The study examines the kind of actors and resources that empower small-scale farmers to promote sustainable agriculture. It also analyzes the reasons given by farmers who changed their farming methods. In 2004, the Department of Agriculture launched a project for the Promoting Organic Farming and Marketing in Lao PDR (PROFIL). PROFIL tried to develop market opportunities for Lao’s organic produ...

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 paper is centered on the concept of conservation agriculture (CA), which defined as a sustainable cultivation system for future. Conservation (CA) farming that promotes minimal soil disturbance, permanent cover, and crop rotations to maintain health productivity. This approach focuses maximizing natural resources, reducing inputs, improving efficiency nutrient use. CA practices have been fo...

Agricultural activity has always included adaptation to a number of diverse stresses and opportunities–elements that continue influencing developments in the agri-food sector. Climate and weather conditions are a good example of factors that require on-going adaptation. With climate change they take on even more significance. Based on data from Canadian producers, this article identifies severa...

The increasing need for food production in subtropical regions likely translates to a need for additional plant nutrients. As a consequence, knowledge of world fertilizer nutrient reserves is of particular relevance to sustainable agriculture in the subtropics. The stewardship responsibilities of agriculture include the wise use of the raw materials from which commercial fertilizers are produce...

Amid expectations for a European ‘transition to sustainable agriculture’, there are competing transitional processes. Given the widely acknowledged harm from agro-industrial systems, unsustainable agriculture has divergent diagnoses and innovative solutions. In the EU policy context of a Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBBE), there are also divergent accounts of its key terms: biological resources...

sustainable and continuous development of each country is depended to sustainable of agricultural system . therefore achieving sustainable agricultural system is one of the important policies of each country agriculture section . the sustainability of agricultural system depends on many factors . the knowledge of these factors can play an important role in compiling the policies and strategies ...

abstract agricultural sector is a developmental domain and id a way for achievement to goals that are anticipated in iran perspective document. from this view, knowledge management (km) is critical for starting and continuing this way. this paper investigate on process of applicable and especial knowledge in agricultural sector (a case study in yazd province). also ranks stages of knowledge pro...

Decision making process in agriculture is fundamentally concerned with achieving integrated, productive and sustainable use of financial, biological and social capital at different levels. As our understanding and knowledge of the environmental and production resource base has improved, the need for integrated approaches to management has been more widely appreciated. The intensification of agr...

Sustainability has recently become a buzzword for agricultural programs in education, extension, research, and government policy. For effective communications among those teaching, studying, and practicing agriculture, it is essential that there be some agreement as to the definition of the term sustainable agriculture. The definition should be general enough to accommodate th wide range of agr...