Naslov
Low-input farming for agricultural sustainability

Autori
Gantner, Ranko ; Steiner, Zvonimir ; Gantner, Vesna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Proceedings of XII International Symposium on Agricultural Sciences AgroReS 2023 / Bosančić, Borut - Banja Luka : Poljoprivredni fakultet Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci, 2023, 27-36

ISBN
978-99938-93-89-9

Skup
XII International Symposium on Agricultural Sciences AgroReS 2023

Mjesto i datum
Trebinje, Bosna i Hercegovina, 24.05.2023. - 26.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
low-input farming ; soil fertility ; pesticide emmissions ; biodiversity ; resilience

Sažetak
The aim of this paper is to characterize the low- input farming considering the resources it uses, scale of farming operations to which it suits, and its environmental impacts along with sustainability issues. The research was conducted by literature review. Low input farming systems seek to optimize the management and use of on-farm resources and to minimize the use of production inputs as off-farm resources, such as purchased fossil fuels, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides. The research has shown that low-input farming can contribute to lessening the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, and fossil fuels while enabling the recovery of soils’ fertility, and biodiversity in the agroecosystems. Thanks to the expected recovery of soil fetility and porosity, there is anticipated greater resilience of low-input farming to extreme climatic events like droughts when compared with currently prevailing intensive farming. Therefore, the low-input farming can be much appreciated among the farming options for the improved sustainability.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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