Polyculture Management: A Crucial System for Sustainable Agriculture Development

Adamczewska-Sowińska, K.; Sowiński, Józef

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8570-4_8

Cited by 15 publications

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“…In polyculture, a variety of crops can be cultivated simultaneously to fulfill the increasing demand for food items across the world. on the other hand, traditional farmers were used to practicing 'monoculture' where only one kind of crop was used to cultivate in a particular location [18].…”

Section: Crop Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on Organic and Chemical Farming in Agricultural Sector

Panda,

Priyadarsini,

Kumara

et al. 2024

AJOB

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Present day healthy food is very important but farmers and market people are using more chemicals so that total recourses are polluted. Mainly farmers using more chemical fertilizer so that it is affected to soil, resource, human health, animals and plants. These all are polluted due to inorganic farming. The main objective of the study is to reduce chemical fertilizers for growing yields and also not use chemicals in marketing. So, that reduces diseases like cancer, heart attack, stroke and many other type of diseases. Improvement of organic yields is very important in that way to involve government and take initiative towards motivate the farmer to use organic fertilizers and also provide separate marketing for organic products and also encourage for government site to give more subsidies to organic farmer and also provide free certification. The paper explained what is the differences between organic and chemical farming and the main advantage of using organic farming and how organic farming save the environment and climate.

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Section: Crop Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on Organic and Chemical Farming in Agricultural Sector

Panda,

Priyadarsini,

Kumara

et al. 2024

AJOB

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“…Both above and below ground interactions influence the companionship relationship factor between two plant types, which can be positive or negative [23]- [25]. Example of above ground interactions include changes to the physical environment such as providing shade, protecting against weather damage, and supplying structural support.…”

Section: Inter-plant Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulating Polyculture Farming to Learn Automation Policies for Plant Diversity and Precision Irrigation

Avigal

Wong

Presten

et al. 2022

IEEE Trans. Automat. Sci. Eng.

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Polyculture farming, where multiple crop species are grown simultaneously, has potential to reduce pesticide and water usage while improving the utilization of soil nutrients. However, it is much harder to automate polyculture than monoculture. To facilitate research, we present AlphaGardenSim, a fast, first order, open-access polyculture farming simulator with single plant growth and irrigation models tuned using real world measurements. AlphaGardenSim can be used for policy learning as it simulates inter-plant dynamics, including light and water competition between plants in close proximity and approximates growth in a real greenhouse garden at 25,000× the speed of natural growth. This paper extends earlier work with a new action space that includes planting, which dynamically finds new seed locations that increases resources utilization, and an adaptive sampling technique to reduce the number of actions taken at each timestep without affecting performance. We also evaluate other automation policies using a novel metric that combines plant diversity and canopy coverage. Code and supplementary material can be found at https://github.com/BerkeleyAutomation/AlphaGarden. Note to Practitioners-Monoculture farming is often characterized by heavy agrichemical inputs, such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and increased vulnerability to disease and pestilence. This paper is motivated by the lack of long-term sustainability of industrial agriculture, and its implications for human food security. Although polyculture is a sustainable Manuscript

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“…For instance, improving tillage practices and incorporating residue was found to increase water-use efficiency by 30%, rice-wheat yields by 5-37%, income by 28-40%, while reducing and GHG emissions by 16-25% [8]. Further options of interest include perennial crops [83][84][85], polyculture [86], mosaic landscapes [87] and the use of pollinator strips or other habitat [88,89], which support crop productivity through ecological intensification [90].…”

Section: Sustainable Agricultural Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Organic Fertilizers in Transition to Sustainable Agriculture in the MENA Region

Avery¹

2022

New Generation of Organic Fertilizers

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Organic fertilizers can serve as an element of transitions to sustainable low-input agriculture in semi-arid regions of the MENA region. They play a key role in supporting soil biota and soil fertility. Yield improvements, availability and relatively low costs make organic fertilizers an attractive alternative for farmers. In semi-arid regions, important considerations are improved soil quality, which in turn affects soil water retention, while better root development helps crops resist heat and water stress. Organic fertilizers thus support climate adaptation and regional food security. Soil quality is crucial for carbon sequestration, at the same time that increased nutrient retention reduces impacts of agricultural runoff on groundwater and water bodies. Factors that impede the generalised use of organic fertilizers include lack of expertise, subsidy structures, constraints of the wider food and agricultural systems, and difficulties in transitioning from conventional agriculture. Such obstacles are aggravated in countries affected by security issues, financial volatility or restrictions in access to market. Against the background of both general and local constraints, the chapter examines possible pathways to benefit from organic fertilizers, in particular synergies with other sustainable agricultural practices, as well as improved access to expertise.

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Polyculture Management: A Crucial System for Sustainable Agriculture Development

Cited by 15 publications

References 107 publications

Review on Organic and Chemical Farming in Agricultural Sector

Review on Organic and Chemical Farming in Agricultural Sector

Simulating Polyculture Farming to Learn Automation Policies for Plant Diversity and Precision Irrigation

The Role of Organic Fertilizers in Transition to Sustainable Agriculture in the MENA Region

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