Outline of sustainable agriculture

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sustainable agriculture:

Sustainable agriculture – applied science that integrates three main goals, environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. These goals have been defined by various philosophies, policies, and practices, from the vision of farmers and consumers. Perspectives and approaches are very diverse. The following topics intend to help understand sustainable agriculture.

Introduction

Agroecology Alan Chadwick Biodynamic agriculture Ecoagriculture French intensive gardening Horticulture John D. Hamaker Lady Eve Balfour Organic farming Polyculture Resilience (ecology) Rudolf Steiner Sustainability

Branches of sustainable agriculture

Fisheries management – protecting fishery resources in an effort to maintain sustainable fisheries Sustainable farming Sustainable forest management Sustainable gardening

Sustainable farming

Sustainable farming Natural farming Masanobu Fukuoka

Perennial foods

Achillea millefolium Asparagus Blitum bonus-henricus Breadfruit Cassava Crambe maritima Fruit Herb Nut (fruit) Olericulture Perennial vegetable Rhubarb Sacred herbs Shrub Sium sisarum Sorrel Taro

Sustainable forestry management

Sustainable forest management Coppicing Forest gardening Pollarding Short rotation coppice Woodland

Sustainable landscaping

Sustainable landscaping A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold Biodiversity Calvert Vaux Central Park Ecology Ecosystem Food miles Frederick Law Olmsted John Muir Land ethic Sierra Club Soil food web

Approaches in sustainable agriculture

Hydroculture

Hydroculture Aeroponics Aquaponics Hydroponics

Integrated pest control

Apiaceae Asteraceae Bee Beneficial insects Beneficial weed Biological pest control Bumblebee Chrysopidae Coccinellidae Companion planting Hoverfly Ichneumonoidea Insectary plant Integrated pest management List of beneficial weeds List of companion plants List of pest-repelling plants Pastured poultry Pollinator Rotational Grazing Soldier beetle Tachinidae Trap crop Trichogramma

Permaculture

Permaculture Berm Bill Mollison David Holmgren Holzer Permaculture Hügelkultur Keyline design P. A. Yeomans Sepp Holzer Swale (landform)

Regenerative agriculture

Biointensive agriculture Booker T. Whatley J. I. Rodale The Rodale Institute

Sustainable development

Agricultural economics Agronomy Community-supported agriculture Development economics Economic development Grameen Bank Microcredit Microfinance Muhammad Yunus Supply chain Value chain

Economic considerations

Action plan Cash flow Comparative advantage Competitive advantage Consumer behaviour Core competency Economies of scale Elasticity (economics) Enterprise life cycle Enterprise modelling Enterprise planning system Gross margin Land grabbing Micro-enterprise Opportunity cost Product differentiation Resource-based view Risk Risk management Social enterprise Socially optimal firm size Substitute good Supply and demand Uncertainty Water grabbing

Farming and natural resources

Water Aquaculture Aquaponics Aqueduct Aquifer Brackish water Dam Drainage basin Estuary Hydrology Lake Mariculture Reservoir River

Land Soil Soil life Soil salination Soil science Terra preta

Energy Biogas Biomass

Air Arctic climate Climate Climate change Climate model Climate of the Alps Global climate change Meteorology Microclimate Microclimate Subarctic climate Temperate climate Wind

Weather Extreme weather Meteorology Monsoon Precipitation Rain Severe weather Subtropical cyclone Weather forecasting Wind

Vegetation, Plant, animal, List of domesticated plants, List of vegetables, List of herbs, List of fruit, List of domesticated animals, Cereal

Biodiversity Allelopathy Artificial selection Commensalism Ecological selection Genetic erosion Halotolerance Heterosis Kin selection Natural selection Protocooperation Species Trophic level xerophyte

Sustainable agricultural practices

Genetic engineering Bioinformatics Biostatistics Biotechnology GIS

Gardening Garden (list) Edible schoolyard Indoor garden Wild garden Allotment (gardening) Forest gardening Grass Organic gardening Vegetable growing List of vegetables Water-wise gardening

Herbicide Biocide Biological pest control Insecticide Integrated pest management List of companion plants Pesticide Push–pull technology

Sustainable farming Aquaponics Buffer zone Cash crop Chillcuring Controlled burn Crop rotation Drip irrigation Fertilizer Good Agricultural Practices Grass (or Lawn) Grazing management Green manure Irrigation Living mulch Monoculture Multiple cropping Open pollination -Pollination management Orchard Polyculture Primary succession Raingauge Relay cropping Secondary succession Shifting cultivation Sowing Tillage Vermicomposting

Wood List of forests Forestry Coppicing Deforestation Driftwood Logging Pollarding Reforestation Wildfire Woodland management

Rural development Planning Regional planning Zoning Green Belt Hima Rural community development Landscape ecology Land use

Food and food transformation Food Ethical eating Genetically modified food Organic food Local food Low carbon diet Food and agricultural policy Biosafety Chronic toxicity Slow Food Ark of taste Food quality Industrial ecology Heirloom plant

Economic, social and political context Ecological Economics patrimony Total quality management Biosecurity Trade Safe trade Equity Smart growth Life cycle assessment Willingness-to-pay Cost-effectiveness Cost-benefit analysis Full cost accounting Utility Bioregional democracy Top-down approach Environment Environmental organization Environmental movement Environmentalism Radical environmentalism Environmental agreements Environmental law International environmental law Environmental finance Environmental economics Green economist Green economics Ecology movement - Land ethic Theoretical ecology Ecological Ecological niche Ecological selection

Individuals René Dumont Donella Meadows José Bové Masanobu Fukuoka Wes Jackson Bill Mollison Vandana Shiva Wendell Berry Willie Smits

Conventions, protocols, panels and summits Agenda 21 NATURA 2000 Biosafety protocol - Montreal 2000 Convention on Biological Diversity Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat Earth Summit 2002 (World summit on Sustainable Development), Johannesburg 2002 International Seabed Authority International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983 Kyoto Protocol Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Oxfam

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Outline of sustainable agriculture

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