List of sustainable agriculture topics: Difference between revisions

Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals, environmental health^W, economic profitability^W, and social and economic equity. These goals have been defined by a variety of philosophies, policies and practices, from the vision of farmers and consumers. Perspectives and approaches are very diverse, the following topics intend to help understanding what sustainable agriculture is.

General terminology

• Agrarianism^WTemplate:· AgricultureTemplate:· Arid-zone agriculture^WTemplate:· Agricultural engineering^WTemplate:· Agricultural science^WTemplate:· Agricultural science basic topics^WTemplate:· Agritourism^WTemplate:· agroecology^WTemplate:· allotment gardens^WTemplate:· AquaponicsTemplate:· Biodynamic agriculture^WTemplate:· Biogeography^WTemplate:· Collective farming^WTemplate:· ecology^WTemplate:· Agricultural cooperative^WTemplate:· Forest gardeningTemplate:· intensive agriculture^WTemplate:· Mariculture^WTemplate:· Organic foodTemplate:· Organic farmingTemplate:· Organic gardeningTemplate:· PermacultureTemplate:· precision agriculture^WTemplate:· urban agricultureTemplate:· water-wise gardening^W
• SustainabilityTemplate:· Sustainable developmentTemplate:· sustainable consumption^WTemplate:· sustainable use^WTemplate:· productivism^W
• value of life^WTemplate:· Life-style choice^WTemplate:· Allotment (gardening)^WTemplate:· living wallTemplate:· eco-village^WTemplate:· Autonomous buildingTemplate:· Subsistence farming^W
• Nature^WTemplate:· Natural capitalismTemplate:· Natural medicine^WTemplate:· Natural order^WTemplate:· Natural resource^WTemplate:· Natural selection^WTemplate:· Environment^WTemplate:· renewable resource^WTemplate:· dynamic equilibrium^W
• CultureTemplate:· cultural diversity^WTemplate:· Cultural Resources Management^WTemplate:· EcotourismTemplate:· Ecological Economics^W

Farming and natural resources

• WaterTemplate:· AquacultureTemplate:· AquaponicsTemplate:· Aqueduct^WTemplate:· Aquifer^WTemplate:· Hydrology^WTemplate:· Brackish water^WTemplate:· Lake^WTemplate:· Reservoir^WTemplate:· DamTemplate:· River^WTemplate:· Estuary^WTemplate:· Drainage basin^W
• Land^WTemplate:· SoilTemplate:· Soil life^WTemplate:· Soil salination^WTemplate:· Soil science^WTemplate:· Terra preta^W
• EnergyTemplate:· BiogasTemplate:· Biomass
• Air^WTemplate:· ClimateTemplate:· Climate changeTemplate:· Global climate changeTemplate:· Climate model^WTemplate:· MicroclimateTemplate:· Arctic climate^WTemplate:· Subarctic climate^WTemplate:· Temperate climate^WTemplate:· Climate of the Alps^WTemplate:· WindTemplate:· Meteorology^W
• Weather^WTemplate:· Weather forecasting^WTemplate:· WindTemplate:· Extreme weather^WTemplate:· Severe weather^WTemplate:· Subtropical cyclone^WTemplate:· Monsoon^WTemplate:· Precipitation^WTemplate:· Meteorology^WTemplate:· Rain
• Vegetation^W, Plant^W, animal^W, List of domesticated plants^W, List of vegetables^W, List of herbs^W, List of fruit^W, List of domesticated animals^W, Cereal^W
• Biodiversity^WTemplate:· Species^WTemplate:· Artificial selection^WTemplate:· Ecological selection^WTemplate:· Kin selection^WTemplate:· Natural selection^WTemplate:· Trophic level^WTemplate:· allelopathy^WTemplate:· commensalism^WTemplate:· compensating factor^WTemplate:· genetic erosion^WTemplate:· protocooperation^WTemplate:· heterosis^WTemplate:· xerophyte^WTemplate:· niche diversity^WTemplate:· Halotolerance^W

Agricultural practices

• AquaponicsTemplate:· Chillcuring^WTemplate:· Crop practices^WTemplate:· Crop rotation^WTemplate:· FertilizerTemplate:· Grass^W (or Lawn^W)Template:· Sowing^WTemplate:· Tillage^WTemplate:· Raingauge^WTemplate:· Grazing management^WTemplate:· controlled burn^WTemplate:· shifting cultivation^WTemplate:· multiple cropping^WTemplate:· polyculture^WTemplate:· monocultureTemplate:· cash crop^WTemplate:· vermicompostingTemplate:· buffer zone^WTemplate:· relay cropping^WTemplate:· living mulch^WTemplate:· open pollination^WTemplate:· pollination management^WTemplate:· primary succession^WTemplate:· secondary succession^WTemplate:· green manureTemplate:· Good Agricultural Practices^WTemplate:· IrrigationTemplate:· Drip irrigation^W
• WoodTemplate:· List of forests^WTemplate:· ForestryTemplate:· Deforestation^WTemplate:· Reforestation^WTemplate:· bushfire^WTemplate:· wildfire^WTemplate:· Woodland management^WTemplate:· Driftwood^WTemplate:· Logging^WTemplate:· Pollarding^WTemplate:· Coppicing^W
• GardenTemplate:· List of gardens^WTemplate:· List of organic gardening topics^WTemplate:· Grass^WTemplate:· Forest gardeningTemplate:· GardeningTemplate:· wild garden^WTemplate:· indoor garden^WTemplate:· water-wise gardening^WTemplate:· List of vegetables^WTemplate:· Vegetable growing^WTemplate:· Allotment (gardening)^WTemplate:· edible schoolyard^WTemplate:· indoor garden^W
• herbicide^WTemplate:· pesticideTemplate:· biocide^WTemplate:· insecticide^WTemplate:· Biological pest control^WTemplate:· integrated pest management^WTemplate:· List of companion plants^WTemplate:· Push–pull technology
• Genetic engineering^WTemplate:· Bioinformatics^WTemplate:· Biostatistics^WTemplate:· Biotechnology^WTemplate:· GIS^WTemplate:· synthetic variety^W

Rural development

• Planning^WTemplate:· Regional planning^WTemplate:· ZoningTemplate:· Green Belt^WTemplate:· hima^WTemplate:· Rural community development^WTemplate:· rural sustainability^WTemplate:· landscape ecology^WTemplate:· Land Utilization Type^WTemplate:· Land use

Food and food transformation

• FoodTemplate:· conventional food^WTemplate:· genetically modified foodTemplate:· organic foodTemplate:· local foodTemplate:· low carbon diet^W
• Food and agricultural policy^WTemplate:· Biosafety^WTemplate:· chronic toxicity^WTemplate:· Slow Food^WTemplate:· Ark of taste^WTemplate:· food quality^W
• industrial ecologyTemplate:· heirloom plant^W

Economic, social and political context

• Ecological Economics^W
• patrimony^WTemplate:· total quality management^W
• Biosecurity^W
• Trade^WTemplate:· Safe trade^WTemplate:· Equity^WTemplate:· Smart growth^WTemplate:· cost effectiveness-assessment^WTemplate:· Life cycle assessment^WTemplate:· Willingness-to-pay^WTemplate:· cost-effectiveness^WTemplate:· full cost accounting^WTemplate:· utility^WTemplate:· safe site^W
• Bioregional democracy^WTemplate:· top-down approach^W
• Environment^WTemplate:· Environmental organization^WTemplate:· Environmental movement^WTemplate:· Environmentalism^WTemplate:· Radical environmentalism^WTemplate:· Environmental agreements^WTemplate:· Environmental law^WTemplate:· International environmental law^WTemplate:· Environmental finance^WTemplate:· Environmental economics^WTemplate:· GreenTemplate:· Green economist^WTemplate:· Green economics^WTemplate:· Ecology movement^WTemplate:·
• land ethic^W
• Theoretical ecology^WTemplate:· Ecological^WTemplate:· Ecological niche^WTemplate:· Ecological selection^W

Individuals

• René Dumont
• Donella Meadows^W
• José Bové^W
• Masanobu Fukuoka^W
• Marc Bonfils^W
• Wes Jackson^W
• Bill Mollison^W
• Vandana Shiva^W
• Wendell Berry^W

Conventions, protocols, panels and summits

• Agenda 21^W
• NATURA 2000^W
• Biosafety protocol^WTemplate:· Montreal^W 2000^W
• Convention on Biological Diversity^W
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas^W
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora^W (CITES^W)
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture^W
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea^W
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially As Waterfowl Habitat^W
• Earth Summit 2002^W (World summit on Sustainable Development), Johannesburg^W 2002^W
• International Seabed Authority^W
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983^W
• Kyoto Protocol^W
• Common Agricultural Policy^W (CAP)
• Oxfam^W

Related lists

• urban economics^W
• list of ecology topics^W
• list of environment topics^W
• list of ethics topics^W
• list of economics topics^W
• List of organic gardening and farming topics^W

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