What is it about?
The article seeks to draw on unique multicriteria assessment to compare the compatibility of economic and environmental objectives at 1 189 agricultural holdings in the Czech Republic, broken down by farming specialisation and economic size on the basis of figures from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN).
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Why is it important?
Agricultural holdings select goals in various areas when setting their strategic objectives. Economic objectives tend to be viewed as strategic because of the requirement to maximise economic profit for the owners. Since there is significant interaction between agricultural holdings and the environment, it is also important to monitor the environmental aspects of farming. A trade-off between environmental sustainability and economic performance occurs primarily among farming specialisation categories, where we found two extremes – intensive field cropping with high economic performance and low environmental sustainability, and, at the other end of the scale, extensive cattle farming with lower economic performance and high environmental sustainability.
Perspectives
The methodology can be easily applicable because it uses the FADN database. Moreover, the benchmarking system would help farmers comparing their own economic performance and environmental sustainability with the group of best farms. The article shows that the FADN is not only an instrument for evaluating the income of agricultural holdings but also the environmental effects of the CAP.
Dr Jindřich Špička
University of Economics, Prague
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This page is a summary of: Trade-off between the economic and environmental sustainability in Czech dual farm structure, Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika), June 2020, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
DOI: 10.17221/390/2019-agricecon.
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