Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVII, Issue 2
Written by Dan Ioan AVASILOAIEI, Mariana CALARA, Marian Petre BREZEANU, Tina Oana CRISTEA
Both the dynamics of world geopolitics and the environmental challenges rises a series of concerns for agriculture, in general, and vegetable growing, in particular, especially regarding the price and the carbon footprint of the inputs that are used. In this regard, the trend of applying technologies that promotes the existence of cohesion and harmony between the various technological links at farm level becomes obvious. Among these, especially in the last decade, a particular amplitude is manifested in terms of regenerative agriculture practices. The present paper aims to evaluate the degree of regenerative agriculture practices sustainability with direct applicability to the ecological vegetable cultivation, highlighting the analogy of the two agricultural systems. In this respect, a relevant number of studies that addressed the topics involved were assessed, trying to synthesize the conclusive results and also to draw some potential directions to be followed in the very near future.
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