scholarly journals Review on the Potentials of Cow (Bos indicus) Based Bioenhancers in Increasing Crop Yield and Farmers Income as well as the Soil Health and Environmental Sustainability

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ashwani Kumar ◽  
Suman Baliyan ◽  
Akansha Kushwaha ◽  
Amit Panwar ◽  
Nidhi Pundir
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Organic Input ◽  
Healthy Environment

The haphazard use of the chemical fertilizers and pesticides has detrimental effects on soil health, human health, groundwater quality and environment. This will cause more dangerous consequences for future productivity. Present status of all food grain production is in enough quantity for the population of our country but there is need to enhance the quality of food production, quality of soil, quality of ground water and quality of a healthy environment for better livelihood. These qualities can be obtained by replacing toxic chemicals through natural and organic input which is more vital for present prospect and future outlook. The “Cow” occupies the highest place of honour in Indian civilization. She is supposed to fulfil all desires of human beings, hence known as “Kamdhenu”. Owing to ignorance, after stopping of milk production, they are left uncared for forced to live extensively and eat polythene and other wastes in towns and cities. It is interesting that in Indian agricultural systems “Cow” particularly those with a hump (indigenous breed) is one of the key components, hence provision of at least one cow per hectare need to be promoted for Jaivik Krishi activities in organic farming. This review paper attempts to bring together the different use of cow based organic formulations in crop production and protection. It has been reported that organic formulation in crop production is productive and sustainable, but there is a need for strong support to it in the form of manifestation of subsidies, agricultural extension services and intensive research with solid proofs. With these efforts we can fulfil the dream of our present government; to double the income of Indian farmers.

Biodegradable Waste a Nutrient Asset for Upholding Soil Health and Crop Production

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Ifra Ashraf ◽  
Shazia Ramzan ◽  
Nowsheeba Rashid ◽  
Ikhlaq A. Mir ◽  
Asima Jillani
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Management Technology ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Environmentally Sound

Management of solid wastes is a grave concern because of its associated significant negative impacts on quality of the environs. Accretion and putrefaction of solid wastes have potent hazardous effects on biotic and abiotic factors of the environment including human beings. Unmanaged solid wastes especially organic in nature add efficient quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. For dealing with wastes purely organic in nature, there is a need of an adequate waste management technology to reduce the quantity of organic waste being disposed of traditionally. Composting is an environmentally sound and sustainable approach to manage biodegradable fractions of solid waste. It has received considerable attention in the last few decades because of its potential of redressing the environmental pollution concerns associated with other waste disposal methods. This chapter is aimed to review supremacy of composting over other waste disposal methods.

scholarly journals Spring wheat mixtures in northern crop production: Quality characteristics

1987 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
H. Salovaara ◽  
R. Karjalainen
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Rheological Properties ◽  
Spring Wheat ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Wheat Cultivars ◽  
Breadmaking Quality ◽  
Experimental Plots

Mixtures of two or three spring wheat cultivars (Tähti/Kadett; Tähti/Kadett/ Tapio) were grown on experimental plots and the resulting crops were analyzed by selected procedures to indicate breadmaking quality. The quality tests included tests on the protein content, sedimentation values and rheological properties of doughs. Comparisons between mixtures and the means of pure components did not show any definite variations in terms of major quality characteristics. The quality of mixtures appears to be predictable from the performance of the pure components. The present study suggests that mixtures give equal quality compared with pure stands.

scholarly journals Biostimulants as Plant Growth Stimulators in Modernized Agriculture and Environmental Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amjad Bashir ◽  
Abdur Rehim ◽  
Qurat-Ul-Ain Raza ◽  
Hafiz Muhammad Ali Raza ◽  
Limei Zhai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Growth Regulators ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Nutrients Cycling ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Heavy Metals Bioavailability

Plant growth stimulators (growth regulators + biostimulants; PGS) are chemical substances (organic/inorganic), helpful in plant growth and development. These are not considered as the replacement of fertilizers but can help in improved crop and soil quality. Both compounds can amplify the root biomass, nutrients translocation, enzymatic activities, crop yield, physiology, and nutrient uptake. Biostimulants are rich in minerals, vitamins, plant hormones, oligosaccharides, and amino acids. These compounds have a serious role to improve soil health, fertility, sorption, and desorption of nutrients. Hence, have a vital character in nutrients cycling, abiotic stress control, heavy metals bioavailability, and greenhouse gaseous emission. This chapter focuses on the discussions about the influence of plant growth regulators and biostimulants in crop production, soil health, heavy metal cycling, greenhouse gases emission with environmental sustainability. Whereas, the impact of biostimulants on greenhouse gases is a research gap.

scholarly journals Responsible Environmental Attitudes as Recipe for Sustainable Environment in Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Abiodun A. Oladiti ◽  
Binta T. Kamarise
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Responsible Attitude ◽  
State Of The Environment

Environmental sustainability is currently a topical issue globally. Reason for this might not be unconnected with the need to ensure balancing of environmental protection as well as social responsibility as requisite for healthy environment and economy. Thus, an understanding of the indispensability of environment generally has led to the clarion call for better steward of environment by human beings, bearing in mind the deteriorating state of the environment and its consequences. This study employed a triangulation of instrument in developing responsible attitude towards environment. 72 participants involving artisans, technocrats, farmers, marketers, industrialists, public servants and institutions were drawn across urban and peri-urban areas within four local governments in Oyo, Oyo state, Nigeria. In-depth interviews were conducted among the participants on the extent, effects of human impacts as well as desirability of responsible attitudes to the environment. Data were analyzed through coded description, verbatim reporting, content analysis and categorization of ideas expressed by participants in the IDIs. It was revealed that human beings have impacted on the environment in a number of ways culminating in untold effects on the environment and its components. The need for responsible attitude to environment was therefore suggested as measure towards sustainable environment and development.

PEMAHAMAN TENTANG LINGKUNGAN BERKELANJUTAN

MODUL ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Rahayu Effendi ◽  
Hana Salsabila ◽  
Abdul Malik
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Sustainable Environment

The rapid rise of population, the increasing need of human beings and the development of science and technology causes the environment to be sacrificed to meet the needs of human life. Therefore, the importance of realizing a sustainable, principled environment in maintaining health and addressing ecological and ecosystem balance issues as an effort to ensure the survival of future generations. This paper discusses the sustainable environment, covering the basics of environmental sustainability that is ecology and ecosystems and accompanied by case studies aimed at providing a clearer picture of how the environment is sustainable. The purpose of this paper is to provide understanding to the community what and how the importance of environmental sustainability is so that later can be applied in real terms to create a healthy environment and ensure sustainability of the present and future

scholarly journals Implementation of criminal law enforcement concept of environmental sustainability (illegal logging in Indonesia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 894 (1) ◽  
pp. 012002
Author(s):  
I Rosyadi ◽  
M R Habibi ◽  
N Syam
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Illegal Logging ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Abstract Everyone in Indonesia has the right to a good and healthy environment as a form of human rights. Every generation has obligations and responsibilities in preserving the background to ensure the welfare and quality of life between ages. Sustainable development is an effort to guarantee these rights by managing natural resources wisely and rationally and simultaneously considering economic, social, and environmental aspects. Currently, humans tend to be greedy for existing natural resources to get the maximum benefit. Illegal logging is an activity to place forest resources on a large scale without paying attention to the needs of future generations. Efforts made by the government to enforce sanctions against perpetrators of illegal logging activities are the enactment of Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management and Law Number 18 of 2013 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction.

scholarly journals Model Approach of Crop Classification Using Logistic Regression

2020 ◽  
pp. 331-333
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Testing Tools ◽  
Machine Leaning ◽  
The Stability

Relation between agriculture and the human development is very old. From the beginning era all participant of food chain in second stage depends on agriculture. At the beginning state life was natural and moving. With the stability of humans use of specific land increased and now stage is , where , humans are useable to chemical products for increasing the quantity of crop production in the land. Though the use of external chemicals result in quantitative growth of crop, but internally soil health get suffer from it and one –day it might be loss her fertility. Soil testing tools has a vital role in testing the soil for nutrient in soil and test its productivity. Easy classification of soil on the basis of its different features and also from testing the quality of soil to suggest the additional supplement to improve the health and nutrient in the soil. Key objective of this paper is to capture soil health in concern of nutrient. In this paper we have shown the classification approach of soil nutrient and detecting the soil health. We have built model using machine leaning algorithm (Logistic Regression) in Python. Results are compared with standard chart of soil health contains from the agriculture laboratory. Our detection accuracy lies between 95 to 99%.

scholarly journals Management of Crop Residues for Improving Input Use Efficiency and Agricultural Sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9808
Author(s):  
Sukamal Sarkar ◽  
Milan Skalicky ◽  
Akbar Hossain ◽  
Marian Brestic ◽  
Saikat Saha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Crop Residue ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Residue Management ◽  
Crop Residue Management ◽  
Input Use ◽  
The Impact

Crop residues, the byproduct of crop production, are valuable natural resources that can be managed to maximize different input use efficiencies. Crop residue management is a well-known and widely accepted practice, and is a key component of conservation agriculture. The rapid shift from conventional agriculture to input-intensive modern agricultural practices often leads to an increase in the production of crop residues. Growing more food for an ever-increasing population brings the chance of fast residue generation. Ecosystem services from crop residues improve soil health status and supplement necessary elements in plants. However, this is just one side of the shield. Indecorous crop residue management, including in-situ residue burning, often causes serious environmental hazards. This happens to be one of the most serious environmental hazard issues witnessed by the agricultural sector. Moreover, improper management of these residues often restrains them from imparting their beneficial effects. In this paper, we have reviewed all recent findings to understand and summarize the different aspects of crop residue management, like the impact of the residues on crop and soil health, natural resource recycling, and strategies related to residue retention in farming systems, which are linked to the environment and ecology. This comprehensive review paper may be helpful for different stakeholders to formulate suitable residue management techniques that will fit well under existing farming system practices without compromising the systems’ productivity and environmental sustainability.

Environmental Sustainability and Regulation in Rivers State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-96
Author(s):  
Ibibia Lucky Worika ◽  
Uzuazo Etemire
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Rivers State

Abstract Over the years, the overall quality of the environment in Rivers State, in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, has taken a significant downturn, which has attracted both national and international attention. This situation, among other things, raises questions about the quality of environmental laws and institutions in the state, with respect to their capacity to promote environmental sustainability. This article seeks to unravel this question. The analysis, with specific reference to certain standards, broadly reveals that on the whole, the current status and quality of environmental laws and institutions in Rivers State are largely incapable of ensuring environmental sustainability in the state, in terms of securing a healthy environment conducive to human wellbeing and development. Against this backdrop, recommendations are made regarding extensive law review/revision, the faithful implementation of improved laws, and the proper allocation and employment of adequate material and human resources with a view to strengthening the environmental regulatory system of Rivers State.

Research and Innovation into the Biodiversity. Food Safety Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Simona Nicoleta Stan ◽  
Amalia-Gianina Străteanu ◽  
George Cosmin Colang ◽  
Marian Nicolae
Keyword(s):  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Safe Food ◽  
The Right ◽  
Harmful Effects

Abstract In the last decades, the awareness of the harmful effects of environmental pollution on the quality of life of human beings has greatly increased. This awareness led to the legal regulation of the fundamental right to breathe fresh air, to drink clean water and to eat safe food. Among the concerns of the European institutions, we highlight the right to a healthy environment, as recognized in the Stockholm and Rio statements, but also the consumer’s right to use safe consumer products. Creating a framework of principles and procedures in accordance with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, to guide States in the formulation of bio-laws, policies or other instruments in the field of bioethics, legislation to protect and promote the interests of present and future generations and to emphasize the importance of biodiversity and its conservation as part of the common heritage of humanity.

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