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Sustainability is a dynamic concept, seeking to achieve a balance in space and time, of the environmental, economic and social dimensions. In this context, farming systems are faced with a double (and often contradictory) challenge to be successful: socio-economic performance has to be maximised while environment and natural resources needs to be protected. When choosing the best alternative, the method of evaluation plays a key role. This chapter synthesises the approaches exposed in the book for building sustainable systems in three classes and identify the main critical points of them as a whole. The chapter ends also with the identification of the main questions derived of the universe of used approaches that can be used in future reflections and discussions regarding the studied theme.
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Marta-Costa, A.A., Silva, E. (2013). Methodologies for Building Sustainable Farming Systems: The Main Critical Points and Questions. In: Marta-Costa, A., Soares da Silva, E. (eds) Methods and Procedures for Building Sustainable Farming Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5003-6_19
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