Aller au contenu principal

page search

Community Organizations Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
University or Research Institution

Location

Our Mission

  • We create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge through research, teaching, and outreach.
  • We apply knowledge to help individuals lead more productive lives, and to assist in the development and improvement of firms, organizations, communities, and public institutions.
  • We seek to contribute to Michigan, the nation, and the world. We emphasize applied and disciplinary contributions especially to the economic and managerial effectiveness of firms in the food and agricultural sector, and to the sustainability of agricultural production, environmental resources, and rural communities.
  • As educators, we work with students, leaders, innovators and problem-solvers.
  • We are committed to excellence across all our programs, both domestic and international.

Members:

Resources

Displaying 21 - 25 of 29

Measuring sustainable intensification in smallholder agroecosystems: A review

Reports & Research
Mars, 2015

In the sustainable intensification (SI) of smallholder agroecosystems, researchers and farmers collaborate to produce more food on land currently in cultivation, secure wellbeing in the present day, and bolster ecosystem services to sustain agricultural productivity into the future. In recent years there has been debate in the SI literature about the meaning and boundaries SI, accompanied by calls for clearly defined metrics to evaluate SI efforts. In this review, we present the current state of the literature in regards to SI metrics.