SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Submitted By:
Aditya Kanwal
M.Tech Biotech
MNNIT
INTRODUCTION:
● It is a set of site specific ranching and farming practices
designed to meet current and future needs for food, fiber,
energy, and ecosystem services including, but not limited
to, soil conservation, clean water and biodiversity.

● Sustainable agriculture emphasizes production and food

systems that are profitable, environmentally sound, energy
efficient and improve the quality of life for both farmers and
the public.
WHERE ARE WE??
What are the
Successes
and
Failures
of current agricultural system?
 SUCCESSES:
- abundant food supply in the developed
world

- fresh fruits and vegetables available year-

round

- cheap and accessible food

- non cereal crops such as coffee, tea,

cocoa, and spices easily available around
the world.
- mechanization produces high labor
efficiency

- use of chemicals has improved yields.

- availability of agricultural inputs for quick

solutions to production problems.
 FALIURES
- continuing soil loss

- food safety concerns (mad cow disease,

food poisoning - outbreaks, antibiotic
resistance, toxins and pesticides)

- water pollution, air pollution (& odors),

habitat loss, water depletion

- continuing hunger and simultaneous rise

of obesity in developed worlds.
- failing farms, economic uncertainty and
stress

-farm accidents, chronic diseases linked to

agricultural chemicals

-reliability on fossil fuels - global warming

-farmland loss to development, ugly

countryside
3 REQUIREMENTS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE:

• It should be economically
sustainable.

• It should be environmentally
sound.

• It should be socially
sustainable.
 ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE
- Provides a secure living
for farm families

- Provides a secure living

to other workers in the
food system

- Provides access to good

food for all
 ENVIROMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

- Preserve the quality

of soil, water, and
air.

- Cooperates with and

is modeled on
natural systems.
 SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

- Good for families.

- Supports communities.

- Fair to all involved.

HOW TO FARM SUSTAINABLY:
- Plant many different crops near each other
so that a pest can’t destroy an entire crop.

- Waste products should be composted and

used to replace nutrients in the soil.

- Crops are rotated to preserve the nutrients

in the soil.
- Use cover crops and green manure and/or
animal manure to build soil quality and
fertility.

- Integrate crop and livestock production.

- Use of Agroforestry.

- There should be efficient use of water and

minerals.
- Do not over exploit the natural resources.

- Do not use artificial chemicals.

- Publicize your products.

 CONCLUSION
- Sustainable agriculture is the
future

- Farmers and consumers are

needed to be educated on
this topic.

- Government policies and strategies are needed to be

modulated in order to make sustainable agriculture a reality.

- If we wish the life on earth to last longer, sustainable

agriculture has to be employed.
THANK YOU

* Text and Images Compiled from Various Sources on the Internet