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Sustainable Agriculture

What is Sustainable Agriculture?

Some terms defy definition. “Sustainable agriculture” has become one of them. In such a quickly changing world, can anything be sustainable? What do we want to sustain? How can we implement such a nebulous goal? Is it too late? With the contradictions and questions have come a hard look at our present food production system and thoughtful evaluations of its future. If nothing else, the term “sustainable agriculture” has provided “talking points,” a sense of direction, and an urgency, that has sparked much excitement and innovative thinking in the agricultural world.
The word “sustain,” from the Latin sustinere (sus-, from below and tenere, to hold), to keep in existence or maintain, implies long-term support or permanence. As it pertains to agriculture, sustainable describes farming systems that are “capable of maintaining their productivity and usefulness to society indefinitely. Such systems... must be resource-conserving, socially supportive, commercially competitive, and environmentally sound.” [John Ikerd, as quoted by Richard Duesterhaus in "Sustainability's Promise," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Jan.-Feb. 1990) 45(1): p.4. NAL Call # 56.8 J822]
Sustainable agriculture was addressed by Congress in the 1990 Farm Bill [Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (FACTA), Public Law 101-624, Title XVI, Subtitle A, Section 1603 (Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1990) NAL Call # KF1692.A31 1990]. Under that law, “the term sustainable agriculture means an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long term:

• satisfy human food and fiber needs
• enhance environmental quality and the natural resource base upon which the agricultural economy depends
• make the most efficient use of nonrenewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls
• sustain the economic viability of farm operations
• enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole.”

As more parties sign on to the sustainable agriculture effort, perceptions about what defines sustainability in agriculture have multiplied. AFSIC's publication, Sustainable Agriculture: Definitions and Terms, http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/terms/srb9902.shtml strives to illustrate the commonality and some of the controversy that defining such a goal entails, and it includes brief descriptions of the methodologies and practices currently associated with sustainable agriculture.
“In popular literature, sustainable agriculture generally is presented as a new phenomenon. Wes Jackson is credited with the first publication of the expression in his New Roots for Agriculture (1980), and the term didn’t emerge in popular usage until the late 1980s.” (“A Brief History of Sustainable Agriculture,” by Fred Kirschenmann, in The Networker, vol. 9, no. 2, March 2004.) However, the idea of agricultural sustainability – stewarding the food production resource base for use of future generations – is not a new phenomenon
Sustainable agriculture takes many forms, but at its core is a rejection of the industrial approach to food production developed during the 20th century.
This system, with its reliance on monoculture, mechanization, chemical pesticides and fertilizers, biotechnology, and government subsidies, has made food abundant and affordable. However, the ecological and social price has been steep: erosion; depleted and contaminated soil and water resources; loss of biodiversity; deforestation; labor abuses; and the decline of the family farm.
The concept of sustainable agriculture embraces a wide range of techniques, including organic, free-range, low-input, holistic, and biodynamic.
The common thread among these methods is an embrace of farming practices that mimic natural ecological processes. Farmers minimize tilling and water use; encourage healthy soil by planting fields with different crops year after year and integrating croplands with livestock grazing; and avoid pesticide use by nurturing the presence of organisms that control crop-destroying pests.
Beyond growing food, the philosophy of sustainability also espouses broader principles that support the just treatment of farm workers and food pricing that provides the farmer with a livable income.
Critics of sustainable agriculture claim, among other things, that its methods result in lower crop yields and higher land use. They add that a wholesale commitment to its practices will mean inevitable food shortages for a world population expected to exceed 8 billion by the year 2030. There's recent evidence, though, suggesting that over time, sustainably farmed lands can be as productive as conventional industrial farms.

Curriculum Vitae

1.    Personal Detail

Full Name                           :           Ganda Arief Sujendro
Sex                                      :           Male
Place, Date of Birth            :           Jember, 26 Agustus 1993
Nationality                          :           Indonesian
Marital Status                     :           Single
Height, Weight                   :           170 cm, 65 kg
Health                                 :           Perfect
Religion                              :           Moslem
Address                              :           Jl. Kyai Mojo II/40
Mobile                                :           083848205957
Phone                                 :           0331 - 410074
E-mail                                :           thesujendro@gmail.com

2.    Educational Background

 2001–  2007                      :           SDN Kepatihan 01

 2007 – 2009                      :           SMPN 1 Jember
 2009 – 2011                      :           SMAN 4 Jember
 2011 – now                       :           Student in Agricultural Department at the

University of Jember, East Java, Indonesia

3.    Appreciation

1. 2nd champion of tournament tennis in East of Java (Single)
   3rd champion of tournasment tennis in East Java (Double)
2. 2nd champion of Embu in Shorinji Kempo in Bojonegoro, East Java (Self Defense)  

4.    Qualifications

1. Agricultural Management,
2. Agronomy Fundamental Management,
3. Soil Fundamental Management,
4. Quality Controling (Good Laboratory Practice, HACCP),
5. Post Harvest Management,
6. Computer Literate (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point),
7. Internet Literate,
8. English Languange
9. Statistic
10. biochemistry and pure chemistry
11. livestock management

What happens on the 1st and 2nd May?
On 1 May in commemorating the day laborers. Labor Day is generally celebrated on May 1, and known as May Day. Labor Day is a holiday (in some countries) that began with the annual business trade union movement to celebrate the success of economic and social workers.
Indonesia in 1920 also began to commemorate Labor Day on 1 May. Ibarruri Aidit (DN Aidit eldest daughter) with her mother as a child had attended the International Labor Day celebration in the Soviet Union, after the adults also attend the International Labor Day May 1, 1970 in Tian An Men Square on the anniversary of the PRC under Mao Zedong in his presence as well, Prince with his wife Queen Monique Sihanouk, Cambodia's Prime Minister Pennut, Lin Biao (the second person of the Chinese Communist Party) and the Burma Communist Party leader Thaksin B Tan Tein.
But since the New Order government Labor Day no longer celebrated in Indonesia, and since then, May 1 is no longer a holiday to commemorate the role of labor in society and the economy. This is because the labor movement and the movement associated with the communists that since the incident at the 1965 G-30 taboo in Indonesia. During Suharto's rule, the action for the commemoration of May Day is categorized as a subversive activity, because May Day is always connoted with communist ideology. Connotation is clearly not fit, because the majority of countries in the world (mostly non-Communist ideology, and even embracing the principle of anti-Communist), establish May 1 as Labour Day and make it a national holiday.
After the New Order era ended, though not a holiday, each dated May 1 comeback celebrated by workers in Indonesia with demonstrations in various cities. Fears that a mass movement that mobilized workers annually on May 1 led to the riots, it was never proven. Since May Day 1999 to 2006 there has never been destructive acts committed by the mass movement of workers who entered the category of "endangering public order". What happened instead repressive security apparatus against the workers, because they are still guided by the old paradigm that May Day is considered subversive and masterminded the communist movement.
Thousands of Indonesian workers to celebrate International Labor Day or May Day, Sunday (01/05) at the Roundabout Hotel Indonesia, Jakarta. They called for the certainty of social security for workers in Indonesia while chanting struggle eperti "On Labour" and "Give the Rights of Workers," and they marched towards the Presidential Palace.

Today May 2, 2012, our nation celebrated National Education Day to coincide with the birth of Ki Hajar Dewantara (May 2 1889-28 April 1959; original name: Raden Mas Soewardi Soeryaningrat) is one of a National Hero who is also the father of National Education of Indonesia.
He has served as Minister of National Education Republic of Indonesia. His name is also immortalized in the name of a Guard ship missile destroyer. This ship is also a member of warships for the Navy trained and named KRI Ki Hajar Dewantara. With a highly renowned teaching the tut wuri handayani from behind a teacher should be able to give encouragement and direction, Mangun ing initiative in the middle or between pupils, teachers must create initiatives and ideas, and sung tulada ngarsa ing in front, an educator must an example or examples of good actions
For people who want to advance and excel in global competition, education is key. Education is the duty of the state's most important and very strategic. Qualified human resources is a basic prerequisite for the formation of a good civilization. Conversely poor human resources, will definitely give birth to bad people too.
To deliver the vision of education that way, and see the reality of education in this country is still very far from expectations. In fact, far behind countries - other countries. It can be seen from at least three things: First, the paradigm of national education highly secular and materialistic so it does not produce quality human whole, physically and mentally. Second, the increasingly high cost of education from year to year. Third, the resulting poor quality of human resources to compete globally.
The meanings of education every nation has its own experience. So also with Indonesia. Unfinished education reform because it has not been open space for dialogue as an act of communication. Current climate of democracy does not even guarantee to bring education to a more transformative. The new educational reform at this stage not skin deep to the system as the ultimate in skin.

EARTH DAY

What was the purpose of Earth Day? How did it start? These are the questions I am most frequently asked.

Actually, the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. For several years, it had been troubling me that the state of our environment was simply a non-issue in the politics of the country. Finally, in November 1962, an idea occurred to me that was, I thought, a virtual cinch to put the environment into the political "limelight" once and for all. The idea was to persuade President Kennedy to give visibility to this issue by going on a national conservation tour. I flew to Washington to discuss the proposal with Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who liked the idea. So did the President. The President began his five-day, eleven-state conservation tour in September 1963. For many reasons the tour did not succeed in putting the issue onto the national political agenda. However, it was the germ of the idea that ultimately flowered into Earth Day.

I continued to speak on environmental issues to a variety of audiences in some twenty-five states. All across the country, evidence of environmental degradation was appearing everywhere, and everyone noticed except the political establishment. The environmental issue simply was not to be found on the nation's political agenda. The people were concerned, but the politicians were not.

After President Kennedy's tour, I still hoped for some idea that would thrust the environment into the political mainstream. Six years would pass before the idea that became Earth Day occurred to me while on a conservation speaking tour out West in the summer of 1969. At the time, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, called "teach-ins," had spread to college campuses all across the nation. Suddenly, the idea occurred to me - why not organize a huge grassroots protest over what was happening to our environment?

I was satisfied that if we could tap into the environmental concerns of the general public and infuse the student anti-war energy into the environmental cause, we could generate a demonstration that would force this issue onto the political agenda. It was a big gamble, but worth a try.

At a conference in Seattle in September 1969, I announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment and invited everyone to participate. The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters. Telegrams, letters, and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes, and air - and they did so with spectacular exuberance. For the next four months, two members of my Senate staff, Linda Billings and John Heritage, managed Earth Day affairs out of my Senate office.

Five months before Earth Day, on Sunday, November 30, 1969, The New York Times carried a lengthy article by Gladwin Hill reporting on the astonishing proliferation of environmental events:

"Rising concern about the environmental crisis is sweeping the nation's campuses with an intensity that may be on its way to eclipsing student discontent over the war in Vietnam...a national day of observance of environmental problems...is being planned for next spring...when a nationwide environmental 'teach-in'...coordinated from the office of Senator Gaylord Nelson is planned...."

It was obvious that we were headed for a spectacular success on Earth Day. It was also obvious that grassroots activities had ballooned beyond the capacity of my U.S. Senate office staff to keep up with the telephone calls, paper work, inquiries, etc. In mid-January, three months before Earth Day, John Gardner, Founder of Common Cause, provided temporary space for a Washington, D.C. headquarters. I staffed the office with college students and selected Denis Hayes as coordinator of activities.

Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. We had neither the time nor resources to organize 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of schools and local communities that participated. That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself.

The Little Black Boy

My mother bore me in the southern wild,
And I am black, but O my soul is white!
White as an angel is the English child,
But I am black, as if bereaved of light.

My mother taught me underneath a tree,
And, sitting down before the heat of day,
She took me on her lap and kissed me,
And, pointing to the East, began to say:

 ‘Look on the rising sun: there God does live,
And gives His light, and gives His heat away,
And flowers and trees and beasts and men receive
Comfort in morning, joy in the noonday.

‘And we are put on earth a little space,
That we may learn to bear the beams of love;
And these black bodies and this sunburnt face
Are but a cloud, and like a shady grove.

‘For, when our souls have learned the heat to bear,
The cloud will vanish, we shall hear His voice,
Saying, “Come out from the grove, my love and care,
And round my golden tent like lambs rejoice.”‘

Thus did my mother say, and kissed me,
 

And thus I say to little English boy.
When I from black, and he from white cloud free,
And round the tent of God like lambs we joy,

I’ll shade him from the heat till he can bear
To lean in joy upon our Father’s knee;
And then I’ll stand and stroke his silver hair,
And be like him, and he will then love me.

just for self motivation

those who afraid to fall, never learn how to fly

Meaning of Kartini Day

Every April 21 we as citizens of Indonesia, especially womencelebrate
Kartini, from year to year as far as we remember every day ofKartini schools are required to wearregional costumes from different corners of the country or activitiesrelated to
kewanitaan.Padahal Kartini precisely in its history even tried to break the dominance of men
where women can be as high schools, and earn the same rights as
men.
But the irony is it after all this time the condition of women is still a lot that is far from
expectations, there is a self-contained as if she could live withoutmen, or women to be
slave in the land and the subject of harassment or was supposed tobe sold belikan.Yang
equality, mutual respect, mutual support, and keep each other inhuman freedom.
In the family, at work, in society, there are still many injustices we see that
accepted by the pgirl.but whether a woman should still be treated as
The fate of that ... we as women are in the hands of our own, soshow that the
she was weak and did not have the power to exceed the men butnot separated from
family responsibilities, work, and society as a nature of women.
Hopefully this year the meaning of Kartini and also for years to come not just to commemorate
with the activities but appear new Kartini Kartini-legendary like Mother Kartini
Advanced nations will depend on the quality perempuan.Danbehind the success of a family usually
there is a strong woman, and steadfastly carry the load as a wife, a mother,
an employee, and a good community member 

seize the day

Seize the day or die
Regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here
Too many people to ache over

I see my vision burn
I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
These streets we travel on
Will undergo our same lost past

I found you here
Now please just stay for a while
I can move on with you around
I hand you my mortal life
But will it be forever?

I'd do anything for a smile
Holding you 'til our time is done
We both know the day will come
But I don't want to leave you

I see my vision burn
I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
A melody, a memory
Or just one picture

Seize the day or die
Regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here
Too many people to ache over

Newborn life replacing all of us
Changing this fable we live in
No longer needed here
So where do we go?

Will you take a journey tonight
Follow me past the walls of death?
But girl, what if
There is no eternal life?


I see my vision burn
I feel my memories fade with time
But I'm too young to worry
A melody, a memory
Or just one picture

Seize the day or die
Regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here
Too many people to ache over

Trials in life, questions of us existing here
Don't wanna die alone
Without you here, please tell me
What we have is real

So, what if I never hold you, yeah
Or kiss your lips again?
So I never want to leave you
And the memories of us to see
I beg don't leave me

Seize the day or die
Regretting the time you lost
It's empty and cold without you here
Too many people to ache over

Trials in life, questions of us existing here
Don't wanna die alone
Without you here, please tell me
What we have is real

Silence, you lost me
No chance for one more day
Silence, you lost me
No chance for one more day

Silence, you lost me
No chance for one more day
Silence, you lost me
No chance for one more day

Silence, you lost me
No chance for one more day
Silence, you lost me
No chance for one more day

i don't wanna fight no more

"I Don't Wanna Fight No More"

I can't sleep,
everything i ever knew,
Is a lie,
without you,

I can't breathe,
when my heart is broke in two,
There's no beat,
without you,

You're not gone,
but you're not here,
At least that's the way it seems tonight,
If we could try to end these wars,
I know that we can make it right,
cause baby,

I don't wanna fight no more,
I forgot what we were fighting for,
and this lonelyness that's in my heart,
won't let me be apart from you,

I don't wanna have to try,
Girl, to live without you in my life,
So, i'm hoping we can start tonight,
cause i don't wanna fight,
no more,

How can I leave,
when everything that I adore,
and everything I'm living for,
Girl, it's in you,

I can't dream,
sleepless nights have got me bad,
The only dream i ever had,
is being with you,

I know that we can make it right,
It's gonna take a little time,
Lets not leave ourselves with no way out,
lets not cross that line,(that line)

I don't wanna fight no more,
I forgot what we were fighting for,
and this lonelyness that's in my heart,
won't let me be apart from you,

I don't wanna have to try,
Girl, to live without you in my life,
So, i'm hoping we can start tonight,
cause i don't wanna fight,
no more,

Remember that i made a vow,
that i would never let you go,
I meant it then, I mean it now,
and i want to tell you so,

I don't wanna fight no more, (oh no)
I forgot what we were fighting for,
and this lonelyness that's in my heart,
won't let me be apart from you,

I don't wanna have to try,
Girl, to live without you in my life,
So, i'm hoping we can start tonight,
(can we start)
cause i don't wanna fight,
no more...

I don't wanna fight no more,
I forgot what we were fighting for, (oh yeah)
and this lonelyness that's in my heart,
(my heart)
won't let me be apart from you,

I don't wanna have to try,
Girl, to live without you in my life,
So, i'm hoping we can start tonight,
(I'm hoping)
cause i don't wanna fight,
no more.......

It's all a lie,
Without you,
without you......

exercise from Mrs.Sofya

FLORIDA TEACHER IN INDONESIAN PLANT PHATOLOGIST CLASS

Dodo               : Good day, student.

Student           : Good day, teacher.

Dodo               : Hello, my name is  Tirto Wahyu Widodo, you can call me Mr. Tirto. And I want to know your  name. Please introduce your self !

Restu               : My name is Restu Ike. And you can call me Restu.

Andiar             : My name is Andiar Setiono and you can call me Andiar.

Dodo               : Ok. student. Today I’m going to teach about fundamental of plant disease protection. Have you known about fundamental of plant disease protection?

Restu               :Yes. in my view point, fundamental of plant disease protection is human activity for protection the plants from plant irritant organism.

Andiar             : In my opinion fundamental of plant disease protection is any kind of ways for preventing yield losses caused by plant irritant organism.

Dodo               : Your statements are correct. It is not doubt you can get B.U scholarship. Just now you said about plant irritant organism. As far as you know, what is plant irritant organism telling about?

Restu               : Plant irritant organism is an organism causing disturbance in plants.

Andiar             : No, that’s wrong sir. That’s not only about organism. It is also caused by wind.

Dodo               : Your statements are correct but it is not complete enough. So, I will give you the correct explanation about OPT. Based on the types there are three kind of plant irritant organism, the first one is pest, pathogen, and the last one is weeds. Mean while based on properties there are two kind of plant irritant organism, both of them are abiotic and biotic.

Restu               : Mr, Can I ask you about the example of biotic irritant ?

Dodo               : Can you answer it Andiar ?

Andiar             : Hmmmm, I think one of the example is pest because there are a live.

Dodo               : Yes, biotic irritant is living thing, such as pest, pathogen, and weeds. Otherwise, abiotic irritant are wind, earthquake, flood, and so on.

Andiar             : What is pest ?

Dodo               : Can you answer about pest, Restu ?

Restu               : I think , pest is an insect.

Dodo               : But not only an insect Restu, another animal can be a pest as well. For example a mice. Pest is an animal which an eating activity causing plant damages. Do you get my point?

Student           : Yes sir, clear enough.

Dodo               : Next, I’m going to tell about weeds? Do yo know weeds?

Restu               : Weeds is a plant that disturbing a crop.

Dodo               : That was correct, but it didn’t complete yet. Weeds is a plant species which has a rule to be a crop competitor in which taking a nutrition, water, and sunlight.

Restu               : What is weeds causing for?

Dodo               : Weeds can cause a main crop experiencing lack of nutrition, water, and sunligth. So, those condition cause an abnormal crop growth.

Restu               : What are the diffences between weeds and pathogen?

Dodo               : Oke, to explain more about plant diseases, I have a friend from University of Florida, USA. He is an plant diseases expert. Now, he is with me. Maybe, he will get here soon. His name is Mr. Ganda Arief.

                        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ganda             : Good afternoon

Students          : Good afternoon

Dodo               :Thanks for coming, please introduce your self !

Ganda             : Ok. My name is Ganda Arief, you can call me Mr. Ganda. I come from Florida,USA. Quite a lot from here. I’m the proffesor of plant pathology.

Dodo               : Ok, with your regard and can you tell to us about pathogen?

Ganda             : Have you known about a plant disease previously?

Andiar             : Plant disease is influence by pathogen.

Ganda             : Ok, thats right. Plant disease is a unbeneficial process which causing plant disfunction. Plant disease cause disfunction plant physiology.

Andiar             : Is the diseases contaminating?

Ganda             : Disease disturbance caused by abiotic is not cantaminating. But, Disease disturbance caused by biotic can be contaminated. Do you know the example of abiotic and biotic irritant ?

Restu               : The example if abiotic irritant is wind and the example of biotic irriant is pathogen.

Ganda             : Yes, everything that have you said is correct.

Andiar             : How do we know the plant can get influence by diseases?

Ganda             : We can determine a disease from symptom and sign in a plant.

Restu               : You said that plant diseases caused by pathogen. What is the kind of pathogen?

Ganda             : The pathogen can be a virus, bactery and fungi. Bactery and fungi are living thing, but a virus is not a living thing.

Andiar             : Why is the virus not a living thing?

Ganda             : Because virus doesn’t have a cell, but only has cell particle. Virus also can’t breed using vegetative or generative. Have you understood about disease?

Student           : A little bit sir!

Ganda             : It’s ok my student, if you want to undestand deeper about plant diseases stuff, you can go to florida, ok. this class is amazing, I’m proud of you.

Student           : You’re welcome sir.

Ganda             : Ok, I will wait you in Florida. Hope your dream is come true, see you next time.

Student           : See you sir.

don't ask to your God to be easy in life, but ask to be strong in life