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2 MODEL, ANALYSIS, DESIGN,
AND IMPLEMENTATION
Sustainable agriculture is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals,
does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respect animals, provides a fair wage to
the farmer, and support and enhances rural communities. This method is an important element
of the overall effort to make human activities
compatible with the demands of the earth‘s eco- system. Thus, an understanding of the different
approaches to ecological agriculture is necessary if we want to utilize the planet‘s resources Desai and
Pujari, 2007.
2.1 Model of Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is an agricultural system that involves several aspect, they are
ecologically sound, associative economy, socially just, culturally appropriate, holistic science,
appropriate technology, and development of human potential. Those element are related each other. The
correlation between those elements is described in figure 1.
Based on that figure, political structure, business enterprises, science, technology, and
cultural institution have relation like a circle. Even business enterprises, people, nature, cultural
institution, individual, and inner ecology have interrelationship. From that relation we can see that
agriculture is start from the relation between people and nature.
Nature supply medium for human being to farming. This activity was originally only was
designed to meet the needs of every day. But in a system of sustainable agriculture, these activities
are part of the business needs. In any area businesses enterprises directly related to the
political structure. This is related to the agricultural policy issued by governmental bodies and
procedures for working in the field of agriculture. Political structure certainly can not arbitrarily
determine the policy, particularly in agriculture, regardless of the condition of society in the region.
Because of that, it takes the role of cultural institutions in it.
In the implementation of sustainable agriculture not only the relevant aspects of culture
but also is required the application of science that is supported by technology. The purpose of this
requirement is in order to sustainable agriculture is not only just a theory without strong basic but also
can be a method which can make our agriculture better than before. Because of that, to support this
method, application of technology is needed. It can make the method easy to do and to handle. The
increase of sophisticated technology makes the price of products more expensive. So that, the
present of science and technology directly impact to business enterprises.
Figure 1. Generic Model of Sustainable Agriculture Source: http:www.cadi.ph
Cultural institution not only related to technology that is applied in sustainable agriculture
but also to subject who is involved inside. All of subjects are part of inner ecology that will be built
through the sustainable agriculture.
2.2 Analysis of Organic Farming as
