2 Science and Technology · 2.5.10 Agriculture and environment

2.5.10.3 Sustainable agriculture: biofertilisers, biopesticides, IPM and climate-smart farming

Sustainable agriculture keeps yields up while protecting soil, water and biodiversity, using living organisms for nutrients and pest control, chemicals only as a last resort, and practices that help farms cope with and slow climate change.

  • APPSC Group 1
  • Advanced level
  • 9 min read
  • Full course

Key terms

  • biofertiliser
  • Rhizobium
  • Azotobacter
  • Azospirillum
  • cyanobacteria
  • Azolla
  • mycorrhiza
  • biopesticide
  • Bacillus thuringiensis
  • Trichoderma
  • baculovirus
  • NPV
  • IPM
  • economic threshold
  • climate-smart agriculture
  • NICRA
  • NMSA
  • SRI
  • AWD
  • conservation agriculture
  • agroforestry

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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