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These chemicals may also enter runoff from crop residues, irrigation water, wildlife, and atmospheric deposition. [3]: p. 2–9 Farmers can develop and implement nutrient management plans to mitigate impacts on water quality by: mapping and documenting fields, crop types, soil types, water bodies; developing realistic crop yield projections
Reusing agricultural waste is in line with the desired circular economy. In today's economy, primary raw materials are mostly used. [30] Agricultural waste, on the other hand, is a secondary raw material. They are residual (waste) streams from an existing industry that can serve as raw materials for new applications.
Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical, food science, environmental, software, and chemical engineering to improve the efficiency of farms and agribusiness enterprises [1] as ...
Monogastric animals have a higher feed-conversion efficiency and also do not produce as much methane. [9] Non-ruminant livestock, such as poultry, emit far fewer greenhouse gases. [10] There are many strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (this is one of the goals of climate-smart agriculture). Mitigation measures in the ...
The negative impact of agriculture is an old issue that remains a concern even as experts design innovative means to reduce destruction and enhance eco-efficiency. [2] Animal agriculture practices tend to be more environmentally destructive than agricultural practices focused on fruits, vegetables and other biomass. The emissions of ammonia ...
Crop production, Crop protection, and; Effective technology promotion and transfer. Through Executive Order 116 of President Corazon Aquino on January 30, 1987, BPI was reorganized to become a staff bureau under the production group of the renamed Department of Agriculture. [1]
A farm that can "produce perpetually", yet has negative effects on environmental quality elsewhere is not sustainable agriculture. An example of a case in which a global view may be warranted is the application of fertilizer or manure , which can improve the productivity of a farm but can pollute nearby rivers and coastal waters ...
Intensive crop farming is a modern industrialized form of crop farming.Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery, farming methods, genetic engineering technology, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the creation of new markets for consumption, patent protection of genetic information, and global trade.