6. The Future of Farming and its Implications for Conservation
Published Online: 30 NOV 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9780470670095.ch6
Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Book Title
Introduction to Wildlife Conservation in Farming
Additional Information
How to Cite
Burchett, S. and Burchett, S. (2010) The Future of Farming and its Implications for Conservation, in Introduction to Wildlife Conservation in Farming, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470670095.ch6
Publication History
- Published Online: 30 NOV 2010
- Published Print: 17 DEC 2010
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470699355
Online ISBN: 9780470670095
- Summary
- Chapter
- References
Keywords:
- industrial-scale farming and monocultures - future of farming and conservation implications;
- current farming practices - productivity, sustainable methods and new technologies;
- industrial-scale production, and high-tech mechanization - at all stages;
- US ecological studies, watercourses on and downstream - from farmlands, being eutrophic;
- science and technology, addressing constraints - on crop production systems by environmental factors;
- field scale food production systems in developed world - and precision farming technology;
- desirable and defined traits - specific genes, as quantitative trait loci (QTL);
- reduced crop and stock diversity implications;
- technologies, utilised by farming industry - facilitating sustainable practice;
- agri-environment schemes, directly affected by government policy - driving producers in two major directions
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Industrial-scale farming and monocultures
Science and technology
Precision farming
Biotechnology
Tissue culture
Implications of reduced crop and stock diversity
Subsistence farming and emerging economies
Sustainable use of water, energy and waste
Agri-environment schemes
Conclusion
References