Sustainable Management in Agriculture

Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field School for Sustainable Agriculture

The study was conducted among the two farmer groups in Bhaktapur and Kavre districts of Nepal. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of IPM FFS on creating awareness and disseminating the knowledge on sustainable pest management to the farmers and to assess the relationships between enhanced IPM knowledge and adoption of IPM strategies by the farmers. The study has be...

Sustainable intensification in agriculture

Microbe management: application of mycorrhyzal fungi in sustainable agriculture

ing in the rhizosphere for decades, in the form of plant growth-promoting microorganisms. Efforts to incorporate microbial management into mainstream practices have not been successful. In fact, the same practices that increased yields in the last 50 years (namely fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides) have largely eradicated natural rhizosphere microbes in agrosystems (Matson et al. 1997) an...

Role of Conservative Agriculture on the Sustainability of Soil structure in Achieving Sustainable Management

Conservative agriculture is considered as an alternative to tackle the need for increased agricultural production based on sustainable agriculture activities with the aim of increasing production and product stability along with preserving the environment. Tillage is one of the most important factors affecting soil structure. Selection of appropriate tillage systems varies according to the cond...

Waste Management Issues, including Recovery, and Sustainable Food and Agriculture

The use of different agricultural or industrial wastes is an important component of sustainable agriculture in order to close nutrient cycles on a global, regional and local scale. Farmyard manure or slurry are established as fertilizers in agricultural or horticultural production and substitute mineral fertilizers. Due to the lower nutrient use efficiency compared with mineral fertilizers, esp...