The future of sustainable agriculture will increasingly rely on the integration of biotechnology with traditional agricultural practices. Most sustainable and environmentally acceptable control may be achieved using biocontrol agents due to the effort to reduce the use of agrochemicals and their residues in the environment and in food. Identifying, understanding and utilizing microorganisms or ...

emphasis on sustainable agriculture in iran like the other developing countries, is responsedto the adverse environmental and economic impacts of conventional agriculture. thisproblem, particularly about “greenhouse production” is considerable. the perceptions ofgreenhouse owners about the environmental, economical and social aspects of sustainableagriculture was discussed in this article. the ...

Energy crisis is receiving attention with regard to the global economy and environmental sustainable development. Developing new energy resources to optimize the energy supply structure has become an important measure to prevent energy shortage as well as achieving energy conservation and emission reduction in China. This study proposed the concept of energy agriculture and constructed an energ...

The countries' economy is basically dependent on both human and the natural resources so that social development of each country depends on them directly or indirectly. Nonetheless, some problems including the rapid growth of the population, unsustainable and unplanned exploitation, and lack of public awareness of development and reclamation rules have given an increase to the degradation proce...

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org D some improvement in environmental outcomes, conventional agriculture continues to contribute to biodiversity loss, climate change, and the degradation of terrestrial and freshwater systems (Foley et al. 2011 ). A major global challenge is to develop sustainable, “climatesmart” agricultural systems that feed growing populations and...

Collaborative Research T he International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), working with hundreds of partners in developing countries, produces technologies and knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to enhance ecoefficiency in agriculture. This means we help make production more competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient through economically and e...

Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Knowledge and Institutions (SASKI) is a thematic group that promotes sustainable agricultural production, processing and marketing systems through gender-responsive knowledge institutions within the Rural Development Family of the World Bank. Agriculture is defined to include crop, livestock and aquaculture. iii Contents

1. The Executive Secretary is circulating herewith, for the information of participants of the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, this note on sustainable agriculture and the sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity: concepts, trends and challenges, as submitted by Bioversity International. The note is circulated in the form and lang...