Title:	Proposal of a sustainability index for beef cattle farming: a case study in the environmental protected area of "Ceroula" Creek/MS, Brazil.
Authors:	PEREIRA, M. de A. MAURO, R. A. COSTA, F. P. QUEIROZ, H. P.
Affiliation:	MARIANA DE ARAGAO PEREIRA, CNPGC; RODINEY DE ARRUDA MAURO, CNPGC; FERNANDO PAIM COSTA, CNPGC; HAROLDO PIRES DE QUEIROZ, CNPGC.
Date Issued:	2016
Citation:	In: REUNIÃO ANUAL DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA, 53., 2016. Gramados. Resumos... Brasília, DF: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2016.
Description:	Besides the efforts to promote sustainability in Brazilian beef farming, insufficient attention has been given to its parametrization. This exploratory study fills this void by proposing a global sustainability index (GSI) for beef farming that considers the managerial, economic, social and environmental (including production) dimensions, simultaneously. A range of 75 indicators, applicable to beef production, were drawn from FAO sustainability indicators list (SAFA), and prioritized by specialists from various fields, resulting in a list of 40 indicators spanning the four dimensions. To each indicator there was a corresponding question in the questionnaire applied to two beef farmers (A and B) in the Environmental Protected Area (EPA) of “Ceroula” Creek, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Indicators within a dimension received the same weight, under the hypotheses of equal contributions to that particular dimension
NAL Thesaurus:	Beef cattle
Keywords:	Sustainable production
Type of Material:	Resumo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Resumo em anais de congresso (CNPGC)