Sustainability of Organic Farming in Nepal
This book explores the sustainability aspect of organic and conventional farming systems, which is commonly categorized into three sub-aspects: social, environmental and economic. The social structure of a given area, organic friendly technologies, soil p
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Sustainability of Organic Farming in Nepal
Mrinila Singh • Keshav Lall Maharjan
Sustainability of Organic Farming in Nepal
Mrinila Singh Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan
Keshav Lall Maharjan Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan
ISBN 978-981-10-5618-5 ISBN 978-981-10-5619-2 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-5619-2
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Preface
The term “sustainability” entails “sustenance, survival or flourishing of a process, an organism or a resource.” Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, it has been talked about in almost every sphere of life – from natural environment to far more complex entities such as human societies, cultural traditions, or social institutions. In the case of farming, this concept came into play when the principle of green revolution could no longer improve situation of food insecurity, resource degradation, and regional imbalance of benefits. Green revolution, which commonly is also known as conventional farming, has clearly benefited through increased crop production with the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and high-yielding crop varieties and contributed significantly in reducing world hunger. But overtime we also came to realize that excessive and inappropriate use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides polluted groundwater, streams, rivers, and
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