Integrated Crop Production Management (ICPM) in Sustainable Agriculture
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 35147
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vegetable growing; vegetable breeding; greenhouse management; seed germination and physiology; organic agriculture; stress physiology
Interests: soil science; plant nutrition; soil ecology; biological fertilizer to application biotechnology in plant breeding topics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Integrated crop production management (ICPM) as a holistic approach to sustainable agriculture considers the solution across the whole farm, including socioeconomic and environmental factors, to deliver the most suitable and safe approach for long term benefit. This means that carefully considered site selection, soil management, seed and planting material, crop rotation, biodiversity, carbon footprint, biocontrol, and human health is essential. ICPM is a method of farming that balances the requirements of running a profitable business with environmental responsibility. It includes practices that avoid waste, enhance energy efficiency and minimize pollution. By combining the best of modern technology with good farming practice. The agricultural information system will be included in the integrated crop production models to be developed, and models will be presented to plan the whole agriculture management according to ecology and sustainability principles. Providing an expanding population with enough to eat is a huge challenge. How we meet this challenge and at the same time respect biodiversity and take into account climate change are matters of the utmost importance. CPM system allows farming to be practiced in a way that safeguards the environment. At the same time, it recognizes that the quality and price of produce, profitably of the farm and the adaptation of the new technology are essential overall stability of the agriculture is to be preserved.
Principle of IPCM was quality and quantity takes in to concern, sustainability with regard to ecological and economical aspects, and optimization of local resources and minimization of external inputs. Environmental and human health as a central focus integrating agro-ecological, economic, and human resources aspects, including local and science-based knowledge management, decision making and implementation. This chapter includes crop rotation, soil and cultivation, crop nutrition, crop protection, pollution, waste management, organization, aiding, assessing, and management.
Prof. Dr. Ertan Yildirim
Prof. Dr. Metin Turan
Prof. Dr. Melek Ekinci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agriculture
- ICPM
- crop nutrition
- crop protection
- pollution
- waste management
- sustainability
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