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Innovations on Farming System Models
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Behera, U. K. |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Agriculture at present has the trend of using an industrialized production model, where crops and animals are produced in systems that are increasingly specialized, simplified and concentrated, to address growing food, feed and fibre demands. Within this model, external inputs (e.g. irrigation, synthetic fertilizers chemical pest control, feeds, and growth hormones) have been utilized to achieve production goals, often at the expense of environmental quality and key ecosystem services. Continuation of this model of agricultural production has resulted in loss of ecosystem services, increased ecosystem simplification and species extinction. Responses to future challenges in agriculture should include the development of novel systems that are highly productive, minimize damage to the environment and effectively utilize renewable resources. Achieving these multiple goals will be a momentous task, as it will require development and implementation of more complex, diverse and management-intensive production systems than currently employed. Furthermore, future agricultural production systems will need to be adaptable to respond to unforeseen environmental challenges. Integrated agricultural systems have been purported to possess attributes to address these challenges. Agro-chemicals, fuel-based mechanization and irrigation operations are the heart of industrial agriculture which is derived entirely from dwindling and ever more expensive fossil fuels. Intensification of agriculture by the use of high yielding crop varieties, fertilization, irrigations and pesticides are impact heavily on natural resources with serious health and environmental implications. Practice of monoculture in some parts of the country and the world has an adverse environmental impact due to lack of ecological regulation mechanisms and heavily dependent on external inputs. Book Name: Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-Reliant India |
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| Ending Page | 351 |
| Page Count | 21 |
| Starting Page | 331 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003245384-22 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-11-29 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-reliant India Irrigation Fertilization Agriculture Expense External Inputs Adaptable |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
