13 November 2012

What Is A Sustainable Farm

A Concept of Sustainable Farm Future Thought. What is sustainable farm? Sustainable farm is agriculture that continues to this moment, a moment that will come and forever. This means that agriculture is still there and beneficial to all and not a disaster for everyone.

So in other words farm can be implemented at this time, when to come and be a valuable legacy for our children.

An agricultural system that can be called sustainable if it has the following properties:

1. Maintain ecological functions, that does not damage the ecology of the farm itself
2. Continued economic means to provide decent value for implementing the farm and no party exploited. Each party is to get the right fit with the participation
3. Fair means any conduct of agricultural actors get their rights without being limited or shackled, and does not break anything else
4. Humane means upholding the values ​​of humanity, where human dignity upheld including existing cultural
5. Flexible which means being able to adapt to the current circumstances, thereby sustainable farm is not static, but dynamic and can accommodate the desires of consumers and producers.



Why be sustainable farm?
What can be sustained? is a fundamental question and is it possible? The answer is probably as long as all are related to farm was conscious and implementing the principles of sustainable farm. One of the reasons why it should be continued was during this experience which has led to high input degradation significantly. For example, excessive use of pesticides led to resurgence, resistance, and the emergence of secondary pests.

Excessive use of fertilizers even cause unwanted vegetative growth and cause downstream eutrification (fertile waters due to the accumulation of nutrients by the flow of water). Land as main support has been broken, it will be very expensive and the costs to be incurred in the future our children and grandchildren live just scrap inferior. Though we all hope the coming generations should be better than the current generation.

What steps can be implemented?
Steps that can be taken is to first raise awareness of sustainable farm. Both any party related to the agricultural implement the principles of sustainable farm. All three support consumers who do not consume agricultural products that are not environmentally friendly.

Operational measures that can be implemented are: implement minimal processing plant, as much as possible to use organic fertilizers, pest control by implementing environmentally friendly materials.

Indeed, it is still a utopian thing, but let's start from the smallest, start right now and start from yourself. It will take a long time. Let us realize sustainable farm in accordance with the basic tasks of their respective institutions. Estuary of all these efforts is to improve the welfare of all of us without exception. Hopefully.

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