an important factor in sustainable agriculture and economic management is to calculate areas under different crops that the inputs of agriculture connect to this topic. planning of agricultural mechanization, fertilizer and pesticide requirements, pests and diseases control, estimates of agricultural production, income and tax and financial planning, all linked to the cultivated areas and estim...

Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an agroecosystem, soil can be defined as ability respond agricultural practices way that sustainably supports both production provision other ecosystem services. Conventional cause deterioration quality, increasing its compaction, water erosion, salinization decreasing organic matter, nutrient content, biodivers...

Presently, the sustainable development of agriculture is priority for nations, organizations and generally world. Different aspects are considered in issue sustainability agriculture. In evaluation, holistic approach needed, that determine selection different indicators important farms` group assessment. Environmentally state, should be characterized by proper farms’ organization, as well biodi...

Food Security and Food Sovereignty are two of the most important issues facing Food Policy. Maintaining productive farmland and sustainable farms as well as providing adequate volumes of foodstuffs have led to measures to protect farmland and farm activities in many countries. These include land use planning with agricultural zones and in some jurisdictions legislation to ‘protect’ agriculture ...

National public debates on sustainable agriculture are often framed by the respective attitudes and interests of the dominant stakeholders involved. The objective of this study is to analyse the public debates on sustainable agriculture in Switzerland and New Zealand by means of two stakeholder surveys. The analysis of the questionnaire data revealed that Swiss stakeholders favor a value-based ...