Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach
The present study develops a composite environmental impact index (CEII) to evaluate the extent of environmental degradation in agriculture after successfully validating its flexibility, applicability and relevance as a tool. The CEII tool is then applied to empirically measure the extent of environ...
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| author | Sabiha, N. Salim, Ruhul Rahman, S. Rola-Rubzen, M. |
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| description | The present study develops a composite environmental impact index (CEII) to evaluate the extent of environmental degradation in agriculture after successfully validating its flexibility, applicability and relevance as a tool. The CEII tool is then applied to empirically measure the extent of environmental impacts of High Yield Variety (HYV) rice cultivation in three districts of north-western Bangladesh for a single crop year (October, 2012-September, 2013). Results reveal that 27 to 69 per cent of the theoretical maximum level of environmental damage is created due to HYV rice cultivation with significant regional variations in the CEII scores, implying that policy interventions are required in environmentally critical areas in order to sustain agriculture in Bangladesh. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-232552017-09-13T13:57:03Z Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach Sabiha, N. Salim, Ruhul Rahman, S. Rola-Rubzen, M. The present study develops a composite environmental impact index (CEII) to evaluate the extent of environmental degradation in agriculture after successfully validating its flexibility, applicability and relevance as a tool. The CEII tool is then applied to empirically measure the extent of environmental impacts of High Yield Variety (HYV) rice cultivation in three districts of north-western Bangladesh for a single crop year (October, 2012-September, 2013). Results reveal that 27 to 69 per cent of the theoretical maximum level of environmental damage is created due to HYV rice cultivation with significant regional variations in the CEII scores, implying that policy interventions are required in environmentally critical areas in order to sustain agriculture in Bangladesh. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23255 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.10.003 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Sabiha, N. Salim, Ruhul Rahman, S. Rola-Rubzen, M. Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach |
| title | Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach |
| title_full | Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach |
| title_fullStr | Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach |
| title_short | Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: A composite environmental impact index approach |
| title_sort | measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: a composite environmental impact index approach |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23255 |