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 |