From Industrial Agriculture Towards Ecological Farming - Necessity or Opportunity

• Autorzy: Ilaria Colivicchi
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In recent years, some forms of agricultural production alternatives to monocultures and industrial ones have been developed to promote environmental and social sustainability. These forms of production, although very different from each other, have common characteristics in attracting particular attention to biodiversity in order to ensure the survival of the ecosystem, including soil fertility, pest and disease control, efficiency in use of water and pollination. EEA (1998) has suggested the adoption of indicators that can represent a specific environmental matrix (Driving forces, Pressure, State, Impact and Response) to create an integrated approach to monitor the state of the environment. Innovative techniques are proposed towards ecological agriculture. This type of agriculture uses production methods that can guarantee the conservation of natural resources and consequently natural products for the final market. These cultivation techniques are based on the fact that the farm is itself an ecosystem and therefore is managed respecting the entire cycle of nature: starting from the soil but also from the organisms present in it. The main objective is to safeguard the biodiversity of nature which favors environmental sustainability with crops and livestock breeding according to techniques with low impact on ecosystems. The farmer has a holistic vision of his company that combines ecological, social and economic wellbeing. Some best practices in regenerative agriculture will be described in subsequent subchapters. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Biodiversity; Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture; Diversity management

PL

Różnorodność biologiczna; Rolnictwo zrównoważone; Rolnictwo; Zarządzanie różnorodnością

• Czasopismo: Scientific Publications / University of Economics in Katowice
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Economics of Sustainability
• Strony: 399--420

Twórcy

autor

Ilaria Colivicchi

• University of Florence, Italy

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