Sustainable agriculture has multiple definitions and multiple approaches leading to an enormous diversity; thus, it may be difficult to synthesise meaningful comparisons between these approaches. These approaches have certain goals in common, mainly designed and aimed for sustainability, which includes multi-dimensional environmental aspects as well as regional and local socio-economic considerations. Despite the nature of approaches, all target the sustainable agriculture in various degrees, accounting a better state of the environment, safe and healthy food, and a good life.

These approaches, principally, lead to a multidimensional improvement of an agroecosystem contrast to the conventional agriculture. The conventional agriculture, in longer term, resulted negative impacts on the environment and create a struggle to be competitive in farming context. Generally, public believes healthy food as an outcome and benefit of an environmentally friendly farming approach. Hence, approaches have been developed to ensure more ethical way of farming, even now the focus has been shifted towards animal welfare as well. The greatest strength of sustainable approach is the accessibility to smallholders. In contrary, sustainable farming approaches have been criticised in many developing nations due to low expected outcomes and limited profitability. Further, in many of such programmes, the scalability of application has also been widely debated. Scientists have also accepted such criticisms, and among the general farming community, these confusions and misunderstandings has led to suboptimal implementation, regionally, globally. Read more…

How to Cite:Egodawatta W C P (2020) Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Current Perspectives for Future
Sustainability.Sri Lankan Journal of Agriculture and Ecosystems, 2(2):1-4.www.rjt.ac.lk/agri/sljae/editorial4