Session: Sustainable Intensification for Food Production and Environmental Quality Poster
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Division: ASA Section: Environmental Quality

Title: Sustainable Intensification for Food Production and Environmental Quality Poster

Community Leader: P. V. Vara Prasad
Organizers: P. V. Vara Prasad , Sieglinde S. Snapp and Mitch C. Hunter
Lead Community Sponsor: Sustainable Intensification Community
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Format: Poster Topical Session
Keywords: Environmental Quality, Farming System, Food Production and Sustainable Intensifiation

Session Description: The grand challenge of increasing production of nutritious and safe food requires a systems and multidisciplinary approach. Sustainable intensification (SI) focuses on increasing food production from existing farmland without adverse environmental impact. Research on genetic, ecological and social components of SI along with creating enabling environments through appropriate policy is a prerequisite for success. Transdisciplinary approaches that integrate social and natural sciences and use participatory approaches, with clear pathways towards improving health (soil, plant, animal and human) can help with SI of agriculture. This poster session will display examples of SI innovations to enhance food production and environmental quality.