An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Agriculture E-Book

Carl F. Jordan

• Herausgeber: Springer Netherland
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Environmental Challenges and Solutions
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

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.