scholarly journals Implementation of Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection Program in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Hasdemir ◽  
Mine Hasdemir
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
World Population ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Land Protection ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Soil And Water

Agriculture, which includes many aspects like vegetative and animal production by utilization of soil and water resources and enhancement of efficiency and quality, has been considered the most environmentally-friendly sector up to date and meets nutritional demand of one fifth of world population. On the other hand, due to utilization of intensive input for maximization of yield per unit area of land, agriculture has become a sector which may also result negative impacts on the environment. For this reason, environmentally-friendly agricultural policies have started to be implemented in many countries besides the implementation of policies based on increased agricultural production. In this context, Environmentally Based Agricultural Land Protection (ÇATAK) Program has started to be implemented in Turkey since 2006 for protection of soil and water quality, prevention of erosion and mitigation of agriculture-derived negative impacts. The Program is executed by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Within this scope, environmentally-friendly practices are being supported by awarding grants to the beneficiary farmers. This study aims to address the extent to which implementation of ÇATAK Program has contributed to land protection based on a review of environmentally-friendly agricultural practices and beneficiary activities. Additionally, the place of environmental subsidy is assessed within the agricultural funding scheme being implemented in Turkey.

NEW APPROACH TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: PLANT PROBIOTICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (15) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Hatice ÖĞÜTCÜ
Keyword(s):  
Root Zone ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
World Population ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Plant Tolerance ◽  
The World

With the increase in the world population every year, the need for plant and animal foods has increased. In order to meet these needs, the amount of fertilizers (with chemical content) used to increase productivity in agriculture has increased and has become a threat to the soil and the environment. In order to minimize the harms of chemical fertilizers and to preserve the fertility of the soil, new environmentally friendly applications have been researched. In this context, studies on "Plant Probiotics", which are one of the effective applications both in protecting the quality of the soil and increasing the yield in plant production, especially on local isolates and formulations to be prepared from them, have gained momentum. Plant probiotics are a group of microorganisms or microorganisms that can improve soil health, plant growth, and plant tolerance or immunity to various abiotic and biotic stresses, thanks to their potential role in enhanced nutrient acquisition and/or biocontrol activities by colonizing the root zone of plants, called the rhizosphere. As a result of inoculation of plants with strains of these bacteria, which have very different properties (nitrogen binding, phosphate solubilizing, biocontrol agent, stress resistance, phytohormone synthesis), it directly affects the growth and development of the roots and shoots of the plant, increasing the biomass, as well as contributing to the increase of the yield and quality of the product. In this context, the preparation and use of biofertilizer formulations of local plant probiotic bacteria, which will be obtained from their natural areas, has become very important in rational agricultural practices in recent years and intensive researches are carried out. With the use of the aforementioned plant probiotic formulations, environmentally friendly green production will be made by contributing to the production of both foodstuffs and feed raw materials in order to ensure the continuity of the world population. As a result, the protection of the ecosystem will be ensured by preventing environmental pollution, which is the problem of the whole world.

scholarly journals Agroforestry Heritage Systems as Agrobiodiversity Hotspots. The Case of the Mountain Oases of Tunisia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Santoro ◽  
Martina Venturi ◽  
Sihem Ben Maachia ◽  
Fadwa Benyahia ◽  
Federica Corrieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Landscape Structure ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Traditional Agricultural Practices

Traditional agricultural systems are receiving increasing attention at the international level due to their multifunctional role. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) aims to identify agricultural systems of global importance, preserve landscape, agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge and apply the principles of dynamic conservation to promote sustainable development. Biodiversity associated to traditional agricultural practices is particularly important, especially in difficult environments, like traditional oases, for ensuring food and nutrition to local communities. We documented landscape and biological diversity associated with traditional agricultural practices in three traditional oases in Tunisia, through a landscape analysis based on land-use survey, and an assessment of cultivated species. Results show that the landscape structure is dominated by agricultural land uses and characterized by a high level of diversification. Agrobiodiversity is high: we identified 20 varieties of date palm, 21 species of fruit trees, 21 vegetable species and two fodder crops. Results highlighted that traditional oases, as other agroforestry and agricultural heritage systems, continue to play a crucial role in maintaining genetic resources and agrobiodiversity. Farmers who, all over the world, still cultivate applying traditional practices are the main actors that practice a real conservation of genetic resources and diversity by maintaining traditional cultivars and a diversified landscape structure. Our methodology, based on the combined assessment of land uses and agrobiodiversity, can be replicated in other agricultural heritage systems to evaluate and measure possible transformations and identify the best strategies for their preservation.

scholarly journals Cropland Soil Salinization and Associated Hydrology: Trends, Processes and Examples

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nachshon Uri
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Soil Salinization ◽  
World Population ◽  
Arid Environments ◽  
Geological Material ◽  
Degradation Processes ◽  
Sources Of Solutes ◽  
Global Food

While global food demand and world population are rapidly growing, land potential for cropping is steadily declining due to various soil degradation processes, a major one of them being soil salinization. Currently, approximately 20% of total cropland and 33% of irrigated agricultural land are salinized as a result of poor agricultural practices and it is expected that by 2050, half of the croplands worldwide will become salinized. Thus, there is a real need to better understand soil salinization processes and to develop agricultural practices that will enable production of the needed amount of food to feed humanity, while minimizing soil salinization and other degradation processes. The major sources of solutes in agricultural environments are: (i) the soil itself, and the parent geological material; (ii) shallow and salt rich groundwater; and (iii) salt rich irrigation water. The salinization of soil is a combination of transport of solutes towards the root zone to replenish evaporation and transpiration and limited washing of the soil by rain or irrigation. Therefore, most salinized soils are present in arid and semi-arid environments where precipitation is low and evaporation is high. In this manuscript, examples of soil salinization processes from croplands around the world will be presented and discussed to bring attention to this important topic, to present the latest scientific insights and to highlight the gaps that should be filled, from both scientific and practical perspectives.

scholarly journals Pemberdayaan Petani dalam Mengurangi Residu Melalui Pertanian Ramah Lingkungan di BPP Tambun Utara, Kabupaten Bekasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Henita Fajar Oktavia
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Chemical Fertilizers ◽  
Conventional Agriculture ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Chemical Residues ◽  
Negative Impacts

Conventional agriculture used chemical fertilizers and pesticides for long-term had negative impacts on the environment, due to chemical residues that pollute the environment. In addition it has a bad impact on the harvest, because they contain chemical residues that may affect health of consumers. Recently, there has been a global issue in agricultural sector of back to nature, such as the use of biological materials as components of fertilizers and pesticides, as known as an environmentally friendly agriculture. Farmers in the area of ​​Badan Penyuluhan Pertanian (BPP) at North Tambun, Bekasi Regency, have land that is suitable for farming food crops, palawija and horticulture. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agricultural production is still quite high until now, and doesn't used exact dose, method, type and frequency. To reduce the negative impact of residues using agricultural chemicals on the environment and yields, by replacing chemical fertilizers with organic fertilizers, chemical pesticides with bio-pesticides. Farmer empowerment aims to increase knowledge, learning and skills regarding the selection of the composition of basic ingredients for making organic fertilizers and biopesticides, manufacturing training and assistance in how to apply directly to agricultural land. The outputs of PkM (Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat) activities are increasing farmers understanding of environmentally friendly agriculture, increasing farmers knowledge in using organic fertilizers and biopesticides made by participants, and increasing interest and motivation from farmers to develop alternative organic fertilizers and bio-pesticides that are in accordance with the availability materials around and cropping patterns. It was proven that after counseling there was an increase in the knowledge aspect by 27.1%, the attitude aspect by 19.54% and the behavioral aspect by 8.9%.

Reconciling productivity with protection of the environment: Is temperate agroforestry the answer?

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Smith ◽  
Bruce D. Pearce ◽  
Martin S. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Population ◽  
Research Dissemination ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge ◽  
Multifunctional Land Use ◽  
Temperate Agroforestry ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Trees And Shrubs

AbstractMeeting the needs for a growing world population calls for multifunctional land use, which can meet the multiple demands of food and fuel production, environmental and biodiversity protection, and has the capacity for adaptation or resilience to climate change. Agroforestry, a land-use system that integrates trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock production, has been identified by the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) as a ‘win–win’ approach that balances the production of commodities (food, feed, fuel, fiber, etc.) with non-commodity outputs such as environmental protection and cultural and landscape amenities. Evidence is now coming to light that supports the promotion of agroforestry in temperate developed countries as a sustainable alternative to the highly industrialized agricultural model with its associated negative environmental externalities. This paper reviews this evidence within the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to evaluate agroforestry as part of a multifunctional working landscape in temperate regions. Establishing trees on agricultural land can help to mitigate many of the negative impacts of agriculture, for example by regulating soil, water and air quality, supporting biodiversity, reducing inputs by natural regulation of pests and more efficient nutrient cycling, and by modifying local and global climates. The challenge now lies in promoting the adoption of agroforestry as a mainstream land use through research, dissemination of information and policy changes.

scholarly journals Considering the Value of "Marginal" Agricultural Lands : Planning Analysis of Agricultural Resource Land Protection in Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Land Resources ◽  
Land Protection ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Land Inventory ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Impact

Agricultural land resources are an essential element required to sustain agricultural production. While the Province of Ontario has implemented policies that aim to protect these lands from other types of development, this finite resource continues to diminish as the demand for food continues to grow. At this time the Province is undertaking a review of existing policies related to matters of provincial interest, including agriculture and therefore presents an important opportunity to re-evaluate the policies, in particular as it relates to what lands qualify as prime agricultural land worthy of protection. Historical and emerging agricultural practices have demonstrated that Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Class 4 soils can be productive. The report examines the potential merit of expanding the existing defining criteria of prime agricultural land from just CLI Class 1, 2, and 3 soils to also include CLI Class 4 and attempts to demonstrate the impact this would have on agricultural land use planning in Ontario. To help demonstrate a site specific evaluation of a portion of Peterborough County has been conducted to provide a visual representation.

scholarly journals The Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Effects of Agricultural Practices on the Environment

Environments ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Maria Fanelli
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variation ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Environment Impact

It is widely known that agricultural practices can alter natural ecosystems, both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view. Indeed, over the years, the intensification of production through excessive or inappropriate use of pesticides and fertilisers in the agricultural sector has had a negative impact on natural resources. This negative environment impact has had both minor and major consequences for the natural resources present in the different areas of the European Union (EU). This variability depends mainly on the different agricultural training of farmers and on their ability to practise sustainable agriculture. Hence, with a specific set of agri-environmental indicators provided by the Eurostat database, this paper analyses the spatial and temporal variation of the agricultural land-use practices and the related environmental effects in EU countries. In pursuit of this aim, descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis (factor analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis) were adopted to determine the similarities/dissimilarities between the different types of agricultural production in the EU and the dominant dimensions of agricultural production and activities there in terms of their impact of natural resources in order to identify “homogeneity” among member states. The main contribution of this paper lies, above all, in the fact that the classification of these countries in four agro-ecosystems, with similar use of energy, pollution factors, and natural resources, could be useful as a tool for policymakers. Importantly, it could help them to define different incentives that could encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable agricultural production methods.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Symmetry of Statistical Methods Applied for the Identification of Agricultural Areas

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 664
Author(s):  
Justyna Wójcik-Leń ◽  
Przemysław Leń
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Agricultural Areas

The main priorities of the common agricultural policies of the European Union (EU) are improvement of the quality of life in rural areas for their inhabitants as well as the optimum utilisation of rural resources. The most efficient tools to improve the management conditions and utilise the potential of land are land consolidation works aimed at creating more favourable management conditions in agriculture and forestry through improving the territorial structure of farms, forests and forestland; the reasonable configuration of land, aligning the limits of real properties with the system of irrigation; and drainage facilities, roads and terrain. The development of agriculture in Poland and its production capacity are considerably differentiated in terms of space. At present, Poland has agricultural areas which, in many respects, have a chance of competing with agriculture in the other member states of the European Union. However, in some areas, agricultural production run by private farms owned by individuals is on the verge of falling below the limit of profitability or falls below the limit of profitability. Currently, Poland lacks tools (strategies) allowing identification of land for intensive agricultural production as well as information about agricultural land that should be developed for non-agricultural purposes. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a methodology for identifying similar areas using available tools that can facilitate reliable identification of the areas relating to the indicated factors. Taxonomic methods can be used for clustering purposes. The study materials are data derived from real property register databases referring to one of the districts (poviats) situated in east-central Poland. As a final result, a method of clustering villages according to similar land-use categories was developed. It was created using two independent statistical methods: Ward’s method and the complete-linkage method. The highest consistency was observed in two groups of identified types of areas sharing very similar characteristics. A high index of similarity of both methods—the so-called Rand index—testified to the reliability of the results of calculations. The results of clustering corresponded to a large extent to actual features defining the use of land in the analysed villages as well as the terrain relief.

scholarly journals Implementasi Sosialisasi Insentif Ekonomi dalam Pelaksanaan Program Perlindungan Lahan Pertanian Pangan Berkelanjutan (PLP2B)

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Amar Kadar Zakaria ◽  
Benny Rachman
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Land Protection ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Institutional Aspect ◽  
The Government

<p><strong>English</strong><br />To maintain the existence and capacity of agricultural production, the Government Regulation No. 1/2011 (PP No.1/2011) was issued to regulate the Establishment and Conversion of Sustainable Food-Crop Agricultural Land. This regulation is a mandate of the Law No. 41/2009 (UU No. 41/2009) on sustainable food-crop agricultural land protection (PLP2B). Implementation of PLP2B need support of regional plan (RTRW), economic incentive, and institutional aspect. PLP2B implementation depends on support and participation of farmers such as consolidated land especially on irrigated lowland areas. The study aims: (i) to review the policy and implementation of PLP2B and the influencing factors; (2) to review economic incentive instrument; and (3) to review institutional aspect. This Act implementation is not well disseminated at regency’s level. Farmers’ response to this Act is good enough.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Dalam upaya menjaga eksistensi dan kapasitas produksi pertanian, pemerintah menetapkan Peraturan Pemerintah (PP) Nomor 1 Tahun 2011 tentang Penetapan dan Alih Fungsi Lahan Pertanian Pangan Berkelanjutan. PP tersebut, merupakan amanat Undang-Undang Nomor 41 Tahun 2009 tentang Perlindungan Lahan Pertanian Pangan Berkelanjutan (PLP2B). Untuk menunjang implementasi PLP2B perlu dukungan konkrit yang dalam operasionalnya berupa penetapan Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah (RTRW), insentif ekonomi dan aspek kelembagaan. Implementasi PLP2B sangat tergantung dari dukungan dan partisipasi masyarakat petani dan dalam pelaksanaan PLP2B konsolidasi lahan/usaha perlu diarahkan ke wilayah lahan sawah irigasi. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, telaahan ini bertujuan untuk: (1) membahas kebijakan dan implementasi Undang Undang PLP2B serta faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya; (2) mengkaji instrumen insentif ekonomi yang dibutuhkan dalam PLP2B; dan (3) mengkaji kelembagaan yang kondusif. Pelaksanaan program PLP2B belum sepenuhnya tersosialisasikan di tingkat kabupaten. Respon petani terhadap program PLP2B sangat baik.</p>

scholarly journals Occupational Health and Safety in Agricultural Production

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (sp) ◽  
pp. 2418-2426
Author(s):  
Yaşar Serhat Saygılı ◽  
Bülenr Çakmak
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
World Population ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
The World

Agricultural production is one of the leading sectors in the world and in our country in terms of employment rates. Agricultural production activities, the importance of which is increasing day by day due to the increasing world population, is an important strategic element for every country. The economy of many countries, including our country, still depends on the products they obtain because of agricultural production. Appropriate agricultural policies should be implemented to increase the productivity in agricultural production, to protect the employed workforce and to ensure its continuity. In addition to establishing appropriate agricultural policies, employed workers should also be protected by laws, regulations and directives. It is a fact that most of the people employed in agricultural production in our country must work under dangerous and harsh conditions without being under legal protection, without union formation and union rights, as in other sectors. Protecting the health of agricultural production workers working under very difficult conditions due to variable climatic conditions, ensuring safe production and ensuring that the necessary Occupational Health and Safety measures are taken should be among the priority items when forming our state’s policies. In this study, the situation in the world and in our country was examined under the title of occupational health and safety in agricultural production. The hazards and risk factors to be encountered in agricultural production have been determined and the Occupational Health and Safety measures to be taken against them have been tried to be explained.

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