Sustainable agricultural production systems

Sustainable development is based on ethical principles such as respect and harmony with nature, political values such as participative democracy and social equity, and moral norms such as environmental rationality. Sustainable development is egalitarian, neutralized and self managed, able to satisfy the basic needs of people, respecting the cultural diversity, and improving the quality of life. Agriculture and sustainable development, refer to the necessity of minimizing the degradation of fertile ground, increasing production instead. This considers the group of agricultural activities, such as soil and water management, crop processing, and the conservation of biodiversity, taking into account the furnishing of food and raw materials. Agricultural production systems sustainability refers to the capacity of the system to maintain its productivity despite the economical and natural, external or internal limitations. Sustainability is a function of the natural features of the system and the pressure and interventions it undergoes, as well as those social, economical, and technical interventions that are carried out in order to fight negative pressures, lauding the consistency of the system.