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The importance of social value in agroecological farms: adjusting the common good balance sheet to improve their sustainable management

Joan R. SanchisVanessa CamposCarmen Talavera

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agroecologylcsh:TJ807-830Geography Planning and Developmentlcsh:Renewable energy sourcesDelphi methodCertification010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and Law01 natural sciencesCompetitive advantage:CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS [UNESCO]Common good balance sheet0502 economics and businesslcsh:Environmental sciences0105 earth and related environmental scienceslcsh:GE1-350Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentlcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants05 social sciencesUNESCO::CIENCIAS ECONÓMICASEnvironmental economicssustainabilityCommon goodlcsh:TD194-195Corporate sustainabilitySustainable managementSustainabilityeconomy for the common goodProfitability indexBusiness050203 business & management

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Organic farming offers the producers the possibility of focusing on their business while obtaining a competitive advantage. Nevertheless, this is centered in specific activities of the production process, thus only creating environmental value. Therefore, it is not an approach based on sustainability. As a consequence of this, it becomes necessary to enlarge this approach toward people (social value) and profitability (economic value). The objective of this work is to describe a tool based on the Economy for the Common Good model applied to the agroecological sector. We propose to adapt the Common Good Matrix to the characteristics of agroecological farms to offer a useful tool to manage and monitor Mediterranean small farms following a sustainability approach. The methodology consists of: (1) A bibliometric analysis of agroecological publications to identify sustainability indicators

10.3390/su13031184https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031184