Sentence examples for assessment of farming from inspiring English sources
In this paper, we propose a consistent and comprehensive framework of principles, criteria and indicators (PC&I) for sustainability assessment of agricultural systems, referred to as the Sustainability Assessment of Farming and the Environment (SAFE) framework.
Accordingly, an assessment of farming households' levels of agricultural land vulnerability was carried out based on farmland size, terrain characteristics of the areas where farmlands located, soil erosion severity, land fertility level, and crop yield based on households response (refer to Table 4).
Help can range from advice from a veterinarian, an accountant that has experience in doing financial assessments of farming operations, a farm building inspector, a breeder that has been in the business you are interested in for over 20 years, etc.
The majority of the indicators developed involved risk assessment of farm management practices, as a proxy (surrogate) means to assess environmental state.
The monitoring of IgG levels is important for assessment of farm colostrum management and to reduce productivity losses associated with calf-hood diseases [ 7].
These early-life risk factors, which did not differ between farm and nonfarm participants in this study, may confound assessment of farm exposures in populations where farm families are poorer and have less adequate prenatal health care.
Indicators for the assessment of farm animal housing were proposed by several research teams and minimal requirements for animal welfare were implemented in the legislation of most European Union member states (EU directives) as reviewed by von Borell [ 1].
The yardstick for assessment here is the legacy of farming knowledge, norms, skills and cultures, in this case, in the UK.
Considerable knowledge of farming operations, exposure assessment, toxicokinetics, and analytical chemistry is needed for successful design, implementation, and interpretation of farmworker biomonitoring studies.
We also argue for the need to develop and apply more integrative assessments of farm performance that combine the use of modelling tools with deliberative processes involving farmers and researchers in a co-learning process, to more effectively identify and implement more productive and resilient farm businesses.
