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Resilient Agricultural Practices

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Zero Hunger

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

Synonyms

Good Agricultural Practice (GAP)

List of important shortcuts: Good Agricultural Practice (GAP); Good Management Practice (GMP); Climate-Resilient Agriculture (CRA); Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) program; Farmer Field School (FFS); Global Environmental Facility (GEF); Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Passive Sampling Device (PSD); Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Integrating Food Security, Environment and Resilience (SDG2); Social-Ecological System (SES).

Definition

Resilient Agricultural Practices (RAP) – is a crucial component to food security and sustainable food systems in developing countries. The resilience of the agricultural value chains, in the context of developing countries, is very important for the agricultural supply chain with regard to the overall resilience of the food system. It looks at how to balance between producing food, managing natural resources, dealing with uncertainty, and providing a livelihood...

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  1. Department of Plant Production Technology and Commodities Science, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland

    Barbara Sawicka

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    Anabela Marisa Azul

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    Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari

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Sawicka, B. (2019). Resilient Agricultural Practices. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69626-3_42-1

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