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Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 35,66 MB
Release : 2008-06-16
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ISBN : 926404678X
Provides comprehensive data and analysis on the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, covering soil, water, air and biodiversity and looking at recent policy developments in all 30 countries.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 2001-08-27
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ISBN : 9264033807
Explores how agricultural policy can be designed to not only serve agricultural and economic objectives, but also environmental ones.
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Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Comprehensive, up to date and internationally comparable data on the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries.
Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher :
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 12,66 MB
Release : 2001
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Author : Paul Faeth
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 29,47 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
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Author : Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319231626
Meeting the world’s food security challenge will require a multi-national, collaborative effort to integrate the best research from science, engineering and socioeconomics so that technological advances can bring benefits where they are most needed. The present book covers the effect of major environmental problems on crop production and how to cope with these issues for sustainable agriculture and improvements of crops. The world’s population is predicted to hit 9.6 Billion by 2050, up from today’s total of nearly 7.3 Billion, and with it food demand is predicted to increase substantially. The post-war ‘second agricultural revolution’ in developed countries, and the ‘green revolution’ in developing nations in the mid- 1960s converted agricultural practices and elevated crop yields spectacularly, but the outcome is levelling off and will not meet projected demand. Simultaneously, crop production is affected by many other factors, including industrial pollution, overuse of fertilizers and insecticides, heavy metal and radiation stresses etc. It has been noted that many pests are becoming resistant to insecticides. Estimates vary, but around 25% of crops can be lost to pests and diseases. Climate change associated with agriculture is also a global issue. Agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gases and is estimated to account for 10-12% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many of the issues highlighted are global problems and are addressed thoroug hly in this work.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 2020-02-25
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ISBN : 9264916253
Environment at a Glance 2020 presents a digest of major environmental trends in areas such as climate change, biodiversity, water resources, air quality and circular economy. Analysis is based on indicators from the OECD Core Set of Environmental Indicators
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2008-06-16
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ISBN : 9264040854
Comprehensive, up to date and internationally comparable data on the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries.
Author : Fred C. White
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Agricultural pollution
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Author : Margaret Oliver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1136468242
Precision agriculture (PA) involves the application of technologies and agronomic principles to manage spatial and temporal variation associated with all aspects of agricultural production in order to improve crop performance and environmental quality. The focus of this book is to introduce a non-specialist audience to the the role of PA in food security, environmental protection, and sustainable use of natural resources, as well as its economic benefits. The technologies covered include yield monitors and remote sensing, and the key agronomic principles addressed are the optimal delivery of fertilizers, water and pesticides to crops only when and where these are required. As a result, it is shown that both food production and resource efficiency can be maximized, without waste or damage to the environment, such as can occur from excessive fertilizer or pesticide applications. The authors of necessity describe some technicalities about PA, but the overall aim is to introduce readers who are unfamiliar with PA to this very broad subject and to demonstrate the potential impact of PA on the environment and economy. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.