In this chapter, the authors first investigate the current state of sustainability in agriculture in different regions of the world. Using data from FAO, the World Bank and other international organisations, they analyse how economic, social and environmental indicators appear in different groups of ...
How Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environment and Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture.The industrial agriculture system consumes fossil fuel, water, and topsoil at unsustainable rates. It contributes to numerous forms of environmental degradation, including air and water pollution, soil ...
How do we ensure enough funding is available to preserve biodiversity in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions? How can scientists work with Indigenous Communities to preserve Indigenous Knowledge on (a) sustainable agriculture, (b) medicinal plants and (c) land stewardship? How do we continue to b...
The inequities of the current global trade rules on agriculture, i.e. the existence of agricultural subsidies in developed countries as exemplified by the cases of cotton, sugar and rice, are discussed. The negative impact of these agricultural subsidies on the campaign for a more sustainable glob...
Yet, for Darshani Jayamanne, additional director of the sustainable agriculture research and development center in Makandura, in Sri Lanka’s northwestern province, a nagging question persisted: Why did the island's bountiful harvests consistently fall short of expectations?
The inequities of the current global trade rules on agriculture, i.e. the existence of agricultural subsidies in developed countries as exemplified by the cases of cotton, sugar and rice, are discussed. The negative impact of these agricultural subsidies on the campaign for a more sustainable ...
At Beyond Chrysant, a family-run business in the Dutch horticulture sector, the commitment to sustainability is evident in every aspect of their operations. In the second episode of the video series ‘How to Make Conventional Agriculture More Sustainable,’ host Ank van der Meulen joins Wouter ...
To carry out these plans, the President’s Council created a task force called theSustainable Agriculture Task Force. The purpose, according to the report – “The Sustainable Agriculture Task force is developing an integrated vision of sustainable Agriculture, focusing on sustainable production practice...
Over 20 percent of the world's mangroves are estimated to have been lost over the past 40 years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said in a report last year. China is one of the few countries with a net increase in mangrove areas, now totaling 29,200 hectares...
Lab-grown meat is a type ofcellular agriculturethat grows proteins from a culture, cell by cell, instead of farming it. It’s also called genetically-engineered or cultured meat as well as test-tube meat andstem cell steak. Singapore was thefirst country to approve a lab-grown meat product...