This book highlights the environmental footprints and best practices in sustainable agriculture. This second volume includes fifteen interesting chapters that present agriculture in the light of forest conservation, circular economy, climate change, sustainability, food security during pandemics and soil conservation, written by leading experts in the field. It provides and interesting read for researchers, policy makers and professionals in the area of agriculture and economy.

Autorentext

Prof. Elena G. Popkova is a researcher at the Center for applied research and the chair of "Economic policy and public-private partnership" at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia. Her research interests are in the area of innovative economics, environmental safety, and management strategies. Currently she is a professor at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

Prof. Bruno S. Sergi teaches at Harvard University's Extension School on the economics of emerging markets and is Affiliated Faculty of Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science. He is the Associate Editor of The American Economist and his longstanding research interests center on the economics of emerging markets. He teaches international economics at the University of Messina and is the scientific director of the International Center for Emerging Markets Research at RUDN University - Moscow.

Inhalt

Section 1. Critical analysis of circular agriculture in the context of global challenges of the modern age

Chapter 1. New requirements to agriculture from the perspective of forest conservation and protection of biodiversity amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Chapter 2. Sustainability of circular agriculture in the face of climate change

Chapter 3. Adequacy of circular practices in agriculture for fighting global hunger and ensuring food security

Chapter 4. Disequilibria in food security of countries across the world as the problem of sustainable agricultural development Chapter 5. Comprehensive assessment of sustainability of circular agriculture

Section 2. Regenerative agriculture as a vector of sustainable agricultural development Chapter 6. Regenerative agriculture as a new approach to sustainable agriculture

Chapter 7. Regenerative agriculture as an evolutionary model of agriculture that has replaced circular practices: environmental regeneration, reverse climate change, soil enrichment

Chapter 8. Importance of regenerative agriculture for sustainable agricultural development

Chapter 9. Regenerative agriculture as a mechanism for environmental crisis management and prevention of epidemics

Chapter 10. Advantages of regenerative agriculture for food security at present and in the future

Section 3. Policy and management implications for the transition to regenerative agriculture

Chapter 11. A promising approach to state regulation of the agricultural economy for its transition to regenerative agriculture

Chapter 12. A model of regenerative agriculture in the agricultural economy: advantages for sustainable agricultural development

Chapter 13. A framework of regenerative agriculture for territories with adverse environmental conditions for agriculture

Chapter 14. A model of regenerative agriculture in the regional economic system: a balance of social, economic and ecologic development and a path to sustainability Chapter 15. Management and marketing of regenerative agriculture in agricultural enterprises: practical implications