Search results for "Sustainable Agriculture"
showing 10 items of 86 documents
THE PRESENT RURAL SPACE IN SEARCH OF A NEW IDENTITY NEW CHALLENGES - NEW OPPORTUNITIES MĂRGINIMEA SIBIULUI - AGRICULTURAL COORDINATES
2015
Not only fields like auto industry, IT and services constitute resources of the economic progress known in the last years in the County of Sibiu. In its turn, the agricultural sector has considerable potential; reviving agriculture and revitalizing the rural environment represent possible new development engines, important sources of economic increase respectively, both for our County and at regional level. The main purpose of our paper is to inquire into the economic specificities of Mărginimea Sibiului, one of the most representative regions of Sibiu. We are interested in analyzing the structure and the fonctioning of the agricultural exploitations from this area, and also in identifying …
SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA. OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSPECTIVES. CASE STUDY: THE SIBIU COUNTY
2015
The paper below aims at bringing its contribution to outline the Sibiu County's complex agricultural profile. We are interested not only in observing the current economic realities, but also the structural changes experienced in the agricultural sector, our goal being that of highlighting the determining factors underlying the changes experienced. Last but not least, the research paper below seeks to identify the likely opportunities that Sibiu County has in what concerns sustainable rural development and, at the same time, to make a series of recommendations related to a more efficient exploitation of the agricultural potential existing at the level of this county.
Tillage Versus No-Tillage. Soil Properties and Hydrology in an Organic Persimmon Farm in Eastern Iberian Peninsula
2020
There is an urgent need to implement environmentally friendly agriculture management practices to achieve the Sustainable Goals for Development (SDGs) of the United Nations by 2030. Mediterranean agriculture is characterized by intense and millennia-old tillage management and as a consequence degraded soil. No-Tillage has been widely examined as a solution for soil degradation but No-Tillage relies more on the application of herbicides that reduce plant cover, which in turn enhances soil erosion. However, No-Tillage with weed cover should be researched to promote organic farming and sustainable agriculture. Therefore, we compare Tillage against No-Tillage using weed cover as an alternative …
Planthology: an Application System for Plant Diseases Management
2017
The goals of modern agriculture are obtaining high yields that meet the increasing nutritional requirements of the World population. This is extremely difficult for three kind of reasons: i) the lands dedicated to agricultural use are strongly reduced in industrialized Countries; ii) farmers prefer an homogeneous product, because it is easier to manage, with consequent reduction of biodiversity, iii) globalization and climate change have led to the introduction of new pathogens and pest in environments other than original ones, resulting in serious production losses. The consequences of these problems, followed by not timely intervention leads to conditions that make not possible to obtain …
Organic food consumption: The relevance of the health attribute
2020
During the last decades, organic food products have become the main sustainable alternative to conventional food consumption. Among the several organic food attributes that consumers recognize in organic food, healthiness has been reported as the primary motivation to buy products certified as organic. The objective of the current study is to assess the relative weight of the health attribute among other recognized organic food attributes. To achieve this aim, a multiple price list (MPL) methodology is adopted to elicit consumers&rsquo
Sustainable Food Consumption Practices: Insights into Consumers’ Experiences
2021
In recent years, the increasing consumer concern towards food safety, environmental sustainability and social justice issues have stimulated new consumption practices more oriented towards social, economic, and environmental sustainability [1–3]. This includes the growing consumers’ preference for organic food, local food, and other sustainable food and beverage consumption (Contribution 1) [ 4], as well as the spread of alternative distribution chains, which emphasise the importance of local food productions [ 5 ], the short-distance transportation of food, and the direct relationship between consumers and producers, although, as Kwil and colleagues (Contribution 2) highlighted in this Spe…
The circular economy for resilience of the agricultural landscape and promotion of the sustainable agriculture and food systems
2022
The agricultural landscape is a public good to be preserved for long-term socio-economic and environmental effects. The agricultural landscape is preserved by the carrying out of agricultural activities. Through a empirical survey we examined how some young farmers in the countryside adopt conservation and resilience strategies. A common feature of the case studies examined is the adoption of photovoltaic energy production necessary for the performance of business activities. The method applied is that of the opportunity cost. The results of the research show that young farmers after graduation have returned to agriculture as they have an advantage in terms of opportunity costs compared to …
Dynamika uwalniania azotu z nawozów o powolnym działaniu w eksperymencie laboratoryjnym
2016
Sustainable fertilization is one of the most important treatments of modern agriculture. Organic agriculture with new demands on agricultural practice, seeks to restrict the use of mineral fertilizers in favor of slow-action organic fertilizers. The fertilizers which are made on the farm are particularly valuable due to their quality and the absence of costs of purchase and transport. From this point of view, the new possibilities of using an organic matter which comes from waste of the food industry or biodegradable wastes from households proves to be interesting. Due to the absence of contamination with other types of waste, it can be used for the production of a fertilizer which could be…
Mycorrhizae in crop production
2007
International audience; It has been a revelation that, strictly speaking, most plants do not have roots but rather mycorrhizae, a fact that has had tremendous consequences on the life of plants and the evolution of soil-plant systems. The research on arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses has been intensive over the past forty years and we have learned a lot on the physiology, biology, ecology, and genetics of the symbiosis and the fungi involved in it. Most important, it appeared that cropping systems could be more sustainable with the management of AM fungi and reduced reliance on agrochemicals. The extraradical mycelia of AM fungi are an essential link between the plants, which are the co…
Breeding annual legumes for sustainable agricultures must target for new and more complex variety ideotypes
2013
International audience; Although yield and total biomass produced by annual legumes remain major objectives for breeders, environment-friendly, resource use efficient including symbiotic performance, resilient production in the context of climate change, adaptation to sustainable cropping systems (reducing leaching and glasshouse gas emissions), adaptation to diverse uses (seeds for feeds foods, non-food, forage or green manures), and finally new ecological services such as pollinator protection, imply the development of innovative genotypes, definition of new ideotypes and acceptance of their commercialisation. Taken as a whole, this means more complex and integrated objectives for breeder…