Untertitel:: Environmental Challenges and Solutions
Verlag:: Springer Netherland
Erschienen:: 17.05.2013
Seitenanzahl:: 247
ISBN:: 9400767900
EAN:: 9789400767904
Format:: eBook
Schutz:: Dig. Wass.
Downloadzeit:: Maximaler Downloadzeitraum: 24 Monate

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An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture

Carl F. Jordan

<p>Modern industrial agriculture is not sustainable because of its heavy reliance on petroleum, a non-renewable source of the energy used in farming, and because of pollution caused by petroleum products such as fertilizers and pesticides. A systems analysis of farming suggests that agriculture will be more sustainable when services of nature, such as nutrient recycling by soil micro-organisms and natural controls of insects, replace the services now provided by energy from petroleum. Examples are drawn from the Southeastern USA, but lessons learned can be applied worldwide. </p><p> </p>