Title: Environmental impact of agriculture - Wikipedia
Headings: Environmental impact of agriculture
Environmental impact of agriculture
Contents
By agricultural practice
Animal agriculture
Irrigation
Pesticides
By environmental issue
Climate change
Deforestation
Genetic engineering
Pollutants
Soil degradation
Tillage erosion
Waste
Issues by region
Sustainable agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Techniques
Conservation tillage
Biological pest control
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: means-based", which is based on the farmer's production methods, and "effect-based", which is the impact that farming methods have on the farming system or on emissions to the environment. An example of a means-based indicator would be the quality of groundwater, that is affected by the amount of nitrogen applied to the soil. An indicator reflecting the loss of nitrate to groundwater would be effect-based. The means-based evaluation looks at farmers' practices of agriculture, and the effect-based evaluation considers the actual effects of the agricultural system. For example, the means-based analysis might look at pesticides and fertilization methods that farmers are using, and effect-based analysis would consider how much CO2 is being emitted or what the Nitrogen content of the soil is. The environmental impact of agriculture involves impacts on a variety of different factors: the soil, to water, the air, animal and soil variety, people, plants, and the food itself. Agriculture contributes to a number larger of environmental issues that cause environmental degradation including: climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, dead zones, genetic engineering, irrigation problems, pollutants, soil degradation, and waste. Because of agriculture's importance to global social and environmental systems, the international community has committed to increasing sustainability of food production as part of Sustainable Development Goal 2: “