Quantitative assessment of agricultural sustainability reveals divergent priorities among nations
Quantitative assessment of agricultural sustainability reveals divergent priorities among nations
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10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.015
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2021-09
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16.2
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Xin Zhang;Guolin Yao;S. Vishwakarma;C. Dalin;A. Komarek;D. Kanter;K. Davis;Kimberly J. Pfeifer;Jing Zhao;T. Zou;P. D’Odorico;C. Folberth;Fernando Galeana Rodriguez;J. Fanzo;L. Rosa;W. Dennison;Mark Musumba;Amy Heyman;E. Davidson
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Xin Zhang;Guolin Yao;S. Vishwakarma;C. Dalin;A. Komarek;D. Kanter;K. Davis;Kimberly J. Pfeifer;Jing Zhao;T. Zou;P. D’Odorico;C. Folberth;Fernando Galeana Rodriguez;J. Fanzo;L. Rosa;W. Dennison;Mark Musumba;Amy Heyman;E. Davidson
农业是可持续发展、环境、社会和经济三大支柱的基础。然而，可持续农业的定义及其衡量能力仍然难以捉摸。需要对国家可持续性进行独立和透明的衡量，以衡量进展情况，鼓励问责制，并为政策提供信息。在这里，我们开发了一个可持续农业矩阵（SAM），以量化农业的国家绩效指标，并根据世界上大多数国家的历史数据调查权衡和协同作用。结果揭示了每个国家需要改进的优先领域，并表明指标之间的权衡和协同作用往往不同。例如，对共同的经济与环境权衡的研究，提供了向具有多个可持续性指标协同途径的国家学习的机会。这些可持续农业指标将随着数据的增加而得到改善，但这一版本为评估进展情况、确定改进的优先事项以及为实现可持续农业的国家政策和行动提供信息提供了一个有用的起点。
Agriculture is fundamental to all three pillars of sustainability, environment, society, and economy. However, the definition of sustainable agriculture and the capacities to measure it remain elusive. Independent and transparent measurements of national sustainability are needed to gauge progress, encourage accountability, and inform policy. Here, we developed a Sustainable Agriculture Matrix (SAM) to quantify national performance indicators in agriculture and to investigate the trade-offs and synergies based on historical data for most countries of the world. The results reveal priority areas for improvement by each country and show that the trade-offs and synergies among indicators often differ. Exceptions to common economic-versus-environmental trade-offs, for example, offer opportunities to learn from countries with synergistic pathways for multiple sustainability indicators. These SAM indicators will improve as data become more available, but this version offers a useful starting point for evaluating progress, identifying priorities for improvement, and informing national policies and actions toward sustainable agriculture.