@article{Micha:204216,
      recid = {204216},
      author = {Micha, Evgenia and Heanue, Kevin},
      title = {Profiling farm systems according to their sustainable  performance: the Irish livestock sector},
      address = {2015-04},
      number = {357-2016-18291},
      pages = {29},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Sustainable farming systems are those that are  economically profitable, environmentally protective and  socially efficient through time, therefor the importance of  farm sustainable performance is highly acknowledged, and  there are various methods for its measurement and  assessment at different spatial levels.
The aim of this  study is to profile and classify Irish livestock farms  according to their performance using farm-level data on  profitability, environmental efficiency and social  integration derived from the Teagasc National Farm Survey.  In contrast to previous research that assesses Irish farms’  sustainable performance at farm level, this study is  attempting to create a farm system typology based on farm  performance and characteristics. Economic, social and  environmental performance indicators are determined and  aggregated to be used as the conceptual framework to  identify and classify types of farms. A combination of  multivariate analysis techniques is developed for the  aggregation of indicators and for the creation of farm  systems typologies. The results indicate the relation  between economic, ecological and social performance of  Irish farms and establish a typology of livestock farms  that can prove useful for future policy design.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204216},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.204216},
}