The Challenge of Agricultural Sustainability for Asia and Europe |
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Authors: | Michele Pisante Sandra Corsi Amir Kassam Theodor Friedrich |
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Institution: | (1) Agronomy and Crop Sciences Research and Education Center, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy;(2) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | It is expected that climate change (CC), growing population, increasing urbanization and improving living standards are amongst
the major drivers influencing future agricultural development needs. Under conventional agricultural systems, the main sources
of growth in crop production are well known. Beyond suffering its consequences, agriculture has been shown to act as a driver
of CC, primarily through the production and release of about 15% of the atmospheric greenhouse gases but also by altering
the resilience of the agro-ecosystems. The main criterion for the production systems called conservation agriculture (CA)
is the provision of an optimum environment in the root-zone to maximum possible depth. Under CA the water-holding capacity
of the soil increases, and water losses are reduced. CA combined with other complementary techniques can also help reduce
the emissions for methane and nitrous oxides and at the same time it can improve rural and socio-economic development. |
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