Abstract
Feeding the growing global population while improving the Earth’s economic, environmental, and social values is a challenge recognised in both the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Sustaining global agricultural performance requires regular revision of current farming models, attitudes, and practices. In systematically reviewing the international literature through the lens of the sustainability framework, this paper specifically identifies precision conservation agriculture (PCA), digital agriculture (DA), and resilient agriculture (RA) practices as being of value in meeting future challenges. Each of these adaptations carries significantly positive relationships with sustaining agricultural performance, as well as positively mediating and/or moderating each other. While it is clear from the literature that adopting PCA, DA, and RA would substantially improve the sustainability of agricultural performance, the uptake of these adaptations generally lags. More in-depth social science research is required to understand the value propositions that would encourage uptake of these adaptations and the barriers that prevent them. Recommendations are made to explore the specific knowledge gap that needs to be understood to motivate agriculture practitioners to adopt these changes in practice.
Highlights
IntroductionTo feed and combat micro-nutrient deficiency in the escalating global population, a
To feed and combat micro-nutrient deficiency in the escalating global population, a70% increase in food production is required by 2050 [1]
Precision conservation practices help in farm management decision making by employing and analysing the required data and choosing suitable techniques and tools
Summary
To feed and combat micro-nutrient deficiency in the escalating global population, a. 70% increase in food production (incorporating calorie and nutrient enrichment) is required by 2050 [1]. Most food production is soil based, and as most arable land is under cultivation [2], yield maximisation, soil health, and sustainable productivity within limited natural resources are primary targets of future farming [3–6]. Arable land is projected to decrease by approximately 40% by 2050 [7,8]. Agriculture is projected to encounter several challenges, including sustainable maximised production, limited natural resources, endangered environments and eco-systems, soil degradation, topsoil elimination, and soil erosion [2,9–12]. Agricultural intensification affects environmental goods and services produced by agroecosystems [7,9,13]; the world needs to adopt enhanced farming methods [5,6] to ensure a better and more sustainable farming future.
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