Title: The Potential Negative Effects Of Agriculture On The Environment, & The Sustainable Use Of Resources - Better Meets Reality
Headings: The Potential Negative Effects Of Agriculture On The Environment, & The Sustainable Use Of Resources
The Potential Negative Effects Of Agriculture On The Environment, & The Sustainable Use Of Resources
Summary – Environmental & Sustainable Use Of Resource Problems Resulting From Agriculture
Agriculture Impacts Many Different Aspects Of The Environment & Society
The Different Key Variables In Agriculture That Contribute To Environmental & Sustainability Issues
A Changing Climate & Greenhouse Gases
Deforestation & Land Use
Land Degradation, & Soil Degradation
Pollution – Water Pollution, Air Pollution, & Land Pollution
General Waste, & Waste Pollution
(Un) Sustainable Use Of Resources
Genetic Engineering & The Use Of GMOs In Agriculture
A Few Other Notes On Agriculture
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Content: Agriculture can also contribute to the unsustainable use of resources through the use of resources like agricultural land (grazing land and cropland), topsoil, irrigated water, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and the raw materials that go into making some of these resources (like for example the mined resources that go into making potash fertilizer)
There’s also more controversial issues like the use of genetically modified seeds and crops used in agriculture that may or may not have an impact on the environment and sustainability
Sustainable agriculture is one solution that has been proposed to help address some of the current issues related to conventional farming
*Note – this is a generalized guide only. Ultimately, environmental and resource sustainability problems are specific to individual farms, geographic locations, agricultural methods and processes used, types of agricultural products being grown or produced, and many more variables and factors. Agriculture Impacts Many Different Aspects Of The Environment & Society
The environmental impact of agriculture involves a variety of factors from the soil, to water, the air, animal and soil variety, people, plants, and the food itself. – wikipedia.org
The Different Key Variables In Agriculture That Contribute To Environmental & Sustainability Issues
The main variables and factors that contribute to the range of environmental issues are: The clearing of land and forests, and conversion into farms and ranches
The use of synthetic fertilizers like nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizers
The use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides
The use of non renewable and irrigated water
The farming of livestock, and their associated waste and emissions
Intensive or unsustainable farming practices which don’t consider long term soil health, topsoil, and other long term considerations
General farming waste
A Changing Climate & Greenhouse Gases
Globally, agriculture might lead all industries in methane and nitrous oxide emissions. There’s several ways that agriculture contributes to a changing climate: – First, there’s the clearing of land of trees and vegetation to convert them into farms, ranches and agricultural land. Trees and vegetation are a carbon sink
– Second, the clearing of land and the change of land use changes the composition of the Earth’s surface, and can chance the way it absorbs and reflects/releases heat
– Third, there are greenhouse gases that are emitted from the use of fertilizers – like for example, nitrous oxide being released from nitrogen based synthetic fertilizers. – There is also the manufacturing stage of fertilizers to consider and the associated emissions
– Fourth, there are greenhouse gases that are emitted from the use of pesticides – at the manufacturing stage, and at the usage stage. Although, emissions from pesticides are likely largely being ignored right now in some agricultural GHG emissions data
– Fifth, there are greenhouse gases that are emitted from livestock – from …
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