Managing agricultural lands
- Planning agricultural land use
Description
Managing agricultural lands involves implementing coordinated practices to maintain soil fertility, optimize water use, and prevent land degradation. This strategy aims to ensure sustainable crop production, control erosion, and restore degraded areas by applying crop rotation, conservation tillage, and integrated pest management. Effective management remedies issues such as soil depletion, loss of biodiversity, and declining yields, thereby supporting food security and long-term agricultural productivity while minimizing negative environmental impacts.
Implementation
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends land-resource planning, information and education for agriculture to ensure sustainable agriculture and rural development.
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Web link
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
- Geography » Land type/use
- Agriculture, fisheries » Agriculture
- Management » Management
- Management » Planning
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
1A4N
J4341
DOCID
12043410
D7NID
196816
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Last update
Sep 29, 2022