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Agri-environment : perspectives on sustainable development
Petrescu, Dacinia Crina; Burny, Philippe; Petrescu-Mag, Ruxandra Malina
2012Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux, Belgium
 

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Keywords :
Agri-environment; Sustainable development; Renewable energy; Agriculture; Climatic changes; Common Agricultural Policy; Ecologically intensive agriculture; Organic farming; Water management; Urban agriculture; Biofuels
Abstract :
[en] Agriculture is today at the crossroad. The human population on Earth is growing fastly, especially in developing countries, and will probably reach 9 billion people in 2050. Economic development globally increases people's income. As a consequence, the demand for food is sharply increasing. In addition, the demand for renewable energy, including biofuels, is also going up. At the same time, natural resources are becoming scarce and climatic changes influence more and more the conditions of vegetal and animal production. During the last decades, agricultural production methods have used large quantities of inputs like pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Enough food was produced for the world population, but some environmental problems appeared. In the near future, a new equilibrium will have to be found between agriculture, environment and land management. New concepts are elaborated: “ecologically intensive agriculture”, “organic farming”, “water management”, “agri-environmental measures”, “urban agriculture” etc. This book is a collection of papers dealing with these topics which will define the features of our future.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Editor :
Petrescu, Dacinia Crina
Burny, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Sciences agronomiques > Economie et développement rural
Petrescu-Mag, Ruxandra Malina  
Language :
English
Title :
Agri-environment : perspectives on sustainable development
Publication date :
2012
Publisher :
Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux, Belgium
Bioflux Publishing House, Gembloux, Belgium
ISBN/EAN :
978-2-8716-120-3
Number of pages :
291
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