Low input sustainable agriculture: A viable climate-smart option for boosting food production in a warming world

Sarkar, Deepranjan; Kar, Saswat Kumar; Chattopadhyay, Arghya; Shikha, .; Rakshit, Amitava; Tripathi, Vinod Kumar; Dubey, Pradeep; Abhilash, P.C.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106412

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“…Sustainable agriculture is to integrate all components of the ecosystem balancing the requirements of current and future populations. This reduces environmental degradation and the production of healthy food and is economically feasible (Sarkar et al 2020).…”

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Enhancement of Releasing Phosphorus from Bone Char in Calcareous Sandy Soil Under Applying Different Levels of Water Salinity

Amin

2020

J Soil Sci Plant Nutr

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Enhancement of Releasing Phosphorus from Bone Char in Calcareous Sandy Soil Under Applying Different Levels of Water Salinity

Amin

2020

J Soil Sci Plant Nutr

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“…Moreover, good cultivation practices based on circular economy principles will protect agricultural land from further degradation. Therefore, incentives must be provided for framing practices based on low-external input as well as resource conserving practices (mainly replacing synthetic fertilizers by organic and biofertilizers [60,[63][64][65][66][67], sustainable utilization of agro-residues), improving soil carbon pool, and also based on multiple cropping patterns targeted to maintain agrobiodiversity for ecological resilience, and food and nutritional security [6].…”

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Restoring the Unrestored: Strategies for Restoring Global Land during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN-DER)

Abhilash

2021

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Restoring the health of degraded land is critical for overall human development as land is a vital life-supporting system, directly or indirectly influencing the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs). However, more than 33% of the global land is degraded and thereby affecting the livelihood of billions of people worldwide. Realizing this fact, the 73rd session of the UN Assembly has formally adopted a resolution to celebrate 2021-2030 as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN-DER), for preventing, halting, and reversing degradation of ecosystems worldwide. While this move is historic and beneficial for both people and the planet, restoration of degraded land at different scales and levels requires a paradigm shift in existing restoration approaches, fueled by the application of applied science to citizen/community-based science, and tapping of indigenous and local knowledge to advanced technological breakthroughs. In addition, there is a need of strong political will and positive behavioral changes to strengthen restoration initiatives at the grassroot level and involvement of people from all walks of life (i.e., from politicians to peasants and social workers to scientists) are essential for achieving the targets of the UN-DER. Similarly, financing restoration on the ground by the collective contribution of individuals (crowd funding) and institutions (institutional funding) are critical for maintaining the momentum. Private companies can earmark lion-share of their corporate social responsibility fund (CSR fund) exclusively for restoration. The adoption of suitable bioeconomy models is crucial for maintaining the perpetuity of the restoration by exploring co-benefits, and also for ensuring stakeholder involvements during and after the restoration. This review underpins various challenges and plausible solutions to avoid, reduce, and reverse global land degradation as envisioned during the UN-DER, while fulfilling the objectives of other ongoing initiatives like the Bonn Challenge and the UN-SDGs.

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“…Public policies that aim towards obtaining sustainable food systems [60] are theoretically designed for all stakeholders involved, considering their possible level of contribution [59]. Therefore, there are specific policies who address food production and distribution so to determine these sectors to become more sustainable [61] through alternative production systems [56], new inputs [62], using biofuels [63], waste reduction through the circular economy [64] or reducing the resource consumption [65]. Other policies aim at the individual consumer, a fact that is justified considering the need to feed a growing number of people [66].…”

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Influencing Factors of a Sustainable Vegetable Choice. The Romanian Consumers’ Case

Lădaru

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The behavior of vegetable consumption in the context of sustainable development has become a point of interest. Determining the barriers and the drivers for developing a sustainable consumption pattern, including food, should be a priority for every nation, as so to be able to design targeted food policies that would contribute to this development. Reducing the pressure on resources by diminishing meat consumption and increasing vegetable consumption is one of the global directions that should be followed. The situation of the current status of vegetable consumption in Romania is, therefore, important. Through an empirical quantitative analysis, the vegetable consumption pattern of Romanian consumers is presented. The results show that the respondents lack proper environmental education and concern, but unconsciously are aware of sustainability criteria such as choosing local and seasonal vegetables, choosing according to the freshness of the vegetables, and wasting little of these purchases. The main barriers determined in developing more sustainable vegetable choices in the case of Romanian consumers are income and time availability restrictions. It is also important to have the ability to identify the local, seasonal, and organic vegetables through specific labels, and to provide the local producers with the ability to sell their products in supermarkets, at fair prices. These would be the main drivers for developing a sustainable vegetable choice. Adding to that, an awareness campaign at the national level regarding the importance of individual choice would contribute to educating towards a sustainable purchasing pattern.

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Low input sustainable agriculture: A viable climate-smart option for boosting food production in a warming world

Cited by 126 publications

References 111 publications

Enhancement of Releasing Phosphorus from Bone Char in Calcareous Sandy Soil Under Applying Different Levels of Water Salinity

Enhancement of Releasing Phosphorus from Bone Char in Calcareous Sandy Soil Under Applying Different Levels of Water Salinity

Restoring the Unrestored: Strategies for Restoring Global Land during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN-DER)

Influencing Factors of a Sustainable Vegetable Choice. The Romanian Consumers’ Case

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