This paper is based on results from the research project UNISECO, which is funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 773901.We would like to thank all the farmers, farm organisations and stakeholders of the multi-actor platforms of the UNISECO project who contributed to the data collection. We also like to thank Andreas Basler whose corrections improved the comprehensibility of the paper.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Aakkula, Jyrki

Aalders, Inge

Adrian, Jon Bienzobas

Albanito, Fabrizio

Balazs, Katalin

Bartel-Kratochvil, Ruth

Baumgart, Lukas

Bircher, Richard

Blockeel, Johan

Carolus, Johannes

Fratila, Mihaela

Frick, Rebekka

Galioto, Francesco

Grazvy-das Jegelevicius

Guisepelli, Emmanuel

Helin, Janne

Hollaus, Alexander

Hrabalova, Andrea

Iordanidis, Yiannis

Irvine, Katherine N.

Kyle, Carol

Landert, Jan

Longhitano, Davide

Massa, Carlos Astrain

Mayer, Andreas

Miller, David

Muller, Adrian

Pfeifer, Catherine

Podmaniczky, Laszlo

Povellato, Andrea

Prazan, Jaroslav

Roos, Elin

Rossignolo, Letizia

Sahlin, Kajsa Resare

Sanders, Juern

Schader, Christian

Schwarz, Gerald

Smith, Pete

Smyrniotopoulou, Alexandra

Svels, Kristina

Szilagyi, Alfred

Vanni, Francesco

Vlahos, George

Weisshaidinger, Rainer

Yoldi, Uxue Iragui

Zilans, Andis

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The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological transitions in 15 case studies covering a range of different farming systems across Europe. Each case study reflects a different-transition towards agro-ecological farming. The tools applied were COMPAS (an economic farm assessment tool); Cool Farm Tool (a greenhouse gas inventory, water footprint and biodiversity assessment tool); and the SMART Farm Tool (a multidimensional sustainability assessment tool).First results of the use of combined sustainability assessments deepen the understanding of different farming systems. Sustainability performance varies greatly between farms, but overall, agro-ecological farms tend to enhance biodiversity and water quality. For soil quality, no clear patterns could be identified. The same applies to economic performance at different stages of the agro-ecological transition. Quality of life was generally rated medium to high on all investigated farms. The combined sustainability assessment enabled the identification of areas for further policy development.Aligning the tools required harmonising definitions, simplification and assumptions with regard to the input data of the tools.ISSN:2700-8711ISSN:2194-360

Müller, Adrian

Sanders, Jürn

Szilágyi, Alfréd

Podmaniczky, László

Balázs, Katalin

Zīlāns, Andis

Jegelevičius, Gražvydas

Frățilă, Mihaela

Iragui Yoldi, Uxue

Astrain Massa, Carlos

Bienzobas Adrián, Jon

Resare Sahlin, Kajsa

Röös, Elin

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Assessing agro-ecological practices using a combination of three sustainability assessment tools

Hrabalová, Andrea

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The alignment of the environmental, economic and social  sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the pro-vision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological transitions in 15 case studies covering a range of different farming systems across Europe. Each case study reflects a different transition towards  agro-ecological farming. The tools applied were COMPAS (an  economic farm assessment tool); Cool Farm Tool (a greenhouse gas inventory, water footprint and biodiversity assessment tool); and the SMART Farm Tool (a ultidimensional sustainability assessment tool).First results of the use of combined sustainability assessments deepen the understanding of different farming systems. Sustainability  performance varies greatly between farms, but overall, agro-ecological farms tend to enhance biodiversity and water quality. For soil quality, no clear patterns could be identified. The same applies to economic performance at different stages of the agro-ecological transition. Quality of life was generally rated medium to high on all investigated farms. The combined sustainability assessment enabled the identification of areas for further policy development. Aligning the tools required harmonising definitions, simplification and assumptions with regard to the input data of the tools

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This paper is based on results from the research project UNISECO, which is funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 773901.We would like to thank all the farmers, farm organisations and stakeholders of the multi-actor platforms of the UNISECO project who contributed to the data collection. We also like to thank Andreas Basler whose corrections improved the comprehensibility of the paper.Peer reviewe

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The alignment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of farms is necessary for enhancing the provision of public goods in farming. This study combines the use of three tools for the assessment of farm sustainability. It provides first insights into the sustainability performance of farms at different stages of agro-ecological transitions in 15 case studies covering a range of different farming systems across Europe. Each case study reflects a different-transition towards agro-ecological farming. The tools applied were COMPAS (an economic farm assessment tool); Cool Farm Tool (a greenhouse gas inventory, water footprint and biodiversity assessment tool); and the SMART Farm Tool (a multidimensional sustainability assessment tool).First results of the use of combined sustainability assessments deepen the understanding of different farming systems. Sustainability performance varies greatly between farms, but overall, agro-ecological farms tend to enhance biodiversity and water quality. For soil quality, no clear patterns could be identified. The same applies to economic performance at different stages of the agro-ecological transition. Quality of life was generally rated medium to high on all investigated farms. The combined sustainability assessment enabled the identification of areas for further policy development.Aligning the tools required harmonising definitions, simplification and assumptions with regard to the input data of the tools

Jegelevicius, Grazvy-das

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