Scales for DEXi-CSC 4.10 attributes

Attribute  Scale 
OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY  Very low; Low; Medium; High; Very high 
├─ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY  Very low; Low; Medium; High; Very high 
│ ├─Biodiversity  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ ├─Vertebrates  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ ├─Semi-natural flora  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ └─Regional Intensification  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ ├─Vegetation  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ ├─Semi-natural flora  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ │ ├─Regional Intensification  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │ │ │ ├─Ratio semi-natural: cultivated land  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ │ │ └─Connectivity of semi-natural habitats  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ │ └─Field margins  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ │   ├─Field margin floral diversity  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ │   └─Field margin structure  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │ └─Weeds  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │   ├─Weed quality  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │   │ ├─Crop rotation diversity/intensity  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │   │ └─Weed management strategy  Non selective; Selective 
│ │ │   └─Weed abundance  Low; Medium; High 
│ │ │     ├─Post-plant herbicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │     ├─Crop competition  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │     └─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ └─Invertebrates  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   ├─Herbivores  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ ├─Pollen/nectar feeders  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ │ ├─Weed quality  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ │ └─Influences reducing herbivore numbers  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │ │   ├─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │   ├─Field margins  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ │   └─Weeds  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ └─Plant feeders  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │   └─Influences reducing herbivore numbers  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   ├─Natural enemies  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ ├─Parasitoids  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ │ ├─Herbivores  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ │ └─Influences reducing parasitoid numbers  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │ │   ├─Field margins  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │ │   └─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ └─Predators  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │   ├─Influences reducing predator numbers  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │   │ ├─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   │ ├─Field margins  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │   │ └─Herbivores  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   │   ├─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │   └─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│ │   └─Soil decomposers  Low; Medium; High 
│ │     ├─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│ │     └─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│ ├─Resource use  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ ├─Agronomic input  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │ ├─Seed  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │ │ ├─Seed cover crop  Yes; No 
│ │ │ │ ├─Seed rate crop  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │ │ └─Seed undersow  Yes; No 
│ │ │ ├─Nutrition  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │ │ ├─Other compounds  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │ ├─Rate trace elements  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │ └─Rate lime  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ ├─Fertilisers  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │ │ │ ├─Organic matter amendments  Very high; High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Rate FYM  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Rate straw  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │ │ └─Rate compost  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │ └─Mineral fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │   ├─Rate mineral K fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │   ├─Rate mineral P fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ │   └─Rate mineral N fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │ └─Irrigation  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │   ├─Irrigation requirement  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │ │   └─Irrigation availability  No; Yes 
│ │ │ └─Protection  High; Medium; Low 
│ │ │   ├─Protection standard  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   │ ├─Herbicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   │ ├─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   │ └─Fungicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   ├─Protection specialist  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   │ ├─Desiccants AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   │ ├─Molluscicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   │ └─Soil sterilants AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ │   └─Seed treatment AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │ └─Machinery fuel use  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   ├─Establishment fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │ ├─Preparation fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ ├─Deep inversion tillage fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ ├─Inversion tillage fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ └─Non-inversion tillage fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ └─Planting fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │   ├─Crop fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │   ├─Undersow fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   └─Cover crop fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   ├─Agronomic application fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │   │ ├─Fertilisation fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ ├─Other compounds fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ │ ├─Trace elements fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ │ └─Lime fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ ├─Organic matter amendments fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ │ ├─FYM fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ │ ├─Straw chopping fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ │ └─Compost fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ │ └─Mineral fertilisers fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ ├─Irrigation fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │ └─Spraying fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   ├─Crop protection fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   │ ├─Herbicide fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   │ ├─Insecticide fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   │ └─Fungicide fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │   └─Other chemicals fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │     ├─Desiccant fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │     ├─Molluscicide fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   │     └─Soil sterilant fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ │   └─Offtake fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │     ├─Harvesting fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │     └─Post harvest fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │       ├─Carting fuel  High; Medium; Low 
│ │       └─Baling fuel  High; Medium; Low; None 
│ └─Losses  High; Medium; Low 
│   ├─P loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ ├─P leaching  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ ├─Conditions for leaching  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ ├─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ ├─Biological soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ ├─Soil Fertility  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Mineral Source  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Rate mineral N fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Rate mineral K fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─Rate mineral P fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ └─Organic Source  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │   ├─Seed undersow  Yes; No 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │   ├─Rate FYM  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │   └─Organic matter inputs  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ ├─Chemical disturbance  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Mineral Source  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─Soil cover at pesticide application  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ │ │ └─Protection  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ │ │ └─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ │ └─Soil physical strength  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ │   ├─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ │   ├─Organic matter  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │   │ ├─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ │   │ ├─Seed cover crop  Yes; No 
│   │ │ │ │   │ └─Organic matter inputs  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │   │   ├─Stubble/straw management  No; Yes 
│   │ │ │ │   │   └─Organic matter amendments  Very high; High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │ │   └─Soil type  Clay; Sand; Loam/organic 
│   │ │ │ └─Precipitation  Excess; Insufficient; Sufficient 
│   │ │ └─P at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │   ├─P requirement  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │   │ ├─Crop type  Winter; Spring 
│   │ │   │ ├─Yield  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │   │ └─Plant cover  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │   └─P in system  Excess; Deficit; Sufficient 
│   │ │     ├─P added  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │     │ ├─Rate FYM  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │     │ └─Rate mineral P fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │     └─P soil residual  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ ├─P runoff  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ ├─P at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ └─Conditions for runoff  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │   ├─Precipitation  Excess; Insufficient; Sufficient 
│   │ │   ├─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │   └─Field properties  None; Low; Medium; High 
│   │ └─P eroded  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   ├─P at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   └─Conditions for erosion  High; Medium; Low 
│   │     ├─Plant cover  Low; Medium; High 
│   │     │ ├─Crop cover  Low; Medium; High 
│   │     │ ├─Seed cover crop  Yes; No 
│   │     │ └─Weed abundance  Low; Medium; High 
│   │     ├─Field conditions  High; Medium; Low 
│   │     │ ├─Field properties  None; Low; Medium; High 
│   │     │ ├─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│   │     │ └─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│   │     └─Weather conditions  High; Medium; Low 
│   ├─N loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ ├─N leaching  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ ├─N at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │ ├─N requirement  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ ├─Crop type  Winter; Spring 
│   │ │ │ │ ├─Yield  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ │ └─Plant cover  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │ │ └─N in system  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │   ├─N added  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ │   │ ├─Rate FYM  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │   │ ├─Rate undersow  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │   │ └─Rate mineral N fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ │ │   └─N soil residual  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ └─Conditions for leaching  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ ├─N runoff  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ ├─N at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ └─Conditions for runoff  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ ├─N eroded  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ ├─N at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ └─Conditions for erosion  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ └─N2O loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   ├─N at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   └─Conditions for volatilisation  High; Medium; Low 
│   ├─C loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ ├─C eroded  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ ├─Conditions for erosion  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │ └─C at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │ │   ├─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│   │ │   └─Rate compost  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │ └─GHG Loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   ├─CO2 loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   │ ├─Tillage intensity  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   │ └─C at risk of loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │   └─CH4 loss  High; Medium; Low 
│   │     ├─Rate FYM  High; Medium; Low; None 
│   │     └─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
│   └─Pesticide loss  High; Medium; Low 
│     ├─Spray drift  High; Medium; Low 
│     │ ├─Conditions for spray drift  High; Medium; Low 
│     │ └─Pesticides  High; Medium; Low 
│     │   ├─Herbicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│     │   ├─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│     │   ├─Fungicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│     │   └─Desiccants AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
│     └─Pesticide runoff  High; Medium; Low 
│       ├─Pesticides  High; Medium; Low 
│       └─Conditions for runoff  High; Medium; Low 
└─ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY  Low; Medium; High 
  ├─Viability  Low; Medium; High 
  │ ├─Requirement for agricultural equipment  High; Medium; Low 
  │ └─Autonomy  Low; Medium; High 
  │   ├─Proportion of gross margin due to main crop  Low; Medium; High 
  │   ├─Pesticide dependency  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │ ├─Cost of pesticides  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │ └─Production value  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   ├─Product value  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   │ ├─Selling price  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   │ │ ├─Product quality  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   │ │ └─Average market price  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   │ └─Yield  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   │   ├─Biotic factors reducing yield  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   │ ├─Pest interaction  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   │ │ ├─Crop pathogens  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   │ │ │ ├─Pathogen pressure  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   │ │ │ └─Fungicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
  │   │   │   │ │ └─Crop pests  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   │ │   ├─Pest pressure  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   │ │   └─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
  │   │   │   │ └─Weed abundance  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   │   ├─Nutrition  High; Medium; Low 
  │   │   │   └─Soil quality  Low; Medium; High 
  │   │   └─By-product value  None; Low; Medium; High 
  │   │     ├─Straw yield  None; Low; Medium; High 
  │   │     └─Straw selling price  Low; Medium; High 
  │   └─Economic independency  Low; Medium; High 
  │     ├─Gross margin  Low; Medium; High 
  │     └─Direct subsidies supporting economic sustainability  None; Low; Medium; High 
  └─Real profitability  Low; Medium; High 
    ├─Production risk  High; Medium; Low 
    └─Potential profitability  Low; Medium; High 
      ├─Gross margin  Low; Medium; High 
      │ ├─Production value  Low; Medium; High 
      │ └─Production cost  High; Medium; Low 
      │   ├─Cost of seeds  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ ├─Cost of cover crop seed  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ ├─Seed cover crop  Yes; No 
      │   │ │ └─Price of cover crop seed  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ ├─Cost of crop seed  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ ├─Seed rate crop  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ └─Price of crop seed  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ └─Cost of undersow seed  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   ├─Seed undersow  Yes; No 
      │   │   └─Price of undersow seed  High; Medium; Low 
      │   ├─Cost of agrochemicals  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ ├─Cost of pesticides  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ ├─Cost of protection standard  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ ├─Cost of herbicide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ │ ├─Herbicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ │ │ └─Price of herbicide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ ├─Cost of insecticide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ │ ├─Insecticide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ │ │ └─Price of insecticide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ └─Cost of fungicide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │   ├─Fungicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ │   └─Price of fungicide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ ├─Cost of protection specialist  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ ├─Cost of molluscicide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ │ ├─Molluscicide AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ │ │ └─Price of molluscicide  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ ├─Cost of desiccants  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ │ ├─Desiccants AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ │ │ └─Price of desiccants  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │ └─Cost of soil sterilants  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ │   ├─Soil sterilants AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ │   └─Price of soil sterilants  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ └─Cost of seed treatment  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │   ├─Seed treatment AI/rate  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │   └─Price of seed treatment  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ ├─Cost of irrigation  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ │ ├─Irrigation  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │ │ └─Price of irrigation  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │ └─Cost of fertilisers  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   ├─Cost of organic amendments  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ ├─Cost of FYM  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ │ ├─Rate FYM  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │   │ │ └─Price of FYM  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ ├─Cost of straw  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ │ ├─Rate straw  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │   │ │ └─Price of straw  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ └─Cost of compost  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │   ├─Rate compost  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │   │   └─Price of compost  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   ├─Cost of mineral fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ ├─Cost of mineral K fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ │ ├─Rate mineral K fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │   │ │ └─Price of mineral K fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ ├─Cost of mineral P fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ │ ├─Rate mineral P fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │   │ │ └─Price of mineral P fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │ └─Cost of mineral N fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   │   ├─Rate mineral N fertiliser  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │   │   └─Price of mineral N fertiliser  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │   └─Cost of other compounds  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │     ├─Cost of trace elements  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │     │ ├─Rate trace elements  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │     │ └─Price of trace elements  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │     └─Cost of lime  High; Medium; Low 
      │   │       ├─Rate lime  High; Medium; Low; None 
      │   │       └─Price of lime  High; Medium; Low 
      │   └─Cost of fuel for all operations  High; Medium; Low 
      │     ├─Machinery fuel use  High; Medium; Low 
      │     └─Average price of fuel  High; Medium; Low 
      ├─Direct subsidies supporting economic sustainability  None; Low; Medium; High 
      │ ├─Environmental subsidies  Low; Medium; High 
      │ └─Non-environmental subsidies  Low; Medium; High 
      └─Labour cost  High; Medium; Low 
        ├─Labour hourly wage  High; Medium; Low 
        └─Number of hours  High; Medium; Low