The sustainability of farming systems is currently under debate. There is indeed a strong concern that industrialisation and other changes have long term consequences, which may compromise future levels of desired outputs from agricultural and other resources. This project proposes a holistic approach to deal with sustaina- bility in agriculture: the definition of an analytical framework which integrates all factors influencing and influenced by agri- culture. The proposed analytical framework is nog intended to find a common solution for sustainability in Belgian agriculture, but to suggest a management tool for the identification, develop- ment and evaluation of locally more appropriated agricultural techniques. The analysis of sustainability will mainly be based on the multiple functions performed by agriculture within the ecosystem/landscape where it is practiced, such as foor produc- tion, soil, water, landschap and biodiversity conservation funct.
