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Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence
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Concerns about sustainability in agricultural systems centre on the need to develop technologies and practices that do not have adverse effects on environmental goods and services, are accessible to and effective for farmers, and lead to improvements in food productivity. Despite great progress in agricultural productivity in the past half-century, with crop and livestock productivity strongly driven by increased use of fertilizers, irrigation water, agricultural machinery, pesticides and land, it would be over-optimistic to assume that these relationships will remain linear in the future. New approaches are needed that will integrate biological and ecological processes into food production, minimize the use of those non-renewable inputs that cause harm to the environment or to the health of farmers and consumers, make productive use of the knowledge and skills of farmers, so substituting human capital for costly external inputs, and make productive use of people's collective capacities to work together to solve common agricultural and natural resource problems, such as for pest, watershed, irrigation, forest and credit management. These principles help to build important capital assets for agricultural systems: natural; social; human; physical; and financial capital. Improving natural capital is a central aim, and dividends can come from making the best use of the genotypes of crops and animals and the ecological conditions under which they are grown or raised. Agricultural sustainability suggests a focus on both genotype improvements through the full range of modern biological approaches and improved understanding of the benefits of ecological and agronomic management, manipulation and redesign. The ecological management of agroecosystems that addresses energy flows, nutrient cycling, population-regulating mechanisms and system resilience can lead to the redesign of agriculture at a landscape scale. Sustainable agriculture outcomes can be positive for food productivity, reduced pesticide use and carbon balances. Significant challenges, however, remain to develop national and international policies to support the wider emergence of more sustainable forms of agricultural production across both industrialized and developing countries.
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Tsiafouli, M. Α., Drakou, E. G., Orgiazzi, A., Hedlund, K., & Ritz, K. (2017) · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.3389/fevo.2017.00097 · Cited by 22
“…subjected to a variety of societal pressures, as demands for food, animal feed, and biomass production increase, with an added requirement to simultaneously maintain natural areas, and mitigate climatic and environmental impacts globally (Tilman et al., 2002; Pretty, 2008; Wang and Swallow, 2016).”
BackgroundYing, S., Jin, X., Liang, X., Han, B., Liu, J., & Zhou, Y. (2024) · Applied Geography · doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103364 · Cited by 21
Role of Iron in Alleviating Heavy Metal Stress
Hassan, Z. U., Ali, S., Rizwan, M., Ali, Q., Haider, M. Z., Adrees, M., & Hussain, A. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58841-4_13 · Cited by 21
Barłóg, P., Łukowiak, R., & Grzebisz, W. (2017) · Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science · doi:10.1002/jpln.201700136 · Cited by 21
Nanomaterials and Vegetable Crops: Realizing the Concept of Sustainable Production
Kalia, A., & Sharma, S. P. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97852-9_15 · Cited by 21
“Agricultural sustainability invariably reflects environmentalism involving indefinite continuation for the ability to maintain the rate of depletion of the non-renewable resource, harvest of the renewable resource, and pollution creation (Pretty 2008).”
BackgroundOtter, V., & Beer, L. (2020) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123702 · Cited by 21
Szentpéteri, V., Mayer, Z., & Posta, K. (2022) · Plant Growth Regulation · doi:10.1007/s10725-022-00906-w · Cited by 21
“Mitigating plant abiotic stress in an environmentally friendly way is a major challenge for agriculture (Pretty 2008).”
BackgroundSustainable and regenerative agriculture: Tools to address food insecurity and climate change
Schattman, R. E., Rowland, D., & Kelemen, S. C. (2023) · Journal of Soil and Water Conservation · doi:10.2489/jswc.2023.1202a · Cited by 22
“We must invest in sustainable use of water resources, whether that is through efficient irrigation, water source development, or growing crops that require less water overall (Pretty 2008).”
BackgroundAwareness and Use of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Smallholder Farming Systems
Umar, B. B., Mutandwa, E., & Chiluba, B. C. (2023) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su152014660 · Cited by 21
Smart and Sustainable Food Production Technologies
Singh, M., Sachchan, T. K., Sabharwal, P. K., & Singh, R. (2023) · World sustainability series · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-46046-3_1 · Cited by 21
ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES
Hameed, T. S., & SAWICKA, B. H. (2023) · Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences · doi:10.32649/ajas.2023.179947 · Cited by 21
Singh, M. K., Chauhan, A., Srivastava, D. K., & Singh, P. K. (2024) · Biologia Futura · doi:10.1007/s42977-024-00214-6 · Cited by 21
“Biofertilizers contribute to sustainable agriculture by promoting soil fertility, enhancing nutrient availability, and fostering ecological balance, thereby reducing reliance on chemical fertilizers and supporting environmentally friendly farming practices (Pretty 2008).”
Using agro-environmental models to design a sustainable benchmark for the sustainable value method
Merante, P., Passel, S. V., & Pacini, C. (2015) · Agricultural Systems · doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2015.02.001 · Cited by 19
Mele, P. V., Cúc, N. T. T., Seguni, Z. S., Camara, K., & Offenberg, J. (2009) · International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology · doi:10.1504/ijarge.2009.032646 · Cited by 21
“Improving ecological literacy at the broader society can in the long-term lead to changes in the likelihood of individuals to engage in collective action, such as organic production and marketing (Pretty, 2008).”
BackgroundAgricultural Weeds in Glyphosate-Resistant Cropping Systems in the United States
Young, B. G., Gibson, D. J., Gage, K. L., Matthews, J. L., Jordan, D. L., Owen, M. D. K., Shaw, D. R., Weller, S. C., & Wilson, R. (2013) · Weed Science · doi:10.1614/ws-d-12-00001.1 · Cited by 21
“While the societal, agricultural, and ecosystem costs and benefits of the Green Revolution are debated (Tilman 1998), management strategies to increase the sustainability of agricultural production are being sought (Matson et al. 1997; Pretty 2007).”
BackgroundSoils and Food Security: Challenges and Opportunities
Gregory, P. J. (2012) · Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks · doi:10.1039/9781849735438-00001 · Cited by 21
The Effect of cellulose oxidation on interfacial bonding of nano-TiO2 coating to flax fibers
Foruzanmehr, M. R., Boulos, L., Vuillaume, P. Y., Elkoun, S., & Robert, M. (2017) · Cellulose · doi:10.1007/s10570-016-1185-6 · Cited by 21
Reddy, V. R., Chiranjeevi, T., & Syme, G. J. (2019) · International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability · doi:10.1080/14735903.2019.1698489 · Cited by 21
Grzelak, A., Staniszewski, J., & Borychowski, M. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12124917 · Cited by 21
“This is due to social expectations, changes in the instruments of the EU common agricultural policy (CAP), the increased value of the non-productive functions of agriculture [3,4], as well as the growing interest in sustainable development.”
BackgroundIPM of mirids in Australian cotton: Why and when pest managers spray for mirids
Whitehouse, M. (2010) · Agricultural Systems · doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.09.002 · Cited by 21
“However, more recent work looking at 80 crop combinations, in 62 projects from 26 countries found that in over 60% of the projects, yields increased as pesticide use declined (Pretty, 2008) probably reflecting a move to more targeted insecticide applications.”
BackgroundCrop physiology: applications for breeding and agronomy
Sadras, V. O., & Calderini, D. F. (2014) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-417104-6.00001-7 · Cited by 21
Stylianou, A., Sdrali, D., & Apostolopoulos, C. D. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12156105 · Cited by 24
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Steinke, J., Ivanova, Y., Jones, S. K., Minh, T. T., Sánchez, A., Sánchez-Choy, J., & Mockshell, J. (2024) · World Development Sustainability · doi:10.1016/j.wds.2024.100185 · Cited by 31
“Secondly, agricultural sustainability is a complex, multi-faceted, often gradual phenomenon, including aspects beyond on-farm practices, such as short distribution networks or decentralized food system governance [41,43].”
Wang, P., Hanif, A. S., Yu, S.-H., Lee, C.-G., Kang, Y. H., Lee, D.-H., & Han, X. (2024) · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture · doi:10.1016/j.compag.2024.109529 · Cited by 20
Bohn, K., & Chu, D. (2021) · Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems · doi:10.1002/uar2.20017 · Cited by 20
“It applies the study of ecological processes and ecological principles to agricultural production systems and the conjunctions created with natural social and human assets (Pretty, 2008).”
BackgroundInternet of things (IoT) and data analytics in smart agriculture: Benefits and challenges
Acharya, B., Garikapati, K., Yarlagadda, A., & Dash, S. (2021) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-823694-9.00013-x · Cited by 20
The market–society–policy nexus in sustainable agriculture
Díaz‐Siefer, P., Fontúrbel, F. E., Berasaluce, M., Pedreros, C. H., Lal, R., Mondaca, P., & Celis-Diez, J. L. (2022) · Environment Development and Sustainability · doi:10.1007/s10668-022-02691-y · Cited by 21
“What is sustainable can be ambiguous, with many people asking about what it entails and implies for development theory and practice (Mensah & Ricart Casadevall, 2019; Pretty, 2008).”
Yusuf, E. S., Ariningsih, E., Ashari, A., Gunawan, E., Purba, H. J., Suhartini, S. H., Tarigan, H., Syahyuti, Hestina, J., Saputra, Y. H., et al. (2022) · Open Agriculture · doi:10.1515/opag-2022-0144 · Cited by 20
Bhattacharya, U., Naskar, M. K., Venugopalan, V. K., Sarkar, S., Bandopadhyay, P., Maitra, S., Gaber, A., Alsuhaibani, A. M., & Hossain, A. (2023) · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · doi:10.3389/fsufs.2023.1225986 · Cited by 20
Metadata
- Authors
- Pretty, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Essex (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Pretty, Jules
- ORCID
- Pretty, Jules
- Venue
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2007-07-25
- Volume
- 363
- Issue
- 1491
- Pages
- 447-465
- ISSN
- 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2970
- PMC
- PMC2610163
- OpenAlex
- W2124217459
- Cited by
- 1,941
- References
- 175
- Citations by year
- 2026: 159 · 2025: 178 · 2024: 180 · 2023: 138 · 2022: 123 · 2021: 140 · 2020: 123 · 2019: 123 · 2018: 101 · 2017: 105 · 2016: 110 · 2015: 80 · 2014: 74 · 2013: 86 · 2012: 76
- FWCI
- 1.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant and soil sciences
- Social Sciences › Development › Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Keywords
- sustainable agriculture, agroecosystems, natural capital, social capital, human capital, financial capital, physical capital, ecological management, nutrient cycling, system resilience, food productivity, pesticide reduction, carbon balance, farmer knowledge, agricultural policy, environmental goods and services
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Animals, Animal Husbandry, Conservation of Natural Resources, Developing Countries, Environment, Food Supply, Humans, Pesticides, Ecosystem, Crops, Agricultural, Developed Countries
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