Sustainable Crop Production System

Sustainable crop production refers to agricultural production in such a way that does not impose any harm to environment, biodiversity, and quality of agricultural crops. Producing crops sustainably increases the ability of the system to maintain stable levels of food production and quality for long term without increasing the demand and requirements of agricultural chemical inputs to control the system. Sustainable crop production deals with keeping the soil alive with organic matter, integrated pest management and reduction in usage of pesticides, protecting biodiversity, ensuring food safety and food quality, improving nutrient quality, and fertilizing the soil with organic fertilizers. Sustainable agricultural production leads to lowering of greenhouse gas emission and carbon footprint of overall world. Sustainably produced crops and food are more beneficial to consume by humans as compared to commercial crops. Sustainable usage of resources ensures the pollution-free environment for our future generations. This chapter deals with all the aspects of sustainable crop production and the methods to ensure sustainable production of crops. The chapter also intents to discuss the harmful effects of non-sustainably produced crops and finally this chapter looks forward towards the future protection by sustainable usage of resources and future prospects of sustainability.