We are pleased to announce a new scientific article developed within the framework of the SUNRISE project.
The article has been published in the journal Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, No. 2 (2025), issued by the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Agriculture.
This paper titled “AGROECOLOGICAL PRACTICES THAT PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE” aims to provide an overview of some examples of agroecological practices that promote and support sustainable agriculture in Romania.
The authors of the article are: Maria TOADER, Viorel ION, Lenuța Iuliana EPURE, Emil GEORGESCU,
Adrian Gheorghe BĂȘA, Mirela Elena DUȘA, Mihaela Valentina VASILE, Alina Maria IONESCU.
The abstract and the the Keywords can be found below:
Abstract
In recent decades, sustainable agriculture has become essential in the joint effort of agricultural policies and all
stakeholders against the backdrop of climate changes and concerns about natural resources conservation. This
agricultural system focuses on practices that increase agricultural yields, while protecting the environment and
ensuring resources for the future. These practices include, among others, soil and plant health through crops
diversification and rotations, the use of organic fertilizers, water and soil conservation by new tillage methods, or the
implementation of innovative technologies for crops growing and animal husbandry. On the other hand, agroecology is
an innovative concept that aims to ensure sustainable agricultural production and is based on the collaboration
between people, science and environment to find solutions to the major problems that agriculture is currently facing,
such as: diminishing soil and crop health, pollution, climate changes, pests control, or to ensure the high quality of
agri-food products. The agroecological practices could be the path to success towards a sustainable agri-food system,
through the involvement and effort of all key actors, farmers, decision-makers, citizens, by co-creating an environment
favorable to knowledge exchange, progress, adaptation to change, and dissemination of good results to all. In this
context, this paper aims to provide an overview of some examples of agroecological practices that promote and support
sustainable agriculture in Romania.
Key words: agroecology, agroecological practices, crops health, soil health, sustainable agriculture.
You can find the article on this link: https://zenodo.org/records/18186545