Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program: With Special Reference to the Science of Ecology

2018 ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
G. W. Bird
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Research And Education

scholarly journals AN OVERVIEW OF THE NORTHEAST REGION SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM

HortScience ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 260D-260
Author(s):  
Beth Holtzman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Lower Amount ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Small Fruit ◽  
Research And Education

The challenges facing horticultural production in the Northeast are many: Pests that are increasingly resistant to conventional controls; eroding profitability; increasing consumer concern about residues in food and water supplies. The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is working to find solutions to these problems. SARE-supported research is developing practices that will help reduce producers reliance on pesticides and other purchased inputs while maintaining farm profitability. In the Northeast, SARE has provided about $5 million in grants since 1983 to about 50 projects. Many focus on horticultural crops, such as apples, small fruit, sod and ornamental plants. Some strategies developed through SARE projects are already being adopted at the farm level. Last year, the program allocated $1.461 million to 16 projects. This year, the Northeast Region expects to distribute a similar or slightly lower amount of grant funding. In addition, the region established a new $100,000 farmer mini-grant program to promote adoption of sustainable practices and in novations on the farm.

scholarly journals Applying Lisa Concepts on Southern Farms

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Ikerd
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Ecological Risks ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Low Input ◽  
The Public ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Chemical Inputs ◽  
Research And Education

The term LISA was coined in 1988 as an acronym to identify a federally funded research and education program designed to address the public issue of agriculture and the environment (USDA-CSRS, p. 2). LISA is made up of two related, but different, concepts: low input and sustainable agriculture. This combination reflects a compromise between two different perspectives of the environmental issues confronting agriculture.The low input perspective is that farmers must reduce their use of commercial chemical inputs as a means of reducing environmental and ecological risks. The sustainable agriculture perspective is that long-run productivity and utility of agriculture depend ultimately on our ability to keep farms both ecologically sound and economically viable. Reduced reliance on commercial inputs is seen as one means of addressing the ecological risks that could threaten long-run sustainability.

Growing PEAS at the Duke Campus Farm

2014 ◽  
pp. 543-564
Author(s):  
Damon Cory-Watson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Agriculture Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
Post Secondary

This chapter explains a study designed to create a guide to aid the Duke Campus Farm (DCF) in developing an educational program on sustainable agriculture. Currently, many such education programs exist, but they are very different in their content, tools and approaches. Qualitative analysis of 58 syllabi from 30 post-secondary educational institutions was used to understand frequent practices in the field of sustainable agriculture education (SAE). The analysis showed consistency for 14 content areas that appeared in 93% to 26% of all syllabi, 10 tools that appeared in 93% to 14% of all syllabi, and 10 approaches that appeared in 86% to 7% of all syllabi. A gap in SAE was also discovered in that most educators use only one of the four phases of Experiential Learning (EL) theory when implementing EL. This information was then used to create an education program for the DCF. Studies such as this seem useful in compiling and codifying new innovations in education about sustainable development.

The U-Mart Project: New Research and Education Program for Market Mechanism

2005 ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Matsui ◽  
Kazuhisa Taniguchi ◽  
Yasuhiro Nakajima ◽  
Isao Ono ◽  
Hiroshi Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
New Research

An assessment of SARE-funcled farmer research on sustainable agriculture in the north central U.S.

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Kroma ◽  
Cornelia Butler Flora
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
North Central ◽  
Knowledge Community ◽  
The North ◽  
Research And Education

AbstractEmergent research shows how some farmer groups in the United States are gaining visibility as a critical knowledge community, making important contributions to the ecological health and overall sustainability of the natural resource base. This study focuses on funded farmer research projects in the north central region, to analyze the process and outcome of local inquiry embodied in the discursive contents of reports to a funding agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. The analyses suggest that farmers' locality-specific agricultural practices may constitute a reflective and learning community, generating local knowledge keenly attuned to an underlying value system that supports actions towards sustainability.

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