Organic farming represents a viable model for environmental sustainability due to the adoption of core farming practices, such as holistic soil and nutrient management. However, like any production system, organic farming unavoidably generates trade-offs and synergies along environmental, social and economic dimensions. The aim of a sustainability assessment is to apply appropriate and integrative methods to evaluate such trade-offs and make them both visible and manageable for decision-makers.
Organic farming represents a viable model for environmental sustainability due to the adoption of core farming practices, such as holistic soil and nutrient management. However, like any production system, organic farming unavoidably generates trade-offs and synergies along environmental, social and economic dimensions. The aim of a sustainability assessment is to apply appropriate and integrative methods to evaluate such trade-offs and make them both visible and manageable for decision-makers.