In [[agriculture]] and [[gardening]], '''seed saving''' is the practice of saving seeds from
*[[sustainable agriculture]]
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'''Urban (or peri-urban) agriculture''' is the practice of [[agriculture]] (including crops, [[livestock]], [[fishery|fisheries]], and [[forestry]]
...it promotes energy-saving [[local food]] production, urban and peri-urban agriculture are [[sustainability]] practices.
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...es to the design, development, and management of [[Sustainable agriculture|sustainable agricultural systems]].
Agroecology is the science of sustainable agriculture; the methods of agroecology have as their goal achieving sustainability of
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...nd [[sustainable use]] of the world's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, as well as the fair and equitable [[benefit sharing]] arising from its use
...ng from the commercial utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture covered by the MLS.
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...xclusively within the domain of organic growing, but apply to all types of agriculture and gardening. Others, such as the list of animals, insects, and microorgan
==[[Agriculture|Crops]]==
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'''Companion planting''' in gardening and agriculture is planting of different crops in close physical proximity. It is a form of
...e inclusion of squash with these two plants completes the [[Three Sisters (agriculture)|Three Sisters]] technique, pioneered by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americ
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...[[local economy|local economies]] and may be [[ecology|ecologically]] more sustainable.
...s' market]]s, [[cooperative|food cooperative]]s and [[community-supported agriculture]] plans.
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...a design system which utilizes a [[systems thinking]] approach to create [[sustainable]] human [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]]s by analyzing and duplicating [[natur
...]," as well as community design. It seeks the creation of productive and [[sustainable]] ways of living by integrating [[ecology]], [[landscape]], [[organic garde
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...f/CGIARGEF2002final.pdf Agriculture and the environment, partnership for a sustainable future].</ref>.
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'''Agriculture''' (a term which encompasses '''farming''' and '''[[ranching]]''') is the p
...[[livestock]]. Agriculture is also short for the study of the practice of agriculture—more formally known as [[agricultural science]].
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..." Thus energy saving compact florescent light bulbs can be considered more sustainable than incandescent ones, and so forth.
...rwegian Prime Minister [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]]. The Commission defined [[sustainable development]] as development that "meets the needs of the present without c
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As [[agriculture|plantings]] have grown larger, the need for concentrated pollinators at [[f
...their energy requirements for the migration. In some areas development or agriculture has disrupted and broken up these traditional corridors, and the pollinator
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...e industrial food web but it does not offer enough to create a healthy and sustainable food system. In the event energy costs will be so high that stores will cea
*[[Community Supported Agriculture]]
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* {{IUCN2006|assessors=Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996)|year=1998|id=32986|title=Be
[[Category:Tropical agriculture]]
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In Egypt, soil-less agriculture is used to grow plants on the roofs of buildings. No soil is put directly o
*[[Sustainable city]]
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...of resources between all users, current and future (a first approach to [[sustainable development]]) by avoiding despoiling. However, he does not take into accou
*[[International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture]]
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...y [[human]]s in their global diets.<ref>Smith, Bruce D. ''The Emergence of Agriculture''. Scientific American Library, A Division of HPHLP, New York, 1998.</ref>
...vity, although rice can also be grown on dry land (including on [[Terrace (agriculture)|terraced hillsides]]) with the help of chemical weed controls.
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...management, [[forestry]], nature [[conservation ethic|conservation]] and [[agriculture]].
*[[Sustainable landscape architecture]]
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..., R.J. and D.L. Iaquinta 2006. Urban Homegardens and Allotment Gardens for Sustainable Livelihoods: Management Strategies and Institutional Environments. In: Kuma
...S., and Drescher, A., 2003. Allotment Gardens for Philippine Cities. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 11, 29-31. [http://www.ruaf.org/node/358]</ref> Meanwhile, with t
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...ing to the replacement of peat by [[coir]] ([[coconut]] fibre), which is a sustainable resource. A nutrient rich compost can usually be bought wherever potted pla
...html Potting Mixes for Certified Organic Production], National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
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