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022 _a1044-0046
022 _a1540-7578 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1300/J064v24n02_08
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 _aeng
100 1 _aFlores, C.C.
_912881
245 1 0 _aLimitations of neoclassical economics for evaluating sustainability of agricultural systems
260 _aUnited Kingdom :
_bTaylor and Francis,
_c2004.
500 _aPeer review
520 _aAlthough sustainability goals have been gradually incorporated into the agricultural education institutions, the analysis of different agricultural systems viability is still being carried out based on cost-benefits analysis. As this analysis does not incorporate ecological, social and cultural variables, it has important limitations to compare the sustainability of these agricultural systems. To show these weak points, one organic and two conventional farms from La Plata, Argentina, were compared by means of the neo-classical analysis. From an agro-ecological point of view, ecological, productive and social aspects were also analyzed by means of a set of sustainability indicators. Cost-benefits analysis showed that the organic farm had a higher profitability only when the prices of organic products reached 340% relative to conventional ones. Agroecological analysis showed that the organic system fulfilled sustainability objectives more efficiently than conventional ones, but at the same time, that these aspects are impossible to be quantified by means of cost-benefits analysis. Therefore, to advance towards sustainability achievement, a new holistic evaluation approach should be incorporated in agricultural education institutions.
546 _aText in English
650 7 _2AGROVOC
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_aOrganic agriculture
650 7 _2AGROVOC
_93995
_aAgroecology
650 7 _aEconomics
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650 7 _aSustainability
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91283
700 1 _912882
_aSarandón, S.J.
773 0 _tJournal of Sustainable Agriculture
_gv. 24, no. 2, p. 77-91
_dUnited Kingdom : Taylor and Francis, 2004.
_x1044-0046
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