Land Use Planning: A Key to Sustainable Agriculture

摘要: Sustainable use of the soil is a form land management which retains natural fertility and allows for production food fiber supplies renewable resources on long-term basis. It implies that environment should be treated managed in such way cycles energy fluxes among soil, bodies water atmosphere are considered, preserved or restored. To this respect, term «sustainable use» more comprehensive than use». Land, commonly, stands section earth’s surface with all physical, chemical biological features influence resource. refers to spatial variability landscape, climate, hydrology, vegetation fauna, also includes improvements management, as drainage schemes, terraces other agrobiological mechanical measures. The «land encompasses not only agricultural forestry purposes, but settlements, industrial sites, roads human activities. Land use, meaning, can termed sustainable if achieved distribution configuration different uses, guarantee biodiversity preserve eco-balance whole system. Rational planning fundamental process. With reference aforestated issues, paper describes main social economic projects, along their environmental impacts constraints development. importance role institutional strengthening, sound financial managerial frameworks, availability involved, research thrust, technology transfer networking improvement analyzed.