scholarly journals Organic agriculture and sustainable food production system: Main potentials

2011 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Azadi ◽  
Sanne Schoonbeek ◽  
Hossein Mahmoudi ◽  
Ben Derudder ◽  
Philippe De Maeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Production System ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Food Production System

Perspectives of potassium solubilizing microbes in sustainable food production system: A review

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 146-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annum Sattar ◽  
Muhammad Naveed ◽  
Mohsin Ali ◽  
Zahir A. Zahir ◽  
Sajid M. Nadeem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
System A ◽  
Food Production System

scholarly journals Organic Agriculture Supports Biodiversity and Sustainable Food Production

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teri Underwood ◽  
Christine McCullum-Gomez ◽  
Alison Harmon ◽  
Susan Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production

Aquaponics: A Sustainable Food Production System

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Shafahi ◽  
Daniel Woolston
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
The Other ◽  
Organic Fertilization ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Fish Waste ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Traditional Irrigation ◽  
Food Production System

Aquaponics is an eco-friendly system for food production utilizing aquaculture and hydroponics to cultivate fish and crop without soil. It is an inexpensive symbiotic cycle between the fish and plant. In an aquaponic system, fish waste (ammonia) is fed into the plant bed which acts as a bio-filter and takes the nitrate which is essential to grow vegetation. The fresh new water is then returned to the fish enclosure to restart the cycle. A unique advantage of an aquaponic system is conserving water more effectively compared to traditional irrigation systems. Conservation of water is accomplished by recirculating water between the plant bed and the fish habitat continuously. Organic fertilization of plants using dissolved fish waste is the other benefit of aquaponics. Utilizing plants as a natural alternative to other filters, requires less monitoring of water quality. In our project, an aquaponics system was designed and built in Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at California State Polytechnic University of Pomona. The future purpose of our project is finding an optimized situation for the aquaponics system to produce food and save water more efficiently and eco-friendly.

scholarly journals Strategy for the Sustainability of a Food Production System for the Prosperity of Low-Income Populations in an Emerging Country: Twenty Years of Experience of the Peruvian Poultry Association

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Fontana ◽  
Ignacio de los Ríos Carmenado ◽  
Johan Villanueva-Penedo ◽  
José Ulloa-Salazar ◽  
Denisse Santander-Peralta
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Production System ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
Food Production System

This research shows a business initiative that has been able to integrate into an environmentally sustainable food production system, such as poultry farming, a positive impact on food security and public health patterns of low-income populations in an emerging country. For a process that took 20 years, the adopted strategy has become a positive experience of sustainability and prosperity in low-income populations in Peru. The objective of the research is to conceptualize and identify the key elements of this experience so that its replication in other food production systems to impact favorably the prosperity of such vulnerable population. The Working With People (WWP) model, a validated methodology for analyzing the sustainability and prosperity of rural areas in Europe, is used for the analysis of this experience. The analysis shows that the presence of the three dimensions of this model (political-contextual, technical-business, and ethical-social) ensure the sustainability of a food production system that has an impact on the prosperity of low-income populations in emerging countries. This balance is important to enrich the connections between sustainability and prosperity, with other concepts such as core values in companies, public-private cooperation, food safety, inclusion and consumption patterns.

scholarly journals Reconnecting Rural Native Hawaiian Families to Food through Aquaponics

Genealogy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Jazmine Kaleihua Beebe ◽  
Yvette Amshoff ◽  
Ilima Ho-Lastimosa ◽  
Ghazaleh Moayedi ◽  
Asha L.C. Bradley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Native Hawaiian ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Community Connectedness ◽  
Sustainable Food Production ◽  
Food Production System

Food insecurity is a pressing issue in Hawai‘i as the vast majority of available and accessible foods are imported. To address this issue, a backyard aquaponics program was implemented from 2010 to 2016 to offer additional avenues to food sovereignty in a rural predominantly Native Hawaiian community. Aquaponics provides a contained and sustainable food production system that models Native Hawaiian principles of land and water stewardship. The purpose of this community-engaged study was to identify the outcomes and resources needed to continue sustaining the backyard aquaponics systems. The researchers began building a relationship with the community by helping to build several aquaponics systems. The researchers and community partner co-developed the interview questions and participants were interviewed in-person. The outcomes of the study revealed multiple benefits of having a backyard aquaponics system, including increased access to vegetables and fruit, improved diet, low maintenance cost, and enhanced family and community connectedness. Participants reported a renewed connection to Native Hawaiian values, especially land stewardship. Challenges included leaks and breakages with the system, overproduction of fish, complications in water temperature, and vulnerability to unpredictable weather. These findings suggest that backyard aquaponics systems have the potential to provide multiple benefits including alleviating barriers related to food security.

scholarly journals The Development of Organic Agriculture in Serbia and Worldwide

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Jelena Golijan ◽  
Mile Sečanski
Keyword(s):  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Production System ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Political ◽  
Production Sector ◽  
Food Production System

Summary Organic agriculture is a food production system that sustains the health of people, soils and ecosystems with no adverse consequences, combining tradition, innovation and science. The development of such type of agricultural production, from its beginnings to the present day, has encompassed a number of specific stages both in Serbia and worldwide. Accordingly, the purpose of this survey study is to present the developmental course of organic agricultural production in Serbia and worldwide. The paper also summarises the state of organic plant production across different regions of Serbia, arguing that the Serbian organic production has been increasing since the 1990s. Following the political changes in Serbia in 2000, foreign donations, investments and organisations have significantly enhanced the country’s organic production sector as a whole. The largest number of organic producers (1/3) and the largest areas devoted to organic farming are concentrated in Vojvodina.

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