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Agriculture in Indonesia is one of the key sectors within the Indonesian economy. In the last 50 years, the sector's share in national gross domestic product has decreased considerably, due to the rise of industrialisation and service sector. Nevertheless, for the majority of Indonesian households, farming and plantation remains as a vital ...
IPB University [2] [3] (Indonesian: Institut Pertanian Bogor, abbreviated as IPB; former English name: Bogor Agricultural University) is a state-run agricultural university based in the regency of Bogor, Indonesia.
Sustainable agriculture – applied science that integrates three main goals, environmental health, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. These goals have been defined by various philosophies, policies, and practices, from the vision of farmers and consumers. Perspectives and approaches are very diverse. The following topics ...
Subak is the water management (irrigation) system for the paddy fields on Bali island, Indonesia.It was developed in the 9th century.For the Balinese, irrigation is not simply providing water for the plant's roots, but water is used to construct a complex, pulsed artificial ecosystem [1] that is at the same time autonomous and interdependent. [2]
CIFOR, which merged with World Agroforestry (known by the acronym ICRAF) on Jan. 1, 2019, [1] is the forestry and agroforestry research center of CGIAR, a network of 15 research centers around the world that focus on agricultural research for sustainable development, working closely with governments and other partners to help develop evidence ...
Computational sustainability is an emerging field that attempts to balance societal, economic, and environmental resources for the future well-being of humanity using methods from mathematics, computer science, and information science fields.
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[104] [106] In sustainable agriculture, the services that ecosystems provide include pollination, soil formation, and nutrient cycling, all of which are necessary functions for the production of food. [107] It is also claimed sustainable agriculture is best considered as an ecosystem approach to agriculture, called agroecology. [108]