Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ramseier, Hans
• Burkhart-Pastor, Michaela
• Lüthi, Sabrina
• Ramseier, Christian
• Dent, David
• Boincean, Boris

Titel

Step-By-Step Along the Path to Sustainability

Ist Teil von

• Regenerative Agriculture, 2021, p.185-196

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• FAO estimates that agricultural production must increase by about 50% by 2050 to meet the needs of the growing human population and our growing demand for meat and dairy products; this against a backdrop of shrinking farmland. If more food is to be produced on less land in the long term, it needs to be done in the most resource-efficient way. Consistent integrated farmingIntegrated farming systems, organic farming, intercroppingIntercropping, under-sowing and green manuresGreen manure are all potential ways of moving step-by-step towards sustainabilitySustainability. However, consumersConsumers must also be prepared to adapt their eating habits and to pay the proper price for food; governments have to create corresponding policy and legal frameworks; and the challenge for agricultural research is to develop more productive, more resource-efficient farming systems suited to diverse regional conditions.