SOME CRITERIA FOR LANDSCAPE QUALITY APPLIED ON AN ORGANIC GOAT FARM IN GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS

In the framework of the Concerted Action 'The Landscape and Nature Pro duction Capacity of Organic\Sustainable Types of Agriculture', the aut hors visited the organic goat farm Capricas to test some criteria on f arm level. Ten, mainly cultural, criteria had been selected because th ey were related to the field of work of the authors. The aim was to te st the usability of the criteria in order to assess the farm's contrib ution to landscape quality. Data were gained during a day of fieldwork by direct observations, an interview and survey of the literature. Th e ten criteria appeared to be useful for describing the features which influence landscape quality. However, for measuring these criteria a clear reference is needed, which was not available in this exercise. T herefore, only a global valuation of the farm's contribution to the la ndscape quality can given so far. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.