unit 4 - Practice for Sustainable Environment



Environmental sustainability definition

Environmental sustainability is the ability to maintain an ecological balance in our planet's natural environment and conserve natural resources to support the wellbeing of current and future generations.

The foundations of environmental sustainability are: safeguarding water, saving energy, reducing waste, using recyclable packaging, limiting or eliminating the use of plastics, using sustainable transport, reusing paper and protecting flora and fauna.

 “Family Farming is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family labour, both women's and men's.

Advantages of family farming

Crop rotations and multiple-cropping systems help keep pests below the 'economic injury level'. Family farms conserve biodiversity and rule out eradication of species and make plants resilient to pests.



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