BRIDGING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE AGRICULTURE-SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATION MODEL
Abstract
proposed study will introduce the Agriculture Sustainability Integration Model (ASIM) as a methodology of evaluating how scientific interventions can affect the environmental sustainability and the operational performance in the agricultural sector. The model measures the productivity, resource performance, and ecological impacts quantitatively on normalized performance indicators in relation to a composite sustainability score. The results indicate that integrated systems that take sustainability into consideration have realized an average of 25-30 percent efficiency improvement in resource use as compared to conventional practices and a reduction in the intensity of emissions by approximately 40 percent. There was also a positive overall increase in the composite sustainability score to 0.78 under integrated management as opposed to 0.52 in conventional systems, and productivity stability, mitigation of negative environmental impact, and decision accuracy have had equal positive increases. Statistical aggregation also clearly showed that resource efficiency and ecological impact indices added more than 60 percent of the total sustainability performance, and in integrated agricultural planning, their role is important. The findings confirm the hypothesis that application of agricultural science and sustainability coordination principles can deliver quantifiable positive environmental impacts without influencing the performance of yields. The proposed model will offer a researcher or policymaker a practical resource to develop an evidence-based mechanism to facilitate sustainable agricultural systems within different agro-ecological contexts.
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