Benchmarking in food and farming creating sustainable change / [electronic resource] : [edited by] Lisa Jack - Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2009 - 1 online resource (vi, 132 p.) : ill. - Gower sustainable food chains series .

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Ch. 1. Sustainable Change and Benchmarking in the Food Supply Chain / Lisa Jack and Julie Boone -- pt. 1. Benchmarks for Comparing Farm Performance -- Ch. 2. Benchmarks and Yardsticks: Mass Participation Benchmarking in Farming -- Ch. 3. Best Practice in Mass Participation Benchmarking / Sarah Thelwall -- Ch. 4. DairyBase: Building a Best Practice Benchmarking System / Nicola Shadbolt -- pt. 2. Benchmarking for Better Practice in Farming -- Ch. 5. Benchmarking Clubs and Business Improvement Groups -- Ch. 6. Farm Benchmarking in the UK: An Assessment by the Food Chain Centre, 2002-7 / Peter Whitehead -- pt. 3. Environmental Benchmarking in Food and Farming -- Ch. 7. Standards, Indices and Targets for Environmental Performance -- Ch. 8. Farmer Learning in Benchmarking for Environmental Sustainability / Sue Kilpatrick -- pt. 4. Benchmarking for Best Practice: Innovative Practice and Future Developments in Food and Farming -- Ch. 9. Process Benchmarking and Other Developments in Agriculture -- Ch. 10. The Balanced Scorecard in Food and Farming Nicolo Sluuibott -- Ch. 11. Conclusion: Creating Sustainable Change through Benchmarking in Food and Farming


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Agricultural industries--Management
Food industry and trade--Management
Benchmarking (Management)