Composite indicators and sustainable development of regional agriculture applied to the Stavropol Territory in Russia
| Autor: | Johan van Ophem, Wim Heijman, Anastasia Chaplitskaya |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010501 environmental sciences lcsh:Regional planning 01 natural sciences Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering principle component analysis lcsh:Agriculture Environmental Sustainability Index Order (exchange) 0502 economics and business Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Agricultural policy agricultural policy Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Agribusiness Sustainable development business.industry 05 social sciences Agrarische Economie en Plattelandsbeleid lcsh:S lcsh:HT390-395 Composite indicator sustainability Urban Economics Agriculture Sustainability Business composite indicators 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol 11, Iss 3-4 (2017) APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 11(3-4), 81-88 APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 11 (2017) 3-4 |
| ISSN: | 1789-7874 1789-221X |
| Popis: | The aim of this paper is to understand and evaluate agricultural sustainability in the Stavropol Territory by means of a composite indicator. In particular, the paper applies principal component analyses to calculate a composite sustainability index by integration of selected economic, social and environmental indicators. The results demonstrate the utility of analyzing several indicators in conjunction. The results also may indicate which variables influence development of regional agriculture. This information is important in order to design agricultural support policy and to implement an increase the sustainability of the agriculture sector. JEL Code: O13, Q11 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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