Old Wine in New Bottles

The paper presents insights from carrying out a pan-EU sustainability assessment using Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data (the old wine) with societal metabolism accounting (SMA) processes (the new bottles). The SMA was deployed as part of a transdisciplinary study with EU policy stakeholders...

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Autores: Matthews, Keith B., Renner, Ansel|||0000-0002-7706-6329, Blackstock, Kirsty|||0000-0002-0429-0215, Waylen, Kerry A.|||0000-0002-6593-2795, Miller, Dave G.|||0000-0002-9311-1708, Wardell-Johnosn, Dough H., Juarez-Bourke, Alba, Cadillo Benalcazar, Juan José|||0000-0002-9747-926X, Schyns, Joep F., Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:271883
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/271883
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/su131810080
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sustainability
Societal metabolism
FADN
Common agricultural policy
Water-energy-food nexus
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Sumario:The paper presents insights from carrying out a pan-EU sustainability assessment using Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data (the old wine) with societal metabolism accounting (SMA) processes (the new bottles). The SMA was deployed as part of a transdisciplinary study with EU policy stakeholders of how EU policy may need to change to deliver sustainability commitments, particularly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The paper outlines the concepts underlying SMA and its specific implementation using the FADN data. A key focus was on the interactions between crop and livestock systems and how this determines imported feedstuffs requirements, with environmental and other footprints beyond the EU. Examples of agricultural production systems performance are presented in terms of financial/efficiency, resource use (particularly the water footprint) and quantifies potential pressures on the environment. Benefits and limitations of the FADN dataset and the SMA outputs are discussed, highlighting the challenges of linking quantified pressures with environmental impacts. The paper concludes that the complexity of agriculture's interactions with economy and society means there is great need for conceptual frameworks, such as SMA, that can take multiple, non-equivalent, perspectives and that can be deployed with policy stakeholders despite generating uncomfortable knowledge.

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