Volume 8 - Volume 8
SCIENTIFIC PROSPECTION ON SUSTAINABILITY INDEXES USED IN AGRICULTURE
Abstract
The assessment of impacts caused by agriculture is essential to understand the level of its sustainability. In this context, sustainability indexes can be used for measuring, because they consist of information that facilitate the understanding of data. This study aimed to conduct a prospection about the use of index to evaluate the agricultural sustainability and present an overview of the most commonly used methodologies. For this, searches were conducted on Sustainability Indexes applied to Agriculture in the bank of scientific publications of the Science Direct. The survey collected data between 2004 and 2015 in various areas magazines. The articles were analyzed individually for certification that they treated on the discussed topic. A total of 496 results were found, and of these, only 71 treated on the specific theme. The highest percentage of published articles occurred in 2015. China stood out with the highest number of publications in the area between the years of research, a total of 24 articles, while Brazil had only 2 publications for the same period. Among the methods used, Sustainable Emergy Index highlights. On the small number of manuscripts on the subject, it is concluded that this is a promising subject for research and development.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 4357 - 4368
Author's Name: Ana Luiza Privado Martins, Mayra Nina Araujo Silva, Mayanna Karlla Lima Costa and Alana das Chagas Ferreira Aguiar
Volume: Volume 8
Issues: Volume 8
Keywords: Sustainable development; methodologies; agricultural system; indicators.
Year: 2018
Month: June
Pages: 4357-4368