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DOI	10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102863
	Multi-criteria assessment of the sustainability of farming systems in the reclaimed desert lands of Egypt
	Alary, Veronique; Messad, Samir; Aboul-Naga, Adel; Osman, Mona A.; Abdelsabour, Taha H.; Salah, Abdel-Aal E.; Juanes, Xavier
通讯作者	Alary, V
来源期刊	AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
ISSN	0308-521X
EISSN	1873-2267
出版年	2020
卷号	183
英文摘要	On newly cultivated lands in deserts as in the majority of dryland areas, the sustainability of agricultural systems is often debated in terms of socioeconomic viability and agro-ecological longevity. In these contexts, livestock production systems have raised controversial debates regarding their roles and effects in terms of sustainable development. The objective of this paper is to assess the level (and types) of crop-livestock integration in the dryland systems and whether they result in different well-being and improved efficiency of these agroecosystems. Using an empirical study in the newly reclaimed desert lands of the west part of the Nile Delta (Egypt), we proposed an assessment of the sustainability of the family farming systems using two approaches: a) multiple factor analysis and b) multi-criteria assessment. The multi-criteria assessment highlighted how family farm sustainability depends highly on the integration of livestock into the system, with technical or economic efficiency effects. The multiple factor analysis allowed the distinction of two types of farm systems in which livestock activity could be a source in increasing labour productivity or ensuring the viability of the farm in both short and long terms. So, the two approaches brought out the critical role of livestock in the overall efficiency of the system. However, factor analysis highlighted different profiles of integration and diversification based on-farm assets, and the multi-criteria assessment provided a comprehensive framework for conceptualizing aggregated indicators for the development of sustainable farming systems for the end-users. So these two methods may be complementarity to develop and assess the causal processes of a sustainability assessment.
英文关键词	Egypt Index of sustainability Integrated crop-livestock systems Multi-criteria method Multiple factor analysis Desert lands
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, Green Submitted
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000539094600012
WOS关键词	CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS ; NILE DELTA ; INTENSIFICATION ; DIVERSIFICATION ; DETERMINANTS ; AGRICULTURE ; STRATEGIES ; EFFICIENCY ; GAP
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/324697
作者单位	[Alary, Veronique] CIRAD, ICARDA, UMR SELMET, Stn Exp INRA Quich, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui Agdal,BP 6299, Rabat, Morocco; [Alary, Veronique; Messad, Samir; Juanes, Xavier] Univ Montpellier, Inst Agro, INRAE, SELMET,CIRAD, Montpellier, France; [Aboul-Naga, Adel; Osman, Mona A.; Abdelsabour, Taha H.; Salah, Abdel-Aal E.] Agr Res Ctr ARC, Anim Prod Res Inst APRI, Nadi El Said St, Giza, Egypt; [Messad, Samir; Juanes, Xavier] CIRAD, UMR SELMET, F-34398 Montpellier, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alary, Veronique,Messad, Samir,Aboul-Naga, Adel,et al. Multi-criteria assessment of the sustainability of farming systems in the reclaimed desert lands of Egypt[J],2020,183.
APA	Alary, Veronique.,Messad, Samir.,Aboul-Naga, Adel.,Osman, Mona A..,Abdelsabour, Taha H..,...&Juanes, Xavier.(2020).Multi-criteria assessment of the sustainability of farming systems in the reclaimed desert lands of Egypt.AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS,183.
MLA	Alary, Veronique,et al."Multi-criteria assessment of the sustainability of farming systems in the reclaimed desert lands of Egypt".AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS 183(2020).