Methodology for the Generation of Sustainability Indicators for Production Systems

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This publication is the result of a joint initiative among researchers from seven National Universities geographically associated with the provinces of Córdoba, Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis and La Rioja, all of which make up the Central-West Region of Argentina.
It arises in the context of a Targeted Scientific and Technological Research Project managed by the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (National Agency for Scientific and Technological Promotion) with the general objective of “establishing operational frameworks that allow a tangible assessment of the sustainability of different production systems within the Central-West Region”.
The originality of the proposed work lies in an attempt at an integrated analysis of sustainability, based on the simultaneous interaction of its four constituent dimensions -ecological, economic, social, and institutional- and with the human being as the holder of sustainable well-being. The analysis aims at the assessment of the sustainability of primary production systems; however, its conceptual flexibility allows for its application on any production system.