An overview of the importance of sustainable agricultural development in order to protect the environment

Food security means ensuring that the public has access to adequate, healthy and nutritious food. Increasing population and subsequent increase in demand requires increasing production per unit area. On the other hand, the area of arable land has decreased due to various factors such as drought, increasing soil salinity and urban development. For example, upsetting the balance of nutrients, reducing the quantity and quality of the product, the accumulation of heavy metals such as boron, cadmium, lead, etc. in the plant can be mentioned. other problems can include reduced absorption of elements and micronutrients by the roots, destruction of soil structure, pollution of surface and groundwater, reduced population of soil organisms and so on. While organic farming is one of the sustainable agricultural strategies that is based on natural methods of pest and disease control and the use of pesticides and artificial herbicides, chemical fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics to It is forbidden as much as possible. Therefore, in recent decades, many efforts have been made at the international level to move towards sustainable development.