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Sustainable Agriculture: Between Sustainable Development and Economic Competitiveness

Sustainable Agriculture: Between Sustainable Development and Economic Competitiveness

Adrian Turek
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466640986|ISBN10: 1466640987|EISBN13: 9781466640993
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4098-6.ch012
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Turek, Adrian. "Sustainable Agriculture: Between Sustainable Development and Economic Competitiveness." Sustainable Technologies, Policies, and Constraints in the Green Economy, edited by Andrei Jean-Vasile, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 219-235. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4098-6.ch012

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Turek, A. (2013). Sustainable Agriculture: Between Sustainable Development and Economic Competitiveness. In A. Jean-Vasile, T. Adrian, J. Subic, & D. Dusmanescu (Eds.), Sustainable Technologies, Policies, and Constraints in the Green Economy (pp. 219-235). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4098-6.ch012

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Turek, Adrian. "Sustainable Agriculture: Between Sustainable Development and Economic Competitiveness." In Sustainable Technologies, Policies, and Constraints in the Green Economy, edited by Andrei Jean-Vasile, et al., 219-235. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4098-6.ch012

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Abstract

Agriculture has the objective of producing food by growing plants and raising animals, but being a productive activity, depending on the technologies used, the level of intensification and specialization may result in natural resources and environmental degradation: soil, water, air. By the early 1990s, Romania practiced an intensive agriculture based on the concentration and specialization of production. Intensive chemical treatments were used to control weeds, pests, and diseases. After reconstitution ownership of agricultural land was practiced an extensive agriculture with minimal inputs. There are used small amounts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides; monoculture or short rotation is practiced. Both agricultural systems affect the environment and natural resources, endangering their long-term productive potential. In this context, a viable alternative to these agricultural systems is sustainable agriculture that combines harmoniously tillage, crop rotation, crop rotation length, use of agrochemical substances to achieve stable production, while preserving quality of resources.

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