MEASURING THE INFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE FARM LEVEL - CASE STUDY

CAMELIA TOMA

Abstract


The measuring method takes into consideration the environment at farm level, by making a diagnosis of interactions between  the farming activity and the environment. The goal of the method is to establish the current situation of the environment at a certain moment, to reveal the ecological systems and to identify the risky practices. The method uses a double approach: global – analysis of the farm system and its practices (30 indicators, ranging from 1 to 100 scores) and thematic – farming activity impact upon the different environment segments (23 indicators, ranging from 1 to 20 scores). The case study on a livestock production farm revealed quite interesting results, specific to the Romanian agriculture, and certain indicators were comparable  to the average indicators of the groups of similar European holdings.


Keywords


Dialect method; agro-environmental diagnosis; indicators; agricultural holding; Romania

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