Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: a composite environmental impact index approach

Sabiha, N.-E., Salim, R., Rahman, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0391-6191 and Rola-Rubzen, M. F. (2016) Measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: a composite environmental impact index approach. Journal of Environmental Management, 166. pp. 84-93. ISSN 0301-4797 doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.10.003

Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/105873
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.10.003
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	No Reading authors. Back catalogue items Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Elsevier
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