Exploring the Contributions of Sociology towards Attaining Agricultural Sustainability

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2021-06

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African Scholar Publications & Research International

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Sustainability is the principal component of state-funded college study activities and development associations. Some improvement, be that as it may, is the prevailing worldview of traditional farming. Farming discoveries are water, soil and air pollution, normal asset debasement and biodiversity misfortune. Considering these emergencies and the push to discover an exit plan, this paper, in light of the assessment of present-day literature, asserted that we should change from a technocratic approach to a social arrangement framework so as to support sustainable agriculture. Agriculture ought to be viewed as an act of human instinct. Hence, the reason for this audit paper is to research sociology's commitment to achieving agricultural sustainability. The exploration shows that agricultural sustainability can never again disregard human measurement and social segments at the centre of agricultural development. Albeit rustic and normal sciences are basic, sociology needs to assume its job in inquiring about the human viewpoints that are basic to African Scholar Publications & Research International VOL. 21 NO. 2 ISSN: 2010-1086 JUNE, 2021 African Scholar Journal of African Sustainable Development (JASD-2) 10 africanscholarpublications@gmail.com 2021 understanding and sustainability in agriculture. The commitments of sociology to sustainable agriculture incorporate investigating the ideal models used to decipher sustainability, progressing sociological models to clarify mentalities and practices, and illuminating policymakers about the social effects regarding assessing sustainable agricultural approaches. To understand the objectives of this study, a qualitative methodology and a secondary method of data collection were additionally utilized. This approach depends on an impressive volume of related literature.9-22

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Sociology, Sustainable agriculture, agricultural improvement, climate change, Cultural Norms

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