Many sustainable agriculture practices, which emphasize environmental health and economic benefits, is supervised agriculture. “By increasing soil organic matter contents and moisturizing capacity, California can double subsistence crop yields in areas where use of fertilizers is uneconomic and it can sustain production in years with low rainfall.” (Kassam and Brammer, 2013) In a comparison of conventional and sustainable agriculture there should be a few points to consider: biodiversity, soil composition, water and energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and production. The environmental impact and production levels will determine its viability as a solution to growing trends. It is crucial to make these analogies to identify the best agricultural method that can sustainable meet the needs of the current society.
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Though the production is limited, there are many environmental benefits associated with sustainable agriculture. “As part of the Rodale Institute Farming System Trial (from 1981 to 2002), Pimentel et al., (2005) found that during 1999, a year of extreme drought, (with total rainfall between April and August of 224 mm, compared with an average of 500 mm) the organic animal system had significantly higher corn yield (1,511 kg per ha) than either organic legume (412 kg per/ha) or the conventional (1,100 kg per/ha).”(Gomiero, Pimentel, and Poletti 2011). Although certain conditions support organic crops, supervised agriculture, conventional, is designed to achieve the highest yields possible. In terms of productions; sustainable agriculture fails to match up the conventional agriculture. This result differs, and in some occasions organic crops are actually the best conventional crops. Conventional crops are designed specifically to produce biggest
Though the production is limited, there are many environmental benefits associated with sustainable agriculture. “As part of the Rodale Institute Farming System Trial (from 1981 to 2002), Pimentel et al., (2005) found that during 1999, a year of extreme drought, (with total rainfall between April and August of 224 mm, compared with an average of 500 mm) the organic animal system had significantly higher corn yield (1,511 kg per ha) than either organic legume (412 kg per/ha) or the conventional (1,100 kg per/ha).”(Gomiero, Pimentel, and Poletti 2011). Although certain conditions support organic crops, supervised agriculture, conventional, is designed to achieve the highest yields possible. In terms of productions; sustainable agriculture fails to match up the conventional agriculture. This result differs, and in some occasions organic crops are actually the best conventional crops. Conventional crops are designed specifically to produce biggest