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: 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: “ End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture ". The United Nations Environment Programme 's 2021 "Making Peace with Nature" report highlighted agriculture as both a driver and an industry under threat from environmental degradation. Contents
1 By agricultural practice
1.1 Animal agriculture
1.2 Irrigation
1.3 Pesticides
2 By environmental issue
2.1 Climate change
2.2 Deforestation
2.3 Genetic engineering
2.4 Pollutants
2.5 Soil degradation
2.5.1 Tillage erosion
2.6 Waste
2.7 Issues by region
3 Sustainable agriculture
3.1 Regenerative agriculture
3.2 Techniques
3.2.1 Conservation tillage
3.2.2 Biological pest control
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
By agricultural practice
Animal agriculture
This section is an excerpt from Environmental impact of meat production [ edit]
The environmental impact of meat production varies because of the wide variety of agricultural practices employed around the world. All agricultural practices have been found to have a variety of effects on the environment. Some of the environmental effects that have been associated with meat production are pollution through fossil fuel usage, animal methane, effluent waste, and water and land consumption.