Globally, the agri-food sector has a major role to play in ensuring food security and economic development, especially for lower income countries. In the increasingly demanding context of environmental risk, exacerbated by climate change, and of environmental degradation, agricultural producers are faced with the challenge to meet the demand of the agri-food sector to feed growing populations in a sustainable manner while still trying to make ends meet. Toward a Sustainable Agriculture: Farming Practices and Water Use, the first volume of MDPI’s Frontiers in Sustainability book series, edited by Prof. Manfred Max Bergman (University of Basel, Switzerland), aims to contribute to the agri-food sector’s need for science-based evidence required to address these challenging demands: In this book, a variety of scholars explore risks and potential solutions to inform producers and policy makers regarding practices towards sustainable production in the context of a changing climate.
https://www.mdpi.com/books/edition/820-toward-a-sustainable-agriculture-farming-practices-and-water-use
Henry Jordaan
Dr. Henry Jordaan received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is currently a Senior
Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free
State. He has published in various peer reviewed journals, and he is a reviewer of
international journals, including Sustainability; Climate; Science of the Total
Environment; and Ecological Economics. His current research interests are in the
sustainable use of freshwater for food production. Special attention in his work is
given to balance environmental, social, and economic aspects of freshwater use for
food production.
Farming Water Use Economics Sustainable Sustainability Agriculture