Acknowledgments

Preface

1 The Needs for Building Sustainable Farming Systems:

Issues and Scope

Part I European Context for Sustainability Assessment

Of Farming Systems

2 Agricultural and Environmental Policies in the European Union

3 Approaches for Sustainable Farming Systems Assessment

Part II Multiple Aspects to Develop Methodologies for

Sustainability Assessment of Farming Systems

4 Normative, Systemic and Procedural Aspects: A Review of

Indicator-Based Sustainability Assessments in Agriculture

5 Assessing the Sustainability of Activity Systems to Support

Households' Farming Projects

6 Multilevel and Multi-User Sustainability Assessment of Farming

Systems

Part III Application of Methodologies for Sustainability

Assessment of Farming Systems in Real Contexts

7 Learning and Experimentation Strategy (LES). Outline of a

Method to Develop Sustainable Livestock Production Systems

8 Factors Affecting the Implementation of Measures for

Improving Sustainability on Farms Following the Rise

Sustainability Evaluation

9 A Multi-Attribute Decision Method for Assessing the Overall

Sustainability of Crop Protection Strategies: A Case Study

Based on Apple Production in Europe

Part IV Sustainability Assessment in Organic and Multifunctional

Systems

10 Are Organic Suckler Cattle Farming Systems More Sustainable

Than Conventional Systems? Productive, Environmental and

Economic Performances Assessments: A Model-Based Study

11 Assessing Multifunctionality in Relation to Resource Use - A

Holistic Approach to Measure Efficiency, Developed by

Participatory Research

12 Indicator-Based Method for Assessing Organic Farming

Sustainability

Part V Decision Support Methods for Sustainable Farming Systems

13 X-Farm: Modelling Sustainable Farming Systems

14 Ecological-Economic Modelling for Farming Systems Of

Montemuro Mountain (Portugal)

15 Evaluating Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability

of the Sheep Farming Activity in Greece: A Whole Farm

Mathematical Programming Approach

Part VI Sustainability Assessment in Non-European Farming Systems

16 Method for the Evaluation of Farm Sustainability in Quebec,

Canada: The Social Aspect

17 Adapting a European Sustainability Model to a Local Context in

Semi-Arid Areas of Lebanon

18 Tendency of Production Decisions of the Farmers of the Southeast Pampa Region in Argentina Under Uncertainty Conditions

Part VII Final Considerations

19 Methodologies for Building Sustainable Farming Systems: The

16 Method for the Evaluation of Farm Sustainability in Quebec,

Canada: The Social Aspect

17 Adapting a European Sustainability Model to a Local Context in

Semi-Arid Areas of Lebanon

18 Tendency of Production Decisions of the Farmers of the Southeast Pampa Region in Argentina Under Uncertainty Conditions

Part VII Final Considerations

19 Methodologies for Building Sustainable Farming Systems: The

16 Method for the Evaluation of Farm Sustainability in Quebec,

Canada: The Social Aspect

17 Adapting a European Sustainability Model to a Local Conte