Author(s) : André POUZET, Raymond REAU, Dominique WAGNER , CETIOM (France) 12, avenue George V, 75008 Paris Tel: 01 56 89 57 00 ‐ Fax: 01 56 89 57 04 .
Summary : The European Common Agricultural Policy is shifting an increasing part of the subsidies to eco‐conditionality. Henceforth, it becomes essential to evaluate the environmental effect of agricultural practices, and more generally performances of cropping and farming systems, in order to design and to develop more sustainable systems. This assessment is being implemented for the main cropping systems of some French regions, using environmental indicators. Eleven exposure indicators were chosen in order to represent a wide range of specific sustainability objectives dealing with water, soil, air, non‐renewable resources, biodiversity, and landscape. The results present the sustainability assessment for the crop rotations of Champagne Berrichonne region in the Centre of France.
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