The 10 Elements of Agroecology
Available Languages:
Available Languages:
Dated: May 2019
Author: FAO
Summary: A useful framework produced by FAO As an analytical tool, the 10 Elements can help countries to operationalise agroecology. It comparees to other frameworks proposed by others that can be useful as the basis to assess the extent to which an agroecolocial lense is used in the analysis, transformation or evaluation of an agricultural systemDimensions Used: Efficiency; Recycling; Regulation; Synergies; Diversity; Resilience; Circular Solidarity Economy; Culture & Food Traditions; Co-Creation of Knowledge; Human & Social Value; Responsible Governance **Methodology**: High level summary of key agroecological principles Usage: These principles could form the basis of assessment - but by themselves are not an assesment tool. Relevance to CCRP: High. Principles are given detailed explanations, and justification.
The individual components of the trove are listed below. Click on one to download the file or go to the external url. You can download the full trove below as a .zip file.
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/knowledge/10-elements/en/
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/knowledge/10-elements/en/
the-10-elements-of-agroecology-fao.pdf
4 MB
Infographic
Agroecological principles - CIDSE
Summary:Principles of Agrocecology from International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity putting in pl...
Tool
Agroecology Criteria Tool (ACT) - Biovision
Summary:The Agroecology Criteria Tool (ACT) methodology is based on the analytical framework by Gliessman on t...
Journal Article
RISE (Response Inducing Sustainability Evaluation)
Summary: Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE) developed by Swiss researchers to evaluate sustai...
Tool
SAFA (Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems)
Summary: Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems (SAFA). With a view to offer a fair playing...
Tool
NaRIA: Natural Resource Integrity Assesment
Summary: The purpose of the NaRIA Score Card is to provide a rapid assessment of the Natural Resource Integrit...
Tool
SustainFarm Public Goods Tool
Summary: The SustainFARM Public Goods Tool helps farmers assess the sustainability of their farming system wit...
Presentation
Agroecology: how do we measure its social impact
Summary: Presentation for Coventry University, Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience, considering differe...
Journal Article
Analysis of the potentials of multi criteria decision analysis methods to conduct sustainability assessment
Summary: An academic review of different methodologies used to create sustainability assessment tools, focusin...
Case Study
Assessing sustainability at farm-level: Lessons learned from a comparison of tools in practice
Summary: An academic review of different assessment tools, used on the same farms in Denmark. Tools assessed i...
Journal Article
When to use what: Methods for weighting and aggregating sustainability indicators
Summary: An academic meta-review of different methodologies that have been used in publications for sustainabi...
Guide
The Social Return on Investment (SROI) method. How does it work? What are the benefits?
Summary: A description of how to apply the Social Return on Investment (SROI) method in an agroecological cont...