Benchmarking sustainability performance in UK free-range laying hen flocks

L.E. Higham, I. Handel, L. Boden and D. Moran

Agricultural Systems, 2024, vol. 221, issue C

Abstract: To equitably nourish the world's growing human population whilst halting further transgression of the planetary boundaries, there is a need to evaluate the relative performance of food and farming systems in terms of multiple and often competing food security, environmental, and ethical sustainability objectives.

Keywords: Benchmarking; Sustainability; Data envelope analysis; Animal welfare; Antimicrobial use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104103

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