Coastal areas usually involves in several kinds of water use, such as agricultural, industrial, and drinking, which are needed to be considered as important in water management systems. There is a need to study the sustainable water resources management in different terms. A combined methodology, which considers the human activities, as well as environmental problems according to some criteria,...

This paper introduces the concepts and aims of sustainable agriculture in China. Sustainable agricultural development comprises sustainability of agricultural production, sustainability of the rural economy, ecological and environmental sustainability within agricultural systems and sustainability of rural society. China's prime aim is to ensure current and future food security. Based on projec...

Activities to reduce soil erosion, soil fertility and increasing agricultural production and finally crop income have considered fundamental in the implementation of sustainable agriculture in Iran. This research investigates the effects of no-till (NL) technology to reduce soil erosion and increasing agricultural income and eventually for achieving sustainability. Data were collected through q...

> Agricultural biodiversity is used by rural communities worldwide in many time-tested practices that can confer increased resilience to farms, communities and landscapes. Using it more effectively and more sustainably can help to maintain and increase the flow of services and benefits agricultural biodiversity provides to communities. Using biodiversity to provide multiple services in sustaina...

The Green Revolution, through the adoption of new crop varieties, irrigation, and agrochemicals, saved about 1 billion people from famine by increasing global food production (FAO 2011). We now recognize that these enormous gains in agricultural production were accompanied by harm to agriculture’s natural resource base, jeopardizing our future ability to meet human food, fuel, and fiber needs f...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of entrepreneurship on organizational outcomes agricultural extension in the context of agricultural sustainable development. this paper aimed to identify the key dimensions of entrepreneurship and determine how these dimensions influence the outcomes of agricultural extension organizations in the context of agricultural sustainable dev...

Abstract Digitalisation is rapidly transforming the agri-food sector. This paper investigates emerging opportunities, challenges and policy options. We show that digital innovations can contribute to more sustainable resilient agricultural systems. For example, enable increased productivity, reduced environmental footprints higher resilience of farms. However, these optimistic outcomes increasi...