In order for sustainable agricultural systems to meet the rising demands for food production, environmental impacts should be considered in addition to economic and social benefits. The pressure and impacts of agricultural and horticultural activities on the environment in terms of soil, plant and atmosphere need to be controlled.

Some of the topics to be addressed in this symposium are as follows:
-the role of conservation agriculture for sustainable farming
-contamination of the soil-water-atmosphere continuum in agricultural areas
-desertification and land degradation in agricultural ecosystems.