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2007
This paper provides an overview of concepts of sustainable agriculture and possible methods of attaining sustainability of agricultural yields and production. Reasons are given as to why modern industrialised agriculture might be less sustainable in terms of yields than traditional agriculture.
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This paper provides an overview of concepts of sustainable agriculture and possible methods of attaining sustainability of agricultural yields and production. Reasons are given as to why modern industrialised agriculture might be less sustainable in terms of yields than traditional agriculture.
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Sustainable agriculture for biodiversity, biodiversity for sustainable agriculture
Biodiversity, 2017This 48-page brochure showcases FAO’s fields of work, providing numerous working examples of the importance of biodiversity to the agricultural, fishery and forestry sectors.The introduction immedi...
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2006
Publisher Summary This chapter argues that achieving sustainability of any agricultural system is a societal and not just an agricultural responsibility, which should be greeted with pleasure by those in agriculture. Sustainability is favored as an achievement, but there is little agreement on its nature, on what is to be sustained and how it is to be
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Publisher Summary This chapter argues that achieving sustainability of any agricultural system is a societal and not just an agricultural responsibility, which should be greeted with pleasure by those in agriculture. Sustainability is favored as an achievement, but there is little agreement on its nature, on what is to be sustained and how it is to be
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Quantifying the sustainability of agriculture
Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 2007The rural sustainability index is a scientifically based tool to quantify the performance of agriculture. The sustainability of crop production is quantified from three perspectives; people, planet and profit. Within each perspective, one condition was selected that must be met to warrant agriculture.
Bos, M.G. +6 more
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Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture
2019Foreword -- Preface -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security -- PART II ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY -- Chapter 2 Integrating Conservation and Agriculture -- Chapter 3 Microbial Applications for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 4 Innovation System Approach for Urban Agriculture -- PART III RESOURCES USE EFFICIENCY ...
Farooq M., Pisante M.
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Sustainability, sustainable agriculture, and the environment
2023Sustainability has always been the paradigm of sustainable agriculture that has played and still plays a decisive role in the conversion of unsustainable management models and practices, while at the same time responding to the needs of a living planet despite the constant growth of the population.
Pisante, Michele +2 more
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Daedalus, 2015
The defining challenge of sustainable agriculture is the production of food and other agricultural products at an environmental cost that does not jeopardize the food security and general welfare of future generations. Feeding another three billion people in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss, and an environment already saturated with ...
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The defining challenge of sustainable agriculture is the production of food and other agricultural products at an environmental cost that does not jeopardize the food security and general welfare of future generations. Feeding another three billion people in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss, and an environment already saturated with ...
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Agriculture, Trade and Sustainability
The European Legacy, 2008In recent decades there has been growing concern about the combined undesired consequences of rapid economic growth, based on the free market movement, and developments in science and technology. This concern has placed the sustainable development concept on the world's agenda.
Grega, Libor, Rehber, Erkan
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Economics of Sustainable Agriculture
Research Papers in Economics, 1996Sustainable agriculture is prescribed as a policy approach that maximizes economic benefits while maintaining environmental quality. It is argued that this approach is human capital intensive and encourage$ new scientific developments. To attain sustainability, economic incentives for the development and adoption of precision technologies (with minjmal
Zilberman, David +5 more
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Sustainability in Irish Agriculture
Irish Geography, 1994Recent decades have seen increasing intensification in Irish agriculture, resulting in some degradation of natural resources. Concerns resulting from this have led to a current emphasis on sustainable agriculture which is a food production and distribution system that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future ...
Noel Culleton +2 more
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