A dataset for sustainability assessment of agroecological practices in a crop-livestock farming system

Data Brief. 2021 Apr 22:36:107078. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107078. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Abstract

This article presents data designed by European researchers who performed a literature review and interpreted the results to determine impact factors of many agroecological practices on a wide variety of sustainability indicators. The impact factors are represented in a matrix that connects practices to indicators. The indicators are related to environmental, economic and social sustainability of a typical European integrated crop-livestock farm. The data are included in the serious game SEGAE to learn agroecology, as described in "SEGAE: a serious game to learn agroecology" [1]. The data can be modified to adapt the game to other agricultural systems. Finally, the data can be re-used in research projects as a basis to assess impacts of agroecological practices.

Keywords: Crop-livestock integration; Sustainability indicators; Systems approach; Transition management.