Guide for the evaluation of agroecology

Introduction

PART 1 - GENERAL APPROACHES FOR ONE-OFF EVALUATIONS AND FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Chapter 1 - General methodological principles

Chapter 2 - General approach for one-off evaluations

Chapter 3 - General approach for monitoring and evaluation

PART 2 EVALUATION SHEETS

Chapter 4 - Agro-environmental evaluation

→ Evaluation Sheet 1. Crop yields (direct measurement)

→ Evaluation Sheet 2. Soil health

→ Evaluation Sheet 3. Water-management performance at plot level

→ Evaluation Sheet 4. Regulation of bio-aggressors

→ Evaluation Sheet 5. Agricultural biodiversity

→ Evaluation Sheet 6. Reducing exposure to pesticides

Chapter 5 - Socio-economic evaluation

→ Evaluation Sheet 7. Crop and livestock yields (estimate according to stakeholders)

→ Evaluation Sheet 8. Economic performance from the farmer’s point of view (crop- and livestock-production activities)

→ Evaluation Sheet 9. Economic performance from the farmer’s point of view (agricultural production system)

→ Evaluation Sheet 10. Value chains and organisation of trade

→ Evaluation Sheet 11. Attractiveness of agriculture for young people

→ Evaluation Sheet 12. Job retention and creation

→ Evaluation Sheet 13. Autonomy

→ Evaluation Sheet 14. Food security

→ Evaluation Sheet 15. Farm resilience and ability to adapt to climate change

Chapter 6 - Evaluation of the conditions necessary for the development of agro ecology

PART 3 TOOL SHEETS

→ Tool sheet 1. Guide for interpreting the agrarian landscape and establishing zoning

→ Tool sheet 2. Guide for interviews on the past and current situation of the territory

→ Tool sheet 3. Inventory and description of agroecological practices

→ Tool sheet 4. Grid for analysing issues linked to a key feature of the territory

→ Tool sheet 5. Developing a typology of farms

→ Tool sheet 6. Information to gather during case studies and tools for formatting that information

→ Tool sheet 7. Presentation of the spreadsheet for automated economic calculation and its user manual

→ Tool sheet 8. Characterisation of the degree of agro ecologisation of farms

General bibliography

List of authors