<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The concept of sustainability and the feasibility options have been discussed in specialized literature sources for about three decades only. Sustainable development has several definitions; it is defined both in narrow and wider sense. The definition of sustainability is regarded inevitable because the sustainability of agriculture can be interpreted only within this fixed conceptual framework. Our study primarily deals with issues of sustainability in farming practices being specific to countries and regions of the European Union. In frames of the current research we provide the analysis of the ability to produce value added within agricultural sector, the intensity of farming, the non-renewable external input use, farm structure as well as the European-level relations being directed towards the preservation of land productivity.</p></abstract>

The concept of sustainability and the feasibility options have been discussed in specialized literature sources for about three decades only. Sustainable development has several definitions; it is defined both in narrow and wider sense. The definition of sustainability is regarded inevitable because the sustainability of agriculture can be interpreted only within this fixed conceptual framework. Our study primarily deals with issues of sustainability in farming practices being specific to countries and regions of the European Union. In frames of the current research we provide the analysis of the ability to produce value added within agricultural sector, the intensity of farming, the non-renewable external input use, farm structure as well as the European-level relations being directed towards the preservation of land productivity.

Selected Reliable Indicators of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in the European Union

Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development

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The concept of sustainability and the feasibility options have been discussed in specialized literature sources for about three decades only. Sustainable...

Selected Reliable Indicators of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in the European Union

Publié en ligne: 01 févr. 2018

Pages: 46 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/vjbsd-2017-0008

Mots clés
agricultural economics, sustainable land management, indicators, natural resource economics

© Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Selected Reliable Indicators of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in the European Union

Publié en ligne: 01 févr. 2018

Pages: 46 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/vjbsd-2017-0008

Mots clésagricultural economics, sustainable land management, indicators, natural resource economics

© Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
agricultural economics, sustainable land management, indicators, natural resource economics