conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation, economic problems and even social conflict. the efficacy of agriculture systems conducive to the economic, environmental and social sustainability of farming operations has been demonstrated, yet the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices is not widespread. this study evaluates the barriers of sustai...

The idea of a sustainable agriculture has gained prominence since the publication of the Brundtland Report in 1987. Yet, the concept of sustainable agriculture is very vague and ambiguous in its meaning, which renders its use and implementation extremely difficult. In this systematic review paper, we aim to advance understandings of sustainable agriculture from a social science and governance p...

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of Iowa agricultural education teachers and students about sustainable agriculture. The teacher population for the study included all secondary school agricultural education teachers in Iowa (N=248). A stratified random sample of 60 teachers (schools) was selected, I O from each of the six FFA districts. Teachers in the sample were aske...

Presently the perception of sustainability has been dominant in field agriculture. Sustainable agriculture means economical by following practices which are eco-friendly. This results increasing attention stakeholders for monitoring as well evaluating being used It is realized that there many limitations to creating a commonly accepted term sustainable So opinions with reference realization In ...

‘Facilitating sustainable agriculture’ is an agricultural extension paradigm based on farming systems practice and the actor-oriented perspective on rural development. The challenge for agricultural extension is to facilitate a convergence of conflicting interests within a forum governed by the principle of communicative rationality. An initial stakeholder analysis is advised as a first step to...