agriculture · Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Framing (construction) · Geography · Limiting · Process (computing) · Process management · Sustainability · Sustainability organizations · Sustainable agriculture · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Computer Science · Ecology · Engineering · Organic Food and Agriculture · Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis

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