Type of indicator

Quantitative

Relative dimension and aggregated criteria

Environmental sustainability: Biodiversity conservation: Animal breeds and crops diversity

Description

This indicator quantifies the diversity of cultivated species at the farm level, thus representing on-farm crop diversity. Farm biodiversity is expected to be enhanced by greater diversity of cultivated species per ha, as it results in higher potential of species shelter. This indicator is adapted from Last et al. (2014).

Unit

Number of crop species

Indicator interpretation

Lower values indicate larger negative impacts on the environment.

Scale definition

Based on Phocas et al. (2017), increasing the diversity of breeds in the dairy herd is hard to implement. The reference values suggested below are based on this fact and on the observed data of reproscope.

Reference                     values

(sp)

Scales Dexi interpretation References
Minimum = 1sp at farm-scale > 6 High + Adapted from the results on the whole case study region (13 regions, covering 203 farms) (Last et al., 2014)

 

Scale built in a participative approach by scientists and experts

Maximum value = 16 sp at farm scale [5; 6] Medium to high
[3; 5] Medium to low
< 3 Low

 

 

References

Adapted from (Last et al., 2014)

Last, L., Arndorfer, M., Balázs, K., Dennis, P., Dyman, T., Fjellstad, W., Friedel, J.K., Herzog, F., Jeanneret, P., Lüscher, G., Moreno, G., Kwikiriza, N., Gomiero, T., Paoletti, M.G., Pointereau, P., Sarthou, J.-P., Stoyanova, S., Wolfrum, S., Kölliker, R., 2014. Indicators for the on-farm assessment of crop cultivar and