Need for environmental protection: an economic overview; Elements of environmental protection- sustainable agriculture and its dimensions-ecological, economic, technological, social and political; Preservation of biological diversity. Integrated farming and organic farming; Institutional measures and regulatory tools for environmental protection; Economic instruments for environmental protection. Issues of food security and international irade in relation to environmental protection. Sustainability concerns- definitions and concept of sustainability, conditions for sustainable development, indicators of sustainability and its measurement; Farming systems approach to sustainable development, its evolution, methodologies and implementation, challenges
