SUSTAINABILE INTENSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE –THE OPERATIONALIZATION DIRECTIONS

Abstract

In the paper a systematic review of the works concentrated on the operationalization of the concept of sustainableagriculture intensification has been carried out. In the analyzed source literature, research was conducted mostly atthe microeconomic level and concerned agriculture in Europe. Four main methods of operationalization have beenidentified as – synthetic indicators, modeling, eco-efficiency indices and statistical analysis. These methods were mainlyused to assess whether agriculture is developing in line with sustainable intensification concept, to determine the impactof economic policy on this development, to determine the possibilities for implementing sustainable intensification inspecific cases and the impact of other factors on the effectiveness of these processes.

Keywords

• sustainable intensification
• measurement
• review