Sustainable development cannot be promoted, without design culture and social responsibility of choices

The fundamental principles of the professional approach are universal: concrete responses to the sustainability of the entire system are the definition of the principles on which to base the content elements of the projects, good professional practices, the definition of professional standards.

Alongside the innovation of the design technique and methodology there is the theme of professional ethics and consequently of social responsibility.

The social responsibility of agronomists is particularly relevant because its design choices also of individuals, they can have very strong repercussions on the environment and society.

There are many important examples in which the progress of a community and a nation has been stimulated by the activity of the agronomist; much of the progress in the world is due to the works of agronomists.

Today the agronomist's job is much more complex: choices must be shared and the principle of social responsibility is the key element to guide these choices.

Reflection and discussion on these issues is necessary to share a global line of behavior.