The climate change situation has turned the collective environmentalist stare toward the Amazon forest, where thousands of fires continue to burn the forest, blackening the skies.
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4R Implementation for Sustainable Cropping Systems
Production demands, input requirements and environmental impacts taken together mean the risks for making the wrong nutrient use decisions is greater now than ever. When fertilizer BMPs result in increased production and input use efficiency, they also reduce losses to the environment. When making practice selection, the interconnectivity between practices addressing source, rate, time and …
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FERTILIZER USE AND THE 4RS
Fertilizers are a essential component of sustainable crop production. When properly managed, fertilizers help address the challenge of increasing production in an economically viable way while retaining the ecological integrity of cropping systems. However, if nutrients are not adequately available within a crop production system, fertility is mined from the soil, and the crop will never …
FACTS, CAUSES & EFFECTS OF FORESTATION AND DEFORESTATION
Definition Deforestation, clearance, clearcutting or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land which is then converted to a non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests. About 31% of Earth’s land surface is covered by forests. Location Deforestation occurs around the world, …
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Amazan fires: What’s Agriculture Got to Do with It?
We have to Buy local beef, and pressure the international agribusiness community to create more transparent supply chains to ensure that their beef products are not sourced in a way that contributes to deforestation anywhere in the world.
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