Agricultural Resource Management: A Panacea to Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria
Keywords:
Agriculture, Resource, Sustainable, FoodAbstract
The study conceptually assessed available literature on sustainable agricultural land and water resource uses and noted that increasing world population will come with an increase in food demand which agricultural production must contend with in the face of diminishing water resources and decreasing arable land due to urbanisation and other factors. Sustainable
Agriculture and natural resource management activities must seek to increase food production
and other forms of agricultural productivity through practices that sustain long term ecological and biological viability of natural resources through the efficient use of land, water and other resource. Sustainable land and water management in this context embraces the use of land and water resources for productive activities to meet human needs and simultaneously ensuring the continued productive potential of these resources and the maintenance of balanced ecological
and environmental functions. Agricultural resource management and maintenance will involve embracing land and water use methods that enable us maximize both economic and social benefits of land and water while enhancing the environmental support functions of these resources. Sustainable agricultural resource use must embrace a holistic response to raising the bar in adequate food production and keeping a healthy ecosystem through the integration of physical and biological needs and values.
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