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{"title":"Agroecological Education Aimed at Achieving Food Sovereignty","authors":"S. Sarwoprasodjo, D. Santosa, R. Kinseng","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.12.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.12.34","url":null,"abstract":"Food sovereignty is an alternative approach attempting to resolve the world’s current food crisis. This approach emphasizes small-scale farmers as the main actors in a food and agricultural system. It encourages small-scale farmers to fully participate in the decision-making process of national and/or international agreements regarding food and agriculture systems in order to benefit and empower them. Food sovereignty aspires to return the food and agriculture system to a domestic level, which gives freedom to small-scale farmers to produce foods reflecting their knowledge and experience and suited to the local conditions. Agroecology is a management approach aimed at achieving a sustainable agricultural ecosystem utilizing local resources, local wisdom, and local farmers’ knowledge in producing foods. Thus, agroecology minimizes production costs, increases the quality and quantity of foods, and gives smallscale farmers more benefits. According to knowledge-sharing, an educational theory for explaining farmer-to-farmer ways of learning, there are three requirements for an effective learning process: (1) a public space to share knowledge and experience; (2) provision of opportunities for every participant to share and exchange their knowledge, views, and experience; and (3) a need for farmers to enhance their competence. The agroecological approach has been practiced and disseminated within farmers’ communities at the grassroots level and has shown promising results. Studies showed that by practicing agroecology farmers produced more foods and gained other benefits, suggesting that agroecology could be one answer for the food crisis. Farmers’ knowledge and experience are vital to food and agriculture policymaking. Thus, by recognizing farmers’ knowledge and understanding their learning processes, a fair participatory food and agricultural system can be achieved, an ideal that the food sovereignty approach strives for. In this paper, we describe the process of sharing knowledge about agroecology within a social movement organization aimed at achieving food sovereignty in Indonesia.","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115390829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Land Use Optimization for Sugarcane Plantations in Eastern Seram District, Indonesia","authors":"Prima Jiwa Osly, Widiatmaka, B. Pramudya, Komarsa Gandasamita","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.9.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.9.89","url":null,"abstract":"1 Graduate School of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Bogor Agricultural University, Rektorat Building 5 th Floor, Kampus IPB Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia 2 Lecturer of Soil Science and Land Resources Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University 3 Professor of Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120951923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Paddy Fields with Different Organic Matter Application Rates and Water Management Practices","authors":"J. Nishiwaki, M. Mizoguchi, K. Noborio","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.10.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.10.1","url":null,"abstract":"Global warming associated with emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is one of the most important environmental issues because its potential to impact on human life is severe. In this study, we investigated the effect of organic matter applications and water management on the fluxes of GHGs and yields of rice from paddy fields, a major source of anthropogenic CH4 emissions. We found that the treatment effects on fluxes of GHGs differed among the gases and that the treatments affected rice yields. High CH4 fluxes and high rice yields were associated with organic matter amendments. CH4 gas fluxes were high during summer season especially in manure compost plot. Maintaining low water levels resulted in low rice yields and low emissions of CH4. CO2 is sunk into the soil through rice crop during daytime under any water management in this experiment.","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125565210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancement of sustainable core competencies among organic rice growers in Thailand.","authors":"Montana Ruchirasak, S. Thaipakdee, P. Saritnirun","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.4.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.4.82","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115109511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of levees on soil water content, growth and yield of upland rice at Savelugu Nanton district in the Northern Region of Ghana.","authors":"Abdulai Mumuni Baako","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.5.216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.5.216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121903367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of High-value Food Products from Selected Indigenous and Underutilized Crops to Increase Food Utilization and Reduce Food Loss","authors":"R. Lizardo, K. Castillo-Israel, E. Dizon, M. I. F. Mejico, Charmaine Mae D. Jubinal","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.12.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.12.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116747042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Empowering Community Organizations:A Village Perspective in Bangladesh","authors":"S. Sarkar","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.2.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.2.73","url":null,"abstract":"The prevailing agricultural system, enormously called “conventional farming”. Conventional farming systems vary from farm to farm, from region to region and from country to country. However, they split into much distinctiveness: rapid technological innovation; huge resources investments in order to apply production and management technology; large-scale farms; single crops/row crops grown continuously over many seasons; uniform high-yield hybrid crops; extensive use of pesticides, fertilizers, and external inputs (green house); high labor e ciency; and dependency on agribusiness. In case of livestock, most production comes from confined and concentrated systems. This study aimed to find a strategy for empowering the community. Diversification and integration of farm enterprises may be feasible in economic and ecological terms. However, the switch to integrated farming specifically rice-cum livestock is constrained by high initial startup costs, high fixed costs, and small farm sizes in the northern region of Bangladesh. Improved information provision, through better sharing of experiences among progressive farmers, is required for its successful adoption. In addition, a well-functioning micro-credit system and policies supporting integrated resource management are necessary for integrated farming to become widely adopted and to contribute towards reducing poverty in northern Bangladesh. The use of improved seeds and fertilizers is the predominant production choice in this region. This choice is characterized by the cultivation of a few high-value crops (maize, potato, chili, onion and garlic) and maximization of yield by following the recommended amounts of improved seeds, mineral fertilizers, and other agrochemicals. However, the expected high crop yields were never obtained in many cases in this region during last two decades, as the resource-poor farmers could not a ord the input levels necessary. This is due to limited market information; to inadequate transportation, storage, and delivery; to fertilizers and other inputs, which are costly on account of the risk of crop failure caused by floods and droughts, and di cult to use; and to unfavorable inherent soil properties in the region. Ine cient use of pesticides may adversely a ect the environment and farmers’ and consumers’ health. However, since , the marginal and small farmers’ livelihoods and food security have been suboptimal because farmers have preserved their traditional farming practices instead of adopting the more advanced techniques of modern integrated agriculture. Thus, farming activities must diversify in order to reduce unemployment and to provide a living income and community strength for those households that operate their farms as a full-time occupation. A remarkable feature of the study area is that many of the rice fields are now used for maize production. Maize provides year-round cash income. Farmers in northern Bangladesh now prefer to grow high-value crops because of","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129256143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Water Conservation in Afghanistan","authors":"A. Aini","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.2.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.2.51","url":null,"abstract":"Executive Summary: Afghanistan is landlocked country in central Asia having arid and semiarid climate with precipitation from 75 mm per year in the plain to 1,170 mm in the highland area. Forests cover only 2 % of the country and de-forestations is going rapidly and if precautionary measure will not be taken, after 15 years the country will have a little forest. To measure natural resources of the country, the government established 31 stations for meteorological information and 140 stations for water stage recording on different location of the country. Out of 140 water stage stations, 40 were selected for sediment transport measurement.","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121394233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Importance of Plant Genetic Resources in Sustainable Development: Global Challenges, and Solutions Being Developed in the Philippines","authors":"T. Borromeo","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.7.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.7.23","url":null,"abstract":"Professor and Head, Plant genetic resources (PGR) for food and agriculture (PGRFA) are vital components of biodiversity. They meet human needs for food, fiber, shelter, and medicines, and contribute to trade and cultural traditions. They form building blocks for the adaptation, evolution, and survival of species and for crop improvement programs that support sustainable development. PGR loss is occurring at an alarming rate, and threatens global food security by decreasing the ability of crops to adapt to environmental and biotic challenges. Here, I discuss the causes of this genetic erosion. Crop genetic diversity must be conserved and used sustainably to ensure sustainable development. We must also train a critical mass of scientists to manage this resource, undertake research to increase utilization of PGRFA, and develop policies and legislation to guide their conservation and utilization. Conservation via ex situ or in situ strategies can guarantee the availability of PGRFA for present and future generations. Conservation through sustainable utilization promotes long-term conservation of these resources. Education and training in PGR conservation and management are important to increase the critical mass of trained staff on all aspects of PGR conservation and management. Post-graduate degrees in PGRFA conservation and management are now offered by the Philippines, India, and Malaysia to meet the regional need for trained staff. In ad-dition, short-term training for stakeholders is provided by governments and nongovernmental organizations. Research on “allele mining”, especially to detect genes for adaptation to climate change and emerging pests and diseases, is necessary to increase the utilization of conserved germplasm, determine the scientific underpinnings of on-farm conservation, and develop the potential to identify and utilize novel products. Awareness of national and international policies and laws on biodiversity conservation and PGRFA must also be increased to improve the conservation and sustainable utilization of PGRFA.","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114089174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strawberry Production and the Royal Project Foundation, Thailand","authors":"N. Pipattanawong","doi":"10.11178/JDSA.10.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11178/JDSA.10.15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":386623,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Developments in Sustainable Agriculture","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127669864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}