When experts disagree: the need to rethink indicator selection for assessing sustainability of agriculture
Evelien M. de Olde
(1, 2)
,
Henrik Moller
(3)
,
Fleur Marchand
(4, 5)
,
Richard W. Mcdowell
(6, 7)
,
Catriona J. Macleod
(8)
,
Marion Sautier
(9, 3)
,
Stephan Halloy
(10)
,
Andrew Barber
(7)
,
Jay Benge
(7)
,
Christian Bockstaller
(11)
,
Eddie A. M. Bokkers
(1)
,
Imke J. M. de Boer
(1)
,
Katharine A. Legun
(3)
,
Isabelle Le Quellec
(7)
,
Charles Merfield
(12)
,
Frank W. Oudshoorn
(13, 2)
,
John Reid
(14)
,
Christian Schader
(15)
,
Erika Szymanski
(3)
,
Claus A. G. Sørensen
(2)
,
Jay Whitehead
(7)
,
Jon Manhire
(7)
1
WUR -
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
2 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
3 University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande]
4 ILVO - Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food
5 Ecosystem management research group - ECOBE (Wilrijk, Belgium)
6 AgResearch Ltd
7 Lincoln University, New Zealand
8 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research [Lincoln]
9 AGIR - AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires
10 UNIR - Universidad Internacional de la Rioja
11 LAE - Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement
12 The BHU Future Farming Centre
13 SEGES
14 University of Canterbury [Christchurch]
15 FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
2 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
3 University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande]
4 ILVO - Research Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food
5 Ecosystem management research group - ECOBE (Wilrijk, Belgium)
6 AgResearch Ltd
7 Lincoln University, New Zealand
8 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research [Lincoln]
9 AGIR - AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires
10 UNIR - Universidad Internacional de la Rioja
11 LAE - Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement
12 The BHU Future Farming Centre
13 SEGES
14 University of Canterbury [Christchurch]
15 FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture - Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
Evelien M. de Olde
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Christian Bockstaller
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Katharine A. Legun
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Résumé
Sustainability indicators are well recognized for their potential to assess and monitor sustainable development of agricultural systems. A large number of indicators are proposed in various sustainability assessment frameworks, which raises concerns regarding the validity of approaches, usefulness and trust in such frameworks. Selecting indicators requires transparent and well-defined procedures to ensure the relevance and validity of sustainability assessments. The objective of this study, therefore, was to determine whether