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The environmental impact of agriculture can vary depending on the region as well as the type of agriculture production method that is being used. Listed below are some specific environmental issues in various different regions around the world. Hedgerow removal in the United Kingdom. Soil salinisation, especially in Australia. Phosphate mining ...
Climate is one of the key controlling factors in grape and wine production, [162] affecting the suitability of certain grape varieties to a particular region as well as the type and quality of the wine produced.
Agriculturally introduced species can also hybridize with native species resulting in a decline in genetic biodiversity [55] and threaten agricultural production. [12] Habitat disturbance associated with farming practices themselves can also facilitate the establishment of these introduced organisms. Contaminated machinery, livestock and fodder ...
Examples of environmental impacts of animal agriculture: Meat production is a main driver of deforestation in Venezuela; Pigs in intensive farming; Testing Australian sheep for exhaled methane production to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture; Farms often pump their animal waste directly into a large lagoon, which has environmental ...
Climate change will exacerbate current biotic stresses on agricultural plants and animals. [6] Increases of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2), rising temperatures, and altered precipitation patterns will affect agricultural productivity. Increases in temperature coupled with more variable precipitation will reduce productivity of crops, and ...
Under SSP3-7.0, a scenario of significant warming and very low adaptation, every additional 1 °C (1.8 °F) would decrease global beef production by 9.7%, mainly because of its impact on tropical and poor countries. In the countries which can afford adaptation measures, production would fall by around 4%, but by 27% in those which cannot. [68]
Unsustainable agricultural practices increase rates of erosion by one to two orders of magnitude over the natural rate and far exceed replacement by soil production. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The tillage of agricultural lands, which breaks up soil into finer particles, is one of the primary factors.
Research in New Zealand estimated that switching agricultural production towards a healthier diet while reducing greenhouse gas emissions would cost approximately 1% of the agricultural sector's export revenue for New Zealand, which is an order of magnitude less than the estimated health system savings from a healthier diet.