To support farmers in marginal areas to evaluate farm environmental performances and to improve a reliable sustainability certification with the aim of improving the value of their products, with the consequence of a possible socioeconomic development of marginal areas; to evaluate sustainable and local products; to provide a trusted mark with trusted standard for sustainability

“La Sostenibilità Conta” a tool to calculate the environmental sustainability of agricultural system. This is an online platform where farmers can enter a limited amount of data about the farm structure and crops and breeding technical coefficient. By using the Ecological Footprint approach, known as the method, more suitable to assess the strong environmental sustainability of economic activities inside a defined region, the system elaborates an ecological balance comparing the farm ecosystem carrying capacity (BioCapacity – BC) and the impact on natural resources generated by production activities (Ecological Footprint – EF). A positive ecological balance means an environmental sustainability condition.
Farmers who operate in marginal areas can use it for a better management of economic and environmental sustainability of their agricultural activities, using an environmental sustainability certification for their products.

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