Una aproximación a las semejanzas y diferencias entre propuestas metodológicas latinoamericanas para la evaluación de agroecosistemas desde el enfoque de la sustentabilidad - Similarities and differences on Latin American sustainability agroecosystems evaluations

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared three methodological proposals of agroecosystems evaluation in terms of sustainability which seek to overcome the reductionism of classical ones proposed by economic discipline, and concluded that although the similarities between the proposals predominate, the conceptual approach and participation are elements of strong distinction between the MESMIS and the other proposals.

Abstract: The work compares three methodological proposals of agroecosystems evaluation in terms of sustainability which seek to overcome the reductionism of classical ones proposed by economic discipline. A bibliographic review was made in the main search engines, identifying three methodological proposals widely spread (Methodology for the Evaluation of Management Systems incorporating Sustainability Indicators: MESMIS, Rapid Agroecological System for the Evaluation of Soil Quality and Crop Health: SARSyC and Agroecosystem Assessment Through EAMIS Sustainability Indicators: EAMIS), developed in Latin America and the exploration was complemented by the search of representative articles of them. The proposals with their respective application cases were evaluated using temporal, scalar, conceptual criteria, etc. and similarities and differences were identified in them. We conclude that although the similarities between the proposals predominate, the conceptual approach and participation are elements of strong distinction between the MESMIS and the other proposals. On the other hand, SARSyC is distinguished by addressing only environmental aspects of agroecosystems.