Mengukur Pertanian Berkelanjutan

Sebuah penelitian menggunakan indikator sbb.:

Economic :

1. Return on asset (%)


2. Economic efficiency


3. Total factor productivity


4. Risk (%)


5. Net farm income per capita ($/person)


6. Credit use ($/ha)


7. Ratio of farms having unoccupied farmland (%)


8. Ratio of farms planning operating investment (%)


9. Ratio of farms extend their farmlands (%)


10. Ratio of farms invest capital to off-farm (%)

Social :

1. Ratio of village not to enjoy sewerage system (%)


2. Distance from nearest health institution (km)


3. The ratio of village having insufficient drinking water (%)


4. The ratio of asphalted road (%)


5. Population/government health official


6. The number of student per teacher


7. Ratio of farm having social security (%)


8. Agricultural population density (person/ha)


9. Ratio of farm that their title deed are belong to more than two person (%)


10. Ratio of farm deciding to break away agriculture (%)

Environment :

1. Technical efficiency


2. Size of cultivated area applied synthetic fertilizer / total cultivated area (%)


3. Size of cultivated area applied pesticide/ total cultivated area (%)


4. Ratio of farm used more synthetic fertilizer than suggested level (%)


5. Ratio of farm used more pesticide than suggested level (%)


6. The number of factory established in first class area


7. Ratio of farm operators who supported the idea of cutting woodland off to gain extra farmland (%)


8. Ratio of farm operators who supported the idea of establishing factory on agricultural land (%)


9. The size of organic farming area (ha)


10. Ratio of settlements founded on first and second class agricultural land (%)

Bio-physical :

1. Ratio of land where organic matter is low (%)


2. Crop diversity (Simpson index)


3. Ratio of shallow land (< 20 cm) (%)


4. The size of IV, VI and VII class land /total agricultural land (%)


5. Ratio of farm faced with irrigation water shortage (%)


6. Ratio of agricultural land faced with severe water erosion (%)


7. The quality of irrigation water (salinity, C4 (%))


8. Ratio of agricultural land that their pH is not between 6.8 and 7.3 (%)


9. The size of land that their slope is more than 20%/total agricultural land (%)


10. The size of soil that their saline amount is more than 0.15%
    
    Sumber: V. Ceyhan. Assessing the agricultural sustainability of conventional farming systems in Samsun province of Turkey. http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/pdf/pdf%202010/4%20Jul/Ceyhan.pdf
    
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