Editorial
From the desk of the Editor
Mahatma Gandhi once said that “The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.” This ominous quote continues to stay relevant even today, as the governments globally struggle to feed its people, with the world population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050.
Post World war II, the world embraced modern agriculture to meet the ever growing need for food, fodder and fuel. This involved use of modern machinery, technological developments, high use of agrochemicals viz pesticides and fertilizers, selective breeding and genetic modification to name a few. The modern agriculture helped to meet our requirements but also contributed to serious ecological and environmental damage viz. contribution to climate change, biodiversity loss, depletion of clean water resources, antibiotic resistance, and other forms agricultural pollution.
The Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) to “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture” (SDG2) encompasses addressing climate change, ensuring healthy lifestyles, empowering small farmers, advancing gender equality, ending rural poverty, and supporting sustainable agriculture.
Sustainable agriculture is an agricultural system that aims to fulfill the needs of the present human population while conserving the planet’s ability to sustain future generations. It uses methods like organic farming, crop rotation, agroforestry, rainwater harvesting with the aim to maintain the health of the ecosystem, earn profit and promote socioeconomic fairness.