The idea sustainable farming started last century and has become more popular in our present days.
Sustainable farming is the farming system that is closest to natural process, minimizes waste, does less damage to the environment and yet it’s still profitable.
When a farm system is sustainable, the product of the farm will be nutritious, and not contaminated by substance that maybe unsafe for humans to consume. Sustainable farming systems are set in order to maximize advantage of the existing soil nutrients, soil organism and energy flow and water cycles.
Sustainable farming includes being sustainable in agricultural production, sustainable in rural economy and society and being sustainable in environmental and ecological agricultural system.
From a sustainable agricultural point of view in the Nigeria, one of the main constraints is the agricultural system, which has slow response to technology adoption when it comes to agriculture, low productivity, low return of investment and rural poverty Agricultural commercialization and investment are some key strategies for promoting, modernizing and attaining a sustainable growth and development.
Lack of development in general is a problem when it comes to Agriculture. The lack of development include: social development (development relating her people and the country), economic development (development relating finance and wealth of the country), and environmental development (development relating to quality of the air, water, soil etc), and political development (development relating to political system).
Marketing involves the conveying of agricultural product from farmers to consumers. Some of the problems of marketing affecting the Nigeria agricultural system include poor transportation means, poor packaging and poor quality.
Data obtain for this thesis was mainly obtain from a different sources. These data includes publications from banks, economics, statistic bulletin, books, publish thesis, internet source, and annual reports.
Here are some suggestions/ advice to farmers on possible solution relating to farm products and by-products such as sewage or waste water, organic waste, and the energy used in the farm. The advice include why farm product and by-product should be used in the farm and how farms could produce less waste and be recycled within the farm area.
Using of organic waste in a farm can increase soil stability, organic matter content in the soil and therefore increase resilience to changing climate conditions. Organic waste has more species on average when compare to than conventional farmland, thereby contributing to the
safeguarding of ecosystem services from pollination and nutrient recycling to clean water and air.
