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  2. Good agricultural practice - Wikipedia

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    Good agricultural practice (GAP) is a certification system for agriculture, specifying procedures (and attendant documentation) that must be implemented to create food for consumers or further processing that is safe and wholesome, using sustainable methods. While there are numerous competing definitions of what methods constitute good ...

  3. Soil management - Wikipedia

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    In agriculture, some amount of soil management is needed both in nonorganic and organic types to prevent agricultural land from becoming poorly productive over decades. Organic farming in particular emphasizes optimal soil management, because it uses soil health as the exclusive or nearly exclusive source of its fertilization and pest control .

  4. Agriculture in Concert with the Environment - Wikipedia

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    The ACE program was created to aid in the prevention and reduction of agricultural pollution. To achieve this, the program created 3 main goals: to reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural practices; to promote the implementation of nutrient management planning and use of reduced-risk pesticides and biological controls

  5. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Wikipedia

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    Graduate Student Grants in Sustainable Agriculture: Funding allows full-time masters/Ph.D. students at accredited colleges/universities in the Western region of the United States to conduct research relating to current issues regarding sustainable agriculture in the Western region [31] •Maximum award of $25,000 [31] •Duration of 1–2 years ...

  6. Climate-smart agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) (or climate resilient agriculture) is a set of farming methods that has three main objectives with regards to climate change. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Firstly, they use adaptation methods to respond to the effects of climate change on agriculture (this also builds resilience to climate change ).

  7. Climate change and agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Climate change and agriculture are complexly related processes. In the United States , agriculture is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG), behind the energy sector. [ 1 ] Direct GHG emissions from the agricultural sector account for 8.4% of total U.S. emissions, but the loss of soil organic carbon through soil erosion ...

  8. Rainforest Alliance - Wikipedia

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    The Sustainable Agriculture Standard features innovation in the following areas: climate-smart agriculture, deforestation, conserving biodiversity, assessments, shared responsibility, human rights, living wage, continuous improvement, living income, risk-based assurance and gender equality. Rainforest Alliance is a code compliant member of ...

  9. Conservation agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Conservation agriculture (CA) can be defined by a statement given by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as "Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that can prevent losses of arable land while regenerating degraded lands.It promotes minimum soil disturbance (i.e. no-till farming), maintenance of a permanent soil cover, and diversification of plant species.